A couple of years ago, when practically no one knew what augmented reality was, I put together a prediction about the future of augmented vision. A recent development from the leader in augmented vision, Vuzix, made me realize my prediction might not be far off.
Engadget recently reported about the state of Vuzix’s AR vision line (taken from the floor of CES 2012.)
The end result is that Vuzix is promising a $350-600 AR vision line available in 2013. This model is built off their military line used for creating the next generation of super-soldier.
So how well am I doing on my prediction? Back in early 2009 I put together this info-graphic to show when we’d be seeing real augmented vision.
Some of the predictions are moving along and others are lagging. It appears that AR glasses might be closer than I first thought, thanks to DARPA funding. It’s still too early to tell how widespread usage might be or what could be done with them, but it’s still interesting to watch how my fictional worlds of The Digital Sea and Gamers might come to pass. Hopefully, leveraging the wonders of Moore’s Law, we see them sooner rather than later.
