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Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by andybak »

wokwokwok wrote: post #11
nkoren wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A friend of mine has seen it. Says that it's true.

I can’t speak for the 8k one, but I’ve personally seen the small one (9”) and was completely blown way by how good it was. The viewing angle is very specific; if you’re off to the side it doesn’t work, but the sweet spot is big enough or perhaps 4-5 people to stand in front of. Given they’ve quietly delivered on exactly what they (as far as I can tell) promise, I see no particular reason to believe the 8k isn’t real.…

I've used their Unity SDK and it can render most content you throw at it. It has similar limitations to VR - faux-3D but really 2D post processing effects won't work. Sometimes shader tricks will break the expectations of the renderer.

But most regular 3D content will display as expected.

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by jonny383 »

Off-topic: Can someone please write a Firefox extension that removes that _stupid_ fucking popover on medium "Pardon blah blah give us your money". Does that shit really need to take over the entire fucking screen?

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by proaralyst »

jonny383 wrote: post #22

Off-topic: Can someone please write a Firefox extension that removes that _stupid_ fucking popover on medium "Pardon blah blah give us your money". Does that shit really need to take over the entire fucking screen?

I think uBlock Origin with one of the annoyances lists blocks this

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by jonny383 »

proaralyst wrote: post #23
jonny383 wrote: post #22

Off-topic: Can someone please write a Firefox extension that removes that _stupid_ fucking popover on medium "Pardon blah blah give us your money". Does that shit really need to take over the entire fucking screen?

I think uBlock Origin with one of the annoyances lists blocks this

I have uBlock Origin installed and just received the popover :(

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by olivierduval »

Do you know teh technical specs ?

- horiz/vert max angle (to be able to walk around): the widest=the best

- horiz/vert max angular resolution (to avoid the step effect while walking around): the finest=the best

- of course, the usual suspects: refresh rate/resolution/number of colors/color accuracy/luminosity

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by vallode »

jonny383 wrote: post #22

Off-topic: Can someone please write a Firefox extension that removes that _stupid_ fucking popover on medium "Pardon blah blah give us your money". Does that shit really need to take over the entire fucking screen?

Really nice tip: Click the little keylock on the left side of the address bar when on medium, go into site settings, under javascript block it and medium articles will now load as just pure easy to read text :)

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by joshvm »

jonny383 wrote: post #22

Off-topic: Can someone please write a Firefox extension that removes that _stupid_ fucking popover on medium "Pardon blah blah give us your money". Does that shit really need to take over the entire fucking screen?

Medium Unlimited?

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by helb »

jonny383 wrote: post #24
proaralyst wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think uBlock Origin with one of the annoyances lists blocks this

I have uBlock Origin installed and just received the popover :(

This should work (add it to "my filters" in uBlock settings and click the checkmark/apply button):

  medium.com##div[tabindex="-1"][aria-modal="true"]
Tested in FF 70 with uBlock Origin and tracking protection enabled.

EDIT: Here's a simple blocklist with more Medium banners and popups. Can be added via "Import…" at the bottom of "Filter lists" tab in uBlock Origin settings. I'll try to update it when i encounter some new Medium stupidity:

https://helb.gitlab.io/medium.com-blocklist/medium-blocklist...

If you hit the (monthly?) quota for articles without an account, just clear cookies & localstorage.

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by laurent123456 »

vallode wrote: post #26
jonny383 wrote: post #22

Off-topic: Can someone please write a Firefox extension that removes that _stupid_ fucking popover on medium "Pardon blah blah give us your money". Does that shit really need to take over the entire fucking screen?

Really nice tip: Click the little keylock on the left side of the address bar when on medium, go into site settings, under javascript block it and medium articles will now load as just pure easy to read text :)

For me it removes images when doing this. I'm only surprised they don't require JS to display text yet.

Re: Colossal Holograms

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Post by laurent123456 »

jonny383 wrote: post #22

Off-topic: Can someone please write a Firefox extension that removes that _stupid_ fucking popover on medium "Pardon blah blah give us your money". Does that shit really need to take over the entire fucking screen?

This userscript works well: https://github.com/meinhimmel/tampermonkey-scripts/blob/mast...
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