E137 - Draymond Green’s 180° Doc, Meta VR Glasses FOV Drama, Samsung Smart Glasses & TDK’s Retinal Projection
Spatial Realities
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WATCHING FILMS IN VR: DRAYMOND GREEN & IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING Thomas Riedel and Thomas Bedenk checked out Meta Quest’s new docuseries Open Season featuring NBA bad boy Draymond Green, and they’re definitely digging the 180-degree stereoscopic setup shot on Blackmagic Ursa cams. You genuinely feel like you're riding shotgun in his Porsche, but whether this kind of expensive, subsidized storytelling will ever turn a real profit remains a big question mark. FOV DRAMA: THE NEW META VR GLASSES VR enthusiasts are already whining about the rumored 70-degree field of view and Meta’s 54-degree dev safe zone, but the hosts aren't sweating it. Sure, following a fast-moving ball in sports might suck with a narrower view, but paired with crisp OLEDs, it’s more than enough screen real estate to chill on the couch and binge movies. HARDWARE LEAKS: SAMSUNG'S INCOMING SMART GLASSES Spotted FCC filings hint that Samsung is finally getting ready to drop its own displayless AI glasses, teaming up with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster for a bunch of frame styles. As an Android fanboy, Thomas is hyped to get proper ecosystem integration and give Meta some much-needed competition in the wearable game. LASERS TO THE EYE: TDK’S DIRECT RETINAL PROJECTION TDK showed off a wild new setup that bounces lasers straight onto your retina via meta-optic mirrors, neatly killing the annoying vergence-accommodation conflict. It could pave the way for super slim, normal-looking frames, but with monochrome green visuals and the nightmare of needing pinpoint eye tracking, it’s not taking over the world just yet.