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Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2026
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AR without cameras is kind of pointless, imo. The creep factor is huge, though. It would be reasonable (not easy, but reasonable) if people could curate what information about themselves was available to whom, but that would preclude the corporations having access to whatever information they could glean about everyone. And if they have it, why couldn't they provide it to whoever is willing to pay them a small monthly fee for it?
Until that problem is solved, AR is going to be a very tough sell.
For me it would work. Just getting the notifications from my watch in the glasses would help a lot, and directions too. I had a Google glass and I'd often tape off the camera if I'd take it out in public (with big red tape so it's visible). It would still be handy to see messages and maps.
At the very least it would need a physical sliding cover over the camera.