[FoRK] [Tech] Goggles, or Projectors?

[Jeff Bone]

On Jan 3, 2008, at 3:54 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 07:38:07PM -0600, Jeff Bone wrote:
>
>> I've mostly given up on the idea of immersive VR for purposes other
>
> Have you ever attended a meeting in SL?
> Using voice?

Absolutely.

Don't forget, the original idea behind Company 1.5 (Activerse) was  
ultimately to build a Second Life-alike, and trying to sell others on  
the practical benefits thereof.  So I'm not inherently antagonistic  
to this idea...  I not only used to drink the Kool-Aid, I used to  
sell it.  I'm just no longer sure that there's REALLY any practical,  
productive benefit of having such a meeting in 2L vs. e.g. an n-way  
video chat.  (I probably have heard, if not invented, most of the  
arguments for such benefits, but if you've got something novel in  
that regard I'd love to hear it.)

> Ever used
> a 6DOF to control a flycam?

No, but I'd like to.

Remote control of UxVs (or generally, embodied telepresence) is  
specifically one of the *actual* practical apps to which I was  
referring.

>> than entertainment --- the range of practical applications is rather
>> surprisingly limited.  Augmented reality, on the other hand...
>
> Both are immensely useful.

I'm not sure they are equally useful, but I'm also not passionate  
enough about that position to quibble too much.

> Most of us have been waiting for both
> since mid-1980s. It's pathetic how little has happened since.

+1 on that, me as much if not more than anybody else here.

Hell, at least I made a run at that fence. ;-)

jb