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Comment Re:Optical media sucks... (Score 1) 182

Thanks bro, but I think you should also educated yourself about something called CONTEXT. I know very well that tapes are pretty good media for long term storage and back up for today demands. But compared to a optical disk capable of 1PB storage, they'll lose in pretty much all aspects.

Nice job isolating a single sentence out of my entire post just bring up completely offtopic information just to make a fool of yourself. Congratulations.

Comment Awesome (Score 1) 99

Now that they got the procedure I hope they do that with Einstein's brain and, after that, let it rest in peace with the rest of the body. That is assuming that the cellular structure is still intact after half a century inside a jar. Then delete IBM watson and instead install the observed model along side an appropriate bio-physic-chemical engine on the hardware and we can finally enjoy the new age of singularity and no need to think anymore.

Comment Re:Optical media sucks... (Score 1) 182

How the fuck this comment is tagged Insightful? This is probably one of the biggest displays of ignorance I've seen in a long time. Do you even know how large data centers perform back ups. Using ****ing magnetic tapes(5TB by Fujitu being the biggest I've heard of). Tapes are big, slow as hell and one of the unreliable. A CD sized disk capable of 1PB is a god send. Life is much more than buying shitty DVDs at Costco. And that is only one of the obvious applications for this tech that comes to my mind.

Comment Re:HD is not enough (Score 1) 104

I tried Sony's headset last year and almost forked over $800 for it. Same resolution as the current OR headsets.

Not same. The HMZ has two 720p displays. The current OR DK has one divided in half. Even their newest 1080p prototype, which is a 1080p display divided in half, has a smaller resolution than the HMZ if you count out the unused border pixels. Saying that the new OR is a Full HD device is like saying the 3DS resolution is 240x800.
Anyway the HMZ and OR are two very different products. They both fall under the head mount display category, but the OR is optimized for VR while the HMZ is optimized for movies/TV and "standard" non-immersive gaming.

. But what do we have on the consumer market that can drive 4k displays? Nothin'.

Eyeinfinity capable cards have been able to drive resolutions way beyond 4k using multiple monitors during real time gaming. VR headsets are very niche. People that buy these toys have a beast of a PC already. 4k is nothing. What we need are the actual displays. As for the Mac Pro part of your comment, the Mac Pro is advertising better/faster 4k video and image editing. 4k video output has been available for ages. On top of that the new Mac Pro is still a horrible gaming machine, as it uses workstation/server class components.

Comment Re:I was wondering that (Score 1) 104

They probably received. Just didn't accept. But the chances they didn't get offers is pretty big as well and for a number of reasons. The tech is relatively "new". The concept/design is just a rehash of VR from the 90's but with modern electronic components, but because it's been so far nonexistent in the consumer market it can be considered a novelty. And because of that nobody really knows how well it will do in the market. Here is a small list of uncertainties. There are much more than that but that is what I can take of the top of my head:

-While OR seems to be popular in the internet gaming microcosm, how is the average gamer is going to react to it? Is VR the next "motion controller"? Genuinely useful and interesting, sometimes over-hyped by the media but in the eventually becoming "boring" due to bad/repetitive execution or lack of innovative content?
-Is the business model sustainable? $300(or less) for a very niche device in a company that seems to be under a bubble effect doesn't look very good in the long term. The OR is too expensive for the average Joe but to cheap to print money on the niche market.
-OculusVR has no IP at all(other than a proprietary API and the brand). I could create a competing product prototype today using just scraps. If I can, sony/nintendo/etc can easily do and for much cheaper so there is no reason to pay millions for something you could build it yourself for a few hundred thousands. And if they do, OculusVR is dead as a company. Personally I actually want a competitor to appear soon(I support them but I'm not by any means a fan), I just hope is not an electronics Juggernaut that will destroy the "indie" competition.(although after this E3, I bet my ass sony will be showing off a VR solution(not the HMZ personal display) for the PS4 and maybe even Vita by the next E3.)
-It's a gaming device. An accessory. The gaming industry is worth tens of billions, but almost all this money is on the software side of the industry. Because I see those major consoles sometimes struggling to break even, I think it's safe to say that the OR challenge has just begun and they might actually have some really dark times in the future.
-Is immersion really the holy grail of gaming? Most of the best selling games are not even first person games. Not sure if I should have made a bullet point about it, but it reinforces the idea of niche content.

I applaud the initiative (I even bought a dev kit that hasn't arrived yet) but it's a high risk low return business.

Comment I was wondering that (Score 4, Interesting) 104

It's been a year since the kickstarter funding and the company formation. They got 2.5M from kickstarter and I suppose another 2.5~3.5 as a personal investment from the current CEO. So they basically had around 6M in the bank at start.
Then they hired a lot of people. I think they have 20 employees in total if my sources are correct. Assuming a average of 100k/person including bonuses/insurance/etc that is at least 2M/year in expenses.
Then there is renting, utilities and taxes. That is another 500k/year at least.
And finally there is the actual development/deployment of the dev kit and promotion(E3 booths, CES, etc) as well as R&D infrastructure build up so there goes most of the rest of the money.
Without this VC investment, I feared they'd sell off and/or close doors in a question of months. I just hope the VCs don't let their "expertise" go out of control.

Comment Re:HD is not enough (Score -1) 104

Please don't trust opinions you read on the internet. Most people who tried it were either journalists(which won't complain about it as it's a "hot" item and they don't want to displease the "hivemind" and lose readers), some game devs(mostly for a similar reason) and fanboys. Plus there is no competition so there is nothing to direct compare it against. The best I can come up with is the HMZ which is designed as a personal display(basically a big 3DTV only you can see) for movies and games, not a VR device. Don't get me wrong, it's a great device. Just overhyped as hell.

Comment Re:Who cares? (Score 2) 463

This pisses me off, as a former Sony victim I want that company to die horribly. Come on, Sony, follow Microsoft's lead and let Nintendo have the game business!

This is nothing but a display of ignorance. Sony did lot's of bad things in the past indeed, but they're are under the new leadership(Kaz Hirai) since Q1 last year and since them they've been doing quite a lot great things. Open source android projects, semi-open game platforms, restructure of the company and product lines and removal of incompetent staff just to name a few. To demonize the whole company because the poor choices of a few is just not fair.
By the way, your beloved Nintendo has a fair share of black history as well. This whole closed console DRM plagued business is their ****ing invention, let alone their love for proprietary formats.

Comment First World Problems (Score 1) 737

1) I don't see man complaining about the Gears of Wars like gorillas or the Final Fantasy like bishounen, both of which can be considered sexist as any female counter part.

2) Classic art is filled with sexism and now is praised by the whole globe and worth millions. Give it time and the original copies of the official artwork of Ivy or Mai will be worth more than most of us will in our entire lifetime.

3) sex > violence

Comment The concept is great but there is a major flaw (Score 1) 154

And that flaw is the standard motherboard and by extension the heavily dependency on standard components. Standard components are awesome, in particular if you want to build your own machine.
This is something to be more like a game console with PC concept of upgradability. So, in my opinion, they should have kept only the gaming related components standard(CPU, GPU and memory). Everything else should be integrated in a custom and clean motherboard just like the old school Mac Pros were(RIP).
If I have to deal with all those cables, standard fan, power supply unit and harddrive bays, I rather just build my own from scratch. It's also going to be cheaper.

Comment Re:Placebo effect? (Score 1) 311

Same here. Unless it's some sort of TMS which actually creates electrical currents inside the brain through and electromagnetic field I just don't see non invasive electrical stimulation happening. If you count scalp and skull and everything are exists between them I just don't any significant amount of electricity passing through the brain(unless you want to burn your hair).

Comment PS4 looks really nice but one thing bugs me (Score 1) 509

Just like the PS3 it has a removable and upgradable standard 2.5" HDD(confirmed you can easily google for the source). No complaints at all but that just makes me wish for an SD card compatible PS Vita.
That and the fact you have to subscribe to PSN+ for online multiplayer. I'm a PSN+ subscriber, it's an excellent service that pays for itself with the great discounts and free games(plus I like the cloud saves) but forcing it on everyone is a dick move. They don't need to do that given the current success of the product and the apparent bright future, I'm sure PSN+ will be even more profitable and successful in the future without having to handicap standard PSN members

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