It shows how fast computer technology moves these days that he spends the whole article talking about how hard and far-off this tech is, then casually mentions that it might be available in as little as 5 years.
Yeah, I see soft AR being somewhat common in 5 years, especially if Google glasses and its competitors take off. It'll be another 5-10 years after that until it is as ubiquitous as smart phones are today, IMO.
Hard AR might be an expensive toy at that point, though I'm not sure if the author is speaking about "it's possible and has been done" or "everybody is doing it."
I felt the same way. I think 5 years is way too soon if the problem is as hard as he describes. Until I can have a real-time conversation with Siri without any lag or a network connection and with her understanding nuanced colloquial American English, hard AR is still at least a decade away.
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It shows how fast computer technology moves these days that he spends the whole article talking about how hard and far-off this tech is, then casually mentions that it might be available in as little as 5 years.
Yeah, I see soft AR being somewhat common in 5 years, especially if Google glasses and its competitors take off. It'll be another 5-10 years after that until it is as ubiquitous as smart phones are today, IMO.
Hard AR might be an expensive toy at that point, though I'm not sure if the author is speaking about "it's possible and has been done" or "everybody is doing it."
I felt the same way. I think 5 years is way too soon if the problem is as hard as he describes. Until I can have a real-time conversation with Siri without any lag or a network connection and with her understanding nuanced colloquial American English, hard AR is still at least a decade away.