Item id: 41808955
a year ago
> For example, AR glasses could stop you from crossing the street when there is an oncoming car, regardless of what the traffic lights indicate.
Not sure this is the best example: Maybe turning off the AR and using your eyes and ears would work better.
Killer app for me is having the manual about an item I use embedded in a qrcode on the item itself, instead of in a paper book or online.
(Not anti-AR by any means - have been working with it/thinking about it since ~1998)
a year 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".
a year 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..."
a year ago
A guardian angel to keep you alive is perhaps the killer app for AR/VR glasses. The AR glasses might even be optional.
a year ago
hopefully your brain provides this function already!
a year ago
As Darwin once said, natural selection is that sublime mix of random mutations and expensive glasses.
a year 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.
a year ago
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a year ago
a year 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'
a year ago
Because it's difficult to find a problem for a solution :)
And, may be, the best brains of our generation aren't the best brains available on earth..? The older generations are much more profound in a lot of things - also, not to be blinded by the lAIght or so.. let's see what the future will bring us. May be a problem for a solution will be found.