Any online gamer can tell you that lag is the fastest and most frustrating way to go from a righteous killing spree to getting teabagged by a swarm of demons, but what if this terrible affliction affected people in real life?
Swedish utility provider Umeå Energi played around with this notion in a new ad for its fiber-optic internet service. Four volunteers, equipped with Oculus Rift headsets, go about their daily lives, only with a slight delay fed to them by the VR headsets. The Rifts used in the ad are outfitted with forward-facing cameras that feed laggy video into each wearer's eyepieces. Activities like table tennis, making eggs, and taking a dance class all become comically difficult with this real world lag.
You may laugh now, but this could be your future when a buggy firmware update for your bionic eyes in 2064 causes the world to glitch out.
From BEN Latest News: www.benlatestnews.com
Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/benlatestnews
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Home »
» Oculus Rift injects real life with lag, hilarity ensues
Oculus Rift injects real life with lag, hilarity ensues
08:40
No comments
Related Posts:
Oldham alley teen's post-mortem tests 'inconclusive'Post-mortem tests on the body of a teenager found in an alleyway in Oldham proved inconclusive, say police. The 15-year-old's death is unexplained, Greater Manchester Police confirmed. He was named locally as Leon Cudwor… Read More
Actress Ellen Page tells Las Vegas audience she is lesbianEllen Page: "I am here today because I am gay" Actress Ellen Page, who starred as a pregnant teenager in Juno in 2006, has declared she is lesbian. "I am tired of hiding and I am tired of lying by omission,&qu… Read More
Egypt's Morsi stands trial on spying and teror chargesMr Morsi was ousted by the military last July and is facing three other legal casesDeposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has begun a new trial, on charges of espionage and conspiring to commit acts of terror.He and 35 oth… Read More
UK floods: Army to carry out 'rapid inspection' of defencesA further 5,000 troops are available to help flood-stricken communities, the defence secretary saidThe Army is to carry out a "rapid inspection" of the nation's flood defences to assess the damage left by unprec… Read More
Syria talks: UK and France blame government for collapseHoms is one of several cities to have suffered extensive damage in the conflictThe UK and France have blamed the Syrian government for the collapse of peace talks with the opposition in Geneva."The responsibility for it … Read More
0 comments:
Post a Comment