[HN Gopher] Shrinking augmented reality displays into eyeglasses...
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       Shrinking augmented reality displays into eyeglasses to expand
       their use
        
       Author : PaulHoule
       Score  : 64 points
       Date   : 2024-10-06 21:31 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (phys.org)
 (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org)
        
       | jaybrendansmith wrote:
       | <old>I would really like this, if only to be able to read things
       | close up like I used to be able to do. </old>
        
         | crooked-v wrote:
         | VR and AR stuff usually has a focal distance of 4-6 feet
         | forward of the actual lenses, for what it's worth.
        
           | wanderingstan wrote:
           | I worked for a time in an AR research lab and there are teams
           | making good progress on adjustable focal lengths. The demo I
           | saw three years ago was impressive.
        
         | raffraffraff wrote:
         | I'm not longsighted but my myopia has really progressed in my
         | 40s. The Viture XR Pro has myopia dials which means that I can
         | dial both to suit, but unfortunately the whole setup is awful
         | for productivity, especially on Linux. Their android app is
         | also just a "toy". And I definitely can't imagine using them
         | for AR. Maybe their competitors, XREAL (which claim 6dof) are
         | better here, but they don't have the myopia dials.
        
       | smusamashah wrote:
       | "400 Bad Request Your request has been blocked by our server's
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       | 
       | Is this link correct?
        
         | prmoustache wrote:
         | I could open it.
        
       | bbor wrote:
       | I mean, this is awesome, obviously, but the framing is odd --
       | this is very, very far from the SOTA, no? 30deg FoV and ~30%
       | image degradation with monochromatic images seems way less
       | capable than the Orion Glasses. But I'm sure that's just journal
       | editors / academia goofballs trying to make money, and the
       | scientists themselves know what they're contributing. Love to see
       | it! Cannot wait for glasses to become real so I can buy them and
       | complain about how I never use them, like my smart watch that can
       | talk to me.
        
         | psunavy03 wrote:
         | The entire point of the article was to illustrate the
         | capabilities of a less-bulky system than Orion. That IS the
         | state of the art for a glasses form factor, not cartoon glasses
         | like Orion.
        
       | tambourine_man wrote:
       | I'd be happy with a light, monochromatic, text-only AR glassess
        
         | ericskiff wrote:
         | 100% Being able to write, code, and read from a large virtual
         | terminal without a clunky visor on would be amazing.
        
           | youainti wrote:
           | I agree wholeheartedly. Maybe we would get a comeback for
           | text-oriented websites too.
        
         | SoftTalker wrote:
         | Wouldn't that be sort of like what the Terminator sees?
         | 
         | https://i.ytimg.com/vi/--jogapJmjI/hqdefault.jpg
        
         | JSteph22 wrote:
         | You should try the Vuzix Blade then.
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         | https://www.vuzix.com/products/vuzix-blade-2-smart-glasses
        
           | gpm wrote:
           | > 480x853 resolution
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           | I doubt that's enough resolution for comfortable text editing
           | like I believe the person you are replying to is envisioning.
        
             | msk-lywenn wrote:
             | Back when I was working on hololens 1 stuff, I was very
             | surprised how the bad resolution wasn't actually much of an
             | issue. I think since we're always slightly moving, our
             | brain makes some kind of natural temporal antialiasing ?
             | And it's not awful like VR since it's super imposed on the
             | real world and not a feed of it
        
             | ozten wrote:
             | Pixels per degree would be diluted or concentraded based on
             | the filed of view. So you could have that resolution be a
             | super crisp, but small region.
        
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