This has been going on in the music biz for many years: The record company would claim a huge production and distribution cost on the artist's music, and the artist would wind up owing them money, which they could only pay off by making the next album... (repeat)
Your: "Method for Intrapersonal Communication via Sequences of Orally-Emitted Sound." may be infringing on my "Inhalation of oxygenated air via oral/nasal passages" patent.
In the US (many years ago) mail delivery in the big cities (like NY) could reach 6 times a day; so people could sustain a post card correspondence, much like we do emails and texts.
I don't know the law in Canada, but in the US, you can listen to police radio all you like; but you cannot repeat what you have heard to a third party. (like posting it on the net...)
I believe Dr. Fiorella Terenzi was doing something this a long time ago:
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, an itialian astrophysicist, has captured radio waves from a distant galaxy 180 million light years from Earth, converted cosmic waves into sound and transformed the sound into music.
You may never have heard anything like Dr. Fiorella Terenzi's music, but you may recognize the musicians on her 1991 album, Music From the Galaxies. On lead vocals: Jupiter! ("It whistles," she says.) On rhythm guitar: the Sun! ("It bubbles like boiling water.") On drums: pulsars! ("A precise beating time") On bass: Mother Earth! ("It has a very low frequency.")
Astrophysicist Terenzi assembled her cosmic combo while studying at UC-San Diego. Using radio telescopes and computer sound-synthesis technology, she intercepted space signals and transformed them into tunes.
Unfortunately, it is also a tactic that gets civilians killed.
It is also a tactic that has "bonus" P.R. value: Every time some of your non-uniformed soldiers get killed, you can publicize more "innocent" civilians deaths.
While it is tragic that any is getting killed; if you watch the video carefully: there are two guys armed with rifles in the group (aside from the alleged journalists) and a guy with a RPG in the group (pointing it at the chopper).
I would guess that everyone in the group knew these guys were bad guys, and may have also been bad guys.
However, one big reason unarmed civilians are getting killed is because this enemy refuses to wear uniforms and markings. Even the Nazi's, for all the evil they did, managed to wear uniforms, so allied troops knew who to shoot.
Lag (or latency) wouldn't really much of a problem on this system.
In gaming, fast current GPUs have no trouble spitting out images at 240fps, and rendering out 120 fps stereo, or even two streams of 60 fps. This system needs to be far less 'reactive' than the mouse the gamer pushes across the table. The mouse position has to be precisely read and fed to the system which then precisely generates and renders the FOV and aimpoint.
This system doesn't concern itself with any of that. It's using the continuous tracking information it's getting from it's on-board cameras to keep the left eye and right eye displays steered to where your eyes are, plus some overscan, in case you do move your head around. The only unacceptable overlap would be if your left eye saw right eye info and vice versa.
As it gets the left eye and right eye streams from the GPU (or media player, or whatever) it sends that stream to the appropriate display.
Any motion latency would have far more impact to the gamer moving his mouse and not getting a fluid GPU response, than this system, which just has to dish out left and right (with an overscan cone.)
Remember (if you read it) the FOV on this system can also be widened to have it display like a normal TV (one stream, in 2D, of course.)
And there's no reason the production model of this couldn't include four (color-coded) wireless headphones, that could be fed by the four discreet video streams.
...rock back and forward a bit, or side to side, and you give yourself a major headache......there may even be a 3rd party market for devices designed to keep your head absolutely still.
No... The screen has built in tracking cameras, so you don't have to hold your head still, and if you move it steers the image to you. And remember, it doesn't have to hit your eye exactly, it can have plenty of overlap up/down left/right as long as the two don't overlap across your P.D. (about 55mm)
So, for example: You're at home with the wife. You set up the screen so that the hard-core pr0n is sent only to your eyes and and anyone else (i.e. the wife) sees a "Golden Girls" re-run.
As long as she doesn't how the screen works you're safe. Of course, she may wonder why you're getting so excited watching Bea Arthur...
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This has been going on in the music biz for many years: The record company would claim a huge production and distribution cost on the artist's music, and the artist would wind up owing them money, which they could only pay off by making the next album... (repeat)
Don't!
Did you even look at the "Harry Potter" accounting??!
Under Sec 21.6.51.2a: "Urea stain cleaning re. Valenti memorial...............$130,045.21"
...however, you can get a deal for points of gross BO before production and distribution comes out.
You need to have major juice to cut this deal, unfortunately.
Hey, careful...
Your: "Method for Intrapersonal Communication via Sequences of Orally-Emitted Sound." may be infringing on my "Inhalation of oxygenated air via oral/nasal passages" patent.
I like my cell phone held this way
...what makes this disturbing is that you're a guy.
My favorite use of quotes (or: quote's) was/is at outside the bathrooms at the boat to Catalina Island:
"Restrooms" are for customers use only
In the US (many years ago) mail delivery in the big cities (like NY) could reach 6 times a day; so people could sustain a post card correspondence, much like we do emails and texts.
I don't know the law in Canada, but in the US, you can listen to police radio all you like; but you cannot repeat what you have heard to a third party. (like posting it on the net...)
Is it the same in Canada?
...and eventually:
"Dancing With the Skanks: Miami"
Dr. Fiorella Terenzi, an itialian astrophysicist, has captured radio waves from a distant galaxy 180 million light years from Earth, converted cosmic waves into sound and transformed the sound into music.
You may never have heard anything like Dr. Fiorella Terenzi's music, but you may recognize the musicians on her 1991 album, Music From the Galaxies. On lead vocals: Jupiter! ("It whistles," she says.) On rhythm guitar: the Sun! ("It bubbles like boiling water.") On drums: pulsars! ("A precise beating time") On bass: Mother Earth! ("It has a very low frequency.") Astrophysicist Terenzi assembled her cosmic combo while studying at UC-San Diego. Using radio telescopes and computer sound-synthesis technology, she intercepted space signals and transformed them into tunes.
Her albums
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On a case of this size, we may have to send all the RIAA lawyers to the sun to prosecute this...
I believe we have a shuttle standing by that we weren't going to use anymore.
...and as a cost cutting method, in China, they bill the family for the cost of the bullet. About 30 cents.
No. Four of the five have live rounds, one has a blank round.
So in a weird, "Schrödinger" way, nobody shoots the guy.
...when the big, faceless machine is strapping a guy into a chair and shooting him...
It's not a machine. These are representatives of all the people, including the people he killed and their families.
The government is us.
Yeah, if you actually read the bible, there are tons of prohibited activities that get you the death penalty (death by stoning). Some of these:
...so if you want to trot out the bible to defend your position, you better get ready for lots of capital punishment!
If a married person has sex with someone else's husband or wife...
If a married couple has intercourse during the woman's period...
Being a fortune teller...
Working on Saturday...
Unfortunately, it is also a tactic that gets civilians killed.
It is also a tactic that has "bonus" P.R. value:
Every time some of your non-uniformed soldiers get killed, you can publicize more "innocent" civilians deaths.
While it is tragic that any is getting killed; if you watch the video carefully: there are two guys armed with rifles in the group (aside from the alleged journalists) and a guy with a RPG in the group (pointing it at the chopper).
I would guess that everyone in the group knew these guys were bad guys, and may have also been bad guys.
However, one big reason unarmed civilians are getting killed is because this enemy refuses to wear uniforms and markings. Even the Nazi's, for all the evil they did, managed to wear uniforms, so allied troops knew who to shoot.
Lag (or latency) wouldn't really much of a problem on this system.
In gaming, fast current GPUs have no trouble spitting out images at 240fps, and rendering out 120 fps stereo, or even two streams of 60 fps. This system needs to be far less 'reactive' than the mouse the gamer pushes across the table. The mouse position has to be precisely read and fed to the system which then precisely generates and renders the FOV and aimpoint.
This system doesn't concern itself with any of that. It's using the continuous tracking information it's getting from it's on-board cameras to keep the left eye and right eye displays steered to where your eyes are, plus some overscan, in case you do move your head around. The only unacceptable overlap would be if your left eye saw right eye info and vice versa.
As it gets the left eye and right eye streams from the GPU (or media player, or whatever) it sends that stream to the appropriate display.
Any motion latency would have far more impact to the gamer moving his mouse and not getting a fluid GPU response, than this system, which just has to dish out left and right (with an overscan cone.)
Remember (if you read it) the FOV on this system can also be widened to have it display like a normal TV (one stream, in 2D, of course.)
Wireless headphones, my friend, wireless headphones...
(and don't forget - if the wife grabs your headphones, be sure to flick that little switch over to: CHANNEL 2) !!
Actually this system can serve:
Two people, two different streams of 3-D content...
Four people, four different streams of 2-D content...
I don't know how they sell speakers either, since there are deaf people on the planet...
Yeah, you only have two earholes.
And there's no reason the production model of this couldn't include four (color-coded) wireless headphones, that could be fed by the four discreet video streams.
"In my house I'm the boss, my wife is just the decision maker."
Woody Allen
...rock back and forward a bit, or side to side, and you give yourself a major headache... ...there may even be a 3rd party market for devices designed to keep your head absolutely still.
No... The screen has built in tracking cameras, so you don't have to hold your head still, and if you move it steers the image to you. And remember, it doesn't have to hit your eye exactly, it can have plenty of overlap up/down left/right as long as the two don't overlap across your P.D. (about 55mm)
No, 4 different full screen shows.
So, for example:
You're at home with the wife. You set up the screen so that the hard-core pr0n is sent only to your eyes and and anyone else (i.e. the wife) sees a "Golden Girls" re-run.
As long as she doesn't how the screen works you're safe. Of course, she may wonder why you're getting so excited watching Bea Arthur...