<p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks for discussing this Guys, good points raised. </p><p class="MsoPlainText">With respect to Steffen's questions, I think it's the whole package that bothers me: using a kinect controller
for everything, building ugly 3D models without knowing what for, using
projectors to project low resolution stuff on everything even if the low
resolution makes it useless and if it's shaking like hell, and building
technology demos for the purpose of showing technology rather than trying to
first understand what you want to use it for, and why, and what technology you
need in the first place. ...But my primary pet peeve is using a kinect controller
for everything, a hammer in search for nails. </p><p class="MsoPlainText">Thanks for reading me.</p><p class="MsoPlainText">Cheers</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><br></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> </p><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Steffen Gauglitz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sgauglitz@cs.ucsb.edu">sgauglitz@cs.ucsb.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Maybe you can be a little bit more specific by what you mean with "it". What is the "big, fat sledge hammer" here?<br>
Are you talking about the Kinect? The handheld projectors? All of spatial AR?<br>
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I agree that some of the demos they show are eye-candy, but to me, pico projectors seem to be a promising display for AR -- considering that all alternative display systems so far have their quirks too...<br>
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On 11/03/2011 11:04 AM, Saiph Savage wrote:<br>
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I feel, this is a technology pushed for the purpose of pushing the<br>
technology. A big, fat sledge hammer in search for tiny nails. I agree<br>
that this is 'cool' technology, but no one has designed anything that<br>
would make it useful, practical, elegant, solving a real problem, ...<br>
All of what they show is utterly useless, looks bad , and - in a best<br>
case scenario - makes you sick because everything is shaking.<br>
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What do others think?<br>
Sorry for sounding negative, but this is one of my biggest pet peeves<br>
...I think victor knows why ;) haha<br>
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On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Victor Fragoso <<a href="mailto:vfragoso@cs.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">vfragoso@cs.ucsb.edu</a><br></div><div class="im">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:vfragoso@cs.ucsb.edu" target="_blank">vfragoso@cs.ucsb.edu</a>>> wrote:<br>
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I read this article in engadget. Check it out, the video is really cool.<br>
<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/01/trio-of-microsoft-projectors-lets-you-get-quasi-physical-with-ar/" target="_blank">http://www.engadget.com/2011/<u></u>11/01/trio-of-microsoft-<u></u>projectors-lets-you-get-quasi-<u></u>physical-with-ar/</a><br>
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Best,<br>
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