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Won't this show the wrong glyph if you're looking at it from the wrong angle?

by MaximilianEmel 2y ago

JKCalhoun 2y ago
I suspect short people and tall people will likely disagree about what time is shown.
- ralferoo 2y ago
  This must be what people mean when they say they are short on time.
- borski 2y ago
  Honestly, that might be my favorite part
- gmiller123456 2y ago
  You notice you're running late, so jump up, and now you're early.
- BeetleB 2y ago
  Well, time dilation and length contraction do occur at relativistic speeds :-)
o11c 2y ago
Hm, could that be fixed by covering it with a "privacy screen" (used to cover computer screens, basically a bunch of tiny parallel tubes (all-angle) or grooves (one-axis, probably best for this))? Then maybe a blur on top of that to increase the viewing angle again (though that might cut the light too much since it's not an active emitter)?
- augusto-moura 2y ago
  Maybe a pinhole and lens? Like a camera but having only the clock inside a chamber
romwell 2y ago
>Won't this show the wrong glyph if you're looking at it from the wrong angle? Time is relative (to your height).
GauntletWizard 2y ago
I'm actually really disappointed this wasn't addressed with a fairly obvious "checksum" mechanism - Including the ":" in the center, and giving that it's own lenticular pattern, such that only when viewed from the right angle do you see the : and otherwise you just see numbers. (I'm not sure if this is really plausible - Are the numbers close enough that that would actually work? If you're off to the right or left, or too high or too low, could you potentially see the : with a different set of numbers than intended?)
- hunter2_ 2y ago
  Seems completely plausible to me, and elegant to boot. To minimize design change, the product name could be the alignment check. {You being too high/low} and {the angle of the numbers/check being wrong} are two ways of saying the exact same thing when ignoring the world beyond you and it, like using a handheld mirror.

Won't this show the wrong glyph if you're looking at it from the wrong angle?

JKCalhoun 2y ago

I suspect short people and tall people will likely disagree about what time is shown.

ralferoo 2y ago
This must be what people mean when they say they are short on time.
borski 2y ago
Honestly, that might be my favorite part
gmiller123456 2y ago
You notice you're running late, so jump up, and now you're early.
BeetleB 2y ago
Well, time dilation and length contraction do occur at relativistic speeds :-)

o11c 2y ago

Hm, could that be fixed by covering it with a "privacy screen" (used to cover computer screens, basically a bunch of tiny parallel tubes (all-angle) or grooves (one-axis, probably best for this))? Then maybe a blur on top of that to increase the viewing angle again (though that might cut the light too much since it's not an active emitter)?

augusto-moura 2y ago
Maybe a pinhole and lens? Like a camera but having only the clock inside a chamber

romwell 2y ago

>Won't this show the wrong glyph if you're looking at it from the wrong angle? Time is relative (to your height).

GauntletWizard 2y ago

I'm actually really disappointed this wasn't addressed with a fairly obvious "checksum" mechanism - Including the ":" in the center, and giving that it's own lenticular pattern, such that only when viewed from the right angle do you see the : and otherwise you just see numbers. (I'm not sure if this is really plausible - Are the numbers close enough that that would actually work? If you're off to the right or left, or too high or too low, could you potentially see the : with a different set of numbers than intended?)

hunter2_ 2y ago
Seems completely plausible to me, and elegant to boot. To minimize design change, the product name could be the alignment check. {You being too high/low} and {the angle of the numbers/check being wrong} are two ways of saying the exact same thing when ignoring the world beyond you and it, like using a handheld mirror.