They mentioned using it for mixed reality and augmented reality but if they don’t open up the passthrough API to allow apps to use fiducial tracking or something, the value will be highly limited. Fiducial tracking is common with smart phone augmented reality apps.
When obvious & actually useful use case would be the ability to scan barcodes (including 2D matrix types like QR codes) hands-free. But again this isn’t possible if they keep the pass-through API closed.
This would also allow reliable, seamless integration of digital and real things. QR codes as fiducials can allow precision measurements, useful for all kinds of trades.
Another is scanning documents or pieces of paper. There’s no reason you couldn’t just draw on an ordinary piece of paper using ordinary pencil or pen or marker or crayon or whathaveyou instead of having to use whatever weird input device is in vogue. The headset could continuously scan the document, filling in places your hand is blocking over time, and updating a shared or presented document in real-time. Collaborator edits could be overlayed on top of your physical copy in real-time as well.
Lots of these things are pretty obvious but don’t work if pass-through API is blocked off like it currently is for Quest 2.
When obvious & actually useful use case would be the ability to scan barcodes (including 2D matrix types like QR codes) hands-free. But again this isn’t possible if they keep the pass-through API closed.
This would also allow reliable, seamless integration of digital and real things. QR codes as fiducials can allow precision measurements, useful for all kinds of trades.
Another is scanning documents or pieces of paper. There’s no reason you couldn’t just draw on an ordinary piece of paper using ordinary pencil or pen or marker or crayon or whathaveyou instead of having to use whatever weird input device is in vogue. The headset could continuously scan the document, filling in places your hand is blocking over time, and updating a shared or presented document in real-time. Collaborator edits could be overlayed on top of your physical copy in real-time as well.
Lots of these things are pretty obvious but don’t work if pass-through API is blocked off like it currently is for Quest 2.