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
Sep 20, 2021 neutral
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…”
Nov 2, 2021 bearish
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 …”
Nov 2, 2021 positive
Feb 8, 2024 neutral
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…”