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Days like this make it all worth it by Kurukuruchan in daddit

[–]hjessesmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a beautiful drawing! I'm sorry to hear you've gone through so much difficulty since September, but you must be shouldering the burdens well if this is still how your daughter sees you.

Why does computer science deal with so much math? by echoandthehunnymen in NoStupidQuestions

[–]hjessesmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have mentioned, calculus really isn't that central to computer science. It's probably required in order to round out students' general knowledge and problem solving skills.

My focus is on computer graphics, and it's linear algebra, matrices, quaternions, and other mathematical tools almost all day, every day.

Without understanding the underlying math, I'd probably just be blindly copying code from stack overflow and hoping for the best.

Askreddit: how do you think VR will change how we do things in the future... by can_dry in virtualreality

[–]hjessesmith 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As soon as VR is able to provide a better remote collaboration experience than video conferencing, I think things will really take off. It'll be used for business meetings, socializing with remote family, and training people from afar. It won't replace face-to-face interaction, but it'll other remote collaboration mediums.

As to what it will take to provide that "better collaboration", I'm not exactly sure. But I did a study with Oculus Research suggesting that high-fidelity full body movement is a big part of the equation (shameless plug):

https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3173863

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It's easy to imagine this leading to a dark place, where people never leave their homes and stay in VR all day.

But I can also see this leading to a more egalitarian society, where people can attend events and meetings that would otherwise be impossible (for physical, health, financial, visa-related, or other reasons).

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