andybak

No

It solves the problem with hand tracking if done correctly (and only Apple has come close).

Hand-tracking is a terrible idea without micro gestures and eye tracking - because your arms tire very quickly and pointing at things is very inaccurate. There's a reason why brushes are more popular than finger painting)

Of course - we've already invented the optimum solution which is tracked 6dof controllers - but someone decided they aren't ever going to be mainstream so here we are...

Maybe I just don't have your refined eye but I've assumed this was a solved problem for several years.

I also think a well encoded mp3 at around 192kbs VBR is good enough for everyone and nobody needs a 4k TV - so judge me as you see fit.

As steady as any XR headset is. It's the same inside-out 6DOF tracking as Quest etc and feels just as stable.

(If that's all you want from them, aren't there cheaper solutions? These are "full VR in glasses form factor")

Not sure. I mainly still use a Quest 3 as a monitor replacement and had no strong reason to switch. The prescription inserts I got with these weren't quite right for my prescription and I prefer using my actual spectacles. So I've only used them to port stuff to/develop for - and tinker with existing apps (mainly the google supplied stuff as the embargo only lifted yesterday so there wasn't much released for it specifically).

I've got a pair. AMA...

My eye sight declined when I started using XR regularly. However it was also at the age where my eye sight was probably going to decline anyway!

Ugh. I've never heard that use of "DRM" before and I work with this stuff day to day. Be responsible in your uses of TLAs, people.

> essentially identical for productivity

The devil is in the details. Every single UX design choice can have massive impact on productivity and creative tooling workflows. Don't predict anything based on the spec sheet.

If you don't accept this particular argument then there are plenty more. This one is just quick and easy to convey.

There are very solid arguments backing up the same general points that require time to communicate and require good faith attempts to understand from the other party. But you probably don't want those either.

So do it. Everything AI assisted I've made has involved a ton of work. The only difference AI has made is that I've increased the level of my ambition and avoided a ton of things that were previously blockers.

Presumably a decent chunk of those might now reconsider?

> When the computing revolution first rolled around, some people perhaps tried to use MS-DOS as a writing tool (I’m guessing, I was five). We then built upon that to create the word processor.

Cough, WordStar, cough...

I know the initial "why". I just don't understand why it wasn't removed after a month.

"How" Gyroscopes Got So Small.

God, I so hate the auto-title "fixing" feature on HN.