Ricky Gervais owes Karl Pilkington an apology.

That's because after years of half cocked "Imagine the possibilities!" pot smoking nonsense, all they came back with were black and white checkerboard floors, and miscellaneous Greek and Roman columns interspersed in the environment. Ridiculous shortcomings on promises made by a generation that shall forever be enshrined in that Weird Al music video, or that Simpsons Halloween episode.

Meanwhile the rest of us dropped the farking elitist pre-neo-hipster "WOW Tha Future!" pretense of so called "Virtual Reality" and developed a little thing called the games industry and Hollywood CGI. You might have seen it.

So this means we can all get HUDs like Jensen's?

Awesome!

Look like someone has been watching Torchwood...

....the light, the heat?

/you're welcome

God dammit! I've been wearing glasses for 20 mutherfarking years just so I could get a cheap hud projected on my glasses attached via the frame. And now some douchebag has created a hud for contact lenses......

Every single technological innovation seems to be 'for the troops'.

"Think of individuals who pilot drones, the ones that fly or the ones for bomb disposal," Willey added. "Or think of medics, who can get information very quickly from the soldier and from headquarters and relay it back. Or think of soldiers who need a display who have a gun in their hands and can't have something obstructing their vision for safety and mobility issues

I understand that most of this sort of research has to be painted this way so they can get that sweet DoD funding... I just wish it wasn't the case. I can think of a hundred everyday uses for this technology that doesn't include killing people.

I can't wait to Augment my wife.

APPROVES:

Saborlas: The problem with 90s VR is we didn't have the processing power to run good graphics. I'd like to see some VR done with the latest GeForce card.

Wait you are telling me I couldn't do the stuff in this video in the 90s was because the technology wasn't there and not because I only had 4 megs on my 486's video card

Will we see Russell Crowe?

Okay, here it is:

Sid 6.7



Vs.

JOBE!

SpocksEars: I can't wait to Augment my wife.

You know you can pop the fleshlight 'wife' open and but a faster motor in there right?

the_sidewinder: /He never asked for this
//myself, on the other hand

I'd love the sliding forearm knives, that could be quite handy in the kitchen.

Reminds me of this...

Virtual Reality Troopers! VR!

Came for Ready Player One reference, leaving disappointed....

SpocksEars: I can't wait to Augment my wife.

I already did, meh.

Samwise Gamgee: Every single technological innovation seems to be 'for the troopers'.

I just want to live long enough to see interactive holodeck porn

cetacei: I just want to live long enough to see interactive holodeck porn

A fully-functioning holodeck would mean the end of the human race.

My wife complained the last time I got comeback in her eyes.

I really really want this, but I'm rather afraid of how poor the reporting has been on this. Not a single article has any decent information about this, nor any pictures. Has anyone seen Innovega's website? Frightful! http://innovega-inc.com/

Perhaps they're just a totally tech-focused company and aren't worried about a bad website and poor interviews.

From one short blurb within the SA article, it sounds like the contacts might just be to refocus the user's eyes on a small head mounted display, rather than being the displays themselves. This would be a very good idea for shrinking a head mounted display, since much of the bulk in current HMDs is the lenses. That and you wouldn't need wires going into your eyes for the suggested contact-displays.

Does anyone else have any info on this stuff?

"future versions could involve lenses directly implanted within the eye, researchers added"

You know who else uses implants?

/hotlinked

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: "future versions could involve lenses directly implanted within the eye, researchers added"

You know who else uses implants?

/hotlinked

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Any idea who the dude under the makeup is? I swear he looks familiar, maybe seen him in another show sort of thing.

bittermang: hat's because after years of half cocked "Imagine the possibilities!" pot smoking nonsense, all they came back with were black and white checkerboard floors, and miscellaneous Greek and Roman columns interspersed in the environment. Ridiculous shortcomings on promises

Like 3D printing and Space Nuttery, then?

sarah_t_s: Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf: "future versions could involve lenses directly implanted within the eye, researchers added"

You know who else uses implants?

/hotlinked

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Any idea who the dude under the makeup is? I swear he looks familiar, maybe seen him in another show sort of thing.

No idea. I just image googled "borg"