I see a lot of raving about how important this sector is to consumers, but also a very slow adoption curve and, for the most part (with a few exceptions) a lack of real value for the consumer market.
VR, by comparison is faster growing, and for entertainment purposes the value of AR/VR is obvious (while the technology itself may have some way to grow).
Most people can be bothered switching a light off and on. Or tapping/clicking a playlist. Or choosing a room temp. It's not like an entertainment remote where you are glued to the sofa, or a handfree set, where most people are multi-tasking. Worse, speech recognition is still pretty bad, and AI doesn't really do much that's more intelligent than a person for the most part yet.
When both of those are better, sure, perhaps it has a use, as a general means of saving energy time for other things, for companionship and in situations where AI can handle a more complex task better than a human. The later two still offers a lot more, than an intelligently toasted bit of bread or a room leaping to life when you enter it, unless one is worn silly by daily activities to the point of mental breakdown.
For commercial purposes of course IoT makes a lot of sense, even in the current early stages.
I thought a hot take thread where everybody argues about it might be fun.
VR, by comparison is faster growing, and for entertainment purposes the value of AR/VR is obvious (while the technology itself may have some way to grow).
Most people can be bothered switching a light off and on. Or tapping/clicking a playlist. Or choosing a room temp. It's not like an entertainment remote where you are glued to the sofa, or a handfree set, where most people are multi-tasking. Worse, speech recognition is still pretty bad, and AI doesn't really do much that's more intelligent than a person for the most part yet.
When both of those are better, sure, perhaps it has a use, as a general means of saving energy time for other things, for companionship and in situations where AI can handle a more complex task better than a human. The later two still offers a lot more, than an intelligently toasted bit of bread or a room leaping to life when you enter it, unless one is worn silly by daily activities to the point of mental breakdown.
For commercial purposes of course IoT makes a lot of sense, even in the current early stages.
I thought a hot take thread where everybody argues about it might be fun.
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