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So, Google just put 500 million into http://www.magicleap.com/ which is apparently supposed to be like the augmented reality version of the Occulus goggles that you can take outside. At least that's what the website seems to suggest, they're being pretty vague about it, but the jobs listing seems to point that way. And since it's Google, maybe they're thinking of integrating with Glass somehow ?
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Oct 22, 2014 10:58
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Dauq posted:they're being pretty vague about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8J5BWL8oJY
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Oct 22, 2014 11:21
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Ummmm I have another one
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Oct 22, 2014 19:05
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Reverse Centaur posted:Ummmm I have another one Is that LG's new one? Thoughts so far?
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Oct 22, 2014 19:44
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G-Prime posted:Is that LG's new one? Thoughts so far? Yup, G Watch R. The screen/hardware blows away the Moto 360. I'd say the watch is better in every way, except I think I like the 360's appearance as a fashion accessory better... which is not insignificant. I used a big black G-Shock every day before my smart watch addiction though so it's definitely my style. Needs a better band though, not a fan of leather on this or 360 (they're pretty much the same). UnfortunateSexFart fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Oct 22, 2014 |
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Oct 22, 2014 19:54
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Reverse Centaur posted:Yup, G Watch R. This is why I'm sticking with my 360. Even knowing that the G Watch R will outperform my 360 in almost every capacity, I just really, really prefer the way the 360 looks.
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Oct 22, 2014 21:30
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Argyle posted:This is why I'm sticking with my 360. Even knowing that the G Watch R will outperform my 360 in almost every capacity, I just really, really prefer the way the 360 looks. I agree. Although the R would be a lot better if it didn't have the pips around the bezel, since it would eliminate the jarring effect that I feel is likely if you use a digital face with that watch.
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Oct 22, 2014 22:06
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Funny thing about the G R watch. The watchface does look better without the chin, but for some reason I really like having the chin when it displays the notifications. I think it's because it makes the notification look more symmetrical with the chin the 360 has, more like a banner. Basically, i think there's too much white space in the notification when the chin isn't there.
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Oct 22, 2014 22:10
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What is the chin referring to? E: v v that would make sense, thanks. surc fucked around with this message at 00:22 on Oct 23, 2014 |
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Oct 23, 2014 00:03
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surc posted:What is the chin referring to?
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Oct 23, 2014 00:05
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I finally found a digital face that I love. Closest thing to material design, great activation/deactivation animations and very customizable: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pujie.wristwear.pujieblack
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Oct 23, 2014 00:21
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That's a good looking face. I only really like analog, and have yet to find an aftermarket face that looks better than the "Classic" that comes on the 360. The classic face also has indicators for when my calendar appointments are which is pretty freakin sweet.
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Oct 23, 2014 16:50
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Jmcrofts posted:That's a good looking face. I only really like analog, and have yet to find an aftermarket face that looks better than the "Classic" that comes on the 360. The classic face also has indicators for when my calendar appointments are which is pretty freakin sweet. Classic is seriously awesome. Haven't found one other face to permanently switch to. Now it's really good because I can hide cards.
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Oct 23, 2014 18:45
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i haven't been paying too much attention to wearables. is there a android wear device out or announced that has: GPS heart rate monitor round face snapdragon 400 or better processor(not the slow TI) wireless charging NFC also does android wear have google wallet capabilities?
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Oct 23, 2014 20:17
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There's no on-board GPS round one yet, nevermind the other things.
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Oct 23, 2014 20:50
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Come back in a year and we might have those things.
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Oct 23, 2014 22:36
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What are you talking about? You can get these features right now GPS (paired with phone) heart rate monitor round face snapdragon 400 or better processor(not the slow TI) wireless charging G Watch R is technically not wireless charging (magnetic) but the charger is nice and easy. Also the 4.4W.2 updated added a compass to my face today, which is pretty cool/useless in my city where mountains=north. UnfortunateSexFart fucked around with this message at 22:48 on Oct 23, 2014 |
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Oct 23, 2014 22:44
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He asked for GPS and NFC though too, and none have that.
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Oct 23, 2014 22:47
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bull3964 posted:He asked for GPS and NFC though too, and none have that. True on NFC, but... 
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Reverse Centaur posted:Got me on NFC, but... No, you aren't quite understanding. The LG G R does not have an internal GPS chip, it's getting that info via bluetooth from the phone. He wants an Android Wear watch with built in GPS that won't have to rely on a phone.
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bull3964 posted:No, you aren't quite understanding. The LG G R does not have an internal GPS chip, it's getting that info via bluetooth from the phone. He wants an Android Wear watch with built in GPS that won't have to rely on a phone. He never said that. There's GPS on the watch that works without ever touching your phone (I added "paired with phone" to be completely fair, but that's the case with almost everything). If you're using GPS without carrying a phone, that's a bit of a strange situation.
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Oct 23, 2014 22:58
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Reverse Centaur posted:He never said that. There's GPS on the watch that works without ever touching your phone (I added "paired with phone" to be completely fair, but that's the case with almost everything). If you're using GPS without carrying a phone, that's a bit of a strange situation. You won it. You won the pendant pendant. Congratulations on splitting the finest of hairs. Exercise stuff is a great reason to want GPS in a watch but I think even when its added it may be near unusable just due to the battery drain & relatively small watch batteries.
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Oct 23, 2014 23:15
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FormatAmerica posted:You won it. You won the pendant pendant. Congratulations on splitting the finest of hairs. Pedant pendant. As for the second point, there are tons of non-smart GPS watches.
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Oct 23, 2014 23:45
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I got the 360 update but I have to wait for the watch to charge a bit before I can update 
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Oct 23, 2014 23:49
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Len posted:I got the 360 update but I have to wait for the watch to charge a bit before I can update Sweeping cards down is too sweet.
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FormatAmerica posted:You won it. You won the pendant pendant. Congratulations on splitting the finest of hairs. Your responded to the wrong guy.
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Oct 24, 2014 01:30
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My ideal Android Wear watch: Is a watch. Has Android Wear. Wristband ideally. Uses a battery. No hand cranks for me.
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Oct 24, 2014 01:35
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My ideal Android Wear watch: Uses peefart. 
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Oct 24, 2014 03:08
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Now this is a quality watchface. Are the shits animated?
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Oct 24, 2014 03:22
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I put peefart on my GWR and the bottom bit was still black. This is a big problem with Facer faces actually, only about 1 in 10 designed for full circles.
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Oct 24, 2014 03:46
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What a world that we live in, where we are bitching about how much RAM and what kind of goddamn processor is in our watches. Are people actually seeing a performance issue with the older processor in the Moto 360? I ask because I sure don't. It's a tiny device that is used to show you notifications. How much goddamn processing power do you need for this?
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Oct 24, 2014 05:12
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It's like the difference between Samsung and Nexus phones. You can probably live with a bit of lag and might not even notice it, but if it bugs you it bugs you. It's hard to go back to my moto now.
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Oct 24, 2014 08:17
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Even though the battery life is on now with a few updates its still a more inefficient processor so battery life suffers.
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ninmeister posted:Are people actually seeing a performance issue with the older processor in the Moto 360? I ask because I sure don't. It's a tiny device that is used to show you notifications. How much goddamn processing power do you need for this? The watch lights up, you drag the notification up or right, and it lags and jerks as it moves across the screen. It doesn't happen every time, and after a couple of seconds it's usually fine. I wonder if it could be improved by having the CPU-clock speed ramp up faster on wake via a kernel tweak but it's probably just the lovely CPU that they used. Edit: On an unrelated note, the biggest problem I have with Wear right now is that it is too quick to decide if you are dragging up/down or left/right and you are then locked to that axis. A bunch of my "go back" swipes are completely ignored because my finger moved up or down a tiny bit first and the watch decided I was trying to swipe through cards that don't exist and promptly ignores the rest of my gesture. Tunga fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Oct 24, 2014 |
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Oct 24, 2014 16:20
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ninmeister posted:What a world that we live in, where we are bitching about how much RAM and what kind of goddamn processor is in our watches. There are two issues, it's less power efficient and TI has basically discontinued support, it was a stupid, stupid design decision. I'd be fine with a slower processor if it meant better battery life but there is no good reason to put a barely supported slow power hungry processor.
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Oct 24, 2014 16:36
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Holy hell offline music playback for Wear is currently hacky and convoluted. http://www.droid-life.com/2014/10/24/how-to-store-music-on-android-wear-for-offline-playback/
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Oct 24, 2014 19:12
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Doesn't seem that bad, it's just a shame you can't properly choose what you want on the wear devices if you use google music download feature for more than android wear. I can understand the slow transfer rate since I don't think Bluetooth is that fast for file transfer.
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Oct 24, 2014 19:26
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Don't know about nfc but the upcoming Sony android wear watch does have gps
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So syncing music to a Wear device rather than a phone is for the very specific use case of when you want to use a Bluetooth headphone connected directly to your watch and leave your phone at home?
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