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> There's also the fact that the graphics don't "pop" above the pad like they show in all their promotional material (though I know enough to have not expected
by gumby 3y ago
> There's also the fact that the graphics don't "pop" above the pad like they show in all their promotional material (though I know enough to have not expected it, it's still disappointing to see them make those misrepresentations)
This was a tough call. Originally we shot 100% of the CastAR video through the glasses and it worked great, but didn't really explain the 3D "pop". So in our second pitch video we sometimes allowed a small amount of synthetic image beyond the edge of the display which gave people a better clue as to the 3D nature of the image, but also for some people did overpromise. Because of that I always look for this in T5 videos and in general I think they don't drift any or only a little, but it's not like I have seen them all. Also note that the T5 board can tilt up at the end (don't know if this is released) so you actually can look above the tabletop and see things, though again, I don't know if this has been demoed in any videos (I'm sure it's been demoed at some conferences).
Deciding to compose the image rather than shoot through the glasses can also be misleading, but for various technical reasons shooting through the glasses is also negatively misleading because the camera and the eye don't work the same (among other things the image is brighter in your eye). There's no perfect answer, but I think Jer and the rest of the team do want to get this right.
At the end of the day it's an arcade and tabletop game system, not a AAA gaming rig, and doesn't try to be the latter. Perhaps they should make that more clear. I actually plan to use it in my current work for looking at CFD* video as a group (each of us with a headset) because we can walk around the table, lean in, and point things out to each other.
I also like to put the game board on the wall BTW!
* computational fluid dynamics -- analyzing plume performance in the atmosphere