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living with lag - an oculus rift experiment

umeaenergi · 6.3M views · 2014-04-27 · 2:59

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Overview

A Swedish fiber provider's short experiment in which volunteers wear Oculus Rift headsets that add lag to their view of real life. They try to do everyday tasks like making pancakes.

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Cited as a funny illustration of how lag wrecks hand-eye coordination.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2014–2023

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VR, AR & spatial computingNetworking & internet infrastructurePsychology & human behavior
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alfonsodev · 2023-06 · Reference

I thought so but what about the camera position not being same as your eyes, would you be able to drink from a cup of coffee and coordinate? Or have a similar experience to the living with lag video, this time no because time lag, but eye hand not coordinating. [VIDEO]

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e12e · 2015-04 · Joke / meme

I came across this (which is a commercial so exaggerates the lag) -- but still quite hilarious (Swedish audio): [VIDEO]

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prawn · 2014-11 · Joke / meme

I agree. Here's a clever promo showing people trying to live with a Rift showing them a lagged version of reality. I laugh so hard when he tries to make a pancake. [VIDEO]

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