There’s a few DECtalk projects on Github (main, but there’s other repos too) that people seem to be working on, including one for the game engine Godot. That one seems to have some problems (need to move files, broken OotB for me, broken dictionary after all that), but I was able to make a script (see my comment here) to properly call+play it.

They have plaintalk too and that’s what I was initially interested in, was trying to get it through WASM (for multi-platform) but even after the above I’m still lost.

but it’s cheaper than Bigscreen Beyond, for example.

Not sure if you’re counting PC hardware cost or needed accessories, but the base pricing seems comparable especially Bigscreen being smaller+lighter+microOLED.

EDIT: Seeing now that the Bigscreen doesn’t include controllers, and the Valve Index controller setup recommended (Knuckles+multi-base-station) is a significant cost. I guess technically you could still do a lot with just head-tracking and other peripherals (and maybe even other VR controllers?) but I see the point especially at this cost level.

No camera either so head tracking is still an issue and passthrough doesn’t seem to be a possibility. So I guess without having anything else, it’d basically be a fancy monitor with eye-tracking. I’d say maybe one benefit would be ability to lie down, but this might be a quick way to get motion sickness depending on the content.

Normal person sad. Temporary sad. A-few-manageable-aspects sad.

Not that the sad bit is even the deciding factor here when we’re talking about an expensive face brick that would probably give me motion sickness in games.

Tell us without telling us

Still using a 1050Ti, non-fiber internet, not buying stuff, and not even the right kind of sad for that.
Mark Zuckerburg sniping me for sport is a more likely scenario.

To me it seems like the VR market might have a high-end foothold but otherwise seems like a “try again in 30 years” for the general market (so, slightly better than 3D TV’s fate). Which isn’t really Valve-specific.

Though I’d also say <top level comment> is uncharitable way to frame it, the headline reminds me of the free PC codes for Portal 2 with Co-op crossplay early on in the Steam days. Though I’m sure AI-market-induced cost increase is a big part of it so apology actually isn’t a bad way to put it, without ‘failure’ factoring in.

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I still don’t and I’m not young. At this point due to cost-to-benefit it’s becoming increasingly rare for me to buy things.

Health issues probably don’t help, though. EDIT: I also once had an unpaid internship at a car dealership (nothing else was available) and that didn’t paint employment in a great light for me either.

I’d probably get a monkey’s-paw trip to 3000-years into a bleak future* or straight-up non-existence.

The time portal, after I tried to explain it: “So you want a low-bureaucracy down-to-earth human life, in the far future where you’re a not-always-online symbiotic cyborg?”

* where I wouldn’t understand anyone, but they’re just speaking Swedish

Seems like if it could do full XR maybe it could work via positioning without a camera, particularly at a distance where accuracy won’t matter so much (make it larger+closer). Mapping every billboard would be a community effort. Art selection, too… though I wouldn’t trust people to not put their own self-promotion up either.

It also wouldn’t help with branded trucks.

I mean it probably does cover that, one concept is bridging (connections between different groups, someone you met by chance not because they’re your neighbor) and political polarization has actually increased due to our voting system.

Similarly I’d bet a lot of people only called themselves christian because it really wasn’t a choice (upbringing, peer/family/institution pressure, cognitive dissonance), the sort of thing that makes a lot less sense in recent years where hypocrisy is on full display (be it politics, cover-ups, or megachurches).

For race, I think the most homogeneous communities that exist probably are still more alone today. A lot of the community options were built around places or conditions that disappeared and never recovered, or clubs that may still exist but don’t get new members.

I don’t actually care about it either (or any sport, really) but it was once a symbol for social connection, and y’know the book Bowling Alone.

I feel like I covered it in the other half of my comment. See also Bowling Alone for further context. Car-centric living (and sprawl) is a big part of it in the US.

Bowling together. (And a lot of other social things that are a result of a lack of trust, not lacking trust directly related to said activity… unless you’re counting high cost/private equity as part of broken trust)

On Lemmy, the save function (star icon) does give a number beside the comment count icon. Like 4 comments (2 new). Still a manual check, though.

Also Lemmy’s comment discovery (the chat sort method) is harder to follow with context, not as good as Kbin’s unread highlighting was.

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Marked safe from
spiral cult
today until they have mechs or can turn me into a “biocomputer*”

* head in a jar that can connect to stuff

It’s not an issue with how you did the link, I can view that thread on my instance but not the thread’s host instance see last bit.

Though there is an answer to your question: assuming it stays up, lemmyverse. (use fediverse icon link, remove https bit and plug it in)

For example, your comment on that thread works as a link: https://lemmyverse.link/feddit.org/comment/14366386

The fediverse link I get from that thread (https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/asklemmy/…) is just wrong for whatever reason? (even wrong on host instance!)

This works: long link, breaks if you shorten it
This also works: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/post/911357 (found via get-embed-code option, this is the sort of link my own posts get)

So non-comment thread link: https://lemmyverse.link/piefed.blahaj.zone/post/911357

They designed it and chose the specs, MSRP, and most importantly decided to use the same name rather than something like RX 9040/9030.

Though even for the 8GB, compare this to criticism around nVidia’s RTX 5050 for its pricing (slightly better performance and lower MSRP than RX 9050 8 GB). nVidia had controversies with same-name cut-down parts as well.

Somewhat true, but I also don’t think these cards actually fit that market with the prices especially for those stuck on PCIe3.0 hardware. Imagine buying a new pre-built for a decent sum of money and still being stuck with ~2016 (1050Ti/RX570 4GB) limitations. (even the 8GB version seems to perform just below the RTX 5050, which has lower MSRP but seems to be controversial due to the price)

Maybe the market really is just this terrible, but it does seem like waste of sand territory. I do think this says more about how bloated (and “upgrade your PC” CEO says) games are, though.

EDIT: I’m seeing some sites say it’s x16, but the wccftech article says both 8GB and 4GB models have PCIe 5.0 x8 (so it could be an issue for even those on PCIe 4.0 motherboards). The 4GB model also has a half memory bus though I don’t know how much that matters especially with differing memory speeds/generations.

Also seems like it needs a power cable still, but maybe the 4GB version is low enough power that a pcie-power-only version could exist.

There are a lot of newer node-based 2D editors (covering both vector and raster) like Graphite and PixiEditor. I haven’t tried these… still wondering if any could easily do stuff like SDF textures or simpler mesh creation (2D workflow, part/face vertex color, maybe 3D via extrude/revolve).

There’s also Wick Editor for a potential spiritual successor to Flash.

I think there’s probably still room creatively, especially as a hobby.

I sort of see it as the opposite with software though, that popular options are bloated data-wise (and cost) and simple usage-wise, other options are small-ish data-wise but less user-friendly. It seems like the middleground (low data+easy-to-use) is less likely to exist, particularly for techniques that aren’t as shiny/new. In some cases, it really does seem like certain workflows don’t exist. (or perhaps for some things that we’ve seen before, implementations were always in-house rather than something that existed in a usable editor)

Which isn’t to say stuff like that will be easy, maybe doable with limitation and if libraries can take you half-way there.