[m_herrlich]

Maybe pedantic, but this seems like just a heads-up display. AR implies the projected image interacts with real objects in your field of vision. I wouldn't call this AR. Nice HUD though.

[pengaru]

Not pedantic, it's clearly not AR.

At least not in a world marketers haven't completely taken over, where words still have meaning.

[naikrovek]

what does "augmented" mean to you?

to me, listening to a podcast while driving is probably augmented reality, and that has nothing to do with driving or the route I'm taking.

this does augment the activity intended.

[lights0123]

From the first sentence of Wikipedia:

> Augmented reality (AR) is an interactive experience of a real-world environment where the objects that reside in the real world are enhanced by computer-generated perceptual information

I agree in that there needs to be some interaction between real-world objects and virtual ones to be considered more than a simple HUD.

[GhettoComputers]

That sounds like where these glasses do. What do you want them to do in AR? Give you graphics?

[Someone]

A heads-up display moves with your head; augmented reality moves with the world.

So, showing a billboard every 100m alongside the road showing your speed, heart rate, etc would be AR (and yes, a hud seems better option for this kind of thing)

[grassgreener]

Something like optimal trajectory or gamification of the surrounding environment

[GhettoComputers]

I don’t see how that’s possible, it would have a prerendered map for a path like a game? use laser sensors to warn you of danger? I think it’s very possible on unnatural roads but on off-road it would not be useful.

[Filligree]

That’s still the definition of the technology. You’re right that it mostly doesn’t exist yet.

[cuu508]

When doing Strava segments, a ghost rider riding at your PR pace!

[GhettoComputers]

They had an issue with that at a military base!

[toolz]

I mean if that's the definition of augmented reality - wouldn't literally all glasses be augmented reality since they either tint or do something to distort your vision?

[makeitdouble]

To put oil on the fire, there is the same debate about cyborgs: glasses are a mechanical enhancement of the human body, so technically…

Less controversially, hearing aids and HDR goggles would also fit the bill.

[pmontra]

Shoes, hats, many kinds of clothes are mechanical enhancements. Gloves for working without hurting one's hands, etc. All those things give a definite advantage over unprotected skin. I don't even start listing tools, which glasses are.

[varjag]

Would a chicken be a human since it's a walking biped?