[Paul T]

Originally Posted by stomachmonkey

The goal is ultimately to create a product that is indistinguishable from the same pair of regular glasses we all wear today.

Now imagine walking down the street in a city you've never been to. You want Chinese Food, you ask SIRI where to find it. She presents you with options. You pick one and are able to view all the menu items in 3d. Looks good so you tell SIRI, take me there, as you stroll along you get not just audible directions but they also appear in your HUD.

You are walking through Target, you see something you want to purchase, a little AI finds the product and presents it to you in AR along with exploded views, animated assembly or service info. It will appear full size, provide measurements, you will even be able to interact with it, turn it on, watch it operate, etc...

3d models for e commerce are huge right now. It's proven to increase sell through.

We've all gone to a brick n mortar to look at a product in real life before going home and ordering it online. It helps bridge the gap between physical retail and virtual.

My company is currently contracted to produce thousands of 3d models per quarter for Amazon. We have other similar contracts but are prohibited from speaking publicly about those.

Yeah, I sorta get the long term view and I guess when it becomes a little more friendly to wear (glasses or even integrated in contacts), it may be useful to those who want it. I'm just not sure I want it. If everyone is walking around like this, human interaction with the physical world is pretty much forever altered in future generations - and I'm not convinced that is a good thing. Maybe I need to experience it. I can see in certain situations it being incredible, and maybe helpfulfor physically impaired people, but walking around having this on all the time I just can't fathom. Like a heads up display for your face....