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Still feels like Intel Vault was the best iteration of AR. I desperately wish someone would pick that back up.

I hadn't heard of these, they look good, but the gap between smart glasses with monochrome HUD and AR is quite large. Neat display tech though.

Vaunt, not vault.

Hmmm that was an autocorrect I hadn't noticed. Thanks for the correction!

My understanding was that it was on its way for true AR, just with limited display capabilities. e.g., if I only wanted augmented information, monochrome is just fine.

I don't really need to be able to play pong badly to consider it AR.

Augmented reality means displaying virtual 3D content, registered to the real world. So a 2D panel that sticks to a wall, or a 3D object that sits in place on a desk, etc. The display is "just" the way to present that content, getting the registration requires cameras, 6DOF sensors, CV, SLAM, etc.

Monochrome AR is certainly possible, and probably 90% as useful as RGB AR. I'm just saying the Vaunt hardware seems to be display-only, i.e. a HUD, without any capability to do the registration part.

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