AR glasses

5 statements across 4 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 14, 2021 by Benedict Evans · across every show →

Everything said about AR glasses, oldest first

Jun 14, 2021 bullish
Opinion
Evans: Apple AR additions are building blocks for future AR glasses
“Apple keeps adding more stuff to AR. Which is useful on a small scale for some particular applications like Snapchat and Ikea. But very, very obviously a building block for AR glasses.”
Benedict Evans Jun 14, 2021 ▶ 6:17 Paying attention to Apple again
Sep 20, 2021 neutral
Assertion Supported
Evans: No company has publicly solved core optics challenges for consumer AR glasses
“You need something with a wide field of view that's thin and light, that doesn't look like a pair of goggles, that works in broad daylight, that has depth of field, that can occlude things in bright light. Those are physics problems and optics problems, and no…”
Benedict Evans Sep 20, 2021 ▶ 28:03 Apple's metronome
Nov 2, 2021 bearish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Evans: Physics hurdles like field of view doomed Magic Leap and Glass
“The problem with that is you can't block out the world entirely. You can't use that to put yourself into a completely immersive experience. There's also part of lots, much harder physics problems in doing that. Can you get the right field of view? Can you get …”
Benedict Evans Nov 2, 2021 ▶ 29:18 The Meta reality
Nov 2, 2021 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Evans: Apple will pitch AR glasses for immediate use, not 10-year concepts
“And you just know if, and when they launch AR glasses, There will not be a concept video of what it might be in 10 years. There will be some really, really clearly defined reasons why you should buy it now.”
Benedict Evans Nov 2, 2021 ▶ 19:51 The Meta reality
Feb 8, 2024 neutral
Insight
Devins: Vision Pro is a destruction test for spatial computing headsets
“One of the things that occurred to me is this is a sort of destruction test of the whole thesis, because if basketball doesn't work on this screen, even that, I mean, it's, yes, it's four grand. Yes. It's heavy. If you put the basketball on and after five minu…”
Benedict Evans Feb 8, 2024 ▶ 19:26 Apple's Vision Pro
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