twisty on 7/10/2015 at 06:20
[video=youtube;29xnzxgCx6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29xnzxgCx6I&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Pretty amazing really. I wonder how well this works in terms of the AI mapping out the environment and being able to use it to their advantage. Years ago, I remember putting a thread up here about some research being done by a Uni in South Australia on creating an FPS in a real environment with Augmented Reality. At that stage the AI's knowledge of the environment had to be manually programmed.
henke on 7/10/2015 at 06:41
Yeah it's cheesy as hell, but damn if the tech isn't impressive. :D
twisty on 7/10/2015 at 09:52
Seems more like a gaming topic than a comms forum general discussion. I don't tend to go there much anyway.
Vae on 7/10/2015 at 10:04
I agree...the comchat thread should be moved over here.
Manwe on 7/10/2015 at 10:40
That looks so fake and staged. The Minecraft demo seemed more realistic. It's gonna be hard to convince people any of this is actually possible without them trying it on for themselves first. In that regard it's going to face the same problems as VR devices when it hits the commercial stage. Also it will suffer from the Wii effect: making people really tired really quick. Living your crazy superhero fantasy is much easier when sitting down and not moving at all. I hope for their sake it's affordable. Maybe they'll set up test machines in supermarket and the like?
One cool application I can see for this kind of technology in the future is for airsoft. Well technically it wouldn't be airsoft anymore but imagine fighting life-size aliens interacting seemlessly and realistically with a natural environment. That or some new crazy futuristic sport.
henke on 7/10/2015 at 12:52
Quote Posted by Manwe
One cool application I can see for this kind of technology in the future is for airsoft. Well technically it wouldn't be airsoft anymore but imagine fighting life-size aliens interacting seemlessly and realistically with a natural environment.
Yes, I can see it now. It's in the video at the top of the page. You know, the one you dismissed as looking fake and staged before dreaming up your own identical scenario and acting like it was
your idea. Seriously Manwe.
Manwe on 7/10/2015 at 15:20
Quote Posted by henke
Yes, I can see it now. It's in the video at the top of the page. You know, the one you dismissed as looking fake and staged before dreaming up your own identical scenario and acting like it was
your idea. Seriously Manwe.
I meant something like Airsoft as in an outdoor activity on a vast stretch of land with your mates, and enemies that blend seemlessly with the natural environment, ie trees and foliage, not cramped in your room with flat walls and furniture all over the place. That would require a whole infrastructure that doesn't exist yet, and devices that are lightweight, portable, and sturdy, as well as huge processing power, hence the future part. Unless you can point me to a place that already offers this kind of service?
And beyond looking fake and staged, the game in the video looks just plain boring. And it has to be because if it's too hectic you're bound to break something while flailing your arms around. And the couch potatoes wouldn't be able to play it.
That doesn't mean there are no interesting applications for something like the Hololens in an indoor environment, like I said the Minecraft demo was more convincing.
Yakoob on 9/10/2015 at 21:23
Quote Posted by twisty
[video=youtube;29xnzxgCx6I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29xnzxgCx6I&feature=youtu.be[/video]
Pretty amazing really. I wonder how well this works in terms of the AI mapping out the environment and being able to use it to their advantage. Years ago, I remember putting a thread up here about some research being done by a Uni in South Australia on creating an FPS in a real environment with Augmented Reality. At that stage the AI's knowledge of the environment had to be manually programmed.
Cool, yes, but I have to doubt it a little bit. First, how does it know where the walls are? Does it do a depth scan of your room 360? I know that's possible but wouldn't it require you to first look everywhere? Unless it has a separate builting sensor that does that prior.
The other thing, I wonder what the lag is. If you sharply turn your head, how quickly does it adjust? If it remembers all your cached geometry I can see it working as well as any VR set but if it has to rescan it on the fly (i.e. if you kick your couch to make cover) I can see some weird glitches happening.
While I have my doubts now, I don't doubt the tech will be possible very very soon, if not sooner.
