This article is very poorly informed, and is likely written by someone who has never had to secure a site or work in a large enterprise. The author seems to be upset that site owners also have some authority to make decisions. They’re users of the technology too, you know.
Based on this article, I assume the author is also raging about companies using “do not copy” physical keys, or dictating the use of a key card to enter.
AR will be as big as smartphones; imagine wait staff seeing people’s orders above their heads, convention attendees seeing virtual name tags, mechanics seeing the engine details overlaid, phone repair personnel seeing the step by step instructions, me seeing arrows pointing to where I left my keys, and so forth. But it has to be on a comfort level of “wearing glasses”, I think.
I think something around the bulk and weight factor of good ski goggles (about 150g, as compared to the Quest 3's 722g and more if you want a headstrap that's actually comfortable) would be enough for AR devices to start seeing regular professional use (mechanics, plumbers, and so on) and to start showing up as mass-market media consumption/2D-game-console-replacement devices. At that point it would be comfortable enough for non-enthusiasts to wear for a few hours at a time without complaints.
Ok, if there were glasses I could put on that would in AR show me where everything I have is from the last time I put it down, as an ADHDer that would be a gamechanger. But, I also have zero faith in tech companies letting anything of that sort be private.
All of your examples except for the keys are the sorts of niche applications I think could work. But they aren't things that will make the average person want to incorporate them into their every-minute life.
You didn’t ask me, but I’ll chime in here. I run 6 monitors — four landscape in a 2x2 config and a portrait on either side. I use the bottom right landscape for most web browsing, email, and sharing my screen. When I’m sharing I do those things on bottom left landscape. Top monitors are for reference type info as they’re too high to stare at for long periods. Top left is downloads folder, CPU/RAM/etc monitors, sticky note, and to-do list. Top right is calendar and security cameras. Right portrait is slack (portrait is great for this, lots of history without scrolling). Left portrait is windows explorer. It’s super fast to just move the mouse and turn my head to what I need without switching windows as much.
My setup is similar to your multi-monitor arrangement, except instead of moving my head I switch between respective window sets in Stage Manager (macOS).
One downside is that my neck does not exercise much because I do not look in different directions while working. Another downside is that at certain times context can involve multiple window sets, but that is rare, and it comes with an upside: it is easier to focus on one task without windows on other monitors distracting me.
SMS 2 factor is terrible anyway and is on the way out, although it may still be the only choice for some services for quite a while. A hardware security key is best, and TOTP (Google Authenticator and similar) is very good and both can be used without cell connectivity.
I haven’t seen 7 Wonders listed yet. It’s fairly easy to get started but great in that you have to alter your strategy based on what board you get dealt and what your neighbor players are doing.
Most graphics cards implement a hardware mouse cursor where the video card reads the current pointer location from memory and overlays the cursor on the screen. So I guess if the driver for the mouse and the video driver are both still running (the kernel hasn’t stopped completely) that will still work even if Winlogin is screwed to the point where it can’t show the CTRL-ALT-DEL screen.
Happy to be corrected by someone who knows more about the windows kernel. :)
Interesting I didn’t know that. Some part of the kernel was fucked for sure as even the hardware sleep button in my keyboard didn’t work but I guess if the display driver was functioning that would be all that was needed.
IBM just split out “we will run your servers for you,” not consulting or other services. You’re forgetting about a large security services business unit, a large research org, and several other parts.
