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Hi slc! I walked around with a monocular hmd for a while in the first decade (until the cable broke), reading was a problem as the text was going up and down in
by fsiefken 9y ago
Hi slc! I walked around with a monocular hmd for a while in the first decade (until the cable broke), reading was a problem as the text was going up and down in a sinus wave - not really suitable for following the lines.
I thought about two solutions; using a hmd and overlay the text on a camera feed background with low transparency OR use RSVP for the words to stay in one place, or use both but the latter is simpler to implement.
Cycling with a monocular was not a problem, worked great, and the are now several AR ventures for cycling. These can be used for using android RSVP apps... and you look a bit more normal :-)
https://www.wareable.com/headgear/the-best-smartglasses-google-glass-and-the-rest https://www.wareable.com/headgear/the-best-smartglasses-goog...
I remember that I was out drinking late with my friend (and now working at google) Orri Erling, he was blind and had a white stick, I held his arm on one side while on the other side I had a monocular on my head and a twiddler in my hand. We got some stares.
What I ended up doing was switching to an audio desktop (Emacspeak) and text-to-speech the articles or books I wanted to read.
I have tried the rowing machine with my GearVR, but putting a monitor in front of it is more comfortable. Even so I could try it with my Oculus or MR for a Bigscreen :-) or 360 view with some rowing video's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCrq6ytQeE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCrq6ytQeE
- lsc 9y agoRSVP, you say? I have never heard of this technology. I just did a demo app and it looks really interesting. I'll check it out. (I'm super annoyed when people name things using overlapping namespaces... I have a long rant about ip for iproute, too.) And you say that it's compatible with the jock monocular displays? This is actually... pretty exciting.
- fsiefken 9y agoif the display can handle 10 fps (the VR headsets are), there is no issue. That said, I found it easier to navigate, cycle and walk with no visual distraction and switch to high speed audio and leave the occasional map, graph, wikipedia entry or image for the monocular. For example, it was very nice dancing on the beach being my own VJ.