hcazz
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Comment · 9 months ago
Comment · 1 year ago
To be honest I don't think the best option for this is a VR headset, it's a pair of VR glasses. I use the Viture One glasses on airplanes, and the best part is they mostly just look normal on the face compared to something like a AVP or Quest. I think the new xReal One Pro glasses have a better FoV, but probably not enough for me to upgrade at this point. They can do "spatial tracking" where the display stays oriented in the same spot as a floating monitor if you move your head, or "static tracking" where the display is always fully in your FoV regardless of where you move your head. Both options plug in via usb C, and you can use them with anything that can do displayport over usb c (Steam Deck, Macbook, Android Phones, iPhones with an adapter, etc).
Viture: https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/viture-pro-xr-review-great-...
Comment · 1 year ago
Echoing this, I dread every time I have an uber/lyft/etc that is a Tesla. I'm very convinced that most folks who buy Teslas generically hate cars, and simplifying the experience for them is how they get to drive/start/continue driving.
Someone who can't manage a gear selector because it's "too complicated" is not someone I want driving on the road, and when you combine that with exceptionally terrible ride quality for the price, it makes for a dreadful experience.
When you dumb down/streamline a phone experience into an iPhone you get something anyone globally can use, with not many downsides. When you dumb down a car experience into a single screen/app you get exceptionally shitty drivers.
Comment · 2 years ago
That's incorrect. It's a titrated drug similar to blood pressure meds. If you have effectiveness at a 1mg dose for example, you stay at that. The drugs have maximum doses.
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm based in the US. Most of those options are available from Amazon.
I've owned both the Viture glasses and the nreal air (back when they were called nreal rather than xreal). The picture quality on them is more than enough to use as a second display, but where it shines for me is on flights. It mostly just looks like a normal pair of oversized glasses, but presents an incredible display on that is miles beyond any in flight entertainment system.
I only bought the Viture because I lost/forgot my original nreal air glasses on a flight and they were never found.
Comment · 3 years ago
Google Glass was released almost a decade ago, I'm not convinced the tech isn't there. I also had a RECON Mod Live HUD for my Snowboard Goggles which was released in 2011 which had a unit size not that far off from the Google Glass.
It's disappointing that in 2023 there isn't something even remotely close (or better) to tech that was available 10+ years ago in the case of the RECON Mod Live.
Comment · 3 years ago
Yeah, there are significant limitations to camera based systems. Although for Mercedes, I'd argue it's significantly more than:
>'follow the car in front and do what it does'
which is describing adaptive cruise control/radar based cruise control which has been on the market in vehicles for over two decades.
>Tesla's software does not have those limitations
Recklessly enabling a half baked vision only autopilot doesn't mean it's "superior". There's a reason actual self driving car companies (Cruise, Waymo, etc) report disengagements per mile as a means to show how "self driving" their vehicles actually are.
Until Tesla self-reports this data, it's nothing but a toy, and I wish folks the best who actually trust their life with it. [0]
>Officially, Telsa describes Autopilot as "an SAE Level 2 driving automation system designed to support and assist the driver in performing the driving task," as cited by NHTSA. Autopilot is not an autonomous driving technology, but the new numbers suggest people are treating it that way, sometimes resulting in tragedy.
[0] - https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a44185487/report-tesla-aut...
Comment · 3 years ago
https://www.sae.org/blog/sae-j3016-update
With Tesla's Autopilot, you are driving the vehicle.
With Mercedes new L3 system (which I'm going to assume you haven't ever used, since it isn't available yet on a vehicle for purchase), the vehicle is driving.
This isn't about Elon, it's about the capabilities of the vehicle you're sitting in. You're also ignoring TFA -- if Tesla's Autopilot is the best thing on the market, why are they asking officials to redact information on whether or not someone got into accidents while using it?
Comment · 3 years ago
Not going to assume what you have and haven't owned before, but your statement here is objectively false:
>Tesla's software is far superior even with its weaknesses.
https://www.engadget.com/mercedes-becomes-the-first-automake...
If Tesla's software was objectively better, why couldn't they get L3 approval in California?
Comment · 3 years ago
I was able to see this in person recently at Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon in Iceland. The craziest part was how excited our tour guide was - she was taking as many photos as we were. From what they told us it doesn't last long, as the sun melts the top layer of ice, turning it opaque.
https://ibb.co/YpCs9p9 https://ibb.co/Gd0YGMN https://ibb.co/ZHyhm5h https://ibb.co/fv0wnnp https://ibb.co/HNY5ss0
Comment · 3 years ago
Yeah, I'd apply in a heartbeat if they offered remote roles (or security roles based out of their Culver City office).
Comment · 3 years ago
I understand it's interesting to announce accomplishments (such as increased areas for testing), but as someone who lives in West LA, it's slightly annoying to see multiple announcements saying "testing is expanded, be on the lookout!". I'm nearly at the point where I'm just ignoring announcements for Los Angeles because the last two haven't amounted to any changes for someone that lives here and wants to use the service.
Comment · 3 years ago
Sure they are, JPMC just recently acquired a small startup.
Comment · 3 years ago
To me at least, the different types are easy to understand.
White-board - the color of the board is white, it is used for dry erase markers.
Black-board - the color of the board is black, it is used with chalk.
Chalk-board - the color of the board doesn't matter, it likely uses chalk to write with and is therefore a "blackboard" as well.
Comment · 3 years ago
It's just cornstarch. Same reason you should never use pre-shredded cheese on a pizza, the cornstarch burns faster than the cheese does.
Because it's soluble in water, you can (and I have) washed pre-shredded cheese in a colander and dried it on a kitchen towel when it was all I had on hand, and it turned out fine.
Not sure you understand how "The Formula" works. The profit generated by adding this feature will outweigh the cost of any resulting accidents that they take liability for.
A less pessimistic way of phrasing it is that within the boundaries they've defined, their self driving system is so much better than a human that they're willing to assume responsibility for crashes deemed "at-fault" while using the system.
Not intentionally trying to compare that with other automakers, but Mercedes is the only "you can buy now" vehicle (ignoring robotaxis/Waymo/others) that assumes liability with those capabilities. Until other automakers provide that legal guarantee, they're parlor tricks at best that will continue to get folks killed in scenarios that they otherwise wouldn't had they been actually paying attention.