Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
by Nicholas_C on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:25PM
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Interesting to think: What demos are happening now that elicit a similar response?
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Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
by splonk on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:59PM
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I don't believe this was the UI that was eventually released, but I got a demo of an Glass prototype where the way to interact was to focus your vision on the buttons in the corner of the virtual screen to click. When the guy told me that, at first I thought "you've got to be kidding me" and very shortly thereafter it was "holy shit this is awesome."
That reminds me, a couple years ago I ran into a guy working for a company that could wirelessly power displays in a contact lens. Not remotely practical and I think it was maybe a couple hundred pixels at most, but definitely more of that living in future vibe.
Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
by SilverRed on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:36AM
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There have been a few but they were mostly marketing bullshit. The google glass announcements impressed many even though they never delivered the initial demo. There was also that demo where they showed googles AI calling a store for you to book a haircut which also ended up being fake and never delivered.
Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
by therealdrag0 on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:10AM
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Boston Dynamics maybe.
Re:Time flies in Google Earth’s biggest update in years
by colineartheta on Thursday April 15, 2021 @09:37PM
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Looking at the last ~8 years of “technology” releases but I’d deign to say no demos are eliciting that response.