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Augmented Reality Billiards

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the justify-this-in-the-budget dept.

scubacuda writes: "Wired.com reports that Columbia's CS Department has designed a new gadget designed to "take the brainwork out of billiards" and help the average player eventually take on professional pool sharks. The Stochasticks consists of a 5-by-10-inch laptop carried in a backpack, a half-centimeter-by-1-inch long lipstick camera and a headset. Pool experts, such as Mike Spinkle, president of United States Poolplayer Association, say that this device makes it easier to visualize the angles."

2 of 132 comments (clear)

  1. fsliafp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    first scott lockwood is a faggot post

  2. Re: But do those angles actually exist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hey, alright, ACs throwing around plagiarism insults. Did it occur to you that the parent actually wrote the article?

    No? That's what I thought. Oh, And while you're still feeling smug about your intellectual superiority, I think I maybe you need some spelling lessons