After showing someone awkwardly hold a smartphone up to have a video chat, the demo video transitioned to this: a chat where a distant friend appears in the same room. Most of the demo video revolved around alerts appearing in your normal world, like movie times and reviews. (This is similar to a Facebook reveal of augmented reality designs via the Facebook app on smartphones.) This empty bamboo forest suddenly had a virtual bird appear, along with information about its species. Reminders might pop up when you're rushing out of the house. The demo video didn't include any pop-up advertisements appearing, but it's hard not to assume that Oculus or Facebook could add those. A brief peek at the treasure trove of data Facebook is leveraging to render and manage 3D content on the fly, without having to manually scan your surroundings at full fidelity. However, the demo video also showed a creepy room-scanning sequence. How will Facebook and Oculus leverage so much locally harvested data if the companies launch augmented reality glasses? Oculus / Facebook
SAN JOSE, Calif.—At the sixth annual Oculus Connect conference, a lengthy video presentation confirmed the virtual reality company's intention to build the device we've all assumed was in the works: "augmented reality glasses."
The demo video revolved around the shared Oculus and Facebook vision of contextual data appearing in the real world while a user is wearing a pair of glasses. The demo video featured pop-up reminders (movie times, calendar reminders), along with a virtual conversation with a real-life friend who appears as a realistic, 3D version (as opposed to a cartoon avatar).
Curiously, this demo video included zero visible glasses or hardware on anyone's face. Oculus made clear that its plans for this hardware mission were still quite early, and no timeline was announced.
The presentation resembled the vision that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out during a 2017 presentation, which had previously revolved around looking at the nearby world through a smartphone's camera lens. Today's aRead More – Source
