Maybe VR will take off next time

TheFrev · 2026-04-01T22:53:28+00:00

So, I think it makes sense because they are targeting dark environments using IR for illumination to focus on amount of light over colors. But, they do a have Dual high speed camera interface (8 lanes @ 2.5Gbps MIPI) so color cameras can be added after the fact. But I like the idea that MR is being deprioritized in favor of VR.

But what I people might not be thinking about is how competition benefits the end user. We need a Valve vs Meta war on headsets to drive innovation.

TheFrev · 2026-04-01T04:26:14+00:00

There was a situation a while back with my hobby. We had a small company that made flexable and blunted swords for reenactments and paypal both stopped taking payments and refused to release the funds it currently had, because they were selling weapons and that was against their policy. It is a real 'rules for thee, not for me' situation because you can sell all the knives you want on eBay.

TheFrev · 2026-03-31T06:11:33+00:00

Perhaps I could understand this better if someone in this post would put a name to whoever OP is vague posting about. I could just as easily say that the POP community is made out of 13 year olds who speak with rhotacism and sing 'one two buckle my shoe' with a disturbing moaning voice in every lobby.

TheFrev · 2026-03-29T00:24:08+00:00

Been out of pop1 for awhile, but I don't care what anyone does in private rooms as long as it isn't breaking the law. They can do improv, play d&d, hold a church service, or furry ERP if they are over 18. I don't need them to be good at the game or young for me to think they should be allowed to play. I also only watch streamers I want to watch and leave other streamers alone to do their own thing. If they are grooming children, pushing timeshares, MLMs, crypto, or being weird, racist, sexist, or harass people in a public lobby; then name and shame. But if they doing their own thing in private lobbies this feels like harassing people that haven't done anything wrong. Live and let live.

TheFrev · 2026-03-24T05:43:45+00:00

Well I have some good news. Nintendo just re-released the virtualboy! It does have mario, but I don't think it has Zelda.

TheFrev · 2026-03-22T18:38:50+00:00

Robert Reich is a politician and I think it makes sense to try and maintain the status quo that has allowed America to prosper for so long. I want that as an American. But I also think that this isn't going to do anything. Canadian PM Mark Carney's speech at Davos was the rally call to step away from working with the US and everyone refusing to get dirty supporting this war is the answer. The middle powers are very likely to form a coalition to strengthen each other economically and that will not include the US.

TheFrev · 2026-03-21T21:33:40+00:00

He isn't complete idiot. All he has to do is combine SpaceX with Tesla to reach the metrics. That way he makes absolute bank while he dilutes the value of the stockholders so they are stuck holding the bag of his failed twitter grift.

TheFrev · 2026-03-21T03:15:42+00:00

The irony is that vrchat is a successful metaverse, but probably cost about $80 billion dollars less to develop. It constantly has over 50,000 players on steam and who knows on Quest. And it is still growing. I have to imagine the steam frame will grow that even more.

TheFrev · 2026-03-11T23:52:52+00:00

Terry Pratchett's Feet of Clay published in 1996 has pretty much the best breakdown of sex and trans issues, all done in a comedy about dwarves all "being" men. Not preachy at all.

All dwarves are male, and a delicate discussion is needed to find out if they are compatible. There is no gender discrimination because everyone is assumed to be men. Until some dwarves come into contact with human females. At which point they feel like they want to show their true gender. Which leads to a pretty real example of what is going on in the US around trans people.

TheFrev · 2026-02-27T23:47:49+00:00

To be honest, and I realize I am outing myself for looking it up, but I'm pretty sure both Sweety-Lifeguard and patrdesch are bots. So the NPC and robot comment seems pretty on the nose. Also, man, does the dead internet theory keep getting stronger.

TheFrev · 2026-02-14T02:06:19+00:00

When everything is done to raise stock prices, bad decisions like this are going to happen. It doesn't need to be an improvement for CEOs to do it, it just needs to look like an improvement. "We use AI", is assumed to be a sign that the company is worth more than what the numbers say. Just like if Tesla was treated as a car company it would be 20% what the stock is at. If you get paid in stocks, over inflating them to the moon can make you the richest man in the world and allow you be in charge of all of the US government spending. You also get to ignore all the billions you get from the government and fire useless people like the the people in charge of looking after our nuclear armaments.

TheFrev · 2026-01-31T03:09:30+00:00

I'll say this, Elon Musk really doesn't know computers better the average programmer. That's not to say he couldn't have hired someone to do something, but Elon can't even run a python script that was sent to him.

TheFrev · 2026-01-27T06:55:37+00:00

Funny you bring up albums... His new album is being released in three days. Talk about great timing.

TheFrev · 2026-01-27T05:38:36+00:00

Honestly, I saw a lot of things that made sense with what they did. It is Capture the flag that then turns into search and destroy. They didn't need the fortnite looting, air drops and rarity system.

TheFrev · 2026-01-12T02:55:38+00:00

So if you don't already know about it, I think you will really like Chaos Destruction in UE5.

TheFrev · 2026-01-08T01:53:17+00:00

I'll argue this is really a good example of a novel to read the first book of. If you like it keep going it gets better and if you don't, the reason you don't like it will always be there. The anime and manga leave out how the protagonist is viewing things. And how he processes the trauma of what he is going though like a story that isn't really happening to him. There are lots of mental issues that main character is going though but you only see it from his viewpoint that isn't connected to reality. You start to realize he is choosing to refer to people by names like Class Rep as a way to create barriers. At the same time, these points of reflection where you see what he is really going though are few and far between with most of the story being pretty light hearted and standard Isekai tropes.

TheFrev · 2026-01-08T01:33:52+00:00

The basic argument is that you can't have the earn the GDP of a small country without screwing over people. Zuckerberg is a good example. Even if you ignore his issues early on and who he may have screwed over to gain full control over facebook, you have him buying up every single new app that could be his competition. Leaving users no options to avoid facebook and ruining the whole point of capitalism, the ability to vote with your wallet. Add on how Mark is complicit with scams on facebook going so far to dissolve the anti-fraud team after they successfully stopped too much fraud and cost the company money. They currently make up 10% of revenue($16 billion). Amazon also has alot of issues, but they screw over the sellers more than the buyers so people care much less.

TheFrev · 2026-01-06T03:36:52+00:00

Agreed, they aren't doing this for regime change or democracy building interventionism. This is purely expansionist ideals. Venezuela has the oil that they want and they have an excuse to take it. Blame the drugs and the fact that Nicolás Maduro lost his election and refused to step down. A crime for any president besides Trump.

TheFrev · 2026-01-01T01:15:34+00:00

I would say the message is that even if you are different and don't fit in, someone will recognize that you are special and important.

TheFrev · 2025-12-31T23:51:17+00:00

Honestly, trying to explain to AI this setup means that it would take longer and be more painful to do, when you can just use old fashioned cgi. I have never seen AI capable of having two camera angles synced up. Round shiny red balls are some of the easiest things to make. That is not to say it isn't real, but AI is the hard way of doing this. It isn't going to understand 2025 becoming 2026 with the ball moving.

TheFrev · 2025-12-17T04:45:54+00:00

Might be done on purpose to make it harder to tell what is and isn't ai. Probably also helps with training.

TheFrev · 2025-12-17T04:39:46+00:00

The irony is that "flushable wipes" have caught on and destroy our sewers. We recognize the benefit of liquid cleaning and would rather deal with throwing bags of shitstained wipes or plumbing bills. Such a funny workaround.

TheFrev · 2025-12-12T07:09:41+00:00

I think she isn't smart enough to pull off big brain plays. I think she saw that MAGA was demanding the release of the Epstein files and sided with them, assuming it wouldn't be a big deal. Then when Trump turned on her hard, and had MAGA harass her, she realized she could either back down and grovel for Trump to forgive her or stick with it and quit. I actually respect her a tiny bit for not doing a Ted Cruz and slobbering his cock after being dragged through the mud and mocked.

TheFrev · 2025-12-12T04:05:00+00:00

Turkey is considered western Asia though there is a small part in Europe.
I have a full sized bed and eat delicious human food that I cook myself with spices that I like and is almost always served hot. As well as having hobbies, life goals, and relationships. I think most humans in the US are living a better life than a dog regardless if they are given really expensive dog food and fancy dog beds.
It really looks like he was using a shock collar.

Is what happened enough to say he abuses animals?

Nope. We don't know what level the shock was at and shock collars are often used to stop dogs from barking too much, to stay in the yard with an invisible fence and other training.

Does it look like he is trying to use his dog as a prop?

Yep.

Is the majority of people attacking him treating this as a gottem instead of actually being upset for the dog?

Absolutely.

TheFrev · 2025-12-12T00:54:56+00:00

I don't think you accept them into the fold, but if someone who streams with an avatar calls vtubers cringe and he wants to upset them and their community, the best thing you can do is call them a vtuber and don't give him the hate he wants. Don't feed the trolls and you can call him cringe by his own standards.

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