If these ever hit the market as a product I would buy them in an instant. I've wanted this kind of thing ever since I read Vernor Vinge's excellent Rainbows End. Augmented reality is one of the most exciting technologies being developed right now (I'm just glad it hasn't become a buzzword yet).
Slashdot is usually slow, but this is just ridiculous.
Alledged? Did they catch them up on a cliff?
Nah, this will be a prototype, the real thing will only have an observation deck :)
This actually makes a lot more sense then a completely transparent plane.
It's interesting to note that Bungie has a job position open for a "Software Development Engineer in Test (PS3)". A hopeful sign of things to come.
and they all died of dysentery.
Just another weird-ass Microsoft ad.
Haha, well played sir, well played.
We may not want the aliens to sass our representative. You don't know where that thing has been, do you really want to sass it?
I've read my sci-fi and I know how dangerous alien email can be.
If these ever hit the market as a product I would buy them in an instant. I've wanted this kind of thing ever since I read Vernor Vinge's excellent Rainbows End. Augmented reality is one of the most exciting technologies being developed right now (I'm just glad it hasn't become a buzzword yet).
It's posts like this that make me wish for a '-1 WTF' mod option.
Rocannon's World did it before Hyperion.
1984
How long before a group of trolls picks up on this and starts creating false reports?
A successful nerd snipe. Well played sir, well played.
http://xkcd.com/356/
And Evony
Once you're in orbit you're halfway to anywhere.
He who has the power to destroy a thing has absolute control over it.
That's not the power of the sun, you're just bangin' two coconuts together!
Fixed that for ya
What, you mean like a real book? Shocking
It's a good thing that Iain Banks has already registered his own domain name, but what about the rest of us with that name? This is bullocks.
Don't you mean taxiation?
They tried too, but Samus Aran wrecked the curve (tee-hee).
Sergeant Johnson.
"Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who didn't." - Benjamin Franklin.