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 Jul 22 2004, 03:57 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046  |
Can you get an image link in natural eyes? Or will I have to buy the cyber eyes?
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Jul 22 2004, 04:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 27-January 04 Member No.: 6,025 |
As far as I know you can. Since it has it's own Essence cost, as sort of a clear retinal overlay linked to a Datajack.
Then again I could be wrong. :( |
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Jul 22 2004, 04:07 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,598 Joined: 15-March 03 From: Hong Kong Member No.: 4,253 |
All of the cyber eyes 'add-ons' can be bought seperately as retinal mods... This way, if you have natural vision mods you want to keep, you don't lose them.
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Jul 22 2004, 04:21 AM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
*Almost* all of them. Stuff like eye guns and eye datajacks I think are only available in cybereye form.
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Jul 22 2004, 04:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 17-November 03 From: Texas Member No.: 5,828 |
Ultrasound vision is also exempted, IIRC. |
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Jul 22 2004, 04:34 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'm almost certain that it isn't. Eyeguns and eyelasers (and eyedatajacks) are, as previously stated.
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Jul 22 2004, 04:35 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 27-January 04 Member No.: 6,025 |
But that sort of thing says in it's discription "installed in a cybereye". So my advice is read the discription of the device and if it doesn't say otherwise it can be installed in the natural eye.
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Jul 22 2004, 06:29 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 173 Joined: 16-July 04 Member No.: 6,488 |
Not in 3rd Edition it doesn't. It states that it allows you to display images and text in your field of vision. No cybereye required.
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Jul 22 2004, 04:48 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
Hmm. This got me to thinking...
I just got rid of a annoying bit of ad-ware that was quite persistant. Can you imagine the problems folks will have in the 2060s? How many suicides from one too many pop-ups in your image link? :| -karma |
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Jul 22 2004, 05:17 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
There IS a limit to how many times one can see "NEED TO ADD A FEW INCHES?"
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Jul 22 2004, 07:02 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Modesto, CA Member No.: 6,465 |
Karma, ever see Minority Report? If not, there was a scene where Tom Cruise strolls into a department store and is bombarded by advertisements for his size of clothing, new products etc., just based on the retinal scan that was preformed when he walked in the front door. I kinda think it'd be something like that.
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Jul 22 2004, 09:13 PM
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King of the Hobos Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,117 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 127 |
Already there. Check out the credstick section from SSG.
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Jul 22 2004, 11:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 17-November 03 From: Texas Member No.: 5,828 |
You're right, by canon, US vision is available as a retinal mod. Not in my game, but by canon. :spin: |
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Jul 24 2004, 11:55 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
well given that ultrasound takes the echo, runs it tru some algorithms to calculate 3d space and then spits out a image (most likely in b&w) id say it could nicely tie into the visual nerve going back to the brain somehow in the same way as i see display and image link doing. eyeguns and similar will most likely be using up a lot of space in the eye socket so a cybereye is a must in that you can then reduce the size of the optic system a great deal (it would work similar to a cellphone camera, just higher rez and optical zoom for sharpening of the image to some degree)...
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Jul 24 2004, 04:34 PM
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Decker on the Threshold Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,922 Joined: 14-March 04 Member No.: 6,156 |
This is all very true, and could become a major problem when displays become much cheaper, but I seriously doubt that most people will have that problem with their image link mods. Remember that image links by default are not part of the Matrix or anything else, and thus have no remote-control capabilities of any kind. |
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Jul 24 2004, 04:46 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
Amusingly, this *exact* thing is touched upon in Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, which I finally got around to reading this past week. |
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