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Come marvel at the AR wonders that $2.3B can create
- Thread starter Weegian
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That seems worse than what I can do on my phone right now. AR on Android is pretty good. The glasses make a difference for immersion though, of course. But yeah, all that money for... that?
To be fair that whale would be relatively easy to do since it only interacts with a single flat surface, the multi surface stuff the little rock golem dude is doing is a pretty different thing in terms of tech. It's still not that impressive though given how wobbly it still is. Not a surprise that they're not doing all that much with the tech
Everyone invested in them.
From VC firms to WB and Disney if memory serves.
I'm slightly surprised they even got this far considering they've gone from a potential 'AR solution' to trying to launch this as a platform in it's own right.
People shit on hololens but it's an amazing price of tech that shits over all this crap and actually does what it was promised .
This shit is embarrassing
This shit is embarrassing
Call me when I can fight monsters like in the new SAO movie.
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Apparently it's using the Tegra X2 (Switch is using X1) : https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/11/magic-leap-headset-arrives-this-summer/?guccounter=1
I mean, if they only had concept video last year, then I wouldn't expect them to have a fully realized and ready product a year later. Unless I'm missing something?
That said, I'm pretty sure either Apple and/or Microsoft will be the ones that become the initial big players in AR
That said, I'm pretty sure either Apple and/or Microsoft will be the ones that become the initial big players in AR
Been in meetings where I had to spend most of my time explaining why AR isn't a thing yet, because a lot of people fell for the stupid whale and have heard about the success of Pokémon Go.
It's very frustrating.
It's very frustrating.
Holy cow. People said phones can do better. Heck, Vitas can do better AR than that. I played the shut out of my Vita AR, though, cards are needed for it to work.
I made poster sized cards. Made playing games a lot more fun!
I made poster sized cards. Made playing games a lot more fun!
If this is genuinely the state of this thing.. holy shit.
Yeah I think AR will start when Apple says so. They're making the moves, laying the foundations. When they create an aesthetically pleasing capable device that's WAY better than this then AR will become a thing. This is tripe.
Yeah I think AR will start when Apple says so. They're making the moves, laying the foundations. When they create an aesthetically pleasing capable device that's WAY better than this then AR will become a thing. This is tripe.
They did that for 2.3billion!!!
What the fuck did they spend the money on?
If I was a backer I would feel conned.
What the fuck did they spend the money on?
If I was a backer I would feel conned.
As somebody working within the field, you wouldn't believe just how damaging that kind of stuff is.
To general companies:
AR = No hardware, room-tracking Blade Runner magic transmitted right into your brain
VR = low-res 360 videos
To general companies:
AR = No hardware, room-tracking Blade Runner magic transmitted right into your brain
VR = low-res 360 videos
I thought the main thing Magic Leap had going for them, was some very special displays that did light fields. This isn't what HoloLens does.
FoV here seems to be considerably better than HoloLens', but both are pretty trash, I agree.
This is just an outside developer working on their own game/demo for the tech though right? It's probably just really really early stuff.
I wouldn't say this is representative of the full capabilities of the device, it's fairly roughly shot, and doesn't even demonstrate the known fov. I'd probably wait before piling on. Certainly what your looking at is a limited demo created by one developer.
Apple's ARKit is really impressive, too bad it works mostly on their most recent Iphone models but it works really good with Iphone X camera. Android's AR kit is also pretty good. If Apple managed to make a headset with their most recent camera and a decent FoV... I'm pretty sure they'd win the AR headset "race". I feel like they probably already have some stuff in development, we pretty much just have to wait.
Yeah, the FoV looks way better but ground detection and 3D rendering feels really disappointing to me. Magic Leap sounded like the next big thing on AR headsets and now everyone is trying to find some other thing to hype.
FoV is the most important thing holding AR back though, so if this is markedly better than Hololens, the headset is markedly better. Tegra X2 also sounds good.
Hololens is $3,000 and Windows Mixed Reality just does VR right now.