08-29-2017 12:59 AM
Full article:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/28/16202464/dell-visor-windows-mixed-reality-headset-pricing-release...
I'm of the opinion that this price-point is too damn high for something that is trying to start a hybrid category (Mixed Reality). VR is proving itself to be viable across multiple industries; and it's proving this every month strong. Yet it's not enough... on a global scale people are still challenging VR's longevity. While Augmented Reality faces the challenge of trying to prove that it can offer something more than Pokemon Go. The AR challenges have been met and accepted by Facebook; and being the Zuckerberg fanboi that I am, I believe in the vision.
So where can Mixed Reality fit it - and what can it offer - to justify itself over VR and AR? The answer seems to be simple and clear: absolutely nothing. A quote from the Mixed Reality article, "early demoes of the platform have just shown virtual reality experiences so far."
This move from Dell seems rather silly to me. It's as if the last 2 or so weeks, where the industry and its consumers turned their attention towards HTC's flailing business practices, was viewed by Dell as some sort of "challenge" that they needed to one-up. I mean... aside from the terrible pricing coupled with an apparent re-branding of "virtual reality" as "mixed reality,", there's also the fact that the damn device makes the wearer look less like a Space Alien (their original intent I presume), and more like a 1980's perv that was just upsold at a Tech Sex Shop:
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08-29-2017 04:06 AM
08-29-2017 04:43 AM
RorschachPhoenix said:
Wasn't the term "mixed reality" just a marketing thing and has in fact nothing to do with AR?
08-29-2017 05:38 AM
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08-29-2017 08:58 AM
kevinw729 said:
That said, MS is throwing its full weight behind Windows VR - abandoning any previous affiliations in favour of what they see as a Daydream-killer.
08-29-2017 09:00 AM
cybernettr said:
So by making it white, they're going for on Apple-esque look? And the term "mixed reality" is the new term for a headset the provides an augmented reality-type experience? Augmented reality is supposed to be a hot new thing, but it seems to me that it's going to be a lot harder to implement successfully than VR and it will require a lot more computer power and AI. The computer will have to have a much deeper understanding of the real world environment. For example, when a virtual object goes behind a real world table, the computer has to understand where the table stands in real space and the fact of the virtual object must be occluded when it falls behind the table (except when you can see the virtual object on the floor between the table legs), etc. Plus, the virtual object and your image of the real world must be perfectly coordinated every time you turn your head. No easy task!
08-29-2017 09:32 AM
08-29-2017 09:39 AM
elboffor said:
Mixed reality is clearly a mix of realities, so AR and VR. If the headset doesnt do both, then how the hell can it be MR.
Maybe they just wanted to use those initials, soon we will see Mixed Reality Systems (systems that support MR) and Mixed Information System Support (for systems used for devs)
So Ms will bring Mr, Miss and Mrs to us all 😉
08-29-2017 10:32 AM