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Commented on Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game
But take away the goofy looking sub-cosplay gear, and this is just seeing yourself from behind. I understand the idea of this leading to diminished self-responsibility and think it's an interesting one, but I wouldn't call this an augmented reality...
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But pay less from just about every other piece of tech in existence. PSPslim: In US- $250 (£151.88) In UK- £250 ($411.52) Macbook: In US- $999 (£606.90) In UK- £749 ($1232.91) Iphone 3G: In US- $99 (£60.14) In UK- £342.50!...
Commented on Make video about visible sound and vibration
This looks very interesting and the video was fun, but what is cymetics used for? I assume it's more looking at sound waves on the computer rather than corn-starch monsters, but I would be curious as to what we use...
Commented on Sony files patent on any-object motion control
Does Sony just not mind about stuff like this being leaked? Or is it public domain? First is was the PSP Go, then the PS3 slim, then a process for playing PS2 games using the existing chip, and now this!...
Commented on Video: Clever woman designs a better British power plug
What are we waiting for?? Let's get this in production right now! Really really love this clever design....
Commented on Rushkoff on Apple fanboy rage at Steve Jobs for having the audacity to have had a liver transplant
I am disappointed in all of those people, that is not the community we know and love, I am not an Apple fanboy ("yes you are") that would defend the company with my last breath, but I do enjoy the...
Commented on British cops stop and hassle thousands to "balance racial statistics"
So in case it comes up in the future, what should i say to a policeman who stops me for taking photos?...
Commented on $134.5 BILLION worth of US bonds seized from smugglers at Swiss border
Well maybe the money belongs to them, maybe they received it after giving their bank account details to an african prince....
Commented on Polite Umbrella Contracts To Avoid Poking Others In The Eye
#3 Just what I was thinking, you're either going to soak yourself or the person you have just had the courtesy to move your umbrella for. And couldn't you let go of the string suddenly and flick water at people...
Commented on Giant earthworms
They're mutations caused by radiation. No, wait; the government made 'em. *Big* surprise for the Russians. Boing Boing reader should be advised, however, that there are two more, repeat, two more motherhumpers....
Commented on Photo: Amazon Kindling
How long before the photo is pulled for usage of copyrighted text. You know they would do it just as mush as I do....
Commented on Mob rule: my night with the Xbox 360 premiere of 1 vs. 100
A few answers to your questions. (I am, by the way, a british person, and no more inclined to know the answers than your good self, but I'll have a stab.) -Nova Scotia, I would guess meant 'New Scotland' (It...
Commented on Captain and Mrs. Hook's LP of music for Christian pirate children
Is that a young Captain Slappy!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM1NUGlo2ww...
Commented on Take this ROM and..: indie dev quits mainstream job via Super Mario
If he's going to be an indie dev he needs to work on those physics lol. Nice way to quit a job though, if only I could bombard my boss with psychedelic 8-bit resignations in real life :P...
Commented on JetLev, a jetpack you might someday actually use
Does the pump suck up water from the lake and shoot it out rather than from a tank that gets refilled? I ask because it would brilliant to have an unlimited 'fuel' source like that, you'd never have to stop!...
Commented on Miro wants you to adopt a line of code and help fund open video on the net
OR I spend $4 a month sponsoring a child in the third world, I wonder which would be a more valuable use of my cash....
Commented on Warren Ellis's GI Joe
Wow, well.. look at their brightly coloured hats!...
Commented on Dig Dugs & Sonics & bears: the rest of Uniqlo's games T-shirt lineup
I think the yellow LBP tee is my fave :)...
Commented on The new Apple ads
The whole talking down about your competitor schtick is an advertising technique, and not one exclusive to Apple. TV viewers in the UK will have no doubt seen the same back and fro about value for money from Tescos and...
Commented on I Love Charts
I much prefer the video of Feist singing on Sesame Street, now that was just cool :)...
Commented on Thrift score: junk paintings enhanced with giant Katamari
Where to put the katamari in the new picture. I would recommend a small prince with a small katamari in the foreground, and then behind the mountains and behind the clouds, a faint image of the King, finger outstretched like...
Commented on Preorders open for Mezco's LittleBigPlanet figure set
How about custom figures similar to the WOW statuettes you could get of your character?...
Commented on Dramatic readings of message-board posts about atheism from Christian fundamentalist message boards
We're told to beware the scary terrorists, to look for any sign that the people around us in our everyday lives might be trying to promote hatred. Here is hatred, here is ignorance, but are there going to be warnings...
Commented on Terrafugia Transition: The flying car exists and it is butt ugly
HOW is that thing practical? It's huge, it only seats one person, no boot space, you'd need to find a large area away from all over drivers to deploy the wings, and the run up space to get it in...
Commented on Indian Superman video
I suppose we have to be thankful Superman's spacecraft crashed in Kansas and not Kanpur....
Commented on The unbroken thread: what Rhythm de Run Run Run is getting right
Think how good this would be if it were faster, and had an awesome electro rock soundtrack....
Commented on Parappa creator Matsuura waxes on rhythm game industry
Good job on the title there, Mr Boyer....
Commented on Ia, Ia, USB Cowthulu ftagn!
Good to know the good people who made the innovations catalogue what it was are still hard at work....
Commented on The Master Control Program is taking over YOUR Atari® 2600
When reading that last bit, completely subconsciously, my brain interpreted 2009 as twenty oh nine. The future is here!...
Commented on Londoners: rally today at Scotland Yard 11AM to preserve the right to photograph!
First it will be that you cant take photos of them, then they will start wearing masks so we cant see their faces, and with that separation from taking responsibility for your actions come truly terrible things....

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mechko commented on Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game
haha I was thinking the same thing. and then we'd have people running around in circles in a corner trying to get the right camera angle to see something or the other. And people trying jump from one platform to the next, but missing and having to do it again. What about the people who take bathroom breaks in the middle of a battle scene??...
Lobster commented on Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game
"The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment." Goddamn team killers......
Dewi Morgan commented on Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game
@harpdevil "I wouldn't call this an augmented reality system." It takes the visual input from reality, and modifies it by replacing one element (your body) with another (a very naff avatar). That's prettymuch canonical AR right there. Does your definition require that only if billboard ads be replaced by webpages then it's AR? @Marc Owens via OP: "The system potentially allows for a diminished sense of social responsibility, and could lead the user to demonstrate behaviors normally reserved for the gaming environment." The idea is as silly as if you'd said "if we surround their vision with a monitor screen...
mechko commented on Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game
Stanford Prison Experiment. Several people were taken and divided into two groups: Prisoners and Prison guards and left to roleplay. The experiment had to be stopped because the prison guards began torturing the prisoners. And they knew it was an experiment. And they probably didn't have any experience with an alternate gaming identity where it was perfectly acceptable to do so. In general, when people are put into a situation which they feel dictates a certain type of action, they subtly change their characteristics to match the situation. (watch Woody Allen's Zelig). It's not a far stretch to believe that...
mechko commented on Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game
addendum: that being said, I don't think its too much to expect of people to behave rationally......

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