alt Hacker NewsI am so unbelievably excited for consumer-grade, useful AR.
There was a lot of hype around VR, but for the last 10 years I've been following progress on AR glasses.
The thing about AR is that it has the ability to enhance everything in your daily life, versus VR which is meant to be a separate experience.
Both Meta and Samsung are due to put out consumer AR glasses later this year and I think this might be the first wave of useful, daily-wear glasses we'll see.
Is there anyone who works in the AR space that could comment more?
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I want one thing - tell me people's names. I have the unholy ability to say your name several times and have an hour long conversation, and still not remember it next time I see you. People take this so personally that I've started avoiding some social gatherings where I only lightly know people! I'd love to "know" the name of everyone I've met because I'd be so much more comfortable seeing and talking to them again!
I'd be neat to have information displayed while driving a car. A subset of information currently displayed on a dashboard would be an obvious first choice (speed for one).
You could also maybe perhaps tie in a car's knowledge of adjacent vehicles, which is something I've wanted for ages. Since some newer models have some level of awareness about the speed / distance to / relative location of cars around your car, you could eg overlay the speed/acceleration info onto adjacent cars, so you'd know if you'll need to pass or speed up. Seems at least possible since the glasses have awareness of your head's orientation, something missing from any existing windscreen-style HUD system.
Unlike you i think the potential is rather in business and work. Useful info when needed.
Just bought a pair of the Mentra Mach1 glasses, let's see how they pan out.
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100% agree.
I've been building smart glasses for over 7 years. First 6 years were in academia because the tech wasn't ready yet, because they were too heavy and battery didn't last long enough.
But in the last year, all-day battery smart glasses have become lightweight enough to be worn all day (see Even Realities G1, Vuzix Z100, etc.).
I believe smart glasses are having their iPhone moment in 2025 + 2026.
We make the smart glasses OS that Kevin used in the video to make this smart glasses app: AugmentOS.org