chinacat
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Post by chinacat on Oct 15, 2022 5:22:48 GMT -8
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Post by hledgard on Oct 15, 2022 5:37:39 GMT -8
I share Phillip's caution about AR/VR. Other than gaming (itself a big deal for sure) I have no idea who would want a headset for that kind of purpose. The car, i get. AR/VR, not I.
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Post by 4aapl on Oct 15, 2022 8:01:58 GMT -8
I share Phillip's caution about AR/VR. Other than gaming (itself a big deal for sure) I have no idea who would want a headset for that kind of purpose. The car, i get. AR/VR, not I. There's a lot of things here. One is to look at the iPod and iPhone when they originally came out. They seemed expensive. Most people didn't want them, right away. It took some time. But especially if Apple is going a different direction, and needs buy-in from 3rd party developers, they need to get something out there at some point, at least in concept. Some of these new technologies are interesting, but are sometimes hard to think of at first as more than a toy or hobby. 3d printers have been out for a while. How many chunks of plastic, with lines in them, so you need sitting on a shelf or desk? But things have been getting better. One of the kids classes last year used one to print a part for their balloon powered car, I believe the nozzle that brought the air from the balloon to out the back. My son's friend made him a small scissor jack. It's more than just 2d or then 3d game pieces. My son wants to lift up his desktop an inch or two, and so was thinking of making a bunch of cylinders or pyramids. One weakness is the plastic media filament, but even that has changed, giving options. And other places have changed it further, making food with it, or even building houses. I think the building houses part would be pretty awesome, even if just at first in simple houses in a limited area. I watched a few of the builds from a couple years ago, both a traditional one and a spiral one. I get a kick out of automated things sometimes. Switching to AR/VR, a primary is gaming, and a secondary is every single thing we've ever seen in a futuristic movie, especially information or sensing automatically or on demand. But a big potential is learning. Maybe that is interacting with a real person who is an expert somewhere, but due to scale-up most times would be with a program of some sort. This would be potentially for any thing hands on, like a chemistry lab vs a chemistry class. Do stuff. Learn to replace an automatic transmission, to build an iPhone or to land a 747. Think of anything you might have watched a "how-to" video on You-Tube, but put yourself into the video, potentially with more hands on. AR/VR/computer interaction has been around for 3 decades in the wild, in some form. Nintendo had the Power Glove (1989), and some malls had VR gaming setups around then. Computing power has changed dramatically, and it's not yet in the hands of the masses, which is needed to get more widespread uses. I don't want something that just gets used on one or two games, and then put away into a drawer. But early on that is often what ends up happening, until there are more uses. (EDIT: forgot to add the parts about what you just can't do in real life, practically (walk on the moon or mars) or actually (walk on the sun). And then there's the whole "Honey I shrunk the kids" thing, "shrinking yourself" to go to places and see things you just couldn't IRL. Go inside a lock. Go inside a cell. Go inside an atom. There are all sorts of possibilities. What is practical, what is helpful, what is a hobby, and what is just fun?)
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Dave
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Post by Dave on Oct 15, 2022 10:19:49 GMT -8
In reference to the 3D printing, I remember reading year’s ago that BMW was using 3D printing to make the sand castings for the intricate molds for major engine parts such as the engine blocks and cylinder heads because it allowed designs that were not possible before. There was a video showing the process. Amazing. And I remember the research into holograms that seems to have disappeared. Probably the most famous example was the one in the first Star Wars movie. “Obi-Wan Kenobi, your our only hope.” The thought of watching a movie projected in the center of your living room and being able to walk around it for a 360 degree view would be amazing. I can’t imagine what it would take to make such a movie.
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Post by Dave on Oct 16, 2022 1:47:37 GMT -8
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Post by bud777 on Oct 16, 2022 6:15:06 GMT -8
I share Phillip's caution about AR/VR. Other than gaming (itself a big deal for sure) I have no idea who would want a headset for that kind of purpose. The car, I get. AR/VR, not I. I admit I don't really see how AR/VR will become a major factor, but after the Pokeman craze where people were running around "collecting" AR images, I am not ready to count it out. count
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Post by ono on Oct 16, 2022 17:32:59 GMT -8
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