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I work at a hotel in the historic district of Charleston (SC) that doesn't allow gaudy neon signs and people have a hard time finding us (thanks Mapquest). This would be a GPS feature that showed on the windshield a little bar or something kinda like the bat signal where we are. I know some of the
car video games have something like this to show you where you need to go. I want this in real life...just plug in the address and when you're within 2 miles or so, it activates, letting you know the general direction you need to head at least. Since they already have cars that display speed and other things (?) on the windshield, this shouldn't be too much more of a distraction.
Augmented Reality
http://www.howstuff...gmented-reality.htm
[xaviergisz, Aug 23 2005]
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I like it. Very handy if it gives a little more data than just general direction. Just don't fill my windshield with too much info. It will interrupt the time I spend talking on my cell phone while watching DVDs, eating breakfast, and changing CDs. |
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I'd love a car like that with this extra feature. |
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But where is Charleston and what does (SC) mean? |
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Charleston, South Carolina. An old city in one of 13 original colonies. |
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Of the United States (hey, it's the World wide web, you know). |
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[Worldgineer] Sorry, I thought '13 colonies' would give it away, but only too late did I remember that most of the world doesn't really care about United States history. |
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this wouldn't help at all in Oxford (which state is that in? I forget. oh yes, Oxfordshire.) |
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Right. Um..."doesn't really care about what the United States has done since 1776." (Damn the teachers here - they kept telling us it was history). |
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[Sleeka] We all assumed you were talking about Battlestar Galactica... |
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WTCTTISITVGWIBNIIWR no [mfd] for now, as this seems a bit more than a straight up rip off from a video game, but not much. |
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Thanks [sleeka]. So no neon signs allowed in a city in the USA? That's a very good sign for the american mental heatlh in general. You americans never cease to amaze me. And I still like the idea. |
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The signs may only be banned in Charleston's historic district (read: really old part that was heavily involved in the civil war...U.S. version, of course). Unfortunately, [zeno], this kind of behavior, such as the banning of neon, is not very common. |
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The 13 colonies? I thought there were Twelve Colonies? Unless you're counting Kobol, of course... |
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I always had trouble with those little arrows in the video games. I would want to follow them exactly, and end up running into trees, buildings, other cars, etc. Not a big deal in the game, but more of a hassle in real life, what with all the legal forms you have to fill out afterwards. |
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More recent games have an intelligent arrow that directs you down the specific road you need to take, rather than just pointing as-the-crow-flies. But, since that's basically how a GPS nav system works, I would say this idea is baked already. More than baked: current navigation systems do better than the arrow -- they tell you when to turn so you don't even have to look for a visible indicator. |
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[DrCurry] You forgot to count the mythical 'lost' 13th colony. - Earth |
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It may be dangerous, and of dubious functionality, but when did that ever matter? This would be an entertaining addition to in-car sat-nav systems, and as such +. |
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Hey! Why all the Charleston bashing? Not all of America is bad...just most of it. Sorry, I should have elaborated in the post. This wouldn't be the little arrows. It would be a holographic cylinder pointing in the sky from the general direction of the destination like the cars that have the speed holographed (?) on the windshield.
Some of you guys act like it's still Colonial times around here. Come visit us sometime; just not in the summer. Yeah, unfortunately, the neon sign ban is only in the historic district.
Also, how is this a WTCTTISITVGWIBNIIWR? It's inspired from a video game, but it's definitely bakable. |
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So you mean that cylider like in Crazy Taxi? I love that game, sounds good to me. + |
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But bakable? First you have to solve the problem of cheap, tiny, and low-powered holography, but once you have that, no problems! The whole "holographic" dashboard cars have now relies on a reflection on the inside of the windshield, so that technology doesn't apply to anyplace inside the car except directly in front of the driver. Unless you want to set up strategic image projectors throughout the car that will reflect off various windows to give the illusion of a cylinder floating in space. Or something. |
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I dunno, I think I'll stick with having a friend in the next seat with a map and compass. And some sharp eyes to spot little wooden signs. |
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Yeah, just like Crazy Taxi. I think this would be possible in conjunction with a GPS navigation system if someone took the time and effort to do it. It surely won't be me. |
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