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Comment by SirFatty | Hacker News Reader

A solution looking for a problem.

I disagree with this sentiment. Form factor has been the driving force behind the adoption of computing devices throughout history—look at the PC or the smartphone. Each one marked a new era. Glasses seem like the preeminent form factor for a computing device, short of a direct neural interface.

The smartphone enabled always-available computing. Glasses will enable always-on computing.

I don’t know a single person who is interested in anything like this, including massive gadgets nerds. Who’s the target market? The Verge reporters?

I am strongly interested but I would never buy the first iteration of anything like this

AR has a ton of mostly-work-related uses - think about warehousing, quality control, maintenance and repair, recording first-person views for tutorial videos or live seminars, identifying plants, HUD during surgery, schematic displays while working with electronics or mechanical parts, and many more.

For leisure the only thing I'd want a display on my face for is reading books and news.

I want it, if it's cheap enough. Now you know a single person.

On the other hand, I know plenty who are. Anecdotes, fun for the whole family!

And yet people who try it instantly want it. The Meta Ray Bans are a hit, they couldn't make enough for a long time.

Sometimes upfront demand isn't the only indicator that matters.

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