Is the killer app for AR glasses a guardian angel to keep you alive?

Question

Just like a smartwatch can save your life by monitoring your health (e.g., your heartbeat), maybe AR glasses can also save your life by monitoring your environment?For example, AR glasses could stop you from crossing the street when there is an oncoming car, regardless of what the traffic lights indicate.As another example, AR glasses could stop you from walking alone at night or passing through a high-crime area.

ompogUe · Accepted Answer

> For example, AR glasses could stop you from crossing the street when there is an oncoming car, regardless of what the traffic lights indicate.
Not sure this is the best example: Maybe turning off the AR and using your eyes and ears would work better.
Killer app for me is having the manual about an item I use embedded in a qrcode on the item itself, instead of in a paper book or online.
(Not anti-AR by any means - have been working with it/thinking about it since ~1998)

unsupp0rted · Answer

To me the killer app is when the Guardian Angel says "don't eat that" or "don't buy that: it's full of dangerous chemicals".

pvg · Answer

A guardian angel to keep you alive is perhaps the killer app for AR/VR glasses. The AR glasses might even be optional.

nilawafer · Answer

hopefully your brain provides this function already!

jollyllama · Answer

> AR glasses could stop you from walking alone at night or passing through a high-crime areaOh dear, this is going to be controversial.