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While it's neat, it's neat on the order of a UX idea someone might just come up with at standup one day. Like, cool, worth an A/B test, but worth a patent? I don't think so.
First 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...
That seems like enough prior art to invalidate much of what could conceivably be considered novel in the pending patent...
But if it's not vibecoded landing page, they might also know that they have a dummy patent request that will probably be rejected but that probably in so many month that they can use the patent pending to get commercial and investment traction till then.
First 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...
That seems like enough prior art to invalidate much of what could conceivably be considered novel in the pending patent...
Having said that, the novelty is questionable since the projection is pretty well-known and creating a functional proof of concept that solves many of the patent's problems likely takes a day or so. But I'm not a lawyer so what do I know in this department?
Nice demo, but can we talk about how this is patented. Should it be? Should something like this actually get granted. While it's neat, it's neat on the order of a UX idea someone might just come up with at standup one day. Like, cool, worth an A/B test, but worth a patent? I don't think so.
I am genuinely annoyed when someone gets a helpful UI idea and their immediate thought is "wow, I should patent this so I can monopolize this helpful idea".
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This is exactly why on traditional gps maps I prefer it to be very very zoomed out. It's far too common that mapping tools make something like a sudden second turn invisible to you until it is too late to switch lanes.
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.
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Apple Maps got really good at some point! I once pick it by accident for navigation, and never went back to Google Maps.
I've used it almost exclusively since around 2019, but that has been in the Bay Area and LA area where the data has presumably been very good relative to other areas.
https://berglondon.com/blog/2009/05/08/if-gps-had-here-there...
I 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.