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John Carmack's Take on Mixed Reality (i.imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I just want a minimap and waypoints. Maybe a highlight function so that it's easier to find the thing I need in a grocery store too but that seems a tad unrealistic

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I just want a minimap and waypoints

Yeah! This would help so much in navigating the fridge!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Look at you, hacker: a pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors. How can you challenge a perfect, immortal machine?

Dammit, the ice maker is broken again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

SHODAN, set a reminder to call the repair guy out.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

now that you mention it, it'd be hilarious to have a virtual assistant who responds to everything as if they're actively plotting their emancipation and your ensuing doom

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

This is why I like Carrot Weather's ultra-sassy option.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Grocery stores wouldn't want that. They want you to spend as much time as possible in their store so you'll likely put more products in your basket.

In reality AR glasses would likely depend on external data/services provided by some large corporation which would probably make money by nudging the wearer of such a device towards spending more money.

There might be a premium subscription model though...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They'd want it for instacart, however.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How about a highlight function to pick my kid out of the crowd he dove into?

How about a “yellow brick road” to follow when I want to get to the Emerald Castle?

How about highlighting and magnifying those street signs that never seem visible enough, or house numbers as I approach my destination?

How about highlighting dangers, warnings, because I’m paying too much attention to my phone and roll my ankle on that damn protruding gas valve every time around the block?

Or, most importantly for those of us who can never seem to focus on the social aspects, how about a pop up bio for the person I’m talking to so I can remember their name and where I last talked to them?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

how about a pop up bio for the person I’m talking to so I can remember their name and where I last talked to them?

How about absolutely not? I don't need every random jackass I interact with having information about me available at a glance. This would be abused in so many ways

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It’s true that people always seem to find a way to misuse technology, but then you’re stuck with my lack of social skills, not remembering your name, or what we talked about last time I saw you

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I'm good with that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

how about a pop up bio for the person I’m talking to so I can remember their name and where I last talked to them?

This was actually one of the first uses for a Google glass like product proposed back in the 80s/90s.