We Tried Meta's Orion AR Glasses!

In this clip, Marques, Andrew, and Ellis talk about their experience trying the Meta Orion glasses.

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[preston_s.]

I'm just waiting for AR glasses to get good enough to take Pokemon Go to its ultimate level.

[snakerb]

“There’s an Instagram app for a device that does not exist and not this iPad.” THIS!

[rcuadro]

The world my grandkids will be able to enjoy is going to be glorious!

[eon]

I love how Vision Pro does this fake eye sight display with a purple mist animation... whereas these the cool hologram refractions just occur naturally.

[yusufomotoyosi]

The head pong won my subscription ... absolutely hilarious 😂

[SpicyMelonYT]

"Never coming out"? You mean prototype. It will evolve but still come out. Just as a new form. Certainly recognizable as the predecessor of this prototype

[nurgarciaterrassa]

I’ve been waiting for this in the main channel!

[tacojohnellenich]

I think I’m more sold on pass through being the better long term play vs completely transparent.

The same way that AirPods can now help you with your ears/hearing, pass through vision in the long term could add enhancements to your actual vision. Think zoom, night vision, vision correction, etc. Obviously we’re a ways off for pass through getting indistinguishable from transparent lenses, but if good enough the benefits of passthrough would be really great.

[Datenschutz_Datenschutz]

I would also be interested in an alternative version of the Orion project with a real PC connection (apparently via WIFI protocol).
You could cover a room at home with high speed WLAN (or maybe even the apartment if it works with the latency) and would certainly have a factor of 2000x more performance available for the calculations^^ AR running at home with, for example, an Nvidia graphics card.

[shplevan]

When I was a lot younger I remember watching videos (including MKBHD) about Google Glass and wanting a pair SO badly. I didn’t even own a smartphone at that age. Crazy how far we’ve come since then.

[krazyphrick]

10:38 this is something we saw ago from Thalmic Labs with their Myo, and it was already impressive then.

[olusojimarsh]

If these had "Balenciaga " written on them, no one would say they don't look like glasses.

[RunDaChansey]

This format of The Studio guys sharing roundtable tidbits about pixie dust technology is perfect

[digitalstock]

Love the channel but one question- was Marquez taking a break or not? Was it a political thing with his shareholder-investors?

[JakeTheBeastPrez]

I feel like Andrew’s take is from a totally spoiled perspective. No device has ever done be in this small of a form factor. He acknowledges this but proceeds to say, “it’s not there yet.” Bro, what a sense of entitlement. Orion looks freaking amazing! We’re moving to the future! No it’s not going to replace regular glasses on the first try. Give it a year or two. Be patient.

[gd.ritter]

@2:40 "we've never seen AR...working until now..." Microsoft Hololens was working AR though.

[lemster]

You're probably well aware of these products, but there are also glasses like the Xreal Ultra that you can buy today. They use a different type of optics (bird batch vs wave guides like in the Orion glasses). They look like regular sunglasses, but with a lens between the sunglass glass and your eyes. Most people don't notice you're wearing them.

They are far from perfect, they're very much an early adopter product, but they allow you to experience what a HUD would be like or to have virtual objects in the real world, in the same way Orion does.

I wouldn't mind seeing a hands-on from you on those. I have them, so I know what they're like for me personally, but your broader perspective would be interesting to see.

[kevinsoter]

Electromyography (EMG), has been around for forever in biomechanics and neuroscience research :D While the bracelet is a nice recentish advancement (it however is not Apple's advancement) it is interesting to hear people get excited about the technology! There is more crazy stuff happening in this area than this kind of bracelet, would be super cool if MKBHD would check this stuff out :D

[raeldor]

Future role playing games are going to be SO fun! 😁

[carylittleford]

Lightfield displays.. give changing eye-tracking depth of field.

This is a essential next gen feature you only get in the most advanced headsets.

The difference between this and everything else is huge.

Magic Leap and a few others did this and it's the killer feature. Might be able to emulate on consumer headsets, but *real^ Lightfield displays are the gold standard.