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BattleMaster posted:I'm looking forward to good AR headsets because of the potential for technical applications. Projecting schematics and datasheets into your view, showing where to put parts or what to do next, and such could be pretty cool. GURPS Ultra-Tech had that as a suggestion for futuristic technology. It's basically a set of AR goggles that overlay glowing transparent images of the next piece to put into place. The example illustration had a child using it for building a block tower.
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Phlegmish posted:Is that pic from 2006, they're dressed like it's the nineties
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Nerds still dress that way though.
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The Orange Mage posted:Nerds still dress that way though. What? Jeans and sneakers? Whoa, better execute those fashion pariahs.
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Those are bad jeans and bad sneakers. The sweaters are alright.
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Croccers posted:Speaking of AR, here's some obsolete AR tech from 1999 up to 2006. Keyboard boy has an expression on his face "hey that guys taking a photo of us, he's gonna steal our awesome idea!'. I still think VR is DOA as a major new thing, it will say something that has a small but dedicated userbase, but its not going to change the world. People don't want poo poo on their face. I got to play Job Simulator recently and it was fun for the 10 minutes, but I can't see getting more than a hours worth of enjoyment out of it. I keep seeing say "it will be awesome for Game x" but no one is making that stuff, its all like gimmicky wii level stuff. The closest we have to what someone wants is Eve Valkyrie but I've heard that's far from a TIE Fighter/Wing Commander space action sim. Though people have been demanding that an upcoming triple A title be for the Occulus or PSVR or the Steam VR, most notably Half Life Episode 3 keeps getting mentioned. Yes lets make a game that has taken more than 10 years to come out and put it on a system that only a tiny amount of people have.
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Coffee And Pie posted:Those are bad jeans and bad sneakers. You would love the oversize sweater, wouldn't you.
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chitoryu12 posted:GURPS Ultra-Tech had that as a suggestion for futuristic technology. It's basically a set of AR goggles that overlay glowing transparent images of the next piece to put into place. The example illustration had a child using it for building a block tower. I would think it would be awesome to give me AR direction headings, and as a reminder of people's names I don't remember.
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I came here to post that exact 90's setup when I say that red backpack getup. Good show! I couldn't find it. As for walk around VR - I haven enough trouble moving around without the VR (mostly cos I'm
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twistedmentat posted:Keyboard boy has an expression on his face "hey that guys taking a photo of us, he's gonna steal our awesome idea!'. It'll be amazing for the flight sim stuff where people currently use head tracking. Other than that? Well, it'll be cool if we ever get another mech sim I guess?
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VR is basically ideal for a game where your character is sitting a chair while stuff happens around them. Flight sims, racing games, etc. - you might get a little seasick, since what your eyes are seeing doesn't match up with what your inner ear is feeling, but it's not insurmountable. Games where your character is supposedly running and jumping all over the place, while you're still just sitting in a chair, are an entirely different story.
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It's apparently great for Elite:Dangerous and the like, yeah.
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Samizdata posted:I would think it would be awesome to give me AR direction headings, and as a reminder of people's names I don't remember. Yeah, for all that we'll probably get some fun games out of it, applications like this are what really interest me and what I think have the best shot of making AR take off with the general public. Look at someone and learn/be reminded of their name and other basic details. Walk past a restaurant and see the menu and its Yelp rating. Look at a product in a store and see price comparisons. Speed up car repairs as the parts relevant at each step are highlighted. To take it further into the future, remember that bit in Battlestar Galactica about how Cylons can choose how to see their surroundings? Sounds like really good AR to me. Turn on your AR device and visualize your office as a jungle or log cabin or whatever with the furniture and everything still there, just reskinned.
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Computer viking posted:It's apparently great for Elite:Dangerous and the like, yeah. My gf plays Elite: Dangerous with the Vive and a HOTAS setup. The graffiti simulator and tilt brush are pretty cool too. It's an expensive toy that's still way early in development, but i think it's got enough interest and support to stick around. It's not going to replace regular console and PC games but prices will come down and it'll become it's own niche.
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Toast Museum posted:Yeah, for all that we'll probably get some fun games out of it, applications like this are what really interest me and what I think have the best shot of making AR take off with the general public. Look at someone and learn/be reminded of their name and other basic details. Walk past a restaurant and see the menu and its Yelp rating. Look at a product in a store and see price comparisons. Speed up car repairs as the parts relevant at each step are highlighted. Because what I really want when I'm walking around or talking to people is more visual clutter.
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keyboard vomit posted:Because what I really want when I'm walking around or talking to people is more visual clutter. Down the line when your visual and aural inputs are able to be filtered with AR, you could block out everyone else.
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keyboard vomit posted:Because what I really want when I'm walking around or talking to people is more visual clutter. Oh, no, I'm talking about that sort of information being available on demand. Having all of it in your face all the time is obviously way too much to deal with.
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Toast Museum posted:Oh, no, I'm talking about that sort of information being available on demand. Having all of it in your face all the time is obviously way too much to deal with. So AR is just a fancy version of pulling my phone out of my pocket.
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keyboard vomit posted:So AR is just a fancy version of pulling my phone out of my pocket. Yes, totally indistinguishable. Thank you for resolving this for us.
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80s Digital Dash chat: I can't remember if I've posted my car here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7v80sSlPFw
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I like when things sound like an old game show.
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Goober Peas posted:80s Digital Dash chat: That sounds like a drat pinball machine.
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I remember when my dad got a car that would say "The Door is Ajar" when a door was open for more than 10 seconds. My sister and I thought it was hilarious.
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twistedmentat posted:I remember when my dad got a car that would say "The Door is Ajar" when a door was open for more than 10 seconds. My sister and I thought it was hilarious. No, the door is a door! 
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twistedmentat posted:I remember when my dad got a car that would say "The Door is Ajar" when a door was open for more than 10 seconds. My sister and I thought it was hilarious. The seatbelt ding in cars is based on weight detected in the front seat, right? It always seemed like having an especially heavy load riding shotgun would result in eternal dinging unless you could fasten the seatbelt on it.
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I feel like stuff like Google Glass and other AR gear will never catch on until it's so small that people can't even tell it's there, like built into contact lenses or indistinguishable from normal glasses, because it's pretty much a requirement for those things to have a camera and other sensors that are always on to be useful at all, but that (understandably) creeps people the gently caress out when they know it's there. The problem is sociological and not technological now.
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chitoryu12 posted:The seatbelt ding in cars is based on weight detected in the front seat, right? It always seemed like having an especially heavy load riding shotgun would result in eternal dinging unless you could fasten the seatbelt on it. In the same way that glass pipes are the local head shop are "for smoking tobacco", they make little clips that go into the seatbelt receiver "for hauling loads in the passenger seat". (They're for idiots who insist on driving without a seat belt)
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Pham Nuwen posted:In the same way that glass pipes are the local head shop are "for smoking tobacco", they make little clips that go into the seatbelt receiver "for hauling loads in the passenger seat". (They're for idiots who insist on driving without a seat belt)
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On a more WTF car note, I've recently encountered some vans and SUVs that allow the driver and passenger doors to be opened while locked. Kinda like a double-action revolver, pulling the handle raises the lock and opens the door when it's all the way up. I tested and found that this can be done while the vehicle is moving. I can see some dumbass kid in the front seat absentmindedly playing with the door handle on the freeway. The new GMC Terrain is much better about it. Pulling the door handle once pops the lock open, then you need to pull the handle a second time to open the door.
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Can't you just fasten the belt before you put your bag down?
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Slanderer posted:Actually kinda useful for someone who puts their heavy bag on the passenger seat every day to and from work Life hack: put it on the floor.
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If your passenger seat load is heavy enough to set off the seatbelt sensor, it's probably heavy enough to do some real damage if it goes flying if you stopped suddenly. Alternatively, use your trunk.
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chitoryu12 posted:On a more WTF car note, I've recently encountered some vans and SUVs that allow the driver and passenger doors to be opened while locked. Kinda like a double-action revolver, pulling the handle raises the lock and opens the door when it's all the way up. I tested and found that this can be done while the vehicle is moving. I can see some dumbass kid in the front seat absentmindedly playing with the door handle on the freeway. I know a Renault that can't be opened from inside when locked. Even the driver door. That boggled my mind. Children belong on the backseat with engaged child safety on the doors.
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twistedmentat posted:I remember when my dad got a car that would say "The Door is Ajar" when a door was open for more than 10 seconds. My sister and I thought it was hilarious.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMxdFwCU1OE
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Lurking Haro posted:I know a Renault that can't be opened from inside when locked. Even the driver door. That boggled my mind. How are you supposed to get out?
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Imagined posted:I feel like stuff like Google Glass and other AR gear will never catch on until it's so small that people can't even tell it's there, like built into contact lenses or indistinguishable from normal glasses, because it's pretty much a requirement for those things to have a camera and other sensors that are always on to be useful at all, but that (understandably) creeps people the gently caress out when they know it's there. The problem is sociological and not technological now.
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Instant Sunrise posted:If your passenger seat load is heavy enough to set off the seatbelt sensor, it's probably heavy enough to do some real damage if it goes flying if you stopped suddenly. Why would an elephant have a bag? Or a car?
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chitoryu12 posted:How are you supposed to get out? He said while locked. Presumably you hit unlock and then the handle works like normal. Otherwise, hope you let the dealer up-sell you on the window breaker tool.
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Instant Sunrise posted:If your passenger seat load is heavy enough to set off the seatbelt sensor, it's probably heavy enough to do some real damage if it goes flying if you stopped suddenly. I had a laptop that would set off the seatbelt alarm and I realised that lugging that around was not good for my spine, Also, as you say, having seen a satnav pinball around the dash after a minor tree-related sudden stop at only 30mph, I moved everything heavy to the footwell.
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Arrath posted:He said while locked. Presumably you hit unlock and then the handle works like normal. The unlock button didn't work without a key in the ignition. Even better, the owner only has one key and she once locked them inside (thanks autolock). Only luck and some welding wire saved her a new window. The key happened to be button-side up and we poked it through the door seal until it opened.
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