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Sorry, I just don't get the consumer application. I see a bunch of people sitting around a living room wearing dorky glasses, when they could be sitting around the same living room with a TV, and it's much more convenient. Was there something else I was supposed to see from that landing page?

I think there are transformative / killer applications of AR to certain industries like traditional engineering, aviation, construction, logistics, etc. Microsoft Hololens could be a killer product if they could get it under $1k and open up the software stack a bit.

But as a consumer device, outside of gaming? Or a productivity tool? I don't see it. Keep in mind just how difficult a sell 3D movies were, and that just required putting on some plastic sunglasses.



That form factor, and the real-world-pass through, refutes literally every one of your points…

I guess we’ll have to see how it goes!




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