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Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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Distracting people with mini games while they're holding a knife sounds like a bad idea.

Why does it have to be a "distracting" experience? What if the game was showing you where to cut to get uniform slices and grading the uniformity of your cuts? Then you'd be focused on the activitiy at hand while still enjoying that sweet sweet gamified dopamine hit.

I prefer the count-the-rice-grains-in-a-sushi-roll genre instead.

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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From a developers perspective, Apple’s computer vision frameworks are already top-notch. I’m wondering how AI could further enhance the experience on the Apple Vision Pro. The greatest deficiency seems to me currently to lie in ideas for how this technology can be used sensibly.

Jarvis OS?

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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I want to force kitchen staff to wear this and have it remind them to change gloves based on what they’ve touched either being a potential allergen or contaminant. Makes me cringe when I see people who work with food also working the register, for instance. Too easy to get lazy and not change the gloves.

This joke gets made a lot, but I really don't want to live on this planet any more. I've spent a lifetime in software and what I want more than anything is to shut it all off .

Around 2000-2005 I was in the “plug my brain into the Internet!” crowd.

Now if you gave me a magic button that could permanently un-invent the whole thing… I really might press it.

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I want a mini game as I chop cucumbers. And a wall of my achievements that’s shared with anyone in proximity.

Distracting people with mini games while they're holding a knife sounds like a bad idea.

People should really use a mandoline rather than a knife while playing mini games. You'll slice both your cukes and fingers much more evenly.

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I want a mini game as I chop cucumbers. And a wall of my achievements that’s shared with anyone in proximity.

If I were within your proximity, I can assure you I have no interest in your minigame progress while you chopped cucumbers. I would however hope that you had avoided physical injury.

Apologies for explaining the joke, but pretty sure the cucumber chopping and wall of achievements is a reference to https://vimeo.com/46304267

Re: Apple has reportedly acquired Datakalab

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From a developers perspective, Apple’s computer vision frameworks are already top-notch. I’m wondering how AI could further enhance the experience on the Apple Vision Pro. The greatest deficiency seems to me currently to lie in ideas for how this technology can be used sensibly.

Apple Vision Pro in its current state almost looks like a parody of future tech. Heavy.. bulky … limited battery… limited peripheral vision. Just watch YouTube videos of people using the device. So far version 1.0 is a swing and a miss in my book.

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post #67

From a developers perspective, Apple’s computer vision frameworks are already top-notch. I’m wondering how AI could further enhance the experience on the Apple Vision Pro. The greatest deficiency seems to me currently to lie in ideas for how this technology can be used sensibly.

Apple Vision Pro in its current state almost looks like a parody of future tech. Heavy.. bulky … limited battery… limited peripheral vision. Just watch YouTube videos of people using the device. So far version 1.0 is a swing and a miss in my book.

If you consider it a development kit (albeit a very expensive one) it makes more sense.

Just like the first iPhone wasn't practical for everyone, this will require a few more generations.

(Although I suspect it's never going to be useful for me, with my weird prescription.)

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