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• that just blew my mind...pretty cool : avi2000
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  MOTHER FUCKER! I've been thinking of creating something like this for years! Why do all my thoughts get s... : voodooraze
  • Heh, I have this happen to me sometimes. : freakynipples69
  • that's because you're really not that creative or original : industro
  • because you don't act on them : ass-street
  • I don't know a single computer geek who hasn't thought of this idea : Arctic Fox
  • I thought the same thing when that pot with the holes in the lid to strain out the pasta water came out : riptyde
  • This isn't a particularly new idea. The head tracking thing is novel in this application though. : Nali4Freedom
  • ideas are cheap; everyone has them. : Agrona
  • Because you're too busy having wet dreams and peeling yourself off your sheets? : coldfusioncs
  • Any idea we have, gets uploaded to the universal consciousness. If you don't do anything with it, the id... : Sixcos
• glassass : The Wilhelm Scream
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  I think the deal breaker though is you need to be wearing some type of IR sensor on you to make it work c... : freakynipples69
  • Also, the guys website for this thing is anyone is truly interested http://rationalcraft.com/Winscape.... : freakynipples69
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    Natal would solve that problem I think. : oO SilentK Oo
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      hmmm I think you may be right! Fucking sweeeeet. When I finally have the big bucks I'm getting this shit ... : freakynipples69
      • I guess the problem would be when there's multiple people in the room. Maybe only track the closest pers... : oO SilentK Oo
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    Plus you need a baby to hang it on? Where the fuck am I going to get a baby? : KxRook
    • There's always some crawling around at parks. Start there. : oO SilentK Oo
    • Candy, inside a dog crate usually works. : freakynipples69
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      well, when a mommy and a daddy love each other.... : mikecyb
      • go on... : skinlab133
  • Even without the movement part, it'd still be awesome as hell. : Vincent Grayson
  • it would also only work for one person in the room : mikecyb
  • and you need a baby. : Cashh
• I want one! : legsbrogan
• that's fucking rad!! : ghost hacker
• Poor mans total recall apartment wall? : gameagog
• the future is now! : Snuffles-
• I want this, now. And on my entire wall. if I have to wear a necklace with the IR on it so be it. : eonix
• future natal screensaver? : jujubeads
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  Oh man I want one so bad. That space view was incredible. I just wish it was possible without wearing a t... : NastyJack
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    If you went without the whole tracking thing how cheaply do you think you could create something like thi... : NastyJack
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      You wouldn't even need a computer. You just described a 32" digital picture frame. The tracking is what m... : freakynipples69
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        Can you get digital picture frames to display 1080p and that come bigger than 32"? : NastyJack
        • http://www.digitalframez.com/p/1060358/big-e-frame-32-inch-1080p-hd-digital-picture-frame.html : freakynipples69
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    I wonder if you could use something else to track, like a camera like Natal. : cltcprd
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      although face finding seems a common feature in webcams, I imagine getting distance info is hard.

      Apr 15, 2010 3:46pm PDT
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      although face finding seems a common feature in webcams, I imagine getting distance info is hard. : dooberzoo
      • Shouldn't be too bad. As soon as you pick up the face, set it as the default position. Then as it gets ... : cltcprd
  • I want stereo audio support. My wife has trouble sleeping, but when we were in Mexico with a room facing... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Wouldn't that work for only one person at a time? : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • I would imagine it does. : ra1n
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  They did it very well, too. Could of been very gimmicky if not done so well. : ra1n
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    Yes, I suppose it could of. : heartsauce
    • ^^^^^ : thetangent
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  how does it track where you are looking? : gyokuro
  • The Wiimote tracks you wearing an IR necklace, and sends that info to the Mac using bluetooth. : Haxim
• Reminds me of old school Roman (fake) windows. : Amnesty_intl2
• Cool, I like the baby "abuse". : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  that was cool but wtf baby? o_O : silent prophet
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    babies are what makes this entire thing work. : freakynipples69
    • Ah, I get it. I guess this is why I never earned an engineering degree. : silent prophet
  • Gotta start testing somewhere... : kelzmelzer
  • If you don't have babies to power the system, they just don't work right. : thetangent
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  reminds me of total recall : WhatIsThisFor
  • I was thinking the same thing. Pretty awesome, they should do it for Natal. : Begawkiness
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  Let's waste power! It's cool tech, but dude that is a waste of power. : Old8Leg
  • i have two tvs on in the same room right now : WhatIsThisFor
  • Of all the wasteful things to complain about, you choose this? : Ride-My-Rocket
• Looks pretty weird if you're not the one it's tracking.... like the house is moving around. which is cool... : jvox
• OMG : thejm4n