Re: Estimated date for affordable and portable Augmented Reality?
Current hang up is the HUD. They are developing HUD contact lenses, but they are in very preliminary state and being tested on bunnies. Not sure how long it will take to develop glasses that are fashionable, but most of the technology is available now. Small accurate accelerometers for determining position of the head, current smartphones can already determine location and heading, and have limited augmented reality capability. Tying it together is a software and hardware problem, but with how tech progress, I think Sundog's approximation of 5 years is good.