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MrFoxManBoy t1_j612mqm wrote

Reply to comment by Killjoy911 in HoloLens AR actually makes soldiers less lethal, soldiers hate it | Report comes after Microsoft lays off various VR/AR employees by BlueLightStruct

You’d be lucky if you could even get batteries during Iraq/Afghanastan. I used to work with the AR/MR/VR teams that were laid off. Even though I was in the military, they wouldn’t listen to me when I told them tech like Hololens would never work in the field. And here we are 6 years later. But I was just a dirty contractor so what do I know?

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M_Mich t1_j63jibu wrote

you say it wouldn’t work, but as long as the contract gets approved, they’ll keep working on it. :)

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slowslownotbad t1_j6398d6 wrote

There is stuff that could work, but it has to be small and simple. And the UI has to be tailored to the mission.

For instance, smart watches are good. They’re even pretty durable and reliable these days. The smartwatch team should do AR, and if they say the tech isn’t there, they’re probably right.

Speaking of smart watches, if I was gonna do military AR, that would be my first product. Sunglasses with the time on them. Even if it’s just an analog hour/minute hand, I think people would find a use.

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NewDad907 t1_j62ib3k wrote

A Google Glass-like device with a small lumbar battery pack might work.

I’m a nobody and I can come up with better ideas. Why aren’t people paying me for my ideas? It’s a constant brainstorming session here upstairs.

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DarthBuzzard t1_j630ou0 wrote

> A Google Glass-like device with a small lumbar battery pack might work.

Well that has nothing to do with AR tech, so it would be performing a different function at that point.

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shaggy9c t1_j635ucq wrote

How is that not AR tech?

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DarthBuzzard t1_j638inu wrote

Google Glass is a 2D HUD. It's as if you were to take a smartwatch and put it on your face - that's the limit of the functionality you can provide.

AR deals with actually overlaying information into the real world.

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shaggy9c t1_j63ejfb wrote

Really? Last time i checked (quite some time ago) it was anything that augments reality . Even 2D HUD

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DarthBuzzard t1_j63fktb wrote

Other than Google, I've never heard of anyone in the AR industry try to classify Glass as AR.

The usecases, the tech, the hurdles that have to be crossed are just fundamentally different. It's a bit like a calculator versus a computer. They might technically both be calculators, but a computer is exponentially more complex with entirely different usecases (and at a greater magnitude).

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shaggy9c t1_j63unew wrote

Apple and also the HoloLens or how it was called that was forgotten few years ago

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DarthBuzzard t1_j63wtco wrote

HoloLens is actual AR, and Apple only ever calls ARKit-related features AR, which is true - that's mobile AR.

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