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Instead of trying to fit transparent o LED with electrochromic glasses. We could try a full blown display with live camera feed serving as a viewfinder. This way we can achieve proper desired resolution and even control the brightness. Something like a cars rear view mirror suddenly turning into a camera's live feed display. Now, since this acts like a camera's viewfinder, we can easily insert AR text and objects into the real world live feed. Something like AR stickers and AR emojis
long term, quite possibly - but we know what that device looks like with current tech - apple vision pro and it's still sub par for mainstream@@arnold_m_xavier before we get something with cameras we will get what is described in the video - think of this as having different classes of device, its an AND conversation not an OR conversation.
I believe I know a way to get around the issue with the extra AR components that they are having trouble fitting into lightweight frames, just repurpose the Humane AI pin (or something like it) to pair with the glasses to perform all the scans necessary to facilitate AR while keeping the frames lightweight, plus the AI could be trained to coordinate and optimize this process to be cohesive and extremely user friendly, you are welcome, please feel free to hook me up when this actually works ☺️
hey, so, while i'm watching this, i'm wondering if i should invest in one of these companies. Then i thought, hell a bunch of research should get into this. But then, you already did that. Maybe you should or could talk about in what companies you would invest. Maybe on another channel? Maybe it's stupid, but you know, just a thought.
It's funny how people used to complain how Google Glass looked. Google should learn to continue pushing forward in those situations. They'd be so far ahead by now.
Thats exactly my thought. I mean they basically set up a competitor to the smartphone whilst the smartphone was still finding it´s way into society. What they did back then was already really impressive and still somewhat is. Though I guess that many of the challenges remain the same.
Yeah, there are a few channels that are more unique, this one and cold fusion are like small documentaries, this one in a new modern style and cold fusion gives me a 90s to 2000ish documentary vibe.
@@vedantmungre1702 *Revelation 3:20* Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless. Revelation 22:12-14 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Where are you going after you die? What happens next? Have you ever thought about that? Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢. Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement
it already exists, but you just live in the wrong part of the world IN china this is already a thing, and some can even translate on the go from chinese to english and the other way around ! really impressive.
I feel it would be a lot easier to have the computer part in a separate device (ie a phone or dedicated device) rather than trying to fit it and its extra battery requirement into the glasses. Also you won't lose anything important if the headset is damaged or stolen.
Exactly my thought. I mean, people are already walking with portable Vision Pro batteries. Nothing prevents a device -that you carry in your pocket- with a processor and a battery from being designed.
Most standalone vr devices can already do that, it's just not as user friendly yet 👍 A little bit of processing will always need to be on device but to get more out of them you do need external devices anyways, like I don't care how much power the next xr device is. I want better lenses and tracking options👍 You can connect pretty much any vr device (with a few exceptions) to a pc, which could also be a cloud pc, or a laptop in your backpack 😁
@@diredino5299 thats why I said most 👍 exceptions do exist, and that's sometimes a good thing 😁 And the quest is also just an android device under the hood 👍
As always, a great video, ready to be shared because it explains everything clearly and doesn't assume the viewer already knows random tech things. Good job!
Whos getting blasted by blue light right through their eyes? 💀. (Actually tell me) Edit: just realised you were talking about my man in the beanie 4 mins later☠️
one thing i dont get is why they keep on having everything packed inside the glasses, wouldnt you solve a lot of the issues if you can house most of the components in a phone shaped block that you put in your pocket, apple is the only one who has done that so far. heck, you could probably off load most of the compute to your smartphone and have it send the data to the glasses over 5G
Yes I agree with you. Apple's approach is the best at the moment. Considering the fact that the entire power supply is managed by the power bank, it's mandatory to be connected for the system to work. They might as well offload the computing to it too and make the glasses lighter
They don't. Xreals require a smartphone (and some specific Samsung models for full feature set), and there's some recent Xreal product that comes with a dedicated phone-shaped brick instead
@@RaySmith-zg7od No, the energy stored by a battery is dependent on both the voltage and the amp hours either one of which can be changed independently in a battery. Watt hours are an actual measure of the energy being stored.
As always, TechAltar sets the bar for tech explainers and industry updates. Thank you for doing what you do. I eagerly look forward to TA and FC episodes.
I think the future of AR is in VR, weirdly enough. It is easier to pull in the real world rather than push it out. Basically, VR with blacked out lenses, and high resolution cameras to stream the world back into the headset, on it's own terms. Combined with lower resolution 3d cameras, it can map out the real world with a virtual representation that is easier to work with on a fundamental level.
10 years ago I wanted to be chipped. Then musk took charge of nueralink. Speaking off, they did their first implant months ago, they said they would update us in the the following week. only 2 weeks ago, they are now reportedly able to click a mouse with their brain.... we could already do that with a fucking EEG....
@@TechAltar There was a company called Mojo Vision that was working on contact lens displays and were actually pretty far but decided to scrap it and are focusing on micro led displays instead
@@TechAltarwell technically we do have those, but they are in very limited capability. But to get where we want I think by 2029 will be seeing an entry into the eyewear market and then shortly after that probably contact lenses.
you forgot one. lightfield displays, which allow for your eyes to dynamically focus on different visual planes as if it were real. by far the most promising tech, and absolutely where the industry is headed I am certain of it
I'm still curious why can't companies use another super computer that is always on us - our phones. Just connect it to phone and do all computational stuff on it. This way glasses are only a display
Interesting but I honestly fail to see a use case. A video game style HUD sounds like a bit of fun for a couple of minutes and a minimap could be useful when navigating on foot or a bike. Outside of that I don't see the benefit when comparing it to a smartphone. Maybe Americans have use for an ammo counter in the bottom right corner of their field of view. 🤔
@@ClearGalaxies then this device has to be at least on the same level of efficiency at finding information as your phone. And no one talks about the controls for these things - shouting every command makes taking out a phone easy in comparison.
@@screwdriver1337 The phone does none of that efficiently, it's a trash design of just pooling you likely results. Google doesn't give you pizzerias until all the other users have been the AI nodes to recognize that the results are satisfactory, it's a walled garden of pushing the sheep where the herd wants to go. Brilliant for places that pay most for the ad space. And if you have any long term memory and social reverse-engineering skills, you could more easily just memorize everything a smarthpone CAN tell you. You just don't KNOW what to memorize when the hive isn't guiding you though. And they're not going to tell you how to find some new place NOBODY already knows, it's all just listening to the public radio and asking "what was that song again" because THEY know all the titles in THEIR list. Even if it's jsut a screen, just using the touch panel as a control device would actually make it small enough for your thumb to REACH the whole dang phone, which you NEED in particular because the idjerts designed some kind of return arrow in EVERY corner. But, I don't imagine you could touch-type or use a phone without looking at it. The hive has already gotten to your brain to make this swiss cheese out of your imagination.
@@screwdriver1337hand tracking + eye tracking is all that's needed. Apple Vision pro has already proven this method works well, even in a gen 1 product. The only hangup is typing, but I have no doubt some clever designer will come up with a new easy way to type words this way that doesn't require any voice commands
Wow, this was a brilliant summary of where we're at with AR. I've been pretty checked out for a few years but I feel very up-to-speed now! Thank you, subbed!
If I remember correctly, Jeri Elisworth kind of solved AR 12 years ago, lots of the problems you describe has already been solved. She was a Valve employee before
He intentionally reduces his RL resolution so the difference between his virtual world and our world is less obvious. In the future, we will all look like him.
We need a true light-field display for this to work properly. It needs to be able to send the photons in whatever direction it wants in order to mimic an object at a distance.
Even though I returned my Xreal Air 2 Pro glasses, the ability to dim the displays as needed felt very cool and was a highlight of the product. I'll go back to AR glasses in a few years once things improve.
As much as the Vision Pro isn't for me, it's a good thing to have Apple in the VR/AR space, because it'll force innovation. I'm excited to see where it'll be 5 years from now. My Quest 3 is already unbelievable to me.
This was a lot of very relevant information, from various sources, covered in an interesting and easy to follow way. It was informative and makes me excited for the future of AR.
I'd be much more excited about glasses that can keep themselves clean. I bloody hate constantly cleaning mine. For these AR glasses, integrating prescription is a must if you don't want to exclude a large part of the market. Given that one's prescription changes over time, this would mean regularly replacing the lenses, adding greatly to the price
Kudos, this is tech reporting at it's best. You did the research, understood the tech in detail, and lay it out in a logical and understandable overview that informs and reflects the ACTUAL state of the art without resorting to sensationalism, overspeculation or clickbaiting. I hurt my finger hitting the subscribe button so quickly. Then I hurt it again getting my groundnews subscription. I never realized typing could be so dangerous... ;)
I had to take so many notes because there is so much to unpack what you have gathered with your incredible, thorough research - as always, amazing job man! Thank You!!!!
This is why the edition of the cyberpunk tabletop game Shadowrun that I play treats all AR enabled eyewear as exclusively digital displays with digital passthrough and not optical lenses. Well, there's balance and mechanics reasons too but I'm pretty sure the difficulty of bending/blending light and competing with the sun is the setting justification.
That wrist thing for input is SO cool! I never realized you could do something like that without an actual brain interface. Certainly makes it an easier sell to regular consumers, not needing surgery lol Definitely trying it out when it comes to market!
16:03 Nitpick, event cameras don’t capture the change “from one frame to the next.” Event cameras have no concept of frames. The pixels individually and asynchronously produce events in response to changes on a per pixel basis. That is, in large part, what makes them exciting
This video does an excellent job of explaining developments in the AR world-it’s truly broadened my perspective. Now that Meta Orion has been introduced, would it be possible for you to make a video about it as well?
As a visually impaired person, AR/VR innovation is probably the most important technological advancement for accessibility in years. Coupled with AI and things like motion tracking, it has the potential to dramatically improve the accessibility landscape when an AI in your glasses can independently make everything you interact with more accessible to your individual needs.
You briefly mentioned the Focals by North, but I think they deserve some huge kudos for not just making their glasses look good, but being the only smart glasses I've used to date that crossed the line from "A neat piece of technology" to "A product I actually enjoy using in my day to day life"
@@jacobsan Well... Google pushed a software update that disabled the connectivity to your phone (completely kneecapping the functionality of the device) and sent all the owners of them full refunds. And there has been NO NEWS SINCE. I am still mad about this and reserve the right to stay mad until Google does something with the company and patents they cannibalized.
Looking forward to a pair of glasses that can translate when I need them to direct when I need them to and not interfere with my vision. I wear prescription lenses already that are pretty hefty, as in strong, but I look forward to the day when I can wear a simple pair of smart glasses that do other things I would normally reach from my phone or a computer to do, automatically. The day maybe a ways off still but it's clearly not impossible anymore
the optimal solution is a transparent screen in the glass and you use software to adjust the gaze. you could include eye tracking to compute how much you need to counter-fuzz the display depending on how far away the user is focusing. it'll be like one of those magic eye puzzle things, but automatic. now go and make this! i can't be giving out million dollar ideas all day.
Current AR glasses would shine at tourist locations as personal tour guides. Rent them out for a day with a credit card and each person could have through the location at their open pace and all follow up questions when they found something interesting. No controls needed outside of voice.
@6:30 all you need is an adjustable shade on the outside, this could be done physically with two polarising filters and a motor or it could be done by a one-pixel transparent black LCD. like what electronic window tints have
Great overview! So, DragonBall Z style scanners within five years? I'll start working on a power level app right away! Honestly, if someone can get the displays, optics and sensor package right (ie the stuff that actually _needs_ to be on your face), I'd probably prefer them to just have a USB C plug behind the ear to hook them up to something that provides power, computation and an image source. More feasible, probably lighter, easier to repair or upgrade, more open and more flexible.
Yes! I've been wondering for years why they're trying to fit the computer+extra battery into the glasses! Another benefit would be if you lose the glasses, you don't lose your computer/data.
14:00 Neural interface bands seem actually fascinating, I did not know we had the tech at that size yet. I would love to see more about that stuff. Just think about, beeing able to type a full text like on a keyboard just by wearing two armbands? I would use that.
@@jacksonburger2081 Mostly I'm joking, but Apple originally considered multi-button mice too complicated & created single-button mice for all their machines. It was decades before they reintroduced hardware allowing a right-click on their computers. Long-press is the typical way of getting a contextual menu on touchscreens. Double-click\double-tap is generally just used for immediate actions requiring no further menu; so, it's not _really_ the same interface issue, as lacking a right-click method. I was being a goof
Transitions lenses might be a better shading solution since it doesn't add complexity or interfere with normal vision. An external battery with cord seems like the most practical solution to the battery life issue.
I hope that there is a good solution for driving with these. It is a real challenge in new places with lots going on, the glasses could either make it worse (at first they probably will), but they could also really cut through the chaff and help simplify the journey.
My idea has been, instead of trying to make it like the Vision Pro, make it a replacement for a watch. Just have it display glanceable information at a low frame rate and that will save power. Second, move the processing power to the phone. This saves more power and space, and now there's more room for battery. Have the glasses and phone communicate via bluetooth.
Never mind _displays;_ we have high speed LCD welding masks that dim the whole viewport, but we don't have racing helmet visors or welding masks _or_ sunglasses, that just dim the brightest glare spots proportionally. Dimming the highest intensity points while leaving darker regions untouched, allows the eye to see far greater detail in mixed light; the trick is, dimming the right areas of each lens, to align with each eye, quickly enough to account for any external movement. It can be done simply enough: The high speed LCD elements & high speed light sensors already exist. The parts wouldn't even be especially costly or heavy, relative to a lot of existing racing helmets or electronic welding masks. No large battery needed, & the processing required is negligible. The benefit to visual acuity from such a system, could have racers & welders hooked from their first use. Sunglasses are a very lightweight & slimline form-factor to pursue, but making them dim _selectively_ would at least be a lot easier than incorporating a full blown display with legible text. People keep trying to make "smart glasses", but our current glasses & sunglasses haven't made it past photogray lenses that dim everything instead of just the bright spots.
7:38 The problem, as I see it, glasses and headsets won't be successful until they are more useful and stylish. Remember 3D glasses and TV? Not many want to sit around looking like a nerd for several hours.
You didn't need to. Passive 3D works with polarizing glasses which can be made in any size and shape you like. You can buy very stylish polarizing 3D glasses.
@@Ni5ei The question is, not whether they're available, but can you market them to the masses or only a niche group of nerds. Will your mom and dad buy them? Will grandma and grandpa? Neighbors, etc... It needs to useful and practical and stylish. Right now, you either must look like a nerd or Data from Star Trek: Next Generation and their use is extremely limited.
@@jimmcnevin9367Yeah absolutely. Sometimes it seems like the more tech minded people live in a bit of a bubble and forget to observe how the vast majority of people around them behave. Most people don't even like wearing glasses unless they absolutely have to due eyesight problems.
It’s not about “transparency” for some. It’s about avoiding tech-neck that’s plagued us and future generations for years now. That’s what I want for the progression of tech.
Good video overview 👍Don’t underestimate having a decent portable monitor. Keep it simple, no Zuckerberg cameras on your face, no eye tracking to check if you’re watching some mandatory ads.
Maybe the brightness issue could be solved by rapidly shading and unshading the glasses. if the user could tune the flicker frequency it might solve the issue letting them see high contrast and see-through at the same time.
I imagine that there’s going to be two separate categories. Spatial computing/XR devices being standalone visual computers,and AR glasses and visors which for now,will operate a lot like your Apple Watch. Relaying notifications and letting you run lightweight applets.
been waiting for a video like this explaining our technological standpoint and what is actually possible. bc of that I really believe this category will split in two and stay separated for quite a while. and that we will have something more like a desktop computer for home and productive use in the form of a headset and another light more assistant-like device akin to a smartwatch for on-the-go. in that sense, i feel like apples vision of spacial computing could become huge. still first gen but the idea and more important the interface and "vision" is there. with true AR glasses really being at least 10 years away still.
Why couldn't some of the space required for batteries, compute and cooling be placed around your neck or on your shoulder? Similar to old wireless earbuds that put some extra battery in a wire connecting the sides.
The optical issues relating to focus already have a known solution in the form of light field / holographic projection. The only company I'm aware of that is currently working on this seriously is CReal. They're apparently going to release the first version of their display modules to headset manufacturers later this year after almost a decade of development, so that's maybe something to keep an eye on.
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Instead of trying to fit transparent o LED with electrochromic glasses. We could try a full blown display with live camera feed serving as a viewfinder. This way we can achieve proper desired resolution and even control the brightness. Something like a cars rear view mirror suddenly turning into a camera's live feed display. Now, since this acts like a camera's viewfinder, we can easily insert AR text and objects into the real world live feed. Something like AR stickers and AR emojis
long term, quite possibly - but we know what that device looks like with current tech - apple vision pro and it's still sub par for mainstream@@arnold_m_xavier before we get something with cameras we will get what is described in the video - think of this as having different classes of device, its an AND conversation not an OR conversation.
I believe I know a way to get around the issue with the extra AR components that they are having trouble fitting into lightweight frames, just repurpose the Humane AI pin (or something like it) to pair with the glasses to perform all the scans necessary to facilitate AR while keeping the frames lightweight, plus the AI could be trained to coordinate and optimize this process to be cohesive and extremely user friendly, you are welcome, please feel free to hook me up when this actually works ☺️
Dude I love how you showed all the technologies at the beginning 💟🌌☮️
hey, so, while i'm watching this, i'm wondering if i should invest in one of these companies. Then i thought, hell a bunch of research should get into this. But then, you already did that. Maybe you should or could talk about in what companies you would invest. Maybe on another channel? Maybe it's stupid, but you know, just a thought.
It's funny how people used to complain how Google Glass looked. Google should learn to continue pushing forward in those situations. They'd be so far ahead by now.
this
Google just loved canceling projects. It's just what they do.
@@VascovanZeller Loved? No, *love*! They do it to this day and won't stop any soon...
Thats exactly my thought. I mean they basically set up a competitor to the smartphone whilst the smartphone was still finding it´s way into society. What they did back then was already really impressive and still somewhat is.
Though I guess that many of the challenges remain the same.
Even compared to now the in concept features would be ambitious, but VR tech has advanced to where it's possible now
This channel is among the small few where you actually learn something new and its not just him reading press releases
This 🫴🏻
Yeah, there are a few channels that are more unique, this one and cold fusion are like small documentaries, this one in a new modern style and cold fusion gives me a 90s to 2000ish documentary vibe.
What are the other ones for you?
totally agree
@@vedantmungre1702
*Revelation 3:20*
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
HEY THERE 🤗 JESUS IS CALLING YOU TODAY. Turn away from your sins, confess, forsake them and live the victorious life. God bless.
Revelation 22:12-14
And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Those were really well made explanations of different solutions. Optics and vision are kinda tough topics for brief overviews, so props for that.
Where are you going after you die?
What happens next? Have you ever thought about that?
Repent today and give your life to Jesus Christ to obtain eternal salvation. Tomorrow may be too late my brethen😢.
Hebrews 9:27 says "And as it is appointed unto man once to die, but after that the judgement
@@JesusPlsSaveMe i am an atheist and im pretty sure Jesus didnt die for you to yap your fingers in the comment section to annoy people
The amount of research that goes into TechAltar videos ia crazy
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As someone who is hard of hearing and always uses subtitles, I would love to have smart glasses for real time transcription and translation.
A fantastic use case, and something that I am certain will be available in the near future
There’s already a glasses for transcription: XanderGlasses and one for translation: Solos AirGo3
Really great idea. I need irl subtitles now.
it already exists, but you just live in the wrong part of the world
IN china this is already a thing, and some can even translate on the go from chinese to english and the other way around ! really impressive.
@@Horendus123
To everyone in this chat, I just want to let you know that *Jesus loves you* and he can *save you from sin,* sadness and sickness.
I feel it would be a lot easier to have the computer part in a separate device (ie a phone or dedicated device) rather than trying to fit it and its extra battery requirement into the glasses. Also you won't lose anything important if the headset is damaged or stolen.
Exactly my thought. I mean, people are already walking with portable Vision Pro batteries. Nothing prevents a device -that you carry in your pocket- with a processor and a battery from being designed.
It's already the case with xreal rokid viture....
Most standalone vr devices can already do that, it's just not as user friendly yet 👍
A little bit of processing will always need to be on device but to get more out of them you do need external devices anyways, like I don't care how much power the next xr device is. I want better lenses and tracking options👍
You can connect pretty much any vr device (with a few exceptions) to a pc, which could also be a cloud pc, or a laptop in your backpack 😁
@@Akab there is an exeption glasses called "inmo air" it's standalone glasses with android operating system and cemera
@@diredino5299 thats why I said most 👍 exceptions do exist, and that's sometimes a good thing 😁
And the quest is also just an android device under the hood 👍
I hate the fact that all of these are integrated in the Google/Apple/Meta... ecosystems.
I want something open 😢
PCVR stuff?
You will never lose your virginity
@@ChromiumCastle You lost?
@@ClearGalaxies Nope. Wanting "open source" operating systems is cringe and anti social even for tech people
Meanwhile super techy people use linux..@@ChromiumCastle
As always, a great video, ready to be shared because it explains everything clearly and doesn't assume the viewer already knows random tech things. Good job!
Glad you enjoyed!
I've been obsessively researching this stuff for weeks and didn't know half of this technology existed, thanks a lot!
To everyone in this chat, Jesus is calling you today. Come to him, repent from your sins, bear his cross and live the victorious life
This is such an incredible video that perfectly describes the current state of affairs with AR/VR/XR.
Thank you for your hard work!
Props to the guy who let himself get hit in the eyes with blue lasers
Whos getting blasted by blue light right through their eyes? 💀. (Actually tell me)
Edit: just realised you were talking about my man in the beanie 4 mins later☠️
Can't make science happen without a few people going blind lol
For real I laughed at each of the animations. Thanks to this comment
As someone who wears a mechanical watch and prescription glasses, I look forward at glasses doing even just the smartwatch job.
one thing i dont get is why they keep on having everything packed inside the glasses, wouldnt you solve a lot of the issues if you can house most of the components in a phone shaped block that you put in your pocket, apple is the only one who has done that so far. heck, you could probably off load most of the compute to your smartphone and have it send the data to the glasses over 5G
Yes I agree with you. Apple's approach is the best at the moment. Considering the fact that the entire power supply is managed by the power bank, it's mandatory to be connected for the system to work. They might as well offload the computing to it too and make the glasses lighter
They don't. Xreals require a smartphone (and some specific Samsung models for full feature set), and there's some recent Xreal product that comes with a dedicated phone-shaped brick instead
12:25 Thank you for using Wh as a measure of actual capacity and not mAh as every wannabe electrician out there. Greetings from Berlin ❤
Ah makes sense when working with a fixed voltage like 48V bikes.
@@gljames24 aka wannabe-electrician projects.
Doesn't both mean the same thing😢
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@@RaySmith-zg7od No, the energy stored by a battery is dependent on both the voltage and the amp hours either one of which can be changed independently in a battery. Watt hours are an actual measure of the energy being stored.
As always, TechAltar sets the bar for tech explainers and industry updates. Thank you for doing what you do. I eagerly look forward to TA and FC episodes.
Wow love the attention to detail on the visualizations, well done. I can see the huge amount of work that went into this.
I think the future of AR is in VR, weirdly enough. It is easier to pull in the real world rather than push it out. Basically, VR with blacked out lenses, and high resolution cameras to stream the world back into the headset, on it's own terms. Combined with lower resolution 3d cameras, it can map out the real world with a virtual representation that is easier to work with on a fundamental level.
You lost me
@@ClearGalaxiesVR, but with cameras that show you the real world in 3d inside the headset. It can already be done with current technology.
@@ClearGalaxies he is basically explaining the vision pro
@@iXizXmoen me caveman now understand. He's saying that passthrough is superior to see-through lenses.. Sorta
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Meta orion just dropped and I am blown away. I thought it was this tech( silicon carbide) was years away
I've been dreaming about contact lens computers since I was a young child.
10 years ago I wanted to be chipped. Then musk took charge of nueralink. Speaking off, they did their first implant months ago, they said they would update us in the the following week. only 2 weeks ago, they are now reportedly able to click a mouse with their brain.... we could already do that with a fucking EEG....
That's still at least a decade away IMO :P
@@TechAltar There was a company called Mojo Vision that was working on contact lens displays and were actually pretty far but decided to scrap it and are focusing on micro led displays instead
@@TechAltarwell technically we do have those, but they are in very limited capability. But to get where we want I think by 2029 will be seeing an entry into the eyewear market and then shortly after that probably contact lenses.
How would you be able to focus on them?
you forgot one. lightfield displays, which allow for your eyes to dynamically focus on different visual planes as if it were real. by far the most promising tech, and absolutely where the industry is headed I am certain of it
I'm still curious why can't companies use another super computer that is always on us - our phones. Just connect it to phone and do all computational stuff on it. This way glasses are only a display
7:52 haha they had a Gundam (RX-78) in their patent
Nerd alert (kidding, I don't know anything about Gundams, and you seem to know the exact model, though)
This is such a great complete review of what's going on in VR and ar right now along with the technical hurdles.
Interesting but I honestly fail to see a use case. A video game style HUD sounds like a bit of fun for a couple of minutes and a minimap could be useful when navigating on foot or a bike. Outside of that I don't see the benefit when comparing it to a smartphone. Maybe Americans have use for an ammo counter in the bottom right corner of their field of view. 🤔
What if I'm too lazy to pull out my phone?
@@ClearGalaxies then this device has to be at least on the same level of efficiency at finding information as your phone. And no one talks about the controls for these things - shouting every command makes taking out a phone easy in comparison.
@@screwdriver1337 The phone does none of that efficiently, it's a trash design of just pooling you likely results. Google doesn't give you pizzerias until all the other users have been the AI nodes to recognize that the results are satisfactory, it's a walled garden of pushing the sheep where the herd wants to go. Brilliant for places that pay most for the ad space.
And if you have any long term memory and social reverse-engineering skills, you could more easily just memorize everything a smarthpone CAN tell you. You just don't KNOW what to memorize when the hive isn't guiding you though. And they're not going to tell you how to find some new place NOBODY already knows, it's all just listening to the public radio and asking "what was that song again" because THEY know all the titles in THEIR list.
Even if it's jsut a screen, just using the touch panel as a control device would actually make it small enough for your thumb to REACH the whole dang phone, which you NEED in particular because the idjerts designed some kind of return arrow in EVERY corner. But, I don't imagine you could touch-type or use a phone without looking at it. The hive has already gotten to your brain to make this swiss cheese out of your imagination.
@@screwdriver1337hand tracking + eye tracking is all that's needed. Apple Vision pro has already proven this method works well, even in a gen 1 product. The only hangup is typing, but I have no doubt some clever designer will come up with a new easy way to type words this way that doesn't require any voice commands
The video was super informative! Really liked how educational it was.
Keep up the great work!
Was comprehensive and fun at the same time, thanks!!
Wow, this was a brilliant summary of where we're at with AR. I've been pretty checked out for a few years but I feel very up-to-speed now!
Thank you, subbed!
If I remember correctly, Jeri Elisworth kind of solved AR 12 years ago, lots of the problems you describe has already been solved. She was a Valve employee before
Your content is so unique in that you do long research and share something learnable out of it. Please 🙏 keep your uniqueness.
0:54 Why Does Mark Zuckerberg look like an AI Avatar?😂😅🤣🤣
He intentionally reduces his RL resolution so the difference between his virtual world and our world is less obvious. In the future, we will all look like him.
If you cannot change into a real boy, make them all puppets.
People like him and Elon Musk are the messiahs of our time. They're going to save humanity . . my ass
@@florinmoldovanuwho ever said that
@@oo--7714 me
The show Dennou Coil really opened my eyes for what a global AR through glasses would mean for society
We need a true light-field display for this to work properly. It needs to be able to send the photons in whatever direction it wants in order to mimic an object at a distance.
The issue for me isn’t the bulk of the product as usual it’s the price
Even though I returned my Xreal Air 2 Pro glasses, the ability to dim the displays as needed felt very cool and was a highlight of the product. I'll go back to AR glasses in a few years once things improve.
As much as the Vision Pro isn't for me, it's a good thing to have Apple in the VR/AR space, because it'll force innovation. I'm excited to see where it'll be 5 years from now. My Quest 3 is already unbelievable to me.
Such an insightful video , the explanation of different AR technologies was really well explained . Keep up the good work !!
these kind of technologies just make me so exited about the future
I dont like how reliant people are becoming on big corporations
Ok? What does that have to do with anything in this video?
This was a lot of very relevant information, from various sources, covered in an interesting and easy to follow way. It was informative and makes me excited for the future of AR.
I'd be much more excited about glasses that can keep themselves clean. I bloody hate constantly cleaning mine.
For these AR glasses, integrating prescription is a must if you don't want to exclude a large part of the market. Given that one's prescription changes over time, this would mean regularly replacing the lenses, adding greatly to the price
This is a terrific video with great technical depth on many key inputs for smart glasses.
Kudos, this is tech reporting at it's best. You did the research, understood the tech in detail, and lay it out in a logical and understandable overview that informs and reflects the ACTUAL state of the art without resorting to sensationalism, overspeculation or clickbaiting. I hurt my finger hitting the subscribe button so quickly. Then I hurt it again getting my groundnews subscription. I never realized typing could be so dangerous... ;)
I found this channel and have been binging for 2 days straight
Best technical overview of AR devices! Thank you! 🙏
Very well researched. Props for that. But what are the use cases, except writing a message on the fly without a keyboard
I had to take so many notes because there is so much to unpack what you have gathered with your incredible, thorough research - as always, amazing job man! Thank You!!!!
I think @TiltFive would have at least deserved an honorable mention as they have a product in the AR space that actually ships, unique as it might be.
very high production quality!!!!!
You were right about VR, let's see if those smart glasses really do make it to market as well.
This is why the edition of the cyberpunk tabletop game Shadowrun that I play treats all AR enabled eyewear as exclusively digital displays with digital passthrough and not optical lenses. Well, there's balance and mechanics reasons too but I'm pretty sure the difficulty of bending/blending light and competing with the sun is the setting justification.
Finally after years and years of development the nerds have convinced everyone to put on glasses and made air guitars cool again.
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The best path is to keep the battery outside of the device and try to improve the screen and fov
Having a combination of smartphone, glasses and watch to have AR display and gesture interface would be incredible !
Thanks for the great video !
That wrist thing for input is SO cool! I never realized you could do something like that without an actual brain interface. Certainly makes it an easier sell to regular consumers, not needing surgery lol Definitely trying it out when it comes to market!
wonderfully done. i love knowing how things function. thanks much.
16:03 Nitpick, event cameras don’t capture the change “from one frame to the next.” Event cameras have no concept of frames. The pixels individually and asynchronously produce events in response to changes on a per pixel basis. That is, in large part, what makes them exciting
Grate video❣️
I like the way you explain the technical part.
Grate graphics🤩
This video does an excellent job of explaining developments in the AR world-it’s truly broadened my perspective. Now that Meta Orion has been introduced, would it be possible for you to make a video about it as well?
Glad you liked it! I hope to do one eventually, but I didn't get the chance to try it yet
As a visually impaired person, AR/VR innovation is probably the most important technological advancement for accessibility in years. Coupled with AI and things like motion tracking, it has the potential to dramatically improve the accessibility landscape when an AI in your glasses can independently make everything you interact with more accessible to your individual needs.
You briefly mentioned the Focals by North, but I think they deserve some huge kudos for not just making their glasses look good, but being the only smart glasses I've used to date that crossed the line from "A neat piece of technology" to "A product I actually enjoy using in my day to day life"
What happened to them after google bought them?
@@jacobsan Well... Google pushed a software update that disabled the connectivity to your phone (completely kneecapping the functionality of the device) and sent all the owners of them full refunds. And there has been NO NEWS SINCE.
I am still mad about this and reserve the right to stay mad until Google does something with the company and patents they cannibalized.
@@sommeone Sounds like they didn't want the competition
@@jacobsan That makes sense, but it's still frustrating...
Looking forward to a pair of glasses that can translate when I need them to direct when I need them to and not interfere with my vision. I wear prescription lenses already that are pretty hefty, as in strong, but I look forward to the day when I can wear a simple pair of smart glasses that do other things I would normally reach from my phone or a computer to do, automatically. The day maybe a ways off still but it's clearly not impossible anymore
Dude I love how you showed all the technologies at the beginning 💟🌌☮️
Nice Video!! Happy to be a part of it :))
I think BCI will be the breakthrough we are wanting for AR
the optimal solution is a transparent screen in the glass and you use software to adjust the gaze. you could include eye tracking to compute how much you need to counter-fuzz the display depending on how far away the user is focusing. it'll be like one of those magic eye puzzle things, but automatic. now go and make this! i can't be giving out million dollar ideas all day.
Current AR glasses would shine at tourist locations as personal tour guides. Rent them out for a day with a credit card and each person could have through the location at their open pace and all follow up questions when they found something interesting. No controls needed outside of voice.
@6:30 all you need is an adjustable shade on the outside, this could be done physically with two polarising filters and a motor or it could be done by a one-pixel transparent black LCD. like what electronic window tints have
Great overview! So, DragonBall Z style scanners within five years? I'll start working on a power level app right away!
Honestly, if someone can get the displays, optics and sensor package right (ie the stuff that actually _needs_ to be on your face), I'd probably prefer them to just have a USB C plug behind the ear to hook them up to something that provides power, computation and an image source. More feasible, probably lighter, easier to repair or upgrade, more open and more flexible.
*sees man petting a dog*
"What does the scanner say about his serotonin levels?"
"It's over 9000!" *crushes AR glasses*
Yes! I've been wondering for years why they're trying to fit the computer+extra battery into the glasses! Another benefit would be if you lose the glasses, you don't lose your computer/data.
Thank you for all the your hard work you put in the research, I feel like I now know everything (as a consumer) that I need to know in this space.
Bruh, this video was probably soooo expensive to produce. These visuals are CRAZY !
14:00 Neural interface bands seem actually fascinating, I did not know we had the tech at that size yet. I would love to see more about that stuff. Just think about, beeing able to type a full text like on a keyboard just by wearing two armbands? I would use that.
Finally, someone answered my question about why we cannot put clear displays in a glasses now I know why
13:33 Neural interface bands definitely explain why Apple integrated double tap into their Apple watch 9...
Single-button mice all over again
@@prophetzarquon1922 Can you explain more? I'm genuinely curious.
@@jacksonburger2081 Mostly I'm joking, but Apple originally considered multi-button mice too complicated & created single-button mice for all their machines. It was decades before they reintroduced hardware allowing a right-click on their computers.
Long-press is the typical way of getting a contextual menu on touchscreens. Double-click\double-tap is generally just used for immediate actions requiring no further menu; so, it's not _really_ the same interface issue, as lacking a right-click method. I was being a goof
Transitions lenses might be a better shading solution since it doesn't add complexity or interfere with normal vision. An external battery with cord seems like the most practical solution to the battery life issue.
nappa: vegeta! What does the scouter say about his power level?
Vegeta:*smart glasses* ITS OVER 9000!!!
I hope that there is a good solution for driving with these. It is a real challenge in new places with lots going on, the glasses could either make it worse (at first they probably will), but they could also really cut through the chaff and help simplify the journey.
My idea has been, instead of trying to make it like the Vision Pro, make it a replacement for a watch. Just have it display glanceable information at a low frame rate and that will save power. Second, move the processing power to the phone. This saves more power and space, and now there's more room for battery. Have the glasses and phone communicate via bluetooth.
The processing can be done on your phone and either be sent via cable or wirelessly to the glasses.
Never mind _displays;_ we have high speed LCD welding masks that dim the whole viewport, but we don't have racing helmet visors or welding masks _or_ sunglasses, that just dim the brightest glare spots proportionally.
Dimming the highest intensity points while leaving darker regions untouched, allows the eye to see far greater detail in mixed light; the trick is, dimming the right areas of each lens, to align with each eye, quickly enough to account for any external movement.
It can be done simply enough: The high speed LCD elements & high speed light sensors already exist. The parts wouldn't even be especially costly or heavy, relative to a lot of existing racing helmets or electronic welding masks. No large battery needed, & the processing required is negligible.
The benefit to visual acuity from such a system, could have racers & welders hooked from their first use.
Sunglasses are a very lightweight & slimline form-factor to pursue, but making them dim _selectively_ would at least be a lot easier than incorporating a full blown display with legible text.
People keep trying to make "smart glasses", but our current glasses & sunglasses haven't made it past photogray lenses that dim everything instead of just the bright spots.
wow I know quite a lot about the xr space and this video was way better than I expected
7:38 The problem, as I see it, glasses and headsets won't be successful until they are more useful and stylish. Remember 3D glasses and TV? Not many want to sit around looking like a nerd for several hours.
Simple, remake fashion so everything looks like it's cyberpunk
@@Exospray It's still not selling to the masses, only appeals to a much smaller niche market.
You didn't need to. Passive 3D works with polarizing glasses which can be made in any size and shape you like. You can buy very stylish polarizing 3D glasses.
@@Ni5ei The question is, not whether they're available, but can you market them to the masses or only a niche group of nerds. Will your mom and dad buy them? Will grandma and grandpa? Neighbors, etc... It needs to useful and practical and stylish. Right now, you either must look like a nerd or Data from Star Trek: Next Generation and their use is extremely limited.
@@jimmcnevin9367Yeah absolutely. Sometimes it seems like the more tech minded people live in a bit of a bubble and forget to observe how the vast majority of people around them behave. Most people don't even like wearing glasses unless they absolutely have to due eyesight problems.
I always thought that one day technology would make glasses obsolete but we are heading in a totally different direction
You are one of the few TH-camrs who see the full picture of the industry. 👍
It’s not about “transparency” for some. It’s about avoiding tech-neck that’s plagued us and future generations for years now. That’s what I want for the progression of tech.
Good video overview 👍Don’t underestimate having a decent portable monitor. Keep it simple, no Zuckerberg cameras on your face, no eye tracking to check if you’re watching some mandatory ads.
I love the work that you do and I've been watching you since the beginning. Keep up the great job 👏🏽👏🏽😊
the best feature for me, is possibility change cam for other use case (night vision, thermal) for see in the night easely.
I wish you would put links to sources to your news stories in the description so we can read more about it
for some reason everyone try to make the most difficult transparent tech and ignore the easy cap visor screen
excellent overview of AR HMD, very well explained
0:37 didn't expect that distortion with the MQ3 tbh.
Maybe the brightness issue could be solved by rapidly shading and unshading the glasses. if the user could tune the flicker frequency it might solve the issue letting them see high contrast and see-through at the same time.
I love the neural bands. I would use them for writing in coffee shops. :) imagine the day this tech can be incorporated into a watch strap or a watch.
I like the look of the Myvu.
I imagine that there’s going to be two separate categories. Spatial computing/XR devices being standalone visual computers,and AR glasses and visors which for now,will operate a lot like your Apple Watch. Relaying notifications and letting you run lightweight applets.
This was very informative, thanks!
Awesome explanation 😃 specially the multiple types of ar glasses 🕶️ you mentioned.
been waiting for a video like this explaining our technological standpoint and what is actually possible.
bc of that I really believe this category will split in two and stay separated for quite a while. and that we will have something more like a desktop computer for home and productive use in the form of a headset and another light more assistant-like device akin to a smartwatch for on-the-go.
in that sense, i feel like apples vision of spacial computing could become huge. still first gen but the idea and more important the interface and "vision" is there.
with true AR glasses really being at least 10 years away still.
Why couldn't some of the space required for batteries, compute and cooling be placed around your neck or on your shoulder? Similar to old wireless earbuds that put some extra battery in a wire connecting the sides.
the your very quickly no longer wearing glasses
The optical issues relating to focus already have a known solution in the form of light field / holographic projection. The only company I'm aware of that is currently working on this seriously is CReal. They're apparently going to release the first version of their display modules to headset manufacturers later this year after almost a decade of development, so that's maybe something to keep an eye on.