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Ah there's much better pictures at the link... You can actually see the details there... Love the one showing the hand.
Heh, that's pretty cool, but why does he have a bike lamp on a pole sticking out of his back? Is that the Camera? If so, shouldn't it be higher like someone else suggested? He can't sit, can he? Bringing that camera up a lot will slove the problems of sitting and seeing where the damn heck he is going... Even in PSO you could sit... though only if you had a keyboard or something?
He's also missing his name, class and level floating above his head, in neon letters.
Maybe he'll do that in a Patch?
Also, is that some kind of one way window for the visor, or is he going around blind? Wait, that's a camera on his back and he's seeing himself third person? Heh, reminds me of a bit from an early DiscWorld Novel...
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But yeah, what he really needs is like 5 cameras, not one; the one-camera setup is like a car accident waiting to happen. #cosplay
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He commented on how useless that was, as it meant someone could fall down a hole right in front of them...
I think he needs to add a collar attatched to the helmet, with a camera attatched that is held behind and above his head, that will turn when he turns his head. He could perhaps make it somewhat elastic, so clipping it in place would mean he could turn his head and keep the camera static, if that was what he wanted, but he still needs to be able to see round corners.
My guess he won't be wearing this anywhere near traffic, or jocks, or etcs... #cosplay
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Pure Awesome. #cosplay
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Kinda made me feel a bit sick in the stomach watching the constant shifting and pulling of the sky... #cosplay
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Also, did anyone else catch that "Nintendo-funded study"? Yeah, I don't have a hard time believing these results at all. #wiifit
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I have better depth perception and peripheral vision than anyone i've run into, even better than snot kids these days who grew up on xbox. #army
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video games (at least FPS) have been proven to expand both depth and peripheral vision.
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I have better than 20/20 vision, but I have friends that aren't gamers who will see the smallest animal (frog, turtle, snake, etc...) on a path when I didn't even have a clue it was there when we walked by it.
They are country boys that are used to hunting or tracking animals to play with, and they just have that natural instinct to look at everything around them rather than focus on one 'objective'.
I'm sure a gamer would be much better piloting a UAV and watching the screen for anything of importance, but for the general 'walk' around awareness, my experience would go hand-in-hand with these results.
But like doubtful said, anecdote != data. #army
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spot on for peripheral vision though, i don't see how anyone playing on even a 60" screen from more than 4' away could even begin to make the argument that gaming improves peripheral vision with a straight face. here's a tip @fxsoap: peripheral vision? that's everything you can see that isn't on the screen. yeah, i'm real sure games improve how well you can focus on that. checking someone out without them noticing, on the other hand, 100% peripheral vision. so the army should obviously be hiring lecherous hunters from the country. #army
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So with the training you MUST go through in order to be successful and see these things, wouldn't it make sense that you are learning to notice things outside of the normal field of view? #army
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Because we draw on our past experience to guide us in our present, those with applicable experience in real life 3d simply have better experience to draw upon than those with applicable experience in 2d.
Additionally, the 3d world is not fixed. Details in a gaming environment are overlooked because they're constant. Once they are learned, they are ignored. #army