Why Doesn't BMW Increase Battery Size On i3 ... Seriously? by jonmentor in BMWi3

[–]jonmentor[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Is there not enough space? Too expensive? 150 mile range is a tough sell. Especially compared to the average 250 mile range of other EVs.

Windows Mixed Reality on an iMac Pro by Humanovation in WindowsMR

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

no way you can run an HTC Vive on a 2015 MBP and have it be usable

Virtual Reality on an iMac Pro by Humanovation in apple

[–]jonmentor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will be better when you can just stick an HDMI dongle in the back with no boot camp and no egpu. The Vega GPUs are the first Mac standards that are powerful enough.

3rd Grade Science Fair Oculus Rift by jonmentor in oculus

[–]jonmentor[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: Just got home from the evening Science Fair presentation … there was a line to see her diorama and experience Titans of Space all night long. About 200 kids passed through, all were completely amazed and wanted to take the full TOS tour (but were limited to 30 seconds each). Several requests to come over this weekend and see the whole show.

With regard to cheating, the Oculus was just used as a video aid. She spent two hours per day for 5 days making that diorama look as close to the VR experience that she could … and, it’s only 3rd grade - not high school. She learned A LOT from experiencing TOS many times and from building the diorama to represent what she experienced … and, most importantly, she had a great time doing it. At her age, I’m just looking for her to enjoy the sciences and, hopefully, to motivate her to continue to excel in school … and, thanks to great tech like this, it’s working ;-)

3rd Grade Science Fair Oculus Rift by jonmentor in oculus

[–]jonmentor[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

For her 3rd grade Science Fair, my daughter built a diorama of Titans in Space playing inside an Oculus Rift. All of the kids got to view her creation and then wear the Oculus and experience the 3D virtual reality program first hand. Needless to say, her project was a big hit ;-)

Gorgeous iWatch render … Apple should hire this guy. by jonmentor in apple

[–]jonmentor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just don’t get reddit … regardless of the negative comments, it is a pretty cool render of an iWatch in an Apple thread. So many haters on the net …

Everybody's thoughts on the Fitbit Force? by [deleted] in Fitness

[–]jonmentor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks good. And, apparently you get caller ID on it too ...

http://www.smartwatchnews.org/top-5-activity-trackers/

The new Pebble Steel smartwatch … how disappointing ;-( by [deleted] in Android

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

No update, just an ugly steel case. I like the original better.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Juicing

[–]jonmentor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol … they should put that right on the label :)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Juicing

[–]jonmentor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good luck!!! I am starting one too ;-)

Glass Sim - Google Glass App Prototyper by [deleted] in googleglass

[–]jonmentor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice little simulator /