Ask HN: Is the killer app for AR glasses a guardian angel to keep you alive?

2 pointsposted 5 hours ago
by amichail

Item id: 41808955

9 Comments

unsupp0rted

4 hours ago

To me the killer app is when the Guardian Angel says "don't eat that" or "don't buy that: it's full of dangerous chemicals".

solardev

an hour ago

The real killer app would be the Guardian Demon, which overrides all the good stuff.

"Mmm... doesn't that ice cream look SO good?!"

"It's 3:30 and you've already worked so hard. That bottle is calling your name."

"Yeah, she might be a bit crazy, but YOLO..."

pvg

5 hours ago

A guardian angel to keep you alive is perhaps the killer app for AR/VR glasses. The AR glasses might even be optional.

nilawafer

4 hours ago

hopefully your brain provides this function already!

solardev

an hour ago

As Darwin once said, natural selection is that sublime mix of random mutations and expensive glasses.

jollyllama

4 hours ago

> AR glasses could stop you from walking alone at night or passing through a high-crime area

Oh dear, this is going to be controversial.

theGeatZhopa

5 hours ago

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user

2 hours ago

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Fricken

5 hours ago

Apple, Meta, Google and Snap have hired the best minds of our generation to come up with a killer app for AR... they got nuthin'