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Augmented Reality Ducks

90 points by Amorymeltzer 5y ago

kosasbest 5y ago
Still waiting for AR to catch on. I mean it's a cool concept, but it requires special equipment usually suited for the eye (like Google Glass). And we all know what happened to Google Glass. I think for AR to really catch on, the devices for it need to be invisible. Imagine a device that's inserted into the retina and blends in with the machinery of the eye for example? With nano-tech, it's doable.
- verdverm 5y ago
  Or take the Hololens2 as an example. That device earned Microsoft a $22B contract. I think people will wear glasses for the experience. Two hand based AR is the future. We just need miniaturization at this point. By the time that happens, the software will be there. The policies probably not so much. VoicesOfVR on Twitter is talking about the ethics and related.
- jayd16 5y ago
  Glass wasn't really AR as much as just a HUD.
- mrweasel 5y ago
  AR is going to have to fight and uphill battle for adoption. Many of us have see the damage smartphones and social media have done to society, and AR is presented as the next step after those two ideas. That might be completely unfair, but just like I’ll never signup to any new social media platform, because of Facebook, I won’t buy into AR because of smartphones.
  - Loughla 5y ago
    I would say that most people will not share that same hesitancy. I believe that most people do not identify their smartphone as a problem; it's a productivity and entertainment tool. Now, myself, AR, and especially AR implants of the kind the OP was talking about, are a hard pass until they are sold to me, with no external connections other than those I can absolutely control to the finest detail. While I may want it to help me identify people because I'm bad at names, I don't want it phoning home with those names and faces and logging it for some company/country somewhere. In other words, AR is almost certainly completely out of the question for me. Which is sad, because I used to be absolutely pumped for the day terminals and brain-laces were available like in The Culture.
zinekeller 5y ago
Apologies, but I initially read it as AR Sucks instead of the ducking intended quack. Regardless, this is a fun little project that can be useful in case your work asks you to develop AR solutions. Also, QUACK!
zxcvbn4038 5y ago
I was hoping for a bunch of AR ducks running around. ;)
athenot 5y ago
It was a nice touch to use the Duck system alert sound from the old MacOS. </nostalgia>
sdoering 5y ago
> But, more importantly, it shows just how fantastic software is these days. How spoiled we are to carry supercomputers in our pockets. In less than 200 lines of code, I used these incredible frameworks developed by Apple to get this idiotic idea working in an evening. This was for me the essence of the post. We live in times that enable (some of) us to create fun stuff like this unbelievably easy.
- tylerhall 5y ago
  Indeed, I buried the lede in this post. But I wanted to have fun with such a silly idea, first.
  - sdoering 5y ago
    I liked it. Was a great read. The buried lead up front would have spoiled the fun imho.
- netcan 5y ago
  It's a great little piece, commenting on both the hope and the worry in a single lark. We live in interesting times. The potential is huge, in both directions.
  - userbinator 5y ago
    You mean, in a single duck... I definitely agree with you about "both directions" - especially when those "supercomputers in our pockets" aren't really under our control.
sneak 5y ago
> There's just no ducking way around it. Short of adding a fake contact to your address book named Dr. Duck Ducking McDucker, autocorrect seems ducking incapable of learning everyone's favorite bit of profanity. In keyboard shortcuts, add the words you want not-autocorrected to both sides of the shortcut, eg: fuck -> fuck fucking -> fucking This will make autocorrect learn them once and for all.
- mdorazio 5y ago
  More specifically: Settings > general > keyboards > text replacement. Then add all your profanity words as phrases
croes 5y ago
Reminds me of the episode Arkangel of Black Mirror
intrasight 5y ago
I ducking hate mobile auto-correct too, so I turned it off. I've become a better thumb typer and now own what I type. And I do use "ducking" since I don't like to swear ;)
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tempodox 5y ago
Ducking awesome!
swamp40 5y ago
Apple's Memoji's give you a preview of how their VR is going to work. They are already mapping your facial expressions onto an animated image in realtime. Add a headset/glasses and a virtual room and they are done.

90 points by Amorymeltzer 5y ago

Still waiting for AR to catch on. I mean it's a cool concept, but it requires special equipment usually suited for the eye (like Google Glass). And we all know what happened to Google Glass. I think for AR to really catch on, the devices for it need to be invisible. Imagine a device that's inserted into the retina and blends in with the machinery of the eye for example? With nano-tech, it's doable.

verdverm 5y ago
Or take the Hololens2 as an example. That device earned Microsoft a $22B contract. I think people will wear glasses for the experience. Two hand based AR is the future. We just need miniaturization at this point. By the time that happens, the software will be there. The policies probably not so much. VoicesOfVR on Twitter is talking about the ethics and related.
jayd16 5y ago
Glass wasn't really AR as much as just a HUD.
mrweasel 5y ago
AR is going to have to fight and uphill battle for adoption. Many of us have see the damage smartphones and social media have done to society, and AR is presented as the next step after those two ideas. That might be completely unfair, but just like I’ll never signup to any new social media platform, because of Facebook, I won’t buy into AR because of smartphones.
- Loughla 5y ago
  I would say that most people will not share that same hesitancy. I believe that most people do not identify their smartphone as a problem; it's a productivity and entertainment tool. Now, myself, AR, and especially AR implants of the kind the OP was talking about, are a hard pass until they are sold to me, with no external connections other than those I can absolutely control to the finest detail. While I may want it to help me identify people because I'm bad at names, I don't want it phoning home with those names and faces and logging it for some company/country somewhere. In other words, AR is almost certainly completely out of the question for me. Which is sad, because I used to be absolutely pumped for the day terminals and brain-laces were available like in The Culture.

zinekeller 5y ago

Apologies, but I initially read it as AR Sucks instead of the ducking intended quack. Regardless, this is a fun little project that can be useful in case your work asks you to develop AR solutions. Also, QUACK!

zxcvbn4038 5y ago

I was hoping for a bunch of AR ducks running around. ;)

athenot 5y ago

It was a nice touch to use the Duck system alert sound from the old MacOS. </nostalgia>

sdoering 5y ago

> But, more importantly, it shows just how fantastic software is these days. How spoiled we are to carry supercomputers in our pockets. In less than 200 lines of code, I used these incredible frameworks developed by Apple to get this idiotic idea working in an evening. This was for me the essence of the post. We live in times that enable (some of) us to create fun stuff like this unbelievably easy.

tylerhall 5y ago
Indeed, I buried the lede in this post. But I wanted to have fun with such a silly idea, first.
- sdoering 5y ago
  I liked it. Was a great read. The buried lead up front would have spoiled the fun imho.
netcan 5y ago
It's a great little piece, commenting on both the hope and the worry in a single lark. We live in interesting times. The potential is huge, in both directions.
- userbinator 5y ago
  You mean, in a single duck... I definitely agree with you about "both directions" - especially when those "supercomputers in our pockets" aren't really under our control.

sneak 5y ago

> There's just no ducking way around it. Short of adding a fake contact to your address book named Dr. Duck Ducking McDucker, autocorrect seems ducking incapable of learning everyone's favorite bit of profanity. In keyboard shortcuts, add the words you want not-autocorrected to both sides of the shortcut, eg: fuck -> fuck fucking -> fucking This will make autocorrect learn them once and for all.

mdorazio 5y ago
More specifically: Settings > general > keyboards > text replacement. Then add all your profanity words as phrases

croes 5y ago

Reminds me of the episode Arkangel of Black Mirror

intrasight 5y ago

I ducking hate mobile auto-correct too, so I turned it off. I've become a better thumb typer and now own what I type. And I do use "ducking" since I don't like to swear ;)

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tempodox 5y ago

Ducking awesome!

swamp40 5y ago

Apple's Memoji's give you a preview of how their VR is going to work. They are already mapping your facial expressions onto an animated image in realtime. Add a headset/glasses and a virtual room and they are done.