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Re: Soli
#42Good lord... this is a really cool piece of technology and half the comments here are just complaints that it will enable better ad tracking or erode privacy or that touch screens are good enough. This is HN. This is cool technology . Can we just stop to appreciate what cool new interfaces or game concepts we might be able to build with this, rather than jumping on the knee-jerk Google hate train?
HN is also fiercely pro privacy. I'd say that in such cases, privacy wins out over the coolness of the technology.
Personally, I find this a little too creepy for too little convenience. What can waving to the phone solve what I haven't been able to accomplish with my fingers?
Re: Soli
#43> Motion Sense will evolve as well. Motion Sense will be available in select countries².
What this has to do with the country?!
Re: Soli
#44I'd love to see PC devkits for this device. Something as simple as a USB 3 device you plug in and place under your monitor. Perhaps it will make its first "PC" appearance in a Google Chromebook?
I can see a lot of eccentric users figuring out interesting ways of integrate many of these gestures into their workflow. Perhaps for navigating in 3d space or switching between workspaces?
[edit] There used to be a developers page which showcased that devkits exists. http://web.archive.org/web/20181110202503/http://atap.google... Showcase video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H41A_IWZwZI
Re: Soli
#45I'm sure the answer is no but can I buy just the chip?
Re: Soli
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I am wondering why they decided to first release it in a phone, where it seems like it has the least benefits... Google wanting something in your phone that allows it to track engagement? I can't think why.. :) > Engaged > Soli anticipates when you want to interact.
Plus a stationary or semi-stationary version only lets them collect data from wherever you place it. Put it in phones and pretty soon you've got whatever sort of data this thing picks up from damn near every room, every street, every trail, every car, every everything anywhere that people exist. Data to train your machine learning algos, for free. God knows what else—data to map every square centimeter of every envir…
It may help to understand Google's priorities by following up on this Hacker News link (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21271087).
Their goal is ubiquitous access. To get to that goal, they're collecting a lot of data about the world and their users to figure out where, when, how, and why users want data to optimize getting it to them. And yes, it probably serves their ad model too, but there's more to it than that; Google is helmed by a futurist and employs futurists, and is looking towards a not-too-distant future of always-on personal networks enhancing what a person can do in their day-to-day.
Re: Soli
#47I honestly don't get why you'd need a motion sensor on a handheld device. Let alone the limited application of such an input, you'd literally need to keep the device stationary for the motion sensing to be effective. It's a usability nightmare. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnRbXWojW7c This ad not only fails to sell the feature but also makes using the touchscreen look easier.
One useful thing I could imagine is for cooking. If you got dirty hands you will (hopefully) be able to unlock the phone hands free and browse through a recipe.
Re: Soli
#48So, um, where is the technology that lets my phone float in free space as I execute these gestures, like in the video?
Well, there is this if levitation is really a must-have feature for you: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MASUNN-Magnetic-Levitation-Revoluti...
Re: Soli
#49It feels like a marketing gimmick vs a useful application. Probably will be cancelled in a year or two.
Re: Soli
#50Good lord... this is a really cool piece of technology and half the comments here are just complaints that it will enable better ad tracking or erode privacy or that touch screens are good enough. This is HN. This is cool technology . Can we just stop to appreciate what cool new interfaces or game concepts we might be able to build with this, rather than jumping on the knee-jerk Google hate train?
You know what else is cool? MIRV ablative coatings. Stuff is amazing - multi-layer carbonfiber wrapping that protect the sensitive innards from ABM lasers. Super lightweight, very strong, also radar absorbing: a real advance in warhead survivability and barrage effectiveness.
Doesn't mean I'll be happy when one comes screaming out of the sky towards my head at Mach 24.
It's not a Google hate train. Maybe, just perhaps, even people who like cool tech are feeling very uncomfortable about the kind of future this tech enables.