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Augmented Reality: Enhanced Perception
Webratta writes: "Can you imagine wearing glasses or goggles that, when looking at a person, a built-in display would tell you everything you wanted to know about that person? According to an article in Popular Science the day of cyborg-like enhanced perception could be closer than we imagined. Just imagine the privacy concerns stemming from this..."
That could make dating so much more reliable for us geeks. Just think what it would be like if you already knew that she shared the same interests, etc. You could probably have built in web access to these things too and check out her online profile. Oh wait... we're probably already sitting in front of our computers looking at her profile before we attempt dating anyway :-)
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Walk down the street, look at the world. This is reality.
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I have this image of a dark and cold future, where you can simply look at a friend, a co-worker, a stranger. Then by merely making a certain microgesture with your eyes, can instantly bring up a list of what kind of porn they download.
I pray I don't live to see it.
But she could also find out that you're a geek and run for her life.
Oh, wait. They can spot that easily already now...
I've been able to buy these glasses from Marvel Comics for decades now.
--Lawrence Lessig for Congress!
Yeah, real cool, and useful!
Look at those screenshots. The restaurant has a text label superimposed over it, so the wearer can just read the label instead of the sign above the restaurant! No more messy reality for me!
Can you imagine wearing glasses or goggles that, when looking at a person, a built-in display would tell you everything you wanted to know about that person?
What about the stuff you don't want to know? Here are some things I wouldn't like to know about someone I walk by in the local mall:
Bisexual, but won't admit it
Enjoys viewing squirrel porn scenes
Works for Microsoft
Has severe case of explosive diarrhea
Etc...
The speed of time is one second per second.
on the last page where it says this stuff can replace ads and billboards with waterfalls and stuff... Im going to replace everything with naked women....
Well, when I'm wearing my beer goggles, most women are pretty attractive...
I turn my head when a knockout enters the room and am presented with:
Age: 23
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 120lbs
Measurements: 38-24-36
Status: Single - 3 months
Favorite Drink: Anything with kick
Residence: 1 bdr apt - 3 blocks away
Warning : Syphillis!!!
Shoot... well, it was a good daydream while it lasted...
~ now you know
I want Filtered Reality!
Think about it. Why should only those who are willing to suffer the effects of shrooms for days, or LSD for years, be the ones who get to see bleeding walls or leaking phones?! With a helmet around your head that filters your video and audio input (err, vision and hearing), you could have all the trippy hallucinations you wanted, when you wanted! Is that girl really wearing a purple elephant on her necklace, or would she be offended if you tried to feed it a peanut? Are there really bugs crawling into your skin? Better ask the piano!
What a time to be alive!
I can easily imagine someone walking into a lamp-post because their vision is blocked by a "blue screen of death"... talk about adding insult to injury