Personal Space Invaders?

DS4’s use bluetooth, so you’d have to send that signal to an analog converter which would send it to a transmitter, and you’d probably need some kind of amplifier if you wanted any kind of signal range while operating an ultralight aircraft from inside a building. After that, you could set up an HD video downlink…

I’d wager his audience is more likely to know how to do it (and get the point of him doing that) than most of the general public.

“The LM is not meant to replace traditional input devices” ...according to whom? Everything on their product page suggests otherwise. Also, I purchased mine at launch, before they had even begun doing work with VR.

Maximum Plaid? My avatar is pleased.

Ok, well I was bored today so I dug the LM out of the box, installed the new software, and gave it another shot.

That last point is one I hadn’t considered. I doubt any phone manufacturers or SIM vendors would allow phones to receive e-SIM programming without some kind of specialized hardware or software (meaning you couldn’t do it yourself). On the other hand, unauthorized e-SIM transfer would probably be a lucrative…

That makes sense, thanks for the info. It sounds like these users don’t input full numeric phone numbers manually each time they make calls, so a phone developed for them wouldn’t need a typical layout. I bet a phone could be developed with a row (or more) of transparent buttons at the top under which a small printed…

Ah, I think something was, ironically, lost in translation. I wasn’t equating intelligence with literacy at any point. I was equating intelligence with the ability to make associations between basic objects and concepts (“this SIM card has a high monetary value, leave it at home when going somewhere the phone might be…

How does someone with a complete lack of literacy manage multiple physical SIM cards? They wouldn’t be able to read the company name or locale on the card. To that end, how do they know what numbers to dial? And how do they know how much time or money is left on each card? Just to be clear, I’m not implying that they…

You seem to have misinterpreted what I wrote, and if you want to accuse someone of being condescending you probably shouldn’t do with an ad hominem response because that just makes you look like a hypocrite. My entire point was that I think those people are MORE capable of understanding things than what YOU implied.…

If a person has enough intelligence to understand that they should remove a SIM card when charging their phone in a public location because that tiny hardware component has a monetary value, they likely have enough intelligence to memorize a 4-digit PIN. And if they can understand the more advanced concept of multiple…

That hinges on there being absolutely no security of any kind on the phone. What if the phone required a two-factor authentication system to change the active e-SIM? Something like a QR code printed on a piece of paper that the camera could read, plus a PIN or password (or even a voice recognition/spoken password)?…

...at?

You obviously have some kind of personal or financial investment in the company or device, so this conversation may not go anywhere, but your points are kind of weak. I’m using a 3570k overclocked to 4.4 with a GTX980ti and 16GB of RAM with EVO 850 SSDs (500GB for OS/programs and 1TB for media streaming and storage),…

Pretty much anything. It’s okay at tracking up/down and left/right, but absolutely terrible at tracking forward/backward movement. That makes it utterly useless as any kind of pointing device (can’t click on anything, or scroll, or select text, etc). It’s also really bad at determining the position of more than one…

Leap Motion is terrible (I own one), I can only imagine what a knock-off version would be like.

The $1500 a Skully costs will get you a better helmet, a jacket, pants, boots, gloves, and a chest/back protector, if you’re into that sort of thing. Add on a Chatterbox paired to the smartphone you already own, and you’ve got everything except the HUD. That said, if money is no object I’m sure it’s a neat (if…

It’s impressive tech, but is it really useful without any tactile feedback? You’re still going to have the sensation of grabbing at phantom objects. I know there are prototypes and kickstarters for VR gloves, add this tracking tech for the individual fingers and then we’ll have a pretty solid input system.

Is there a word that means both “clickbait” and “bait & switch”?