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depatchedmode
@depatchedmode
Snap’s new glasses are on the right track. They are the first company to ship a production version of the hand interface I prototyped at HUMAN 10 years ago. Bullish Snap. https://thoughts.ishuman.co/the-future-is-not-a-screen-you-can-touch-bbb035adfd3c
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nicholas 🧨
@nicholas
how is this all they have in software? where are the fun flirty experiences? where is the social interaction design? what makes you so excited?
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depatchedmode
@depatchedmode
Oh the whole thing sucks right now. Wouldn’t touch it with a 10 foot pole. But if they sort out industrial design and a developer ecosystem, we’ll see what’s up in 10 years.
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nicholas 🧨
@nicholas
how is a company that sells exclusively to teenagers also producing the most unfuckable pair of eyewear on earth? i just don’t get how they retain user base despite churn if THIS is what they think people will find cool. very disappointed in spiegel who was my favorite founder 2012-14 (maybe 2016 on the long end) but yes long ar etc. would love to talk about your background in it
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depatchedmode
@depatchedmode
The reality is that there really isn’t a way to make AR glasses cool right now. Battery and compute brick need to be in the headset, which makes it goony. Too many sensors on the face. No fucking way people are leaving the house with these unless they are complete nerds. Whole thing exists to stack patents, justify near term R&D spend, train product pipeline, and attract talent. Only viable sizable market with today’s form factor is home office, which Apple leads for the moment.
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nicholas 🧨
@nicholas
maybe true. tho this really isn’t trying. this isn’t for their core demographic at all. this is lazy. shows no savvy at all. these people did stories and spectacles vending machines.
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depatchedmode
@depatchedmode
Yeah true. At least spectacles were on brand. This is haphazard. But palm-of-hand-as-touch-surface suggests some good insights. Also, phone as 6DoF controller (another thing I prototyped and added to A-Frame many years ago) is another good idea. So their ecosystem and OS-level moves with this release seem well positioned against competition.
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