[bee_rider]

I’d like Apple Maps to show up in my field of view. In that case I could even not have a phone at all. (But not like $3500 want). I agree that nobody has found a really good use case. I do wonder to what extent that is just because nobody has released an AR headset that you’d wear outside.

[rahoulb]

I have done that with XReal glasses and my phone.

But they still look kind of off when wearing them in public (slightly bigger than normal sunglasses, cable from one ear and other people can see the light from the screens from the side or back).

And the lack of integration is a pain - the phone has to be unlocked so is subject to random taps and swipes in my pocket.

However, an Apple-built Carplay-style projection into XReal type glasses could work very well - the question being how would you control it?

[bee_rider]

XReal seems super interesting. They at least have the vague shape of something that could see mass adoption.

I think it is not totally necessary to have it be impossible to tell you are wearing the things. Like walking around with earbuds or portable headphone was unusual at some point (even the walkman is less than 50 years old, right). They just have to not look deeply goofy, like current VR-pressganged-into-AR headsets do.

[aranelsurion]

Perhaps with Apple Watch and gestures?

[steveBK123]

That's the kind of HUD UX that a lower res/contrast/illumination overlay could accomplish like the Meta Orion prototype.