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I recall taking an Uber once and hearing the driver mention that he wished he could remotely drive the car. Was this idea ever taken seriously? I'm sure latency

by tabeth 9y ago

I recall taking an Uber once and hearing the driver mention that he wished he could remotely drive the car. Was this idea ever taken seriously? I'm sure latency and creating the actual interface would be big problems. [/digression] From a political perspective, what's necessary until the safety drivers are no longer legally required? I believe there are a couple places that don't require them now, actually.

ufmace 9y ago
> From a political perspective, what's necessary until the safety drivers are no longer legally required? I believe there are a couple places that don't require them now, actually. Essentially, the legislature of the state in question passes a law defining what's required for truly autonomous operation. That can be pretty much anything they want. The really interesting stuff starts happening when there's enough of these things driving around that we start getting accidents. How will insurance companies or the sponsor companies deal with that? What will happen in any lawsuits resulting from any accidents? I guess we'll have to wait and see. It's a bit sad, but it's probably for the best that there's big companies with deep pockets and big legal departments behind this.
asteli 9y ago
your visual system is finely tuned to be able to judge things like "how far away is that child in the crosswalk?" you possess an internal IMU that provides instant and accurate feedback on acceleration and rotation. you lose out on both of those when you perceive the world through any kind of display, whether that be a screen or even a VR headset. think about your field of view when you look out the windshield of a car. including peripheral vision that's a 150° field of view. compress that fov to a screen, even a really good one. maybe three of them set side by side. can you still make out a street sign with 6" tall text from 200 feet away?

by tabeth 9y ago

ufmace 9y ago

> From a political perspective, what's necessary until the safety drivers are no longer legally required? I believe there are a couple places that don't require them now, actually. Essentially, the legislature of the state in question passes a law defining what's required for truly autonomous operation. That can be pretty much anything they want. The really interesting stuff starts happening when there's enough of these things driving around that we start getting accidents. How will insurance companies or the sponsor companies deal with that? What will happen in any lawsuits resulting from any accidents? I guess we'll have to wait and see. It's a bit sad, but it's probably for the best that there's big companies with deep pockets and big legal departments behind this.

asteli 9y ago

your visual system is finely tuned to be able to judge things like "how far away is that child in the crosswalk?" you possess an internal IMU that provides instant and accurate feedback on acceleration and rotation. you lose out on both of those when you perceive the world through any kind of display, whether that be a screen or even a VR headset. think about your field of view when you look out the windshield of a car. including peripheral vision that's a 150° field of view. compress that fov to a screen, even a really good one. maybe three of them set side by side. can you still make out a street sign with 6" tall text from 200 feet away?