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Re:US Army trials augmented reality goggles for dogs by pmlnr on Friday October 09, 2020 @09:52AM (#24729898)
> Ng Security Industries Semi-Autonomous Guard Unit #A-367 lives in a pleasant black-and-white Metaverse where porterhouse steaks grow on trees, dangling at head level from low branches, and blood-drenched Frisbees fly through the crisp, cool air for no reason at all, until you catch them.

/Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson/

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Re:US Army trials augmented reality goggles for dogs by Communitivity on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:24AM (#24730180)
Kudos sir or madam or nonbinary, you beat me to the punch. I saw the headline and Ng industries was the first thing I thought of, followed by remembering Boston Dynamics robotic dog Spot [1].

[1] https://www.bostondynamics.com/spot

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Re:US Army trials augmented reality goggles for dogs by kyuudou on Friday October 09, 2020 @04:50PM (#24734303)
Have you seen Spot in Singapore parks yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viuR7N6E2LA

Makes me want to work on miniaturizing HERF guns for commercial distribution.

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