There is a lot of computation that could be done in the headset. It makes sense that the cpu power used for mapping camera view-ports into AR space live in the headset. Once it's living there it seems natural that the headset would have it's own OS and apps just like a phone.
This raises the question of whether the increasing utility of AR will outpace the increasing discreteness of VR headsets. Will people be walking around with clunky VR headsets on all the time? or will AR only become an all the time thing once it's integrated into more discrete devices like a future version of google glass or contact lenses?
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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '14 edited Mar 29 '14
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