Because we've been down this path before. There's a reason 3D filebrowsers didn't take off even though they've been around forever. We had 3D web browsing in the 90s. Because in the end, it...
Because we've been down this path before.
There's a reason 3D filebrowsers didn't take off even though they've been around forever. We had 3D web browsing in the 90s.
Because in the end, it doesn't provide a better experience than a list, perhaps with pictures. Much of the web is the same. I don't want an "immersive VR shopping experience." I want a few good-quality photos and detailed product specs. Maybe a video if it's a big purchase.
We buy online specifically to avoid the in-store experience. I'm never going to buy a couch online, no matter how many VR/AR novelties there are. Because how it feels when I sit on it is 10,000x more important than seeing it in my place.
Adding eye tracking isn't going to make it a better experience, at least from the standpoint of "enabling the user to do what they're trying to do". It's a fancy novelty that will be forgotten the firat time someone spends millions and unit sales drop.
I wouldn't expect it to be useful for shopping, but it might be a good effect to use in video games if the privacy issues are worked out. A lot of people aren't going to want their eyes tracked,...
I wouldn't expect it to be useful for shopping, but it might be a good effect to use in video games if the privacy issues are worked out. A lot of people aren't going to want their eyes tracked, or even to have the camera on unnecessarily.
Because we've been down this path before.
There's a reason 3D filebrowsers didn't take off even though they've been around forever. We had 3D web browsing in the 90s.
Because in the end, it doesn't provide a better experience than a list, perhaps with pictures. Much of the web is the same. I don't want an "immersive VR shopping experience." I want a few good-quality photos and detailed product specs. Maybe a video if it's a big purchase.
We buy online specifically to avoid the in-store experience. I'm never going to buy a couch online, no matter how many VR/AR novelties there are. Because how it feels when I sit on it is 10,000x more important than seeing it in my place.
Adding eye tracking isn't going to make it a better experience, at least from the standpoint of "enabling the user to do what they're trying to do". It's a fancy novelty that will be forgotten the firat time someone spends millions and unit sales drop.
I wouldn't expect it to be useful for shopping, but it might be a good effect to use in video games if the privacy issues are worked out. A lot of people aren't going to want their eyes tracked, or even to have the camera on unnecessarily.