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Ask HN: How far away are great AR glasses, and what are the constraints?

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People with relevant knowledge: how far away are great AR glasses, and what are the bottlenecks or constraints?

Let's say that great equals "people will want to wear them for multiple hours every day"

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madeffect
Probably 2-3 years IMHO. Then it’s about mass adoption
thedevindevops
2013. They didn't take off due to privacy and legal concerns of potentially recording everything and everyone without their consent. The developers only other option would be to lock down the video stream so only their (if uncompromised) code could process the images - in highly regulated ways - which limited the function to app built exclusively by the manufacturer.
jolmg
I'd like to think that what you said is true, but I think it's more likely that the reason Google Glass didn't take off is simply because it looks dorky. The general populace doesn't seem to care about privacy, as much as I wish otherwise.
[dead] justin_evans
the VR and AR technologies were reserved for the scientists, health practitioners, and military commands. However, the commercialization of these revolutionary innovations proved a remarkable step as users and developers warmly welcomed it. You can also read this article Transforming Industries with Augmented and Virtual Reality Technologies: https://mobinspire.com/blogs/transformation-of-industries-wi...