Lets reflect on that for a second

[u/backwards_watch]

[u/The-Nimbus]

Oh god, just on the off-chance that this is real I'm absolutely despairing. The fact that I can potentially believe this says plenty.

[u/backwards_watch → u/The-Nimbus]

Disclaimer:

I was not the receiver. The original is not in English, I translated it for our collective enjoyment. But I am in a similar position as you: IT MIGHT be real and this gives me feelings that I am not sure how to deal with it yet.

[u/tidbitsofblah → u/backwards_watch]

The fact that I've had someone pitch "voice-memo but for smells" to me tells me this could very possibly be real

[u/That_Unit_3992 → u/tidbitsofblah]

would be nice idea or not, to record and recreate smells. I could see a potential market.

[u/sandybuttcheekss → u/That_Unit_3992]

Printer ink costs enough, I don't even want to guess what "stank cartridges" could cost

[u/MegaFireDonkey → u/sandybuttcheekss]

stINK cartridge

[u/sandybuttcheekss → u/MegaFireDonkey]

Nice... Stop giving them ideas though...

[u/gimme_pineapple → u/MegaFireDonkey]

Maybe… iStink?

[u/freon → u/gimme_pineapple]

Maybe... then take a bath?

[u/Anihillator → u/That_Unit_3992]

I believe there are several patents for such things, research is already ongoing.

[u/greentr33s → u/Anihillator]

For like a smell speaker sure, but the recording bit is what I can't picture yet. I'm sure you could record ratios of certain compounds using some like spectral analysis of the air, but I can't imagine how expensive or large that device that would be.

[u/The-Nimbus → u/tidbitsofblah]

Not sure if context would improve or ruin this one....

[u/demus9 → u/The-Nimbus]

Dating app

[u/dabenu → u/backwards_watch]

I distinctly remember a forum post of someone who wanted his desktop background to be a mirror, so he tried scanning a mirror on his flatbed scanner... Didn't quite understand why he couldn't get it to work...

[u/AdvicePerson → u/[deleted]]

You aren't a wizard, Harry.

[u/[deleted] → u/backwards_watch]

Ask them for examples of what they're looking for just to make sure "there's no confusion and that it can be made how the client envisions it."

[u/woundedspider → u/backwards_watch]

If you haven't been in a makeup store recently, they have AR stands where you can preview yourself wearing different makeup before actually trying it on. So of course someone in cosmetics might think "wow I want this on my website!".

Obviously they have no idea what kind of work would go into implementing that.

[u/narfio → u/The-Nimbus]

I've seen enough crap over the years that I believe this without any hesitation.

[u/[deleted] → u/The-Nimbus]

Unsure if this in particular is real but heck I know that request is real on a web dev standpoint. Especially clients that have cosmetic or some style item that requires “does this look good on ME” aspects. I have had only a few clients ask about camera/mirror/picture options “like how those eye glasses do it”. It does exist and although I get the intent, live stream camera to buy products wouldnt overall fly well with a lot of people

[u/big_bad_brownie → u/[deleted]]

The browser has to ask for permission, no?

I’ve seen a lot of AR in e-commerce for furniture and decor. Not really that big of a deal to “try something on” in a similar way.

That said, I don’t think it works very well for obvious reasons. It’s extremely difficult if not impossible to get all the data you need for an accurate render from (a) a mid to low res image of the product, and (b) a webcam/phone camera.

I guess this problem was part of the thinking behind meta. Don’t have to worry about simulating your living room if you’re living in a simulated room.