Hands-On: Nreal Light Augmented Reality Glasses!

[@HaibaneRakka571]

This is exactly the kinda thing I'm looking for, I've been wanting something that can output a terminal display as a HUD without being obvious or obtrusive. Sometimes my work requires me to monitor serial communications data or terminal applications like htop, and I'd like to just do it in HUD glasses over ssh+tmux.

[@nicktheg00]

CryHavoc you realize this is not just a hud right?? It’s literally a magic leap/Hololens full mixed reality headset miniaturized to the size of a pair of sunglasses. They have things that are considerably smaller than this if a so called hud is all your looking for, like the north vocals and Vuzix blade.

[@username4441]

>without being obvious or obtrusive it literally would look like youre about to go skiing indoors.

[@summarity]

That has existed for a long time. It's called "Focals by North". Pretty normal glasses that don't look like you're going skiing.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

true ar headsets give u much more than a hud..... it gives u the equivalent of a 3d virtual object in the world basically holograms in your space..... sure it can be screens and a hud too

[@username4441]

@@summarity >Focals by North Just looked it up, wow, it projects the time in arial font and that seems to be about it. that isn't AR, nor is that anything similar to the platform/use case that is being discussed here.

[@donutello_]

Can't wait for that one AR tech design that sticks and eventually become the norm like VR

[@pumpuppthevolume]

vr won't be a box on your face forever..... the old nvidia light field prototype shows that u can one day have a tiny form factor glasses doing great ar and vr.... but u will need blackout cover for vr

[@monoham1]

infinite walking by readjusting the world by 5 degrees at a time every time you take a step so anyone with 5x5m playspace can walk in a straight line forever

[@pumpuppthevolume]

@@suicidalbanananana it has been done in vr.... don't remember the minimum space and don't remember people being confused..... but than again I don't remember a commercial game that has it.... it's just too much work when the standard way works fine

[@AMAINE207]

Unlike VR* edit** VR headseats are going to look soo ridiculous in five years, akin to how your dads haircut looked 30 years ago.

[@KuraIthys]

Yeah, the walking in circles thing works, but to do it without messing up people's perceptions too much requires a pretty huge amount of space. We're talking like basketball kind of space. Maybe even as much as 30x30 metres to truly manage it without the user noticing. And I don't know about you, but that's a space that's bigger than my entire house, much less the typical VR playspace that I have available...

[@sosic172]

why can they make them in a frame that doesn't make you look like an early 2000's sharkboy and lava girl character

[@dra6o0n]

The fact that the display is so bright that people can notice you wearing a fancy tech several meters away means people can steal it from you.

[@Aeviu]

*DREAM DREAM DREAM DREAM*

[@numberjackfiutro7412]

@@dra6o0n Especially because they're $1200.

[@joshua_bluemoon8683]

@@Aeviu Nooooo not again!!!

[@gieckogecko5886]

That's my exact thoughts

[@loganladue2]

Now that would make Pokemon Go worth doing

[@Cheesecannon25]

I'm sure Niantic is very interested

[@dirus3142]

Dude, D&D, Shadowrun, and Cyberpunk 2020 are the augmented reality games that would make this awesome.

[@WallBreakerOfficial]

Glad I checked the comments, I was going to say the same thing.

[@xdjoser]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5PbnWBuj9eUbrM there is something in work

[@RobbertScholten]

Think of the realistic Detective Pikachu fully animated in front of you with just glasses on 😍

[@dittoisdone]

Wow! Looks like early Tony Stark stuff! Projections is such a good show.....

[@revrozell]

these glasses are amazing when can i get one exited for AR to become the "NEW" smartphones

[@cameron5465]

Said in the video available early 2020

[@dwalters98]

if you've watched the ordinal scale movie from sword art online, you essentially mean like the device they used called the Augma. Except that was extremely scifi cause it was transferring data directly to the brain.

[@hyperandfriends3039]

@@dwalters98 i knew i wasnt the only one who thought about OS

[@StevenIngram]

Have you noticed that the "all in one" vr platforms are aligning themselves to compete in price with mid range tablets/chromebooks? I think an old style tech shake up may be brewing.

[@ANewEvilRising]

Old style tech shake up?

[@numberjackfiutro7412]

They definitely are beginning to compete with mid price tablets, smartphones and laptop computers! They're now even doing prescription lenses in a few brands!

[@danieljames1868]

It makes sense; quite frankly a lot of what some people use tablets for - web browsing, video viewing, etc - could be better handled by AR glasses, with the biggest issue being control, and the hand-tracking methods being worked by some could handle that well.

[@shadowswithin702]

Which will be great for us the consumer.

[@soulife8383]

I wish they would focus on practical AR instead of entertainment AR. Yes it would be cool to fly an airplane or whatever, but the demo that Microsoft showed is what I think is closest to perfect. Help make daily tasks better or easier, make AR a tool, and make entertainment a secondary task. Make it a computer instead of an Xbox. I saw this form factor and got excited until I saw the demo. These glasses are a toy, not a tool.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

"These glasses are a toy, not a tool." lol what ....they r showing off the picture quality and the 6dof tracking ...u can use the glasses for anything

[@soulife8383]

@@pumpuppthevolume When I said 'they' I wasn't talking about these guys. I meant "They" as in the people designing AR glasses. Have you seen Microsoft's Hololense demo, or read about what the industry is currently using it for? It's a tool. Watch any other demonstration for any other AR glasses and they all pretty much look like this, a toy, IE: Entertainment is its primary focus

[@soulife8383]

@@andybaldman then you need to look into what industries are doing with Microsoft's Hololens.. They're the only ones doing what you replied too. Even NASA was able to recreate a Mars environment to troubleshoot a rover issue using Hololens. AR can be an *extremely* useful tool. But manufacturers focus on entertainment in bulk

[@soulife8383]

@@andybaldman is that a real question? You can't think of how practical AR would be beneficial to the average person or home? To start, think of a smaller scale use case, like this, just to start (since you asked about home use): kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4rHc2Wud7N5m80 Now take it outside the home. Imagine the glasses could interact with your phone, or car. Your glasses could be showing you your speed limit, overlay safe driving distances, potential for accidents, pedestrians, a deer, etc. Radar, map & navigation, notifications. Or instead of driving, take a walk or jump on a bike. You can follow those AR walking directions Google recently built into Google Maps. Maybe you're in school studying botony. You could go on a walk and the glasses are identifying plants in real time. Or even insects, birds, etc. Look up synonyms and definitions while reading. As a parent, or woman, the glasses could identify registered sex offenders when you're in a crowded room, such as a bar, club, school, playground, etc. Translating different languages on signs if you're traveling. Inside walking directions in the store so you can go directly to the items you want to buy in the mall or grocery store, and it's checking prices and online sales while you shop. It's endless... But no, instead let's just focus on playing minecraft with AR instead. Or NASA. Do a search on hololens and look how it could be a tool in the workplace too. Look how it is being used in the workplace. Especially with assembly. Which just made me realize Ikea for example could offer QR codes that show you how to assemble that new coffee table you just bought in real time as you're picking up different pieces trying to assemble it..

[@davesworld7961]

This is pretty Damn cool. Something a little larger like in the form of fit over sunglasses might allow them a larger fov and more hardware in a small enough package while blocking outside light and other distractions from the side and edges of the lenses.

[@theniii]

They actually have magnetically attachable shades that blocks light from other directions, attaches the same way as the prescription lenses!

[@seekyunbounded9273]

8:20 the way you look makes it feel ultra sci-fi, 10/10 would want to see again

[@TheLiasas]

Literally tought abouth lady gaga pokerface glasses

[@seekyunbounded9273]

@@TheLiasas this is even better because when he move around it looks had that 3d effect of as if it was closer to his eyes instead of just being two screens

[@hubifornia]

I like that Norm translates from deep geek to something I can understand.

[@vetlerradio]

He named himself Andrew for the interview purpose.

[@codycast]

vetlerradio why would you say that?

[@matthewstaton6810]

When glasses can effectively replace my phone.. I'm in.

[@Wooskii1]

Those AR glasses!!! $500? People (not me) pay that for regular glasses! This is so cool, Im gonna live to own a pair of AR glasses! I just wonder how long until they reach consumer mass-market quality 🤔

[@shadowswithin702]

Well it said 2020 for those ones so...not long my friend not long

[@happysmash27]

Those ultra-expensive regular glasses are such rip-offs! I wouldn't be surprised if they cost less than a tenth of what they sell them for to produce. Glasses frames are a realm where price definitely ≠ quality.

[@RichardServello]

I'm so excited for Asgard...it's the reason I bought the Rift S

[@dougb70]

8:32 why not outside? are there some specs we could use to know what the light output is? I think the advantage of this form factor is to wear as an everyday accessory. Otherwise, why not just go with the Hololens or Magic Laep

[@Veptis]

Have you had your hands on a Leap Motion Project Northstar? You can print your own, but Haptic picked up Leap Motion and maybe you get to meet David Holz for once.

[@InTheDawngeon]

I'm very impressed by the effort to make the AR glasses accesible! It's good to see that kind of effort in cool projects

[@RichardServello]

Always amazing to see a non-enterprise AR product.

[@VirtualAirTour]

At this point it feels like high resolution passthru may end up winning the race to consumer level AR...this way you would have a single AR/VR device. My mirrorless camera has a high resolution/low latency OLED viewfinder and I could easily see something like this being used for AR/VR.

[@robsmith5434]

I think you may be correct.

[@pinkeye00]

The glasses are the way to go. The one thing they need to innovate on is like the mirror-less camera with prescription adjustments

[@statnoise5843]

Could we get captions on this channel please? Deaf/HoH folks like tech too.

[@screamtoasigh9984]

There are captions now.

[@OculusQuestFun]

I enjoyed how quickly that representative was speaking. He knows his stuff.

[@635574]

That asgard rpg looks great, but wasnt this supposed to just be about the ar glasses? Why not just make separate video.

[@trevor6607]

lol I was thinking the same thing...that was not well done.

[@reaper8891]

The glasses would be an incredible thing to add to motorcycle helmets. Your speed, directions and emergency notifications in front of you but not in the way. a kind of dash cam recording could be useful too.

[@awildtomappeared5925]

I'd be surprised if this isn't a thing already, there are already cycling glasses that have a HUD to show speed power directions etc while cycling

[@MrKingjoe28]

They already have that. Have for several years now. I looked into one the other day in fact though it was expensive...

[@starchaser28]

I was very curious to hear more about this device. Thanks for covering it!

[@ytubeanon]

12:30 the winter scene in Asgard's Wrath looked spectacular (I'm reminded of the winter area late-game in the latest Dragon Warrior RPG game and how I wish that were a VR game). The ultimate would be if it were multiplayer and each person had a different class in the party. I hope it's playable with SteamVR + ReVive, I actually retired my Vive a while ago, but would bring it out for this. As for Nreal, since it looks like wearable in public, I wonder if there's a market for 2D up-to-the-minute info displayed in the glasses, like twitter/other social media, stock prices, weather, server/network stats, sports, etc... which this could satisfy.

[@Kevin-Schmevin]

Insanely good form factor and lots of great design touches, also a great price point(s), nice job fellas!

[@gunn3r245]

I love the passion this guy has about his product.

[@marcelliino]

9:55 LEAP Motion and Magic Leap are different

[@theniii]

leap motion also does good tracking tho, he might have actually meant LEAP motion not magic leap

[@iSebbeYT]

Awesome 😃 The future I am waiting for is getting closer! 😍

[@jollimeme7130]

I'm waiting for something that sends images directly to your brain. Imagine the ads.

[@tinymetaltrees]

PlayStation 9’s nanospores...

[@Matosboy]

Imagine the subliminal messages and interferance sounds, put your tinfoil hat :)

[@Skarredghost]

nReal is one of the most interesting AR/VR startups of this year. Maybe the most interesting one: it has a lightweight glass with a trendy design, a nice field of view and a very good resolution. The price is also very cheap: $500 for the consumer version and $1200 for the devkit. Considering that Magic Leap costs 2 times that price and HoloLens 3 times, this can be really disruptive for augmented reality. It can even enter a bit into the "early majority" segment of the market.

[@diamony123]

AR can be a widely used device if develope and advertise properly with navigation system.

[@XREAL_Global]

Big thank you to Norm and Jeremy for the coverage. It was a pleasure meeting you two at AWE. Hello everyone, we announced nreal light developer program over AWE and are looking to work with developers globally. If you're interested, please visit nreal.ai/developer or mail us at [e-mail] for more info!

[@jaunusender6166]

I wouldn't mind slightly larger lenses or a FoV scaling option. They're amazingly small and lightweight, but now they need to scale it back to a bit larger to not break the "ambiance" or immersion. Also the larger field of view so you could, say, pause what you were doing, get a drink or something without having to take them off and completely break the immersion. But still an amazing step in the right direction.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

"get a drink or something without having to take them off" whaaaaaaaat?? this is ar u don't have to take off anything to eat or drink or look at your phone or whatever kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIe9hpyweL6Copo kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6fTZqahh9Rge6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3Kni4WrZsmIg68

[@matthewdh123]

Great video guys. Great tech, really looking forward to stuff like this. FOV is key.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

fov is more or less the same as $2300 ml1 and $3500 H2..... and angular resolution is good

[@whodis715]

Probably one of the worst tech videos I’ve seen. Not to be a troll Just terribly boring Barely showed off the glasses but decided to spread out the video. Atleast there was gameplay so I wouldn’t have to stare at dudes just talking

[@matthewdh123]

@@pumpuppthevolume I understand. I didnt mean that as a slight towards this device. I think the fov is insufficient on those devices as well. At least for them to be viable to me. The first iteration of the hololense fov was terrible. It's not much better in the second. I think acrosse all ar and vr platforms as well, fov plays a crucial role in the devices success.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

@@matthewdh123 yes it's small... the point is there is nothing better right now and it's as good as the best expensive headsets or very similar

[@matthewdh123]

@@pumpuppthevolume again. I understand that. I think they're all equally insufficient and need to try to increase their fov. I didnt say holo or magic leap is better. I didnt say that for a reason, because I dont think either on is better. The fov is just as bad on those devices.

[@Sadiquecat]

I think this Ep should have been split into the AR and VR segments, I'm personally interested in both but I'm afraid people searching for the Asgard or uninterested in AR might miss out on the Asgard demo

[@3D_Printing]

castAR (formerly Technical Illusions) was a Palo Alto-based[11] technology startup company founded in March 2013[3] by Jeri Ellsworth and Rick Johnson.[4][5] Its first product was to be the castAR, a pair of augmented reality and virtual reality glasses.[12] castAR was a founding member of the nonprofit[13] Immersive Technology Alliance.[5] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CastAR

[@thebush6077]

"the field of view leaves something to be desired" When you realize we are now at a point in history where we can look at AR glasses and be disappointed about something. Makes you wonder what we'll be complaining about in the future...

[@2nd3rd1st]

How's that anything new or mindblowing. I can look at my 1985 NES Zapper and complain it doesn't shoot actual lasers...

[@Life_Through_Galleries]

@@2nd3rd1st it's about to be 2020 and you didn't know the safety was on?

[@2nd3rd1st]

@@Life_Through_Galleries wait what? D:

[@pumpuppthevolume]

fov is similar to the super expensive headsets... so it's fine

[@ThatsPety]

FOV is key to a good AR experience so it's really not surprising

[@Michbigheart]

Hi! With transparent tv tech it's possible achive better ar glasses.

[@jonjonsson6323]

They look like electronic something glasses. One of the better types perhaps, but there is no doubt they are non regular ones basically because they are halved horizontally.

[@keithjames753]

Have been playing Quest, and Blood and Truth on PSVR for the past 2 weeks straight! I am having a blast in VR at the moment, but I will be moving completely over to AR when a company releases a lightweight set of glasses that have 6Dof, wide FOV, and fast framerate to allow for AR Gaming, etc. I read that Apple may have something magical next year as well, but if another company takes the torch (like this one), I am sold!

[@pumpuppthevolume]

apple will want something tiny shiny trendy with nice profit margin for the average consumer ...that doesn't drain your phone battery and not only ar enthusiast will appreciate .....I will be shocked if next year they announce anything more than a smartwatch for your face like what google glass is ....that said something like the nreal glasses can be a good first gen consumer device if it has good support

[@chris-hayes]

The design seems quite simple and clean. I like the elegance of these. Btw, they're red just because those are the dev kit glasses. The consumer ones look like a grey/black color. Source: Was looking at their website.

[@AnonymousFreakYT]

Andrew has never been interviewed by a media member before - he can't figure out to look at Norm or the camera. Hint: Look at the interviewer. If the interviewing company wants you to look in to the camera, they'll place the camera over the interviewer's shoulder. (Or it will be a studio interview where everything is covered in advance of the actual interview.)

[@mmseng2]

Seemed natural enough to me. Looking at your audience is a good skill to have, and is especially difficult when it's a large audience being represented by a single camera.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

*_Neal Stephenson has joined the chat_* Hey, Hiro: Wanna try some Snow Crash??

[@CockatooDude]

Inb4 Da5id gets screwed over by it.

[@javieraguirre9135]

But that was VR

[@abcdxx1059]

lets blow up the moon

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

@@abcdxx1059 ^ that comment is Doob approved. Who in no way was meant to invoke Niel DeGrasse Tyson for parody purposes. Nope. Nosirybob. Edit: Pssst...Javier: True, but the gargoyle stringers were AR

[@Rdasboss]

Hopefully something like journey of the gods can be expanded for the quest. Asguards wrath seems like a supped up version of it and i'm ready. Though i want open worlds. i understand why they develop level based game play to give people natural times for breaks, but an open world gives so much to immersion.

[@AMAINE207]

Something intriguing is in the works.

[@woigluthokeca]

Can you fit these over your regular prescription glasses?

[@TheTukTuk2008]

Asgards Wrath looks gorgeous!

[@spacehitchhiker4264]

Is it available with prescription lenses though? For those of us who already wear glasses

[@mightyjoeyoungish]

6:06...

[@danielwijnberg1860]

Maybe you need new glasses...

[@TheErudite21]

Thanks for sharing us the Asgard game!!! Looks fantastic!!! Tragic that it's an exclusive though :/ If it fails, I feel like that would be a bigger reason why then because it's in VR. Oculus has just under half the VR market so exclusives really limit their potential player base.

[@Nejham15]

But if it's good enough it might prompt people to get a Rift.

[@Ilseroth]

Well most other games bought on the oculus store can be played on SteamVR through Revive, I'm really hoping this is one of them... shame about having to buy it specifically on the oculus store though.

[@Nejham15]

@@Ilseroth I tried playing some oculus games through revive using a Samsung odyssey, that was awefull, the games crashed every time or did work properly, and the buttons weren't well maped. Using a rift for the same games the experience was totally different, revive is really not worth it.

[@Ilseroth]

@@Nejham15 Interesting, the only game I've played/bought was Echo Combat, and I never had any problems. But I was also on Vive, not WMR.

[@RichardServello]

I bought the rift S almost entirely for that game! CAN NOT WAIT!

[@brandonmatthews9420]

Very impressive. Good idea to use something everyone has as the processing/control device.

[@russellbarrett9913]

The products will be available as a "deaf kid" Love those subtitles :D

[@icouldntthinkofaname4227]

Can I stream video from my phone to the glasses

[@redcenteno7150]

Asgard's Wrath looks amazing!

[@imperfectxennial3008]

Wonder how they will compare to the upcoming Apple AR Glasses

[@twitte0king]

Why can't I play on the quest?

[@ReallyBigBadAndy76]

I really think this has a big future for thinks like tabletop gaming. It's way better for local multiplayer games than VR, which really isolates the user from the world around them. But imaging something like Warhammer 40K where visual effects or even scenery can be added to a flat play mat that you use with your regular miniatures. Or even where you just use cardboard disks and a figure is displayed. Maybe not in the next year but in ten years? I think this will be common.

[@theutopianoutopioan464]

Augmented reality glasses. Do they come in prescription?

[@Anthony-wc1mz]

Can’t wait ! The key is phone-controller-ar! That’s the day I really looking forward !

[@shadowolf3998]

It should include motion sensors on the left and the right ears. Compared to normal glasses though there is still room for expansion on the size.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

what motion sensors... it has 6dof tracking....

[@arpitlasod11]

What is the material of this product? What kind of plastic enclosure is it? It really looks cool though

[@Vlican]

i appreciate the attempts to make AR glasses more like traditional glasses... but i totally don't mind the Dennou Coil look either (probably has less design constraints too)

[@KuraIthys]

Impressive. Hopefully the compute unit box won't be dev kit only. I like the device but I'm not so fond of making use of a smartphone to power it. (several reasons for this that I don't feel like getting into.) The field of view is still kinda low. Vusix had devices with this kind of FOV going on 15 years now, and it's low enough to start being somewhat problematic. The resolution at least is fairly decent (especially in concert with that reduced FOV, since that makes the pixels per degree higher)

[@pumpuppthevolume]

dev kit is $1200... just the headset $500 the fov is very similar to the $2300 magic leap 1 and $3500 hololens 2.... but it doesn't have all the bells and whistles

[@WaagooshTheRedFox]

now add motion detection, cameras, an HUD overlay, implant this in a helmet with audio output, and a visor that doubles as a HUD, and let it be integrated into cars and motorcycles for racers. plus imagine in helmet rear view camera on a motorcycle.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

it has cameras it can do "motion detection" 6dof trackingit it has audio and it can be used as a hud... but it can do much more than just a hud

[@WaagooshTheRedFox]

@@pumpuppthevolume im talking about making a product that can be used in a motorcycle helmet, and combine that with a relatively simple setup to read RPM, wheel speed, maybe fuel level, include a gps/compass and a long battery life, and i promise motorcyclists will eat it up. @yammienoob

[@pumpuppthevolume]

@@WaagooshTheRedFox this can be used like that if it blocks less of your fov.... the point is real ar headset is much more than a hud

[@WaagooshTheRedFox]

@@pumpuppthevolume exactly, a cheap version gives just basic info, a premium version could come embedded in a relatively good helmet with a battery and simple AI that can read metrics like traffic behind, traffic patterns ahead, cars in close proximity or approaching at dangerous velocities, could also be used to monitor body position in relation to the bikes CG and tell the rider how to handle an upcoming obstacle, and act as advanced warning for things in the road offering even a "highlight" CGI aura around dangerous objects and obstacles in the path of the bike. even a night mode that offers a slight enhancement to night vision, as well as maybe even thermal to detect animals and people on the road/shoulder.

[@WaagooshTheRedFox]

think iron man, but on wheels.. because we cant make a flying suit yet. but it can also do all kinds of smart phone stuff as well. helmets actually offer a lot in the way of accessories that can be added to enhance the usefulness of the helmet.

[@wojiaobill]

i want to see people connect these things with google maps to place navigation arrows "on the road" for drivers

[@MrCoopzilla]

cant wait to see this company in 20 years!

[@pumpuppthevolume]

xD 20 seriously?.... why not 50.... next year it will be for sale for consumers and most likely other companies will have similar stuff... so it will be interesting to see what's happening in 2 years

[@xsuploader]

@@pumpuppthevolume the ceo of this company himself stated it would take 10 years to get to mainstream AR glasses

[@pumpuppthevolume]

@@xsuploader depends on the definition of mainstream ....in 2021 facebook/oculus will have a 6dof ar headset and within 2-3 years it can be as popular as the quest .....by mainstream they mean as common as consoles or even smartphones but it will be affordable and good enough pretty soon ....also soon apple will have smart glasses that might not be as capable as project aria but it will make wearing tech on your face a common thing within a few years my point was 20 years is astronomical amount of time for tech ....when very interesting things will be happening within 2-3 years

[@stephensteinhauer3346]

Technology is getting closer and closer to high performance low cost universal HUD systems that can be used to enhance performance and safety of many things. Three things that I'd like to see these developed for: 1) Real time drone display, giving you a pilots eye view from the drones perspective. 2) HUD for vehicle GPS system that puts the "blue line" and upcoming turns out in front of you so you don't have to look down to see it. Vehicle independent, so you use it in anything you are driving, car, motorcycle, bicycle, roller skates, etc.. 3) Aircraft HUD program for sport pilots and even ultra-light pilots. Giving low cost aircraft the IFR capabilities that are currently to expensive for most beginners. Hey... you could IFR with a hang glider or a powered parasail with these.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

also it's much more than a hud... it gives u 3d virtual objects.... basically holograms..... blade runner 2049

[@feikibio]

Very interesting item, can't wait to test it.

[@aplacefaraway]

I would prefer this form factor for VR, not AR. At least have the option to block out all the room light using front layer.

[@TheMitchZone]

That Dev guy sounds so familiar... 🤔 Close your eyes while he's talking, and you'll notice that he sounds almost completely identical to *Fred Fredburger* from "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy."

[@samuel88andrews]

Mannnn that was a good cartoon. Idk how trustworthy this company is but if they make these glasses less ugly and with batteries that wont explode I'm down for them to take my money.

[@TheMitchZone]

@@samuel88andrews Hell yeah! Same. And that was only *one* of my favorite childhood classic cartoons. 😉👍

[@JuanIsaza]

What about eye health? Any worries about possible eye damages?

[@gravity4261]

When you don't have notifications on and you got here 30 seconds after it was posted

[@Mortequal]

When you got here 1 hour later, read this comment, and feel like you didn't miss anything..

[@professor-wright]

Does it help you from walking into traffic?

[@silberlinie]

Slowly but surely the technology of AR and VR comes to a really interesting and acceptable version. But there is still a lot to do. Above all: the viewing angle must fill the view both horizontally and vertically.

[@trevor6607]

Yeah the FOV is still garbage. Fidelity needs improvement too but were getting there

[@LordDeShadow]

Cant wait to play Ingress with a pair of AR glasses!!! Even maybe a Yugioh AR game one day...who knows?

[@omagro8267]

tabletop ar games are in production now, including a project myself.

[@LordDeShadow]

@@omagro8267for Yugioh it needs to be like in the anime (starting in battlecity). 😍

[@ggpp1417]

MTG Arena

[@gorkskoal9315]

do-able! Google Glass! (if you can get your hands on them) people that have them are doing that!

[@gorkskoal9315]

YEAH I've seen some regular table top games from a racing game of some sort that looks like rocket league- and apple has a tabletopish() game on it's playstore temple adventures(?) plus someone on androidgaming had talks about starwars chess lol I love it!

[@liamneville6487]

Karl Pilkington [talking about what he thinks will happen in the future]: "Glasses, but I'm seeing what I wanna see". Ricky Gervais' response: "Stupid, pointless, would never happen."

[@pumpuppthevolume]

xD I think I remember that

[@ChozoSR388]

What a time to be alive! :D

[@shadowswithin702]

Very, I hear you. Now if we could just get the cyborg companions for doing all the chores we don't want to, and maybe our jobs and such future will be relaxing.

[@chillspike_gameplay]

I'm near-sighted. Can I shut off the VR and just use these to occasionally replace my regular eyeglasses?

[@nicktruefitt3459]

2020 vision. Perfect.

[@SyrupSplash]

I much prefer the method of projection glasses like the focals by north uses. These top down reflections just seem way too apparent from someone outside looking in.

[@Toblerone5]

Feels like AR is right about at the point of DK 1 of the oculus rift. Can't wait to see where it is in 5 years.

[@Nipponing]

Really want AR glasses some day. ToT But I want them to work wirelessly, and have their own processing without the need of an internet connection.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

that will make it at least $1200 and really big/heavy/hot on your head and it will have power and battery restrictions because of that form factor .....at this point wired headset is much smaller convenient simple and cheaper

[@iwir3d]

I think most VR doesn't get it at all. But I think there is something to this. Think for a moment what do you need.. phone, wallet and keys. If you think about it.. your computer is your computer because it computes. If you swap the keyboard out the "brains" of the computer is still the same so its still your computer. In the future.. I think you will own your "data" and computers will do just the computing. This means anyone could pick up any headset and pick up where they left off... same would apply to computers then.. So then you start getting this interesting theories for how computing should work and I think this is brilliant. What if you just have your phone.. and it either connects to a cloud server, or a home server... your connected to your data.. wherever you are. I like to think about xenon girl of the 21st century a disney movie... what if we made a small civilization that was sorta like the space station.. everyone would be provided a "basic" shelter and food rations..and you would get the ability to do more, and get more.. your "data" could be personal, it could be work, it could be education... think about how the data could revolutionize things. Using technologies like ipfs to help anchor data for the applications... because doesnt it seem weird.. that TONS of computers have the exact same programs installed.. like windows itself.. or ios... the exact same data is on so many hard drives just in the os itself.. talk about redundancy. with a small civilization we could probably make that soo much more efficient. I think ar, mr, and vr will all be important to our everyday lives in the future. Imagine heads up displays for everything. I seen some meta thing from facebook where they did workouts with some visualizes with mr that was just nice.. I think everyone will wear glasses in the future all the time. Imagine looking at an item in a store .. and seeing the barcode *boop* you know the price without having to ask or find a price check scanner... Imagine being able to see other places that sell it cheaper even... competition is about to get interesting. Also, there could be something to the whole everyone wearing glasses. If we do that, and have enough sensors we could better understand the world around use. advance ia but also make better maps. record what we see in real time effortlessly. I think that glasses wont replace the phone but be an accessory to it.. I think phones will meerly be personal compute devices or hard drives.. that can run apps but also do text and phone calls.. I think personal devices that are portable.. will be key. chrome books boot quickly.. imagine if they linked to your phone not your google account.. anyone could just use any computer and pick up where they left off... exactly as they left off.. the future will be insane.

[@stripehead1]

AR tech can be stuffed down into normal sunglasses, next is to scale up a bit for visual field and we can expect that style of glasses to be the new norm.

[@ChrisRedfield--]

Is it correct that they bought and use the ODG ip?

[@pumpuppthevolume]

they r not using anyone's ip birdbath optics have been around for years and lots of companies have used them

[@ChrisRedfield--]

@@pumpuppthevolume Looks exactly like the ODG glasses.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

@@ChrisRedfield-- and odg looks exactly like a lot of other glasses using birdbath type optics

[@ChrisRedfield--]

@@pumpuppthevolume Got a link?

[@pumpuppthevolume]

@@ChrisRedfield-- www.kguttag.com/2017/03/03/near-eye-bird-bath-optics-pros-and-cons-and-immys-different-approach/

[@LegendBegins]

This is crazy. I can't wait for this tech to mature.

[@ShishakliAus]

Well you're gonna have to. It's decades away

[@reysolano632]

i wish they would make a rayban style glasses that are around 300. i would definitely buy this if it was like that cuz even though i love my quest 2 it’s way to uncomfortable for me and glasses like these would leave the quest in the dust but to be fair it would be extremely difficult to make vr glasses as powerful as the quest 2 in such a small form factor as something like rayban style glasses sooo i guess i’ll have to wait like 5-10 more years for VR to get more advanced

[@happysmash27]

All I'm wondering is if they can be used entirely with open source software. Could I plug this into my computer and program my own interface without issue? Or is there something like boatloader locking that creates vendor lock-in? The game footage looks horrible and laggy in 24fps, by the way. Please use 60 fps. 24 fps makes it seem like the game has heavy performance problems, when it actually doesn't. I would really like to see something like Minecraft, but not so square, in VR. It would be really challenging to make a good control scheme for a game like that with normal PC input, but I believe all the degrees of freedom of VR would allow for a pretty usable game.

[@KnowFunOfficial]

Norm, how did you wear the nreal, if you wear glasses ?

[@RobinRS]

There are lenses include that you can SNAP in that will replace your glasses

[@RaymondLo84]

10:00? leap motion?

[@FlockofSmeagles]

While mini games would be awesome, like, pong, angry birds, and generally more mobile type experiences. I'd hope that companies would focus more on RL integration. Being able to customize your home, office, car, etc... To be able to interact with specific spaces in a fully customized way. I would get behind a fully integrated system with small hubs that act as storage, and are able to communicate and create a cloud like ecosystem that supports multiple eye wear. Like, for example, storing recipes, grocery lists, reminders, and notes for you and your family to be able to sort through in the kitchen. I think this concept lends to the more physical and natural convenience of sharing info. Like leaving a posted note. Rather than going out of your way to ensure that everyone gets that text. Each hub could function in different ways depending on the context that they are used in. Like, productivity, entertainment, etc... Imagine setting up a hub in your office space. Being able to access all of your files directly at your finger tips. Extending your desktops screen space to your convenience. To your desk, your wall, your ceiling for that matter. Possibilities are endless really. AR is the future, and I can't fucking wait.

[@zacozacoify]

And then imagine once vr is just AR with the world shut out, when you’re not at home you can still walk through a digital version of your home complete with all your “hubs”, and even physically co-exist with your family who are home as some sort of digital manifestation.

[@FlockofSmeagles]

@@zacozacoify VR is great for exactly something like that. Soldiers, business people could definitely benefit from something of that nature. AR is more about integration. That's its strong point. Like our phone is an extension of us. AR one day will be too. VR is a creation tool, an experience. AR is a practical extension. That's just my opinion, though.

[@VG____]

Does 1080p mean 1920x1080 for each eye?

[@pumpuppthevolume]

yes it's using 1080p screen per eye ...which at 52 degrees fov has pretty good angular resolution(pixels per degree of human vision)

[@riggermortisfpv526]

The Nreal Light huh......I wonder if they are Gibson fans.

[@CockatooDude]

What book of Gibson's is that from? Just asking because I either forgot or haven't read the right one yet.

[@riggermortisfpv526]

@@CockatooDude Virtual Light, kinda, very very close.

[@CockatooDude]

@@riggermortisfpv526 Ahh I see, thanks.

[@dirus3142]

@@CockatooDude As Rigger said, Virtual Light the first book of the Bridge Trilogy. He also has 3D printers in this series. Gibson's next series Blue Ant starting with Pattern Recognition also explores Augmented Reality.

[@CockatooDude]

@@dirus3142 That figures, I am a bit of a newcomer to Gibson, having only read the Sprawl trilogy so far. I haven't gotten to his later works yet as I decided to read a few other books in the genre first. But I appreciate the info, and I will definitely look into the Bridge Trilogy and his newer stuff.

[@harrygray8789]

Dude I just want to code in AR/VR in a reliable manner lmao.

[@msirb9859]

Why would you want to code in AR/VR?

[@saii7735]

msirb convenience

[@CyberMacGyver]

1:57 *GET THE FUDGE OUT OF HERE* ! cant believe i get to experience Non-Fiction SciFi in my lifetime 🤯

[@thomas-w8948]

isn't non-fiction SciFi just... science?

[@pumpuppthevolume]

it's really simple optics... this type of setup is just the start

[@Tarbard]

When Fi becomes Sci

[@CyberMacGyver]

@@thomas-w8948 😂👌🏼

[@MegaMAWG]

Non-Fiction Science-Fiction?

[@radicaldreamer]

"Now you don't have to imagine everyone in their underwear, but rather you can use AR to SEE everyone in their simulated underwear"

[@clray123]

Here in Germany I can just go to sauna and don't have to imagine anything.

[@MarkOfArgyll]

Damn, that's some bit of kit. In a workplace you could get rid of multi monitor setups, and use virtual monitors saving a hell of a lot of money.

[@monoham1]

why do you keep talking about quest like its not a PC platform? do you even know what ALVR is? 17:00

[@kirknelson156]

cant see myself getting any of these devices, i'm probably just getting old, but i don't get it, can't see an actual use for it, I enjoy playing games, but that enjoyment is dependent on the game play, its never been the resolution or the level of detail in the scenery. every now and they i load up dosbox and play a game from the mid 90's because they were fun regardless of how low the graphics resolution was. One of my current favorite games is borderlands 2, got it on the PS3, it was a blast. and even after they migrated it to the PS4 and up'd the level of detail, it didn't make the game any better. too many games these days are so focused on the appearance they neglected to make it fun.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

get a quest

[@Dante02d12]

Wow. These AR glasses actually look sick! The only big fail is the FOV cut in half by the "black box". I wear glasses about the same size, and I would never ever want my (already small) FOV cut in half. If they could just put the tech _above_ the lenses so that it doesn't get in my eyes' way, that would already be great!

[@pumpuppthevolume]

the fov is similar to the super expensive headsets.... so it's fine for now

[@Dante02d12]

@@pumpuppthevolume Sure, but with a Hololens you don't have anything in the middle of your view ^^. That's my issue with these glasses: you basically have a big dead spot in the middle of your view. They said it in the video.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

@@Dante02d12 u r welcome to buy a hololens2 for $3500 :P .... in a different configuration where the hardware is slightly up.... it won't look like normal glasses it will look gigantic.... but at least it does have very similar screen fov to the hololens2 and ml1 u can always move it up with gigantic nose piece and strapping it in the back with elastic.... and it will look a bit like this edge.slashgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/rokid-glass-hands-on-0-980x620.jpg