The brain works holographically. Holographic vision uses lasers and beam splitters one reference beam and a carrier that when they interfear translate that phase information in to 3D images in space. (Think rides at amusement parks with ghosts and such or that mark on your ID) Sound uses different recording processes to simulate 3D sound with a finite number of transducers mainly headphones. (I've seen it done fairly well with one audio channel) There are also exotic ultrasonic sound compression systems but basically the game is to trick the ear in to think it's hearing a point source somewhere in 3d space, for example my voice out in front of you or the voice of your GPS device in 3d space in the direction you need to turn. A good example of this would be the President Lincoln interactive show at the house of mouse.;) The fly flying around your head is shockingly good, to the point where I was tricked in to feeling the air from it's wings as it lighted on the side of my face. Really really convincing!
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To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:48 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guide
And holographic sound processing would be... Sounds cool, but I have no clue what it is.Have a great day, Alex----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:28:15 -0700 Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guideI'd actually like to do something with holographic soundprocessing butagain usability is the thing. I keep thinking though thatglasses are agood platform that hasn't been explored enough. Oh and I'm withyoualthough I'd rather have a digital interface so I could plug indevices,mixing data and displays over environmental vision for example.Stem cellswould rock though, I'm there for either option. As I've said inthe past,my grey matter is available for really cheap for anyone with adecent testplan.;)----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Wright" <gymnastdave@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:17 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guideI'm trying to imagine something vibrating on my head as I'mwearingglasses. Kind of reminds me of the FSRS. You can read moreabout it at:http://www.eyeplus2.com/FRSIndex.htmlFrom experience, this system is not really all that conducive totravel.As for having something constantly beeping in my ear, that woulddrive meinsane. Imagine listening to something that sounds like a truckbackingupeverytime you were approaching somethihng. This reminds me ofthe wholeconcept of seeing with sound, which to me while seemingly a goodidea,really isn't conducive to travel either. I thiknk I'll waituntil stemcell technology gets good enough for me to regrow my eyesthanks. Untilthen, I'll just rely on my cane skills and my awesome senderoGPS.Best Regards: David WrightEmail: dwrigh6@xxxxxxx Mobile: 832-518-0707http://www.knfbreader.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 9:05 AM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guideI wish you could mount that on glasses! Have them either vibrateor beepin your ear. Leave the hands out of it!----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Hall" <mehgcap@xxxxxxx To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:44 PM Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: The mini guideQuestion: how can you operate a cane/dog, gps/bn, and mini guideall atthe same time? I had a hard enough time with just the cane andminiguide, but I was amazed when I had an opportunity to use themini guide(a device like it anyway). I avoided countless collisions withpeoplein a very crowded school that my cane would not have picked upbecauseof how short I have to hold the cane in those crowds. I havejust nothad the money to get a mini guide, plus I have found my cane tobe quitesufficient... until I run into something (figuratively andliterally)where I realize that one of those magic Milky Way bars (asanotherposter put it) would have been quite handy. Also, for those interested, the device sends out an ultrasonicbeam fromone of the two front ports. The other port senses thereflection ofthat beam and sends the strength of the reflection to aprocessor whichtells the vibrating motor how fast to go (in my case it usedpulses; thecloser together the pulses were, the closer the object).Have a great day, Alex----- Original Message ----- From: Wendy Slominsky <wendyslominsky@xxxxxxxxxxx To: "gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date sent: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:57:52 -0400 Subject: [gps-talkusers] The mini guideThis is what I use as well. The GPS can only be as accurate asishumanly possible and it will not help you find anything that specifically. The mini guide has saved me many times trying tofindpoles, benches etc. It's thankfully not too expensive. www.senderogroup.com Good luck!