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Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
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Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#132First time I saw this idea was Berg's "Here and There" poster from 2009 (a year before Inception) though they acknowledge a bunch of earlier inspirations... https://berglondon.com/blog/2009/05/04/here-there-influences...
Was thinking the same thing- I still have those posters and was thinking of them when I saw this was patent pending.
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#133This is a really good proof of concept. I would use this. Something about the moment of the turn itself isn’t working for me though. Just before the turn you have essentially no information about the route ahead, until after the turn is completed. This would make a sequence of consecutive turns difficult to navigate.
This is also a problem with Google Maps navigation. It is always showing the perspective looking straight ahead of your current direction, even when you're approaching a sharp turn. Instead, the perspective should be along a vector connecting your current location with the point where the navigation's path crosses the edge of the display, pointing straight up.
Took me a while to figure out what you're saying, now I assume you're using the "up is direction of motion"?
I use map view / north is up, which makes it reasonably easy to get he big picture - I encourage everybody to try it :).
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#134Folded cities being primarily associated with Inception instead of ringworlds really shows you pr is everything.
It shows PR is mind rape.
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#135This looks pretty neat but also distracting and not very convenient. A useful follow mode should provide a view into the next several dozen seconds of road conditions. This projection forces road sections after sharp turns to go off screen, and does nothing to compensate for that (e.g. by rotating the view), so the distance and time of useful prediction changes constantly. Since you're already willing to give the dri…
It could possibly be less nausea-inducing and make the turns less jarring if the follow pespective was slightly elevated and not at ground level.
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#136This would look great on an iPad mini running as the vehicle display. And likely in most EVs. It's completely wild that they're trying to patent a visualization that already existed in multiple movies.
Why does it have to be an iPad mini? It's not even oled and there are hundreds of other small tablets available for less money.
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#137Good luck with that patent.
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#138I see a whole new business category being born: Nausea as a Service!
Yes, I'm not normally prone to motion sickness, but the change of perspective during a turn is quite unpleasant.
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#139This is insanely cool. Incredible.
Re: Inception-style curved map for turn-by-turn directions
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
I find that Apple Maps is typically pretty smart with its automatic zoom. For a typical intersection with just one turn to navigate, it will zoom in to give you a good sense of the lanes, stop signs/lights, etc. But when there are consecutive turns to navigate, or a heavily curved section of road (like highway on-ramps) it will zoom out and even rotate the map to show that upcoming context.
Apple Maps got really good at some point! I once pick it by accident for navigation, and never went back to Google Maps.
I uninstalled Google Maps when it started draining my iPhone battery at an absurd rate. Apple Maps it is.