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Robotic Teleconferencing
Mike Elgan writes "Hewlett-Packard Labs unveiled to the press May 23 a system for
teleconferencing with lifelike realism.Called the BiReality remote communication system, the project involves a remote-controlled robot on one end, and a total-immersion environment on the other, giving the user the ability to roam hallways, hold conversations and interact remotely through the
robot."
This prototype will crash even faster than the previous prototype! It crashes very fast!
Which brings up another point. What if the robot is moving when Windows crashes? Will it STOP, or just display a STOP error while it keeps on rolling right into somebody?
How am I supposed to fit a pithy, relevant quote into 120 characters?
..total-immersion environment on the other, giving the user the ability to roam hallways, hold conversations and interact remotely through the robot. Am I the only one who is thinking Doom??
This way I'll still be able to kick the other person in the groin even with teleconferencing.. This rulez
And install them at the offices of His Billness, His Baldness, Rosen, Boies, etc. Only then will our computing experince become trustworthy.
.. is made with..two very fast Windows PCs, four cameras, a series of directional microphones and speakers. "
One worry though:
"the BiReality system
I can't locate even 1 Very Fast Windows PC yet. I'd need 4 dozens here. Anyone seen such a PC yet? Windows95 on a P4 2.4GHz maybe?
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
... of that spiderlike mobile holoprojector used by Darth Sideous in The Phantom Menace?
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hehe. only for bosses with prickly personalities...
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
Beedee beedee.......
This, I think it might be the killer application of home robotics.
Yeah, and you just KNOW your girlfriend's robot would look a lot better than the real thing.
When your robot is dating a "big boned, but attractive" robot, watch out.
If moderation could change anything, it would be illegal.
a remote-controlled robot on one end,
I already teleconference with my boss.
The coolest voice ever.
At last, I can attend meetings while having another important session on the toilet. But maybe I'll wait for the enhanced model with rotating razor blades. Then, I can show my colleagues what I really think of their work. And the best part is: I can blame it on Windows (those damn Internet Explorer vulnerabilities can be VERY dangerous, you know).
Me and my dirty mind. I think HP, given the function and description of this project, should rename it to something other than "BiReality", unless they are pursuing a client base of alternative lifestyle teleconferencers.
Losers choose to abuse the use of "loose".
If I had access to this robot the _very first_ thing that I would do is make it kick out the jams and dance "the robot".
I had to RTFA. I was confused. I thought this had to do something with sending movies to Tom Servo and Crow.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
Hooorrrrayyyyy No more herpes. Wont that make the world a better place.
"Please proceed to grab your ankles. The anal injection process with proceed in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...... WHOS YOUR DADDY!!!
Now Spammers can deliver their message to you in person. (without fear of personal reprisal). Not to mention to opportunity to sell more slick advertising space on the "robots" exterior.
Our course I would reserve some space for my bumper sticker.
My Robot can Kick Your Robot's A$$
Use your head, can't you, use your head,
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