Hacker News with Generative AI: Augmented Reality

Show HN: Physically accurate black hole simulation using your iPhone camera (apple.com)
What would the world around you look like if you were staring at a black hole? This application places a black hole in the field of view of your iPhone’s camera and gravitationally "lenses" the resulting live video feeds just as a black hole would warp the light from surrounding stars.

Black Holes, Augmented Reality, Physics, Mobile Apps

313 points by yunyu 2 days ago | 114 comments

Amazon: Drivers to wear AR glasses to improve efficiency until robots take over (engadget.com)
Amazon is reportedly developing smart glasses for its delivery drivers, according to sources who spoke to Reuters.

Amazon, Delivery, Augmented Reality, Robotics

6 points by mikece 10 days ago | 2 comments

With AI, the future of augmented reality is in your ears (crazystupidtech.com)
Dennis Crowley has built his career at the intersection of emerging technologies and human behavior. Twenty years ago, as a 25-year-old inspired by Harry Potter's Marauder's Map, he created Dodgeball—turning text messaging into a way for friends to find each other in the city. When the iPhone emerged, he launched Foursquare, riding the convergence of GPS, apps, and our growing comfort with social networks to transform how we interact with places around us.

Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Mobile Apps, Social Networks

30 points by rmason 11 days ago | 25 comments

Ring-Based Mid-Air Gesture Typing System Using Deep Learning Word Prediction (arxiv.org)
Text entry is a critical capability for any modern computing experience, with lightweight augmented reality (AR) glasses being no exception.

Augmented Reality, Deep Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Input Methods, Machine Learning

62 points by PaulHoule 19 days ago | 34 comments

Xpanceo smart contact lenses hands-on (skarredghost.com)
At AWE, XPANCEO, a Dubai-based company working on smart contact lenses, showcased a few interesting prototypes of its futuristic technology. I was able to even put my eyes close to one of them and I want to tell you everything about this experience!

Wearable Technology, Augmented Reality, Smart Contacts, Dubai, Technology

49 points by LorenDB 21 days ago | 20 comments

Why Surgeons Are Wearing the Apple Vision Pro in Operating Rooms (time.com)
Twenty-four years ago, the surgeon Santiago Horgan performed the first robotically assisted gastric-bypass surgery in the world, a major medical breakthrough. Now Horgan is working with a new tool that he argues could be even more transformative in operating rooms: the Apple Vision Pro.

Medicine, Surgery, Apple, Technology, Augmented Reality

95 points by williamstein 32 days ago | 80 comments

Surgeons at UCSD Find Apple Vision Pro Promising for Minimally Invasive Surgery (macrumors.com)
Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego have been testing the Apple Vision Pro for surgeries, and have performed more than 20 minimally invasive operations while wearing the headsets.

Medicine, Technology, Augmented Reality, Apple

8 points by jinjin2 35 days ago | 3 comments

Why Surgeons Are Wearing the Apple Vision Pro in Operating Rooms (time.com)
Twenty-four years ago, the surgeon Santiago Horgan performed the first robotically assisted gastric-bypass surgery in the world, a major medical breakthrough. Now Horgan is working with a new tool that he argues could be even more transformative in operating rooms: the Apple Vision Pro.

Medical Technology, Augmented Reality, Surgery, Apple, Healthcare

10 points by goldenskye 36 days ago | 0 comments

Shrinking augmented reality displays into eyeglasses to expand their use (phys.org)
To make the technology easier to integrate into common personal devices, researchers report in ACS Photonics how to combine two optical technologies into a single, high-resolution AR display.

Augmented Reality, Optics, Technology, Research, Displays

66 points by PaulHoule 45 days ago | 18 comments

Apple releases Depth Pro, an AI model that rewrites the rules of 3D vision (venturebeat.com)
Apple’s AI research team has developed a new model that could significantly advance how machines perceive depth, potentially transforming industries ranging from augmented reality to autonomous vehicles.

Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, 3D, Apple, Augmented Reality

112 points by bentocorp 47 days ago | 20 comments

Meta Orion AR Glasses: Optical Architecture Deep Dive (reddit.com)
Here is the very first deep analysis of the optical architecture of Meta's new AR glasses prototype. Written by Axel Wong and published here with his permission - in English for the first time.

Augmented Reality, Meta, Hardware, Optics

25 points by AR-MR-XR 53 days ago | 0 comments

Welcome to Meta's future, where everyone wears cameras (theverge.com)
All around Meta’s Menlo Park campus, cameras stared at me. I’m not talking about security cameras or my fellow reporters’ DSLRs. I’m not even talking about smartphones. I mean Ray-Ban and Meta’s smart glasses, which Meta hopes we’ll all — one day, in some form — wear.

Meta, Privacy, Augmented Reality, Wearable Technology

6 points by rntn 53 days ago | 6 comments

Meta Ray-Ban's updated with real-time AI video, reminders, QR scanning (techcrunch.com)
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced updates to the company’s Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday.

Meta, Smart Glasses, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Wearable Technology

4 points by nickthegreek 57 days ago | 2 comments

Hands-on with Orion, Meta's first pair of AR glasses (theverge.com)
They look almost like a normal pair of glasses.

Augmented Reality, Hardware, Meta, Wearables

7 points by TiredOfLife 57 days ago | 0 comments

Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses (about.fb.com)
Five years ago, we announced to the world that we were building AR glasses. We don’t think people should have to make the choice between a world of information at your fingertips and being present in the physical world around you.

Augmented Reality, Hardware, Facebook, Meta

1227 points by mfiguiere 57 days ago | 1045 comments

Ford files patent for a car with holographic cops and guard dogs (popsci.com)
Ford has a far-off vision of one day using holographic technology popularized in sci-fi to create digital representations of cops and guard dogs to deter would-be criminals.

Technology, Law Enforcement, Automotive, Augmented Reality

4 points by cpeterso 65 days ago | 1 comments

WebXR ships now in Safari for Apple Vision Pro enabled by default for all users (twitter.com)

WebXR, Safari, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

10 points by dmarcos 65 days ago | 1 comments

GAZEploit: Remote keystroke inference attack by gaze estimation in VR/MR devices (wired.com)
You can tell a lot about someone from their eyes. They can indicate how tired you are, the type of mood you’re in, and potentially provide clues about health problems. But your eyes could also leak more secretive information: your passwords, PINs, and messages you type.

Cybersecurity, Privacy, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, User Interface

182 points by wallflower 70 days ago | 101 comments

Show HN: Create notes and maps that live outdoors with web and AR integration (auglinn.com)

Augmented Reality, Web Development, Mapping, Notes

39 points by orkunbasaran_19 86 days ago | 10 comments

Looking Glass' new lineup includes a $300 phone-sized holographic display (techcrunch.com)

Holographic Displays, Consumer Electronics, Technology, Augmented Reality

68 points by PaulHoule 97 days ago | 38 comments

G1 AR Glasses (evenrealities.com)

Augmented Reality, Hardware, Wearables

80 points by achristmascarl 122 days ago | 73 comments

Ocean – A C++ Framework for Computer Vision and Augmented Reality Applications (facebookresearch.github.io)