October, 2011

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Platypus Headsets?

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The Science Channel interviews Jaron Lanier who shows off some wide field of view headsets from the late 80’s. Jaron feels like a platypus when wearing one of these JumboTrons. The narrator’s conclusion (and Jaron’s as well): The state of the art in VR hasn’t progressed too much further. . (A tip of the hat to Aphradonis over at mtbs3d.com for finding this little gem!).

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Apple Plans Ahead

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24 years ago Apple ran this advertisement predicting a tablet based voice assistant. The futuristic ad takes place in September 2011. With yesterday’s announcement of Siri , they missed their prediction by only one month (out of 24 years.) Wish all my engineering projects achieved such schedule precision! The post Apple Plans Ahead appeared first on V-Rtifacts.

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