We are in the midst of a huge mass extinction event. It's up to us, our generation, to save what little we can for future generations. If humanity gets through this.. it will be our time RIGHT NOW that will be judged harshly. Grow plants, create pools for insects in your yard. Do whatever you can.
At least, lucky for us, we have strong leaders who want to do something about it.
What I think is the most exciting part of VR, is the VERY high specs needed for lifelike immersion. I have a VIVE PRO and a 1080ti video card, which (barely) meets this requirement- which VR people call "Presence" with a capital P. It's the point where your brain truly "Believes" you are in another world. If you haven't tried VR at that level, you haven't tried VR.
With most "Pancake" (flat) PC games not needing the sort of CPU/GPU firepower, there's nothing pushing the limit. VR requires this limit, which is GREAT for CPU and GPU manufacturers, and the future of IT in general. We need this sort of thing to push CPU/GPU crunching (well, something that's not *COIN)
Reminds me of a story that Color TV's were hard to sell initially, as you can't see what it's like on Black and White TV ads!.. VR can't be experienced until it's tried. (At least Color TV's were marketable in stores with people walking by, VR needs electronics smooshed into your face)
...just not his!! Just because his game has been totally and utterly trounced by ELITE DANGEROUS, (which for Vive/Rift is a bit of a "killer app" for VR), doesn't mean VR not selling.
That's like saying PC gaming is dying because the Duke Nukem remake didn't sell.
VR is going great - yes as some people have said there's "too many cables"... but the technology is moving along at breakneck speed at the moment..
For example , the "cable" problem has just been resolved... this week! HTC specifially have brought out a vive wireless adapter which does away with the cables.
The Samsung GEAR VR and the (equivalent) Oculous GO are just pick-up-and-play self-contained VR which have a surprising amount of fantastic space games for them - such as Project Charon, End Space and Anshar 2.
Project Charon specifically is a sight to behold, considering it can be run from a cheap mobile phone getup (GEAR VR) and silences most VR crtitics after a demonstration.
I follow a fairly heated subforum of nasaspaceflight and a bunch of boffins attempting to prove EMDrive (and Quantized Inertia as an explanation).
Some of their garage experiments are jaw-dropping in quality (Such as Monomorphic's) .
Unfortunately, recent results are mostly negative, or close to "noise level". When you're looking for sub-newton force with high wattage, it's easy to mistake heat / magnetism, flexing of cables as an unknown "force".
I reckon most of his smarts was derived from AI in the wheelchair anyways. He was probably dead for years. How would anyone know. Sort of a "Weekend at Bernie's" deal. Not as funny... just more boring and science-y.
Too soon? Sorry I'm not good with Social queues.
I wonder if people running a GearVR (or even cheap cardboard), and running a VR tool such as Vridge/Riftcat come up as in those STEAM tech specs, and if it's enough to skew the results?
You may laugh, but GearVR is the gateway drug that will push VR forward. Don't think it's just a cheap "Cardboard" knock-off. It's got oculus positional electronics in it, and coupled with a new Galaxy/Note, you actually get a HIGHER resolution than an HTC Vive or Rift. Sure, it's missing positional head-tracking and room-scale, and only 60fps, and not 90fps.. and is a bit technical to set up with vRidge and some webcams, but for close to $nothing$ you can get quite an immersive experience. (Vridge allows HTC Vive / oculous shimming through GearVR)
If you're a nerd and own a Galaxy8 or note8 - go get a GearVR, download vridge, dust off a couple of old ps3 move controllers, and you've got a cheap Vive/rift roomscale VR system.
What other developments in the field of energy storage do you keep a close eye on? Do you forsee breakthroughs coming from other technologies such as gyroscopes or even organic hydrogen production?
The work inevitably raises the spectre of intelligent animals with humanised brains.. Excellent! - Scifi becoming fact, yet again...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
The device needs to be powered (Very low mN per KW) so I'm not sure where the perpetual motion comes from. Reading the entire paper, it seems that force is derived by "Pushing off" the quantum vacuum (I personally interpret this as a dynamic version of Casimir plates) . The Casimir effect does not equal perpetual motion machines!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I've been following this for a year or so - very interesting. Over at Nasa Space Flight board there are a lot of people making these EM drives in their back yard, with varying results.
A lot of this comes from the original work by Roger Shawyer. He has stated that he will show a drone running EM drive in 2017. If that works...that would change everything. Cheap access to space would mean space-based solar arrays for terrestrial use. Here's an article about his patent.
There's also some very strange results with laser timing through an EM drive cavity. Almost like spacetime is being warped.
Soon it will be news to report when a month was not the warmest on record.
I hope people don't become complacent about now often these "warmest on record" reports are happening.
The skeptic in me hated the show - "Logic, Science & Reason" (Skully) always lost out to the "Supernatural & boogeyman" (Mulder). Imagine a show where, at the end, the weird supernatural was always explained by rationality. That's a show I'd like to watch, and it would be educational, too!. What I'm wanting is "Scooby Doo" endings - "The ghost/alien/monster was actually the Smoking Man!!!" - "And I would have got away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling FBI agents!!"
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We are in the midst of a huge mass extinction event. It's up to us, our generation, to save what little we can for future generations. If humanity gets through this.. it will be our time RIGHT NOW that will be judged harshly. Grow plants, create pools for insects in your yard. Do whatever you can. At least, lucky for us, we have strong leaders who want to do something about it.
What I think is the most exciting part of VR, is the VERY high specs needed for lifelike immersion. I have a VIVE PRO and a 1080ti video card, which (barely) meets this requirement- which VR people call "Presence" with a capital P. It's the point where your brain truly "Believes" you are in another world. If you haven't tried VR at that level, you haven't tried VR. With most "Pancake" (flat) PC games not needing the sort of CPU/GPU firepower, there's nothing pushing the limit. VR requires this limit, which is GREAT for CPU and GPU manufacturers, and the future of IT in general. We need this sort of thing to push CPU/GPU crunching (well, something that's not *COIN) Reminds me of a story that Color TV's were hard to sell initially, as you can't see what it's like on Black and White TV ads! .. VR can't be experienced until it's tried. (At least Color TV's were marketable in stores with people walking by, VR needs electronics smooshed into your face)
...just not his!! Just because his game has been totally and utterly trounced by ELITE DANGEROUS, (which for Vive/Rift is a bit of a "killer app" for VR), doesn't mean VR not selling. That's like saying PC gaming is dying because the Duke Nukem remake didn't sell. VR is going great - yes as some people have said there's "too many cables"... but the technology is moving along at breakneck speed at the moment.. For example , the "cable" problem has just been resolved ... this week! HTC specifially have brought out a vive wireless adapter which does away with the cables.
The Samsung GEAR VR and the (equivalent) Oculous GO are just pick-up-and-play self-contained VR which have a surprising amount of fantastic space games for them - such as Project Charon, End Space and Anshar 2.
Project Charon specifically is a sight to behold, considering it can be run from a cheap mobile phone getup (GEAR VR) and silences most VR crtitics after a demonstration.
When people discuss "I have no fear of crude AI" - Send this obligatory XKCD reference
I follow a fairly heated subforum of nasaspaceflight and a bunch of boffins attempting to prove EMDrive (and Quantized Inertia as an explanation). Some of their garage experiments are jaw-dropping in quality (Such as Monomorphic's) . Unfortunately, recent results are mostly negative, or close to "noise level". When you're looking for sub-newton force with high wattage, it's easy to mistake heat / magnetism, flexing of cables as an unknown "force".
I reckon most of his smarts was derived from AI in the wheelchair anyways. He was probably dead for years. How would anyone know. Sort of a "Weekend at Bernie's" deal. Not as funny... just more boring and science-y. Too soon? Sorry I'm not good with Social queues.
I wonder if people running a GearVR (or even cheap cardboard), and running a VR tool such as Vridge/Riftcat come up as in those STEAM tech specs, and if it's enough to skew the results? You may laugh, but GearVR is the gateway drug that will push VR forward. Don't think it's just a cheap "Cardboard" knock-off. It's got oculus positional electronics in it, and coupled with a new Galaxy/Note, you actually get a HIGHER resolution than an HTC Vive or Rift. Sure, it's missing positional head-tracking and room-scale, and only 60fps, and not 90fps .. and is a bit technical to set up with vRidge and some webcams, but for close to $nothing$ you can get quite an immersive experience. (Vridge allows HTC Vive / oculous shimming through GearVR)
If you're a nerd and own a Galaxy8 or note8 - go get a GearVR, download vridge, dust off a couple of old ps3 move controllers, and you've got a cheap Vive/rift roomscale VR system.
The best thing about the whole north/south Korea tension, is the possibility of a modern contemporary MASH 2 TV series. That would be awesome.
Is this going to put the President out of business?
...where the ZIP file of your source code is already located. No need to code!
What other developments in the field of energy storage do you keep a close eye on? Do you forsee breakthroughs coming from other technologies such as gyroscopes or even organic hydrogen production?
The work inevitably raises the spectre of intelligent animals with humanised brains .. Excellent! - Scifi becoming fact, yet again...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I thought plans were hatched, not sprouted?
I think it's more "Scientists identify overlooked organ". Pity..... "New" would have been cool, in an X-MEN sort of way.
Caused me heaps of problems.
I mean - yes it look like a fun gun - Is that just a typo? (F and G are beside each other on the keyboard) https://www.droneshield.com/dr...
Filthy Space marines wouldn't. They would have been brainwashed into beliving in "clean coal" or some other such nonsense.
The device needs to be powered (Very low mN per KW) so I'm not sure where the perpetual motion comes from. Reading the entire paper, it seems that force is derived by "Pushing off" the quantum vacuum (I personally interpret this as a dynamic version of Casimir plates) . The Casimir effect does not equal perpetual motion machines! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I've been following this for a year or so - very interesting. Over at Nasa Space Flight board there are a lot of people making these EM drives in their back yard, with varying results. A lot of this comes from the original work by Roger Shawyer. He has stated that he will show a drone running EM drive in 2017. If that works ...that would change everything. Cheap access to space would mean space-based solar arrays for terrestrial use. Here's an article about his patent.
There's also some very strange results with laser timing through an EM drive cavity. Almost like spacetime is being warped.
Soon it will be news to report when a month was not the warmest on record. I hope people don't become complacent about now often these "warmest on record" reports are happening.
That ought to be enough for anybody.
One thing's for sure, he would have got a lot thinner!
Car must swerve left or right - Swerve to hit three 95-year-olds, or two 5-year-olds? I s'pose thats ageism....
Entire planets of one biome. I'm sure even forest planets would have ice caps.
The skeptic in me hated the show - "Logic, Science & Reason" (Skully) always lost out to the "Supernatural & boogeyman" (Mulder). Imagine a show where, at the end, the weird supernatural was always explained by rationality. That's a show I'd like to watch, and it would be educational, too!. What I'm wanting is "Scooby Doo" endings - "The ghost/alien/monster was actually the Smoking Man!!!" - "And I would have got away with it too if it wasn't for you meddling FBI agents!!"