The Vision for Mixed Reality: Now vs The Future!




Quest 3. Meta Smart Glasses. Apple Vision Pro. Check out the Meta Quest 3 at https://geni.us/BskbU Check out the Ray-Ban Metal …

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  1. I'm only 2mins into this video but I just want to stop to say MKBHD has the best tech videos on planet earth. Rather than simply reviewing a new product like every other channel out there, he actually take the time to tell a cohesive story about the way tech impacts our daily lives. Well done 👏

  2. In reality, headset usage will for the most part be limited to private/semi-private work-related, and game related activity for short durations. No-one is going to integrate a big headset into their public walking around or social life. It's unattractive, cumbersome, nauseating, (and, if it matters to you, somewhat unappealing to potential mates, if that is something that matters to you). It is a very useful but somewhat dissociative piece of tech. RayBan glasses are far more seamless, unobtrusive, and model a wearable that has already been long adopted in personal fashion, public/social environments, and I would say accelerates personal attractiveness (again if that matters to you, if not.. more power to ya). The RayBan headset I would liken to AirPod Pro's. They are a wearable tech that is acceptable in public environments and signal a small degree of productivity and financial well-being, and don't look ridiculous, and are useful enough to continue wearing in environments they once were not normally worn. (i.e. meetings, conversations, driving, standing in line, etc.) You can maintain the signal that you are present and paying attention while wearing AirPod Pro's. RayBans may also cross this threshold: acceptable to wear while signaling you are present with others, and no real hinderance to attractiveness. Theories and visions of the future about headsets are cool, but a large percentage of human beings will always consider mating signaling when it comes to what you wear in public or on a consistent basis or for a larger portion of your day. Clunky VR headsets are wildly capable and fun/novel and interesting, but they are a TV you wear on your head, and you don't carry a TV around with you.. TV is for specific occasions. VR headers are for specific occasions. So RayBans vs. MetaQuest… the question is not "which?".. it's "both", but "when?".

  3. Bit of nostalgia here – my first MKBHD video was Google Glass Explained and man this guy has come so far. Gotten to a point where my fiancee buys me MKBHD merch for my birthday 😂 Something genuine and wholesome about Marques and the team he has built, that really makes him the goat in this space. Keep grinding big man 🤘🏼

  4. I wear a pair of soundcore prescription smart glasses everyday. They are comfortable and people can't tell I have them. It's amazing to have a Bluetooth head set on at all time all day. east listening to podcasts and music. Hands free phone calls are great. And easy google assistant at all times

  5. I think the issue with VR has been how gaming focused it's been so far. The reason I'm excited about the Vision Pro is because it's finally prioritizing how "the metaverse" or whatever you want to call it can make normal life shit better. I'm a 35 year old grown man with shit to do, I don't want to game all the time. So I think the industry just needs to prioritize making a compelling case to non-gamers and right now, that's not really happening. I'm a huge believer in this tech, but I've been disappointed by the lack of vision beyond gaming in the area.

  6. I think what we are more likely to see is the processing being done on a separate device like your phone rather than all being stored on your face. a new wireless connection similar to Bluetooth would need to be developed for the transfer of data soly dedicated for the transmission of display information from the device to the display ie glasses. the M1 chips are pretty amazing processors i hear that 5g data transmissions are pretty fast as well… but this is just me thinking out loud. i dont know if i am making any sense. in my own mind it makes sense… lol

  7. I wouldn’t mind prescription glasses with some type of AR or voice assistant as an accessory to my phone. Like a smartwatch. Not a replacement, but an accessory/ just in case(if you have cellular).

  8. VR / mixed reality device at home, glasses outside of the home. The Quest 3 is already proving out the mixed reality experience with the ability to have media and 'spatial computing' experiences. I find myself using the Q3 in mixed reality mode more and more lately. I'd never wear it out in public, but at home is absolutely fantastic. The benefit of glasses is heads up display tech while being out and about, where I want to have absolutely zero latency view of the world. Walking around, riding a bike, driving a car, etc etc, all demand a transparent screen with additional detail 'mixed' in, not a camera doing passthrough onto a screen. When at home, the latency of pass through via camera is acceptable and I'd rather have the 'full VR' experience at my fingertips, something AR glasses just won't be able to provide. Its' phones and laptops, both are good, both have their use case and environment they thrive in.

  9. Google Glass/Lens/Goggles came out 14 years ago…not much different than the RayBan by meta. So in 10 more years will there again be little change? Still have privacy laws to deal with.

  10. "Everybody will have these" yes, because everybody has hundreds or even thousands of dollars laying around for unnecessary luxury headwear … Unless the items drop the luxury pricetags, it'll never be everyday household commonplace items. That said, I'm plugged into this space because I am one of the fortunate few that can afford these luxury items, but if our global economy keeps on this downward trend, smart glasses or whatever are not going to be priory for anyone.

  11. I think the Meta is more viable right now. Its a differnt space. Its something you can try in a confined spacw on your own and gmfigure it out. If you dont want to wear it it will be extremely visible and you dont have to. The Raybans are amazing, but its in a realm that people wpuld probably to be sleptical to adopt right now because people just dont want to trust this so much right now. Essentially. Simplye the Raybans are probably a little too ahead of time right now

  12. The concept in the intro is good, except people tend to forget how abismal the google glasses were (in terms of sales and popularity).

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