I saw Fury Road in 3D and it gave me a massive headache. Ruined an otherwise awesome movie.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
I saw Fury Road in 5D and was killed
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 October 2021 17:59 (two years ago) link
My 12-year-old son plays something called "Gorilla Tag" on VR 24 hours a day.
― pplains, Friday, 29 October 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
WATCH: Sneak Peek at Facebook metaverse pic.twitter.com/rUGGiJeMLr— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 28, 2021
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) October 28, 2021
Things that just have to be Tim and Eric skits
I'm...actually speechless right now. I guess this is a pretty epic way to tank your enormous company, if such is your wont. I'm sure it will go over swimmingly with Facebook Meta's increasingly old and tech-baffled audience.
― knuckleheaded mornonic bafoon (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
Neither Fury Road nor Dune were shot in 3-D.
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
“I saw a version of a movie that had been deliberately made out-of-focus on a computer and it was hard to focus on”
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:02 (two years ago) link
headsup @ Zuck: The Sims already exists
― StanM, Friday, 29 October 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
most movies taht are released as 3-D these days weren't shot for 3D
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
Was Zuck in 3D before or just rendered as such for insertion into Meta
― knuckleheaded mornonic bafoon (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
I'm really just scratching my head at this tbh, like you build everyone up for this big announcement and name change, but then the announcement is "We're going to have this awesome thing in 5-10 years, and here's an unappealing rendering of it." Like Tesla's supertruck announcement was bad enough, but that was at least a specific product meant to come to market in a semi-specific amount of time.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
it's very comforting to see how they have no idea what the fuck to do
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:22 (two years ago) link
the only good VR thing I ever did was at Disney Springs, through The Void, they had a Star Wars VR themed thing for 25 bucks where you put on a suit and it actually rendered a real reacting environment in your headset and rendered you and everybody else as rebels dressed as Stormtroopers, you got a gun that shot lasers and got to shoot at Stormtroopers and watch them fall over dead, and hten Darth Vader came and attacked you at the end.
of course the pandemic happened and now it's permanently closed. it'll probably be replaced by some third tier company who isn't as good at it who does something like "VR Jigglypanda" which gets stuck and freezes at uncomfortable places.
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:27 (two years ago) link
Are they just hoping that the unfolding environmental catastrophe will have people (the ones who have money and survive) crawling to them to live permanently in a VR universe while Zuck lives in low earth orbit fucking robots?
― "Devious" Licks (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:32 (two years ago) link
careful we're getting close to a blue pill red pill allegory
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
I did this exact same thing at the Mall of America, was pretty cool even though it wasn't really so much a game as a little guided tour where you got to shoot a bit, but the effect was definitely cool
the fact that you had actual physical space to walk around in was the whole key
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:41 (two years ago) link
But in lieu of having a physical space to walk around in, getting to play poker with FB employees on the Blue's Clues set or whatever the fuck that was is a pretty sweet consolation prize.
― knuckleheaded mornonic bafoon (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
yeah, the "it not being a game" part was somewhat of a let down, but it was immersive enough that I enjoyed the hell out of it. and yeah the walking space was great.
they also had one in Times Square for Ghostbusters wehre you actually DID have objectives to fulfill and scores/rankings, but I was paired with two little shits who spent their parents money by running around in circles and making it impossible for me to do anything.
eventually I got so mad I shot at them with my proton pack, but nothing happened in the game when I did that.
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:49 (two years ago) link
and it was something like $50 for that, rather than the $25 at Disney
Zuck just really got into Ready Player One over the pandemic and this is his Oasis.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
what if there was a VR game where you got to be in the band Oasis and the entire game was winning arguments with your terrible brother and threatening to quit the band, which gets you extra points
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 October 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
MaybeYou're gonna be the one that slays meIt's all for funYou're my Player One
― knuckleheaded mornonic bafoon (Old Lunch), Friday, 29 October 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
lol
My son wanted to re-watch Ready Player One last weekend, so it was fresh in my mind when Zuck walked into the room and there was the big robot guy
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 29 October 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
I think you might have been watching something else, Zuck is *small* robot guy.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:08 (two years ago) link
We're going to have this awesome thing in 5-10 years
A 10 year rollout? (checks when this thread started) Facebook itself is only about 15 years old.
Facebook's Name Change Is An Act Of Meta-Desperation
Desperation? Sure. But only because stock traders hate tech companies that have no whizzy narrative about how they will double in size and triple their revenue in a couple of years. There's a distinct chance that Zuck will only be worth $50 billion two years from now, FB will become a stale product only used by a billion humans, and he's in a panic over it.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 29 October 2021 22:30 (two years ago) link
Facebook's announcement that it is changing its name to Meta has caused quite the stir in Israel where the word sounds like the Hebrew word for "dead".
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59090067
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:33 (two years ago) link
"A lot of this will be mainstream in the next five to 10 years," he said.
Is this the 5-10 years quote people are talking about? Cuz this certainly sounds like stuff is launching sooner than 5 years.
― lukas, Friday, 29 October 2021 22:41 (two years ago) link
most movies taht are released as 3-D these days weren't shot for 3Dvery, very few movies that were shown in 525 lines, cut to pan & scan, with swears and butts deleted, and advertisements for toilet cleaners inserted every ten minutes, were actually made that waysomebody watching a 2-D movie that has been deliberately made worse in a different format doesn’t mean that a completely unrelated 3-D movie sucks
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 29 October 2021 23:14 (two years ago) link
I think the point wasn't that 3D movies suck, but that VR is much like 3D movies, in that it keeps getting revived as an idea, then is hyped as The Amazing Unstoppable Future, then it fizzles out and 2D or PR (Plain Reality) reassert their primacy for another decade or two.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 29 October 2021 23:31 (two years ago) link
Could have sworn one of the tech companies (Amazon?) quietly re-introduced cyber glasses again, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:38 (two years ago) link
The glasses pair with your Android phone and can read out notifications, make phone calls, and play audio, including music and podcasts. You can also ask Alexa for rundowns of your calendar, the news, weather, and the usual things you’ve come to expect. A “VIP” filter will let wearers choose which notifications they want read aloud and which should remain only on their phone for later.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
The Oculus VR head gear seems like an extremely clunky attempt to replicate the Star Trek holo-deck. The Metaverse, as envisioned by Zuckerberg, seems like he's trying to figure out how to make the Star Trek holo-deck sound like a place where the Enterprise crew would hold exciting business meetings.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 29 October 2021 23:47 (two years ago) link
I remember the first I'd ever heard of VR was around that guy Jaron Lanier in the early-mid 90's, and the goggles he had then look a lot like the Occulus goggles of today
https://images.immediate.co.uk/production/volatile/sites/4/2018/08/untitled-e542612.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:49 (two years ago) link
The Meta thing keeps making me thing of Rhonda Fleming in Out of the Past.
― Fine, Fine, Superfine Career Opportunities (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 October 2021 05:09 (two years ago) link
think the point wasn't that 3D movies suck, but that VR is much like 3D movies, in that it keeps getting revived as an ideayeah, exactly every single 3D movie I’ve seen projected was good and fun*. I’ve seen a cool demo of a VR thingy with iirc semi-generative music by Herbert? but in both cases (afaict) the good examples of the form made by capable ppl on purpose get choked out of the market by things that aren’t rly examples of the form, made by people who aren’t trying to even make anything good. then the market itself implodes due to this.* unless the Zemeckis/Gaiman/Avary Beowulf was one. that is not good, but is terrific fun
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 30 October 2021 06:25 (two years ago) link
i remember when google sent someone out to a festival i was working with Glass and I tried it for ten minutesi imagine i will do this for ten minutes too
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 31 October 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link
How long until we can non self consciously record all of our existence tho
― calstars, Sunday, 31 October 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
seems needlessly redundant
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Sunday, 31 October 2021 21:39 (two years ago) link
Xpost didn't u see that Black Mirror
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Sunday, 31 October 2021 23:56 (two years ago) link
Aimless: no one else who tell you this but no one gives a shit what your opinion is.
― calstars, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/29/zuckerberg_meta_facebook/
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 1 November 2021 00:39 (two years ago) link
so kind of you to make sure I was aware. I wouldn't want me to go through life not knowing what a jerk you are.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 1 November 2021 01:29 (two years ago) link
if you wanna fight them you will probably find them...at the bar
― the utility infielder of theatre (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 November 2021 01:55 (two years ago) link
I used to study Classics, and the word “meta” comes from the Greek word meaning “beyond”.
Why is this so funny?
― jmm, Monday, 1 November 2021 02:19 (two years ago) link
I'm not interested until they get the Perky Pat layout finished. The Feelies is a better product anyway.
― earlnash, Monday, 1 November 2021 09:45 (two years ago) link
lol, that was the first thought I had when I saw the announcement, as well.
― knuckleheaded mornonic bafoon (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 November 2021 10:25 (two years ago) link
Sorry aimless…I was out of my mind last night…
― calstars, Monday, 1 November 2021 10:54 (two years ago) link
When I was a kid and I'd visit my grandma in Chicago I remember her taking me to some pier mall thingy by the lake, forget what it was called but it was like a souped up entertainment mall that had mini golf. They also had this VR thing called Battletech, which was a mech war. I would always get really hyped up to play, and then it would feel like this huge buildup, but then it was just kind of an awkward and hard to control video game, although I would be convinced that I was into it and want to do it again anyway.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 November 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
Navy Pier
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 November 2021 18:09 (two years ago) link
this is interesting because i'm convinced that rich man zuck is literally just doubling down on infantilizing himself and his company as the way forward
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 1 November 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
Remember, the video in Infinite Jest that was so fascinating people would stare at it without eating or sleeping until they died was a blurry, infant's-eye view of a woman with big tits leaning down and cooing maternally at the viewer. If someone programs something like that into Meta-vision, or whatever it's called, when it launches, goodbye civilization.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 1 November 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link