Google showed us a dream of wearing AR-powered spectacles everywhere withGoogle Glass, but that didnt last.
Now with many companies includingApple working on consumer-facing AR glasses, we will soon get to experience augmented applications.
Whats the vision for the apps on consumer-facing AR headsets?
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Timoni West, vice president of AR & VR tech, Unity has similar views.
Notably, the companys CEO, John Hanke, teased the firms own AR glasses.
This could be useful for a wide range of people including programmers and freelancers.
Alas, this unit is only available to enterprise customers for now.
What is the challenge in putting an app together for AR glasses?
With AR glasses, these movements might become more three-dimensional and natural.
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), or pointing controllers or your hand to highlight an area.
The challenge is that on a phone, buttons and other interactive surfaces are well defined on the screen.
When we talk about AR glasses the button could be anywhere in the room youre in.
So platforms for AR apps will need to be good at understanding what gesture a user is making.
Plus, its hard to track hands because of how they move.
Another challenge for developers is accurately mapping the world around you.
These details could be crucial in setting up AR apps for headset-like devices.
In this instance, creating a fake floor space.
Where does machine learning fit in?
Plus, it has to generate meaningful responses to these actions.
An article onTowards Data Sciencepoints out that machine learning can fill gaps in visual data.
For example, it can construct or reconstruct parts where the visual captured by the camera has flaws.
That could mean even if youre a bystander, your privacy is violated.
West said that these maps are data-rich, and theyre hard to anonymize.
Whats the future?
Plus, there might be platforms such asQualcomms XR1andApples rumored rOSthat can easily cooperate with existing operating systems.
All of this sounds dreamy.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.
That’s one heck of a mixed bag.
He likes to say “Bleh.”
