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Re:Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a... by mrtksn on Saturday January 27, 2024 @02:28PM (#39158930)
That's what I mean. Rotating around their axis, which is spinning. Like the world rotates or spins. And by wheels I also mean disk, probably disks is more precise just as the spinning but really don't see why anyone would be confused when there's a video.

But anyway, thanks for improving my English.

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Re:Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a... by smusamashah on Saturday January 27, 2024 @02:42PM (#39159076)
English isn't my first language but if it people were referring the motion as spinning instead of rotating and discs instead of wheels it wouldn't be confusing.
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Re:Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a... by thrdbndndn on Saturday January 27, 2024 @02:32PM (#39158978)
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To mrtksn: yeah I think your original post is pretty clear. But there are indeed other comments in this thread that are confusing the two.

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Re:Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a... by mrtksn on Saturday January 27, 2024 @02:36PM (#39159017)
Yeah probably but there's a minutes long video with close ups.

In my mental model its wheels attached in different way that rotate around an axis perpendicular to the ground. I call in wheels because moves the things around.

I'm really confused by the confusion. Isn't it obvious on the video that its cylindrical objects that can be considered thick disks and wouldn't all disks rotate on the round surface around the axis?

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Re:Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a... by bear141 on Saturday January 27, 2024 @04:07PM (#39159839)
I also found the close up video to be self explanatory but I understand the confusion. People are thinking of it as multiple tiny treadmills that change direction rather than the spinning disc it actually is.
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