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New comment by ubb_server in "Meta Ray-Ban Display"

ubb_server — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:23:49 +0000

I agree that VR gaming is a niche, but I think it could be explosively improved if we had the kind of all-in idealism that the previous commenter referred to. I think because VR gaming IS niche, we haven't yet delved into what VR/AR could do in non-gaming.

An idea that I've had before is like 'augmented curated experiences' for all kinds of things--for example imagine playing a Magic the Gathering (or similar) card game, and watching your cards come to life on the board in hologram-esque 3D. Or while watching a sports match, being able to pull up the stats or numbers of any players, or flip through channels of POV camera from helmets. Car navigation that shows you what turns to make by augmenting lanes or signs with highlighting. Brick and mortar stores having a live wayfinding route to products in their store based on your grocery list, recognizing and highlighting items you like.

New comment by ubb_server in "Multimodal WFH setup: flight SIM, EE lab, and music studio in 60sqft/5.5M²"

ubb_server — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:58:41 +0000

What makes you think that?

New comment by ubb_server in "'Gentle parenting' my smartphone addiction"

ubb_server — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 21:06:23 +0000

I think about this a lot. Friends and colleagues consume their daily media from feeds via instagram, tiktok and youtube nonstop.

I pretentiously/foolishly like to think of myself as a slightly higher class of content consumer, because my media isn't algorithmically sourced; its 'high end', organically and ethically sourced from select artisanal hand-crafted subreddit queries or vote-curated headlines like HN.

Maybe it's not as big of a difference as I'd like to imagine.