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Dale's Glasses
jwhouk:
Obviously, the 3DS/AR concept is closer to what Dale's Glasses actually are. The idea that they could house an AI, even in a holographic format, would seem to indicate they're pretty dang high tech.
Though, for the QC-verse, that might be something you can get at the dollar store...
Neko_Ali:
I'm doubting they are that cheap... Otherwise a lot of people would be using them. I suspect they are a limited release or high end tech device, at least comparable to a console or computer. Something that people who are into that sort of thing may get, or own multiple copies of. But not thought of as disposable tech. Since they do seem to really be more advanced and ordinary looking versions of Google Glass. It would be interesting if we could see the view from Dale's POV and tell how it works. But then I've never seen through a Goggle Glass either.
As I have heard it, it's like a video monitor imposed on your field of view, and can respond to limited touch and voice commands. Microsoft's new system seems to be going a step beyond. Incorporating augmented reality tech to make it really look like you are seeing the image superimposed on physical surfaces instead of just an optical illusion of a floating screen. Similar tech and basically how May worked. Plus adding in sensors that can identify when you are trying to interact with those projected images.
When this gets into more widespread use (and given how useful it will be, I see it as a when and not an if), I think we are going to see a big shift in how people interact. Think of it now when you're in a store or on the street and see someone talking to themselves, before you probably thought they were crazy. As in literally seeing and talking to things that weren't there. Now it's most likely someone talking on the phone. Image what it's going to be like when people are walking around, talking and gesturing at things as they manipulate their own personal display that no one else can see...
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Omega Entity on 25 Jan 2015, 21:56 ---Momo doesn't get standoffish and state that she is -fully- aware of May's presence until after May cracks the anime comment. I see her refusing to address May directly more as a sign of it being beneath her to speak to a lowly criminal, rather than her being unable to see and hear her.
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That's how I took it as well. It raises an interesting point about AI technology, namely, by what communications channel did Momo find out? It may be that May has the equivalent of a scarlet letter or an ankle bracelet which is designed to show up on AnthroPC radar.
Oilman:
Holo-May obviously appears courtesy of a remote server, so Momo must be able to detect the data stream in some way, although it isn't addressed to her. It would be interesting to know if this is something specific to Momo, because she is pretty high-end herself. Dale's glasses must function like a remote monitor or a HUD on an aircraft?
Walking round talking to imaginary friends would really be no more absurd than talking on a hands free hidden in your hair or under your hat. After all, if you can't touch them or interact with them, you aren't going to shake hands with them, are you?
Neko_Ali:
The difference between talking to someone on a phone, or viewing them as a hologram (or the Google Glass vs Microsoft Hololens) is that it won't be just talking... You'll be moving around, interacting with things you only you can see. Which will be kind of disconcerting to see until people get used to it. Kind of like when hands free headsets for mobile phones first came out, people often didn't react well because they thought they were crazy, not realizing they were on phones. Or more currently, people with Google Glass were attacked, verbally and physically, just for wearing the thing. A lot of times by people who just assumed they were recording everything when they had them on. Mind you, if I thought I'd be attacked at any time for wearing one, you're dang right I'd be recording. But that's kind of circular thinking.
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