A Digital Escape [AR/air filter idea for SR?], Digital rose-colored glasses |
A Digital Escape [AR/air filter idea for SR?], Digital rose-colored glasses |
May 17 2008, 03:25 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 5-January 08 From: Hiding from a Thor shot Member No.: 15,044 |
I'm not all that keen on their prototype styling, but I could easily picture this on the AR-enabled streets of SR Seattle:
frogConcept: A Digital Escape It's a concept design for partial face mask that replaces a wearer's senses with artificial overlays, relieving the unpleasantness of a dystopian world (the designer's ad copy reads as something straight from an AAA marketing dept.). I could easily see it on the streets of 2071, receiving AR input and filtering out smog. Various fashion designs could be popular with masks depicting sim-star faces, shamanic masks, 6th world metahuman archetypes (for Orc or Elf poseurs), and maybe even critters (well, at least dragons). And for 'Runners, a fashionable way to defeat facial recognition systems. |
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May 17 2008, 03:39 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,188 Joined: 9-February 08 From: Boiling Springs Member No.: 15,665 |
That is the freakiest thing I have ever seen. HardSix, the next line is NOT directed to you, it's directed to the company that makes this shit.
This mask is also, IMHO, insane and stupid. Really, if you don't like the world you're in, do something about it! Besides it looks REALLY dumb. |
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May 17 2008, 03:49 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,219 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lofwyr's stomach. Member No.: 1,320 |
I Think this is a gag product. I hope this is a gag product.
And yes, this is essentially how most wage-slaves in SR get through the day. They simply have their AR edit out anything they don't want to see. There are no bums on the street corner, the sky is always rosy blue, and everything smells like roses. Why bother fixing the world for real? |
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May 17 2008, 03:56 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
im jumping between "me wants" and "WTF" here!
btw, frog design have put into image a lot of "blue sky" concepts over the years. here is something they came up with for motorola when bluetooth was hot new tech: http://www.frogdesign.com/case-study/motor...es-concept.html |
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May 17 2008, 04:52 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,266 Joined: 3-June 06 From: UK Member No.: 8,638 |
In the 6th World I think AR editing of the environment would be the way most people would cope with the unpleasantness of it all. The city council doesn't need to pay for beautifying the neighbourhood or cleaning up graffiti, it just has an AR overlay generated which anyone looking around with AR can enjoy or appreciate. Even when hacker thrill gangs deface it, such things can be deleted and cleaned far more easily.
However, as far as transplanting this product into SR, it's not really required when you can use simsense to replace any or part or all of your sensorium. But don't despair about making your runner anonymous. with the smog and acid rain and occasional showers of ash (in Seattle at any rate - IIRC there's a sodding great volcano that has been recently active) Anyone in their right mind is going to be wearing goggles and facemasks and various other PPE, which will effectively negate any facial recognition attempts, even by your friends. Hmmm.. Note to self, make players aware that this is the norm, and encourage them to purchase chemical sealed clothes and masks or just give them level one stuff as standard. |
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May 17 2008, 05:11 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 42 Joined: 5-January 08 From: Hiding from a Thor shot Member No.: 15,044 |
That is the freakiest thing I have ever seen. HardSix, the next line is NOT directed to you, it's directed to the company that makes this shit. This mask is also, IMHO, insane and stupid. Really, if you don't like the world you're in, do something about it! Besides it looks REALLY dumb. Oh yeah, I'm with you 100%. It's something I very highly doubt I'd ever wear (at least while sober), but the marketing speak/pitch for it seemed like something right out of classic cyberpunk. The typical wageslave/suburber would feel too powerless or depressed to attempt to change the world, so this would help him avoid those nasty stressors completely. It'd also probably be cheaper than AR-cyberware. Poseur transhumanists, 70's youth, and hipsters/clubsters would buy them as fashion and to assert their 'individuality' (even though the masks would be mass-produced by megacorps in specific styles for their target demographics - 'individuality', ha!). But part of being a good Runner is the art of learning how not to be seen, so they'd be good public disguise. Edit: Now I'm imagining kids running around with these things seeing the world as an AR-enhanced version of GTA 12 or something similar. |
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May 19 2008, 04:32 PM
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The Dragon Never Sleeps Group: Admin Posts: 6,924 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,667 |
Just use a reality filter.
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May 19 2008, 05:01 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,009 Joined: 25-September 06 From: Paris, France Member No.: 9,466 |
ARE, it's in the BBB.
And check out the intro video from Syndicate Wars (it should be on YouTube) to get an animated (but a little dated) version. |
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May 19 2008, 05:41 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
I'm going to need one of those to escape the horrifying reality of seeing other people wearing those things!
Dude looks like a Sith Lord. Oooh, or Plo Koon, the Kel Dor Jedi master! What? He does! |
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May 19 2008, 07:22 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
Edit: Now I'm imagining kids running around with these things seeing the world as an AR-enhanced version of GTA 12 or something similar. like that ARE game found in the BBB gear list? the one that supposedly have made some people jump in front of trains and similar? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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