this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2024
125 points (100.0% liked)

Gaming

30544 readers
468 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org
gyrfalcon@beehaw.org
Whom@beehaw.org
The_Hunted_One@beehaw.org
chloyster@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
125
Disney Unveils the Holotile Floor Inching Us Closer to a Real Life Holodeck (www.ign.com)
submitted 9 months ago by rgb3x3@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

This technology looks legitimately impressive.

Here's a video of it working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Sh6mu4zbs&t=1

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] thebuoyancyofcitrus@beehaw.org 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

This problem had already been solved https://i.makeagif.com/media/3-03-2015/at5UtW.gif

[–] Jaytreeman@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

And Jesus wept!

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So, that was a passive tech, keeping you in a place, and this actively works to steer you to where you need to be. This seems better in the long run for that purpose even though it's much more complicated.

[–] thebuoyancyofcitrus@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

Oh, I agree. I'm duly impressed. It's just that I immediately thought back to that scene from community. I'm not good about remembering to call out my sarcasm.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately inertia presents a problem it's the same with omnidirectional treadmills. https://youtu.be/fvu5FxKuqdQ