Spatial Computing

Trying to flesh out the types of multi-user spatial experiences…

Private = nobody sees what I’m pointing at

Shared = the group sees what I’m pointing at

Public = everyone sees what I’m pointing at

Local Shared are the cookbook and whiteboard examples. Remote Shared are the “teach me to cook” or “help me fix my appliance” examples.

One possible hitch, it may be kind of impossible to make sharing a field-of-view usable (when I move my head and your head doesn’t move: no good). Alternatively, maybe we’ll see 360 degree cameras start to be sold so you can “place” others in your room. I guess you can just share your FOV to someone else as a screen, but then you can’t do the “ghost hands” stuff.

Local Public is the way the world is right now, no $3,500 Vision Pro purchase necessary.

I guess Remote Public is something like the “ Metaverse”.

The nearest term use cases are going to be Local Private and Remote Private, and I’m thinking about ideas that could be implemented in time for the Vision Pro release next year.