Michelangelo ValtancoliAngel Investor, Various Startups · Investing + building at Various Startups

Sports in AR! #shorts #vr

21 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker enthusiastically describes the immersive possibilities of augmented reality (AR) for sports, highlighting how users can see the real world and surrounding fans while interacting with virtual objects and controllers, creating a fun, mixed-reality experience. The speaker then shifts to a skeptical view of mainstream AR adoption, arguing that the common perception of mainstream AR—essentially gluing a smartphone to one's face—is unlikely to be widely embraced.

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Sports in AR is absolutely incredible. So like having the fans all around you or— Even doing sport in AR is an incredible experience. You have like a controller, you see the world around you, you see the real people and you can just throw things at each other that are not real or use virtual objects. That's incredibly fun. But that's not the mainstream usage that people think it is. When people think mainstream AR, essentially what they are saying is, I'm going to glue an iPhone to my face. And I don't think people are as willing to do that as most imagine.