Despite an update to the update Microsoft claims fixes the system freeze, I have yet to get Anniversary update to work correctly. Freezes my entire machine a few minutes after login. Here's hoping there's an update to the update to the update.

I'm pretty sure the Enterprise being able to travel underwater in Into Darkness is more of a "a twisting of Gene's creation".

I've quit without notice twice. In both cases the employers were maliciously incompetent--I was sure I wanted to burn the bridge, sink the boats, and raze the village. The last thing I wanted was a good reference from these people. In both cases, the companies went out of business--shocker.

In other cases I've given a month+ notice because I worked for great people and cool companies, I just had found a better opportunity.

Or my favorite: "Pioneers get arrows in the back."

Heh--no NDA with the public demo! They had invite only demo events all around the country. I wrote up a review of it here:

http://ralphbarbagallo.com/201...

I've spent a decent amount of time with HoloLens including trying out the included apps and I can say this is very impressive. The small FOV makes it hard to use as an extra (infinite) set of monitors. But you can definitely get the feel for how this future will work from this device--it's surprisingly fast, lightweight, and produces some great looking graphics.

You can indeed slap windows in the real world and they'll stay there forever. And, people/objects in the real world will occlude your windows when they move in front of it.

It's really kind of awesome.

Microsoft told me this during the public demos they gave out a few months back. This isn't secret information.

BTW it's awesome and really works--it has a low FOV, but you kind of forget about it. One question I couldn't get answered....is it running Windows RT? It's the only way I figure they can get that much battery life out of Windows on a chipset that fits in a headset.

Every time someone says to me, "You make apps?? I have this idea..." I'll just refer them to this site whether it's good or not. I just need an effective way to shut down these conversations immediately.

This will only happen when they can make robots powered by cocaine.

I don't know where the tipping point is, but having owned an EV (well, a Volt) for a year I can say it's not any time soon. Here in California, electricity is as expensive (if not more so) than gas. There's still sparse charging infrastructure, and even if there wasn't--until you can get at least 50% of a charge in the same amount of time it takes to fill a gas car's tank up, I don't think we'll see this tipping point. It still takes 30 minutes to "quick charge" a Leaf. Otherwise, EV use will still require owning a home to have your own high-speed charger, and the concept home ownership is a relic of the past for most people aside from the extremely rich (for whom a Tesla is the equivalent of a Toyota Corolla).

I think Microsoft may be able to get away with this on a technicality because the waveguide used in the glasses may be a holographic material. Kind of like this http://physicsworld.com/cws/ar...

There's just not a lot of funding sources for games--this is likely the only deal they could get of this size.

Unfortunately, it's common for publishers to demand radical changes in game projecgts without any schedule or budget modification. This has sunk many studios--it's one of the reasons why there aren't many mid-sized game studios left. Large publishers always prioritize their internal projects--external developers get the shaft.

Apple bought Primesense, which makes the sensor in the original Kinect. I bet they can't meet demand because they cant get the chips anymore. The Kinect 2 is a totally different tech. Maybe they'll sell a Windows version of that?

I use MavenLink to track projects for non programmers (artists on m games, mostly). It's pretty straightforward--you pay a monthly fee per user.

Regardless of lens quality, "foveated rendering" is useful for reducing rendering complexity of stuff in your peripheral vision you don't really see. But I think VR/AR Is hitting the wall with how good you can make LCD screens smashed up against your eyes look. Virtual Retina Displays seem MUCH sharper to me. Tried an Avegant Glyph awhile back and the detail was pretty great. It's super frustrating in Oculus to not be able to read text unless you move your head so that it's positioned in the center of the lens.