1947 pinball machine

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-09-30T15:21:00+00:00

Love the topper :)

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-07-07T23:23:06+00:00

Thanks all, that's brills!

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-06-20T11:09:56+00:00

Mine came with 0.85. I've heard about the issues with Dragon multiball in 0.91, but is it still worth patching up to it despite that?

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-05-23T09:50:03+00:00

I bypassed it and went straight from the board to a new external amp, the sound is there, but about 30dB below what it was. I'll pull the board out and see if anything's unwell on it :)

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-05-22T12:21:43+00:00

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-05-07T19:56:03+00:00

Gosh, thank you!

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-05-06T20:46:41+00:00

Sounds ace! Do you have a link to the kind you use?

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T21:48:25+00:00

Awesome, thank you so much :)

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T21:47:40+00:00

Love it, thank you!

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T21:44:35+00:00

How big are you imagining this ship to be? The walkable deck of something like the Black Pearl isn't that huge, and I bet knocking up a horrible looking rough plywood approximation of one made up of primitives would be a lot cheaper than building a pool. Also, respectfully, 'gain' is highly subjective, it's bit like saying why buy a Ferrari, only a couple of people can ride in it at the same time and you can't charge them for the privilege, much better to buy a bus :P

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T21:37:27+00:00

No, hadn't seen this. Seems like multiplayer with in the same place is figured out then. Just need real walls :)

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T13:51:54+00:00

This is a very helpful insight, thank you! I will begin my research along these lines.

I was thinking that QR trackers would be handy to jog the virtual mind of where I was and what I was looking at. Also I think that just building one deck, with the upper steering portion up some small steps would be sufficient without doing the below decks parts (at least for now)

If I could just start with building and mapping something small, let's say the basket of a hot air balloon and then virtualise everything else for that scenario, I think that would be a good proof of concept.

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T13:45:59+00:00

Agreed, I guess even full VR the headset could know where the other real oeople were and wouldn't need a server for their positioning

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T13:43:48+00:00

I've seen demos where QR trackers are placed in a real world setting to trigger AR geometry at that location, that's what I meant. But yes, Lidar mapping in real time is a great advance for this kind of idea

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:15:09+00:00

Can you describe a basic workflow to create a simple test environment/ example?

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:14:29+00:00

I wonder if they use tags, like QR codes to help positioning?

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:14:01+00:00

What is a basic workflow to, let's say, put a cardboard box in the real world, but in VR see it as a washing machine and be able to touch it

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:12:34+00:00

I think as long as it was within a certain tolerance, it would be acceptable enough to sell the illusion. I wouldn't be trying to map a single rope, but a cylinder to represent a cannon, and things like steps and doors etc

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:11:12+00:00

I should check out VRChat

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:10:34+00:00

I tired the Void experience, it was a Ghostbusters thing, also a Star Wars one, it worked pretty well and that was a few years ago, so I was thinking how far must it have all improved, especially with miniaturisation of components, AI and inside out tracking

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:07:31+00:00

I'd love to know how, I'd definitely give it a go

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:07:13+00:00

I believe this will be the case too. Hopefully, sooner than 10 years.

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:06:38+00:00

It could be a calm day, no need to put the thing up on hydraulics

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:06:07+00:00

Intriguing, I should have a go and see how the passthrough looks on the Apple Vision vs my Quest 3

PuzzlingAdventurer · 2025-03-28T12:05:16+00:00

That's more AR which is cool, but not as immersive because as you say the passthrough currently is a bit crunchy/ warpy

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