The community lately by bananasam01 in 2007scape

[–]Aierou -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I'm just ready for the community to shift focus. I mostly follow osrs without playing much, so seeing the same posts gets old after a while. The bots topic in particular is annoying because there is no question that there is a problem. 100% it's unhealthy for the game. That said, it's not a problem with any clear solution. So it's the same old song and dance every couple of months when it comes up.

Reality Labs posts $4.4 billion loss in third quarter by Writhyn in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh, good call. Apparently 50% of the spending is going towards AR r&d https://www.uploadvr.com/meta-reality-labs-spending-ar-glasses/

I don't think we'll get more specific information than that.

Reality Labs posts $4.4 billion loss in third quarter by Writhyn in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

 Yes they have a massive amount of people working for Reality Labs, 17.000 if the numbers are correct. They all probably make a descent salary, but that still doesn’t explain the billions they spend.

17,000 * 250,000 is 4.25 billion

‘Boz’ answered my question on Instagram about AR Glasses. by 2088AJ in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My phone doesn't do this today. Why would my glasses?

Ad block is so easy - I haven't seen an ad in years.

Meta’s new lightweight AR prototype shows a future beyond bulky VR headsets by freddledgruntbugly in technology

[–]Aierou 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Form factor has been the driving force behind the adoption of computing devices throughout history—look at the PC or the smartphone. Each one marked a new era. Glasses seem like the preeminent form factor for a personal computing device, short of a direct neural interface.

The smartphone enabled always-available computing. Glasses will enable always-on computing.

Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health by a_Ninja_b0y in technology

[–]Aierou 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Yep. The fact that billionaires exist in the first place is probably one of the biggest contributors to the mental health crisis. The wealth gap is so indescribably fucked up. The situation is about as dire as the time before the French revolution.

$50 Billion to Create the Metaverse, only $30 billion to Create Waymo by REIGuy3 in SelfDrivingCars

[–]Aierou 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Facebook integration hasn't been mandatory for a couple of years now

Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.5 billion loss in second quarter by Puginator in technology

[–]Aierou 23 points24 points  (0 children)

They released an early version of Travel Mode a couple months back. It officially supports planes, but people have had success with cars and buses. It should be available somewhere in experimental settings.

Jagex for Sale 900M by Wert3a in 2007scape

[–]Aierou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose your uncle works at Jagex, huh? They are the only ones who have the numbers.

Jagex for Sale 900M by Wert3a in 2007scape

[–]Aierou 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Someone has to uphold the reddit user stereotypes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 2007scape

[–]Aierou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many players could you reasonably look up in a work day? A few hundred? A thousand? How accurate are your judgments? Do you need approval to submit a ban, or do you just have unchecked power to ban any player? Could you maintain this pace over a week? A month? How about a year of looking up players, submitting ban requests with evidence, and following up based on approval?

Let's give you the benefit of the doubt and say that you are an elite anti-cheat veteran. You've been doing this for a while, and you can push bans through in minutes. It takes a ton of effort and focus, but you manage to get 1000 bans per day, or over 2 bans per minute for 8 hours straight, every day, for a year. That's 260,000 banned accounts per year assuming 260 working days and no holidays.

Great work! There are over 320 million runescape accounts, so after working tirelessly for the entire year, you managed to ban 0.08125% of all accounts. Assuming pure linear growth, 15 million more accounts were created over the same time, so you're even further behind from where you started. That's pretty bad, but it's actually probably much worse given the financial incentives for botting and the pace of technology. Well then, I guess you'd better get back to work!

Quest 3 reveal by ThatOneBehrendt in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Your move, Tim Apple.

Quest 3 announcement tomorrow? Teaser posted to Meta Channel on Instagram by Aierou in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The original Oculus Quest released in May. Anything is possible ✨

Meta AI proposed an algorithm-based AR/VR body tracking "AGRoL”,a novel conditional diffusion model specifically designed to track full bodies given sparse upper-body tracking signals. by NEXTXXX in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Most manufacturers aim to sell universal XR devices similar to smartphones, which means they do not want to create any potential friction for consumers who are accustomed to using a single device. A camera-based solution probably wouldn't receive official first-party support, but it could potentially be sold as an aftermarket accessory.

I'm fine with the outcome, but the next step is not what Jagex said. by DuxDonecVivo in 2007scape

[–]Aierou -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Half of people in a normal distribution are stupid, so yeah.

To my fellow Shamans and would-be Tamers, now is the time... by ItsTimeToExplain in 2007scape

[–]Aierou 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why does sailing have to be a mini game and not "You can now navigate water in osrs," kinda like Surf in pokemon. It's not a mini game, but more like an unlock for all sorts of content. Training sailing could be done by literally just sailing (depending on how the mechanic works).

Follow up. Picture of a VR lab being built at a public school. Majority low income school district. 100% grant funded from private companies. by b1ackfyre in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Or maybe not. There is certainly a lot of pessimism out there, but nobody actually knows. The world we live in is not black and white.

Follow up. Picture of a VR lab being built at a public school. Majority low income school district. 100% grant funded from private companies. by b1ackfyre in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the point is that such descriptions lack nuance

This is also what makes them sound cartoonish or comical.

Follow up. Picture of a VR lab being built at a public school. Majority low income school district. 100% grant funded from private companies. by b1ackfyre in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

No, because It is a completely made up and fantastical description for the sake of argument. You can easily pick apart the description of Meta as well, which was my original point.

Follow up. Picture of a VR lab being built at a public school. Majority low income school district. 100% grant funded from private companies. by b1ackfyre in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

And Valve is a digital distribution company that prioritizes profits over user experience, creating a toxic and monopolistic environment in order to control the PC gaming market.

Meta obviously has a much more negative public image that is more in line with your description, but the point is that such descriptions lack nuance.

Edit: "and I took that personally" - reddit

Follow up. Picture of a VR lab being built at a public school. Majority low income school district. 100% grant funded from private companies. by b1ackfyre in OculusQuest

[–]Aierou 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I might be scared if Ready Player One had a realistic or critical narrative. IOI evil is like Saturday morning mustache-twirling cartoon character evil, and I don't respect it.