Oh man, I remember this YouTube video at the top from when it was new. There was a lot of cool uses for the Wii remote when it first came out.
Could we make the web more immersive using a simple optical illusion?
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#23> That video is from 2007, and yet the technology being shown is so impressive that it feels like it could have been made yesterday. Really? Who thinks this in 2023? I thought it was a fun little demo back then, but that was it. Both then and now I just want AR as the default for everything and for screens to die already. We've had the tech for it since then too, but not enough demand from general consumers.
AR as in overlay on what you're looking at, or VR as in replace everything you're looking at?
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#24TrackIR is existing and mature product using the original idea.
Sure it requires extra hardware, but it's amazing in first person games that support it. You get to use your good monitor, don't get dizzy like in VR and it could be quite cheap.
I think implementing similar thing with just camera and computer vision is a good idea, let's make this more common thing.
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#25couple live web demos with similar approaches you can check (!need a webcam for this to work)
https://cables.gl/p/nrv_-a
https://cables.gl/p/2Zf0Hk
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#26Can't help but notice that we keep wanting to make content that should be flat more 3D (e.g., animated 3D backgrounds, scroll filler on corporate pages, the entire metaverse), and content that could benefit from being 3D more flat (like UI buttons losing their pseudo-3D bevels and not looking like interactive widgets at all).
Re UI, my theory is that this is partly because minimalism doesn't become dated as fast.
Related, I remember that what blew me away upon seeing the 3DS for the first time was not the 3d playfield (which looked exactly as I expected), but the UI in 3D. It really felt like a glimpse into an exciting future.
Re: Could we make the web more immersive using a simple optical illusion?
#27> That video is from 2007, and yet the technology being shown is so impressive that it feels like it could have been made yesterday. Really? Who thinks this in 2023? I thought it was a fun little demo back then, but that was it. Both then and now I just want AR as the default for everything and for screens to die already. We've had the tech for it since then too, but not enough demand from general consumers.
AR as in overlay on what you're looking at, or VR as in replace everything you're looking at?
I didn't even mention VR and I am so beyond tired of it being brought up every time AR is.
I said AR because I meant AR.
Re: Could we make the web more immersive using a simple optical illusion?
#28couple live web demos with similar approaches you can check (!need a webcam for this to work) https://cables.gl/p/nrv_-a https://cables.gl/p/2Zf0Hk
I believe you need immense precision of tracking for it to look decent, cause brain notice all the imperfections and gives you motion sickness
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#29Now we can all look forward to the day when websites refuse to load because they want camera permissions for fake depth, shiny buttons, and other random visual effects.
Also they'll analyze your face and send it to the ad tracking agency.
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#30Having it be targeted as in-browser, not to mention for shopping (?!) Is weird. But it seems like an interesting technique. I wonder if it would be more applicable to an iphone app where the hardware is more consistent.
The final demo was so slow and unresponsive compared to the 2007 version