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Anticipating Samsung's AMOLED Mixed Reality Headset (windowscentral.com)
Eloking quotes Windows Central:
At an event in San Francisco, HoloLens inventor Alex Kipman outlined the future of Windows Mixed Reality, which Redmond seems to believe is the future of computing. Whether or not it is remains to be seen, but either way, there will be no shortage of Windows Mixed Reality headsets this holiday season, with perhaps the most compelling option coming from Samsung.
The $500 Samsung HMD Odyssey sports dual AMOLED eye displays, complete with a 110-degree field of view. This could potentially make a huge difference in the quality of the Windows Mixed Reality experience for two reasons. First, AMOLED displays can generate deeper blacks and more vibrant colors than your average OLED or LCD screen. Second, all other Windows Mixed Reality headsets we've seen have a 95-degree FoV. The Samsung headset will be more immersive because there will be less dead space in your peripheral vision.
The headset -- which comes with motion controllers -- is expected to launch in one month.
The $500 Samsung HMD Odyssey sports dual AMOLED eye displays, complete with a 110-degree field of view. This could potentially make a huge difference in the quality of the Windows Mixed Reality experience for two reasons. First, AMOLED displays can generate deeper blacks and more vibrant colors than your average OLED or LCD screen. Second, all other Windows Mixed Reality headsets we've seen have a 95-degree FoV. The Samsung headset will be more immersive because there will be less dead space in your peripheral vision.
The headset -- which comes with motion controllers -- is expected to launch in one month.
Sure, AMOLED gives a great picture - at first. But durability is not its strong suit: as the blue diodes degrade much faster than the others, it takes just a couple of years of regular use for a display to become yellowed.
Circumcision is child abuse.
Ok parents, run out to but the $500 Samsung HMD Odyssey for you spoiled child so he can play with for an hour and then never tough it again.
Legitimate reason: So I can lay down suppressing fire when the government comes to take my guns away.
Same with DPS(?) displays. (Whatever the wider viewing range ones were after the TFT stuff.)
Having a variety of each, the only failing point I have had with them, other than the rare stuck pixel (a number of times due either to wiring issues (colored line) or a physical impact to the screen), is the backlight, which due to being a CCFL only lasts a few years on average, although many models have lasted or continue to last years beyond what was expected.
The funny this is, I bet you think you're intelligent.
"Old man yells at systemd"
AMOLED sucks, Steve Jobs explained this quite clearly and...
Oh wait, Tim Cook says AMOLED is the best. Sorry, carry on.
But durability is not its strong suit: {...} it takes just a couple of years of regular use for a display to become yellowed.
And this is a problem for Samsung how ?
In the modern era of planed obsolescence where manufacturer expect their user base to throw away the old gizmo and buy a new one every 12 months, nobody gives a fart if the device's display will eventually die after a few years.
Or at least that what manufacturer are thinking.
Now whether it does actually makes sense to spend on an expensive mixed-reality gadget, only to throw it away after 1-2 years is an entirely different question that is completely ignored by manufacturers (and Apple users too, BTW).
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FUCK OFF troll
Start with code (text) editor windows that can see all the code by moving your head. Add UI controls that show direct links to their response (press) code. Then do a database program showing how information is to be accessed. Visual debugging of an app.
Yes, you can do all that now - but at five bills, this Samsung VR headset is cheaper than one big 4K monitor.
Could be an interesting product - Add it as an Eclipse plug in and I'd definitely be interested in it.
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The sad thing is that most people, even those of nominally high intelligence, approach the subject of gun control emotionally and ideologically rather than logically; hence the popular logical fallacy that you're safer when you've been disarmed...
Samsung HMD Odyssey (Headset)
Platform Windows Mixed Reality
Display Dual 3.5” AMOLED
1,440 x 1,600 @90/60Hz
Interface HDMI2.0 + USB 3.0 Interface Bound Cable (4m Length)
Lens Single Fresnel
Field of View 66, FOV 110, 6.7X
IPD 60-72mm Range
Camera 6 DOF Camera x 2
Sensor Accelerometer(6 Axis)| Gyrometer(6 Axis )|
Compass(3 Axis)|Proximity Sensor| IPD Sensor
Acoustics 2 MIC Support| Cortana|Built-in AKG Headphone
Control & Function Volume|IPD Adjustment
Dimension 202mm(W) x 131.5mm(D) x 111mm(H)
Weight 645g
Samsung HMD Odyssey (Controller)
Control & Function Touchpad (Clickable), Menu button
Windows/Controller power button, Trigger, Thumbstick, Indicator light
Sensor Accelerometer(6 Axis)| Gyrometer(6 Axis )|
Compass(3 Axis)
Battery AA Battery x 2ea
Dimension 154.2 x 119.1 x 119.1mm
Weight 160g
from https://news.samsung.com/us/sa...
Letter To Iran
But like.. statistically speaking.. you are safer. Its not a logical argument, its a statistical one.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3828709/
The really sad thing is that this logical argument flies directly in the face of reality. Just compare gun violence statistics from the U.S. with some country that has strict gun control laws, like Austria, or Australia.
Just compare gun violence statistics from the U.S. with some country that has strict gun control laws, like Austria, or Australia.
Except that gun violence is rising again in Australia, so they're having another gun amnesty. The laws have failed to prevent habitual criminals from getting their hands on guns thus far.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Why yes, that is an emotionally and ideologically grounded statement, thank you for the example.
"Old man yells at systemd"
http://www.smh.com.au/world/heres-why-australia-will-never-understand-the-us-obsession-with-guns-20171003-gyt7ys.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
Right...
See subject: Whoever the fool is attempting to "impersonate me" is only proves that I've REALLY 'gotten to them' somehow (thanks).
* I am with you on something though - there is a TON of bogus downmoderation but as the saying goes? "When all your opposition has is censorship you've obviously won" (& I am highly against the LOON(s) who shot all those folks up in Vegas - I think it's somekind of falseflag OR an attempt @ further dividing our nation up ala the KING of bogus evil in that capacity, George Soros paying off groups like BLM & Antifa to do so...) - but GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE - people do. NO reason to ban guns there.
As far as "AssFux" Ash-Fox? That whimp's a weasel who ALWAYS starts w/ me (he's 'butthurt' I've busted him up on tech issues is all that is)...
APK
P.S.=> Provoking weasel reactions like yours is all the satisfaction anyone needs... apk
Wrong stat. The intent of an armed civilians is to keep their government in check.
If bump stocks converted semi-automatic weapons into fully automatic weapons, then they would have already been banned.
https://www.slidefire.com/down...
The statutory definition of a machine gun is:
Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
Is this only a technicality? The laws *are* technical in detail and various groups including the BATFE and other government organizations have taken advantage of this for almost 83 years to persecute firearm owners. Blame them, Congress, and your obtuse attitude for the lack of cooperation after so much bad faith.
Want an example? Senator "turn them all in" Feinstein's bill to ban bump stocks also bans every replacement part which lowers and maybe even affects lock time. Is that just a drafting mistake or deliberate from a Senator who should be an expert in law?
I am sure the victims of Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong , and Pol Pot would agree.
If not then samsung can fuck right off. The world already has two good closed source VR sets, Rift and Vive.
which will be slow but wireless and cheap at $200.