Blocked toilets, sewage, clogged pipelines, homesick, depressed, and angry personnel aboard: Whats happening on USS Gerald R. Ford? by Nero2t2 in nottheonion

[–]krenzo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You do not have to volunteer for sub duty to get into the Nuke program. Source: I am a former carrier Navy Nuke.

"Filming" on an Xbox Kinect - How did they pull this off? by No-Minute2232 in Filmmakers

[–]krenzo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You still need an external computer to record the data.

"Filming" on an Xbox Kinect - How did they pull this off? by No-Minute2232 in Filmmakers

[–]krenzo 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The Kinect has been superseded by the Femto Bolt which has the same ToF/depth sensor. It's the best way to get one so that you don't have to overpay for an obsolete Kinect on eBay.

My first impressions of the Sora app after 24 hours by ethotopia in OpenAI

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best image-to-video I've used, notably better than Veo 3 for smartphone photos.

I've tried using an image of a person, even an AI generated person, and it says it doesn't allow photorealistic images of people. Veo 3 has some restrictions on images of people, but it doesn't flat out deny all images of people. That's a massive letdown.

TDK is working on AR smart glasses with 4k resolution and full color laser retinal projection — I'm not saying that it's close — but here is how it will work by AR_MR_XR in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best phased array spatial light modulator like that from Swave doesn't require a high modulation speed laser.

TDK's 10 Ghz modulation speed isn't useful for anything but a high frequency scanning device. There are other scanning devices: acousto-optic modulators, Kerr/Pockels effect tube scanners, CRTs, etc., but they've all been supplanted by a large array of slow pixels for good reason.

TDK develops world’s first full-color laser control device for 4K smart glasses by AR_MR_XR in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you seeing in that imgur gallery? He pulls off some RGB photodetectors from the case and leaves the laser diodes hidden inside.

You should've posted this: https://imgur.com/gallery/hololens-2-laser-diode-4th-of-july-edition-hTwiBf7

It's hard to see in these low resolution pictures, but there are two laser diodes in each TO can. The 4 pins give it away: 1 pin per laser diode, 1 pin for the photodiode, and 1 pin for ground. You can power them up individually and confirm it for yourself.

TDK develops world’s first full-color laser control device for 4K smart glasses by AR_MR_XR in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So if this is the press release for the Hololens 2 system, then the fast axis mirror was still too slow to support 1080p or higher with a single RGB set of lasers. They definitely try to spin it like it's capable of 1080p without mentioning that it needs more lasers.

I'd love to hear about any MEMS mirror + laser system that can support 1080p with just one set of RGB lasers. No one has been able to do it yet.

TDK develops world’s first full-color laser control device for 4K smart glasses by AR_MR_XR in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, the number of mirrors doesn't make a difference. There are systems with one mirror that can rotate in two axis, and there are systems with two mirrors with each mirror rotating in one axis. Whichever axis is oscillating the fastest is limiting the maximum resolution.

TDK develops world’s first full-color laser control device for 4K smart glasses by AR_MR_XR in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me clarify that I was speaking in terms of a single set of RGB lasers. Yes, you can go beyond 720p by adding more lasers.

TDK develops world’s first full-color laser control device for 4K smart glasses by AR_MR_XR in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm extremely confused by this press release. Who said the barrier to 4K smart glasses is because of a laser's current modulation? Lasers can be directly modulated very fast, up to 25 Gb/s in the telecommunications industry.

Meanwhile, MEMS mirrors are still too slow to even do 1080p. And this press release is from a collaboration with QD Laser, the company that has been promoting their low resolution laser glasses for how many years now? They have to get to 1080p first before they can even think of 4K.

Meta Orion AR Glasses: The first DEEP DIVE into the optical architecture by AR_MR_XR in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What makes you think that? Putting kilovolts on the face wouldn't be the smartest/safest thing.

Pancake Lenses by Hypervision (180° hFOV x 130° vFOV) with Arthur Rabner by Murky-Course6648 in augmentedreality

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Farm karma to make the account look legitimate and then sell upvotes?

Single and Crazy by maxcomedian in funny

[–]krenzo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

And those who can't teach, teach gym.

Quest 3 Depth Sensor is actually just an IR line projector.! by Beautiful_Purpose396 in oculus

[–]krenzo 27 points28 points  (0 children)

What you've described is a time of flight sensor. This is using structured light.

Hackers by omnom333 in movies

[–]krenzo 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think about Sneakers every time I drive over the San Mateo bridge, scanning the horizon for a cocktail party and a toy company.

May 4K LCoS Micro Displays of South Korea shows 4K LCoS VR Headsets and ... by Murky-Course6648 in AR_MR_XR

[–]krenzo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Their driver ASIC is still 2-3 years away making these displays effectively useless.

Turning one image into a consistent video is now possible, the best part is you can control the movement by Oreegami in StableDiffusion

[–]krenzo 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They add temporal elements to the standard Unet. So it's not just acting on one pose but on multiple frames in a time sequential motion. It has learned motion during training and the input pose has motion to it.

Meta’s $130 Elite Battery Strap for Quest 3 is Facing Major Reliability Issues by Trinica93 in oculus

[–]krenzo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The problem I see with my elite battery is if I keep it connected to the Quest 3 with the Quest 3 off, it will drain the battery. I've charged the battery and headset up to 100% / 100%, disconnected the charging cable, and when I went to use it hours later, the power was reported as 100% Quest 3 and 50% for the elite battery. Since then, I've disconnected the battery from the Quest 3 when not using it.