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Futuristic things I do today: Working from home with people thousands of km away, talking to them, looking at them in the eye. Working, pairing with other peo

Futuristic things I do today: Working from home with people thousands of km away, talking to them, looking at them in the eye. Working, pairing with other people, while in flight between cities. Walking around with a phone in my pocket, people can call me wherever I am. Looking things up from different sources quickly while talking at the dinner table (use to be single source dictionary + a trip to the library later). At work, an my kids working together collaboratively on a document.

corecoder 10y ago
> looking at them in the eye That's still an open research field right now.
- dorfsmay 10y ago
  What do you mean?
  - corecoder 10y ago
    Video chats are common, but actual eye contact is currently impossible: you either look at the other person's eyes, and thus you appear to be looking off, or you look at the camera, and then they see you looking at them but you aren't actually looking at them in the eye. There's currently research going on to find out if there is any way to make eye contact possible, but I don't know of any proposed way so far.
    - nradov 10y ago
      I would think the only practical approach would be to precisely position multiple webcams around the perimeter of the screen, and then use software to merge and manipulate the video streams in real time to simulate eye contact.
      - inimino 10y ago
        Or put the camera in the middle of the screen, or just wait for full 3D immersion.
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    - dorfsmay 10y ago
      Fair enough. My main point was that being able to look at a person while talking to them, even slightly off due to the constraint you mention, makes a big difference and is already a huge step in the "future".
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saiya-jin 10y ago
> Looking things up from different sources quickly while talking at the dinner table we all get what you mean, it's great and whatnot, but this specific case you describe are new-age idiots - constantly checking cell phones, while sitting with each other, just because there is 'something important'... no, there isn't
tajen 10y ago
When I was 13, in 1996, I used to dream that everything was possible. I dreamt of a personal drone that would look at the streets from above (unthinkable at the time, energy-wise), and a mini-computer in my hands to drive it, so I would find my way in a new city, find out where my friends were, send them little objects, do awesome stuff on the little computer, never be idle while waiting for someone and never miss them just because you were waiting for each other on the wrong side of the building. I often wonder what kids can dream of, today, given all of this happened. The only parts of my dreams which haven't yield are AI and infinite energy. I'm pretty satisfied with the future we live in. But the global warming is coming too fast.
- gozur88 10y ago
  >I often wonder what kids can dream of, today, given all of this happened. Holodeck-type VR, I'm guessing.

corecoder 10y ago

> looking at them in the eye That's still an open research field right now.

dorfsmay 10y ago
What do you mean?
- corecoder 10y ago
  Video chats are common, but actual eye contact is currently impossible: you either look at the other person's eyes, and thus you appear to be looking off, or you look at the camera, and then they see you looking at them but you aren't actually looking at them in the eye. There's currently research going on to find out if there is any way to make eye contact possible, but I don't know of any proposed way so far.
  - nradov 10y ago
    I would think the only practical approach would be to precisely position multiple webcams around the perimeter of the screen, and then use software to merge and manipulate the video streams in real time to simulate eye contact.
    - inimino 10y ago
      Or put the camera in the middle of the screen, or just wait for full 3D immersion.
  - deleted 10y ago
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  - dorfsmay 10y ago
    Fair enough. My main point was that being able to look at a person while talking to them, even slightly off due to the constraint you mention, makes a big difference and is already a huge step in the "future".
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saiya-jin 10y ago

> Looking things up from different sources quickly while talking at the dinner table we all get what you mean, it's great and whatnot, but this specific case you describe are new-age idiots - constantly checking cell phones, while sitting with each other, just because there is 'something important'... no, there isn't

tajen 10y ago

When I was 13, in 1996, I used to dream that everything was possible. I dreamt of a personal drone that would look at the streets from above (unthinkable at the time, energy-wise), and a mini-computer in my hands to drive it, so I would find my way in a new city, find out where my friends were, send them little objects, do awesome stuff on the little computer, never be idle while waiting for someone and never miss them just because you were waiting for each other on the wrong side of the building. I often wonder what kids can dream of, today, given all of this happened. The only parts of my dreams which haven't yield are AI and infinite energy. I'm pretty satisfied with the future we live in. But the global warming is coming too fast.

gozur88 10y ago
>I often wonder what kids can dream of, today, given all of this happened. Holodeck-type VR, I'm guessing.