I think ar might be a dead dream in its current state, I always thought wed have proper ar glasses by now because I fell for Magic Leaps Marketting, not sure if it’ll come anytime soon.
What I do believe is coming is the resurgence of computers through mobile phones. Everyone has a powerful computer in their pockets but isn’t able to use them to their full potential. I wouldn’t be suprised if android pushed out a proper android desktop experience letting android users get the full linux desktop experience when plugged into a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
Phone performance is stronger than the average laptops/netbooks from 10 years age and they run linux fine for everyday use. Feels like a missed opportunity if someone doesn’t drop a phone or os that lets you take advantage of modern hardwares capability. They could advertise it to families, mo more buying a pc for school, just get them hardware for their existing device, it can already do everything. Schools could use lapdocks, or tabletdocks, that could force school parental controls on devices while at school and still let them use it for their education while in class.
(obviously not everyone has a phone but that frees up resources for the kids that dont, if the kids that do can use cheaper docks with their exisitnt hardware)
Android Desktop is actually pretty nice, the thing that makes it useless is that basically no android apps have desktop mode or hotkeys and mouse support (Chrome is half-assed and Firefox is wearing assless chaps) plus a lot of standard I-just-want-linux things are going to be wonky. If you’re considing buying any hard-ware for the purpose of Android Desktop, you’re almost always better off buying a laptop at the same $100-$400 price.
By true android desktop I mean it would let you download linux apps and run them. It’s a faked mobile experience in dex right now and that seems to be the initial direction they are going with android desktop, still not terrible, but not a pc experience. This isn’t about buying hardware, this is about letting people use the hardware they already have, building on the personal computer in your pocket aspect.
Some people seem to be confused thinking i’m implying the current form of android desktop. I’m saying its possible they shift towards it being a proper desktop experience instead of just mobile apps reframed. Phones have the capabilities to be the personal computer for most ppl and a lot of ppl can only afford one device. Most of the world has a phone no pc, now if android could give all those ppl access to a pc, all they need is the phone they already have plus a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, that would give ppl a strong incentive to stay with and stick to android, since its not just their phone, its their pc now, its their whole life.