Was wondering is there something similar to a VR headset that allow the phone display to be magnified? I'm thinking, it would be nice to watch movies that way.
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Existed for a long time, you mean something like this:
https://www.zetronix.com/92-inch-vi...BhKl2qLxf1gIjWbKUDQD9i1Igz3uUv6BoCuhcQAvD_BwE
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Existed for a long time, you mean something like this:
https://www.zetronix.com/92-inch-vi...BhKl2qLxf1gIjWbKUDQD9i1Igz3uUv6BoCuhcQAvD_BwE
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Something a bit more rudimentary. Was thinking along the lines of a headset whereby the phones sits inside of it , the goggles / headset has some sort of magnification and lenses that will attempt to give the user an immersive view whilst watching movies. With minimal deterioration in image quality.
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In that case, haven't seen anything like it yet as you basically want something that looks like the VR type of headset except it gives a virtual enlargement of the screen's video so you think it's bigger.
Almighty1 said:
In that case, haven't seen anything like it yet as you basically want something that looks like the VR type of headset except it gives a virtual enlargement of the screen's video so you think it's bigger.
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Yes, exactly per your last sentence. Also as it won't be VR based I'm thinking image quality won't be that badly effected as it won't be magnifying the actual screen too much.
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Try some reading glases!
tbvnz said:
Try some reading glases!
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You missed the point completely.
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Limeybastard said:
You missed the point completely.
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I understood you. You didn't get the joke. Just get a cheap vr headset and use one of the vr cinema player apps in the playstore. The apps allow you to view any video through the headset, sans 3d. Some even have a cinema seat selection option.
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I understood you. You didn't get the joke. Just get a cheap vr headset and use one of the vr cinema player apps in the playstore. The apps allow you to view any video through the headset, sans 3d. Some even have a cinema seat selection option.
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I did, I was merely wanting something so that it could magnify and give me a perhaps imersive movie experience.
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I was reading that the Galaxy uses its Infrared technology for its Air View application, does anyone know if we would be able to utilize Air View on the HTC One or if there is an similar application?
derrick8 said:
I was reading that the Galaxy uses its Infrared technology for its Air View application, does anyone know if we would be able to utilize Air View on the HTC One or if there is an similar application?
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What does it do?
It has another sensor up front for that purpose I believe
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What does it do?
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It uses sort of a hands free function: you can use your hand as a wave gesture to swipe pages horizontal/vertically, it has a feature that if you look away from a video it will automatically pause, etc.
Sounds like a useless gimmick. My Evo 3D had an overly sensitive screen, didn't always have to touch the screen, just be close, and it detected touch. It was pretty annoying.
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gk1984 said:
Sounds like a useless gimmick. My Evo 3D had an overly sensitive screen, didn't always have to touch the screen, just be close, and it detected touch. It was pretty annoying.
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Really, I didnt get the Evo 3D so never had the option of that software, man these commercials really make certain apps look brillant
derrick8 said:
Really, I didnt get the Evo 3D so never had the option of that software, man these commercials really make certain apps look brillant
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Lol it was more of a flaw... It was never intended to be like that but it would randomly register touches from your finger before you touched the screen.
derrick8 said:
It uses sort of a hands free function: you can use your hand as a wave gesture to swipe pages horizontal/vertically, it has a feature that if you look away from a video it will automatically pause, etc.
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If it did you wouldn't want it. The accuracy required to make these gestures reliable is way beyond the technology the S4 has in it, which is why reviewers say it's a gimmick. It either triggers when you don't want it, or doesn't when you do. You'd need something like a Kinect strapped to the top of your phone to really pull that off. The battery drain alone would be devastating.
Add in it likely won't function on any ported ROM or new versions of android. It will be very similar to the 3D where the drivers and other needed stuff won't be available to make it work. One reason I avoided Samsung.
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the S4 has a specific sensor just to the right of the earpiece speaker for the air gestures. its not as accurate as they make it seem just like the eye tracking isnt very good either. like previously stated its a gimmick. your average consumer is WOWED by stupid crap like that. i felt like an idiot swiping my hand in front of the phone and when using eye scrolling you have to physically tilt your head up and down. all the phone is doing is tracking the movement of your head and using your eyes as a focal point to base amount of movement off of. not to mention you cant be more than a foot or two from the sensor. if you wear glasses like me its really a pain. i guess the reflection in the lenses of the glasses makes it react funny. ive only played with the s4 for a couple days when ive been at my store but all in all im not impressed. im wondering if it will gradually learn your personal body movements and become more accurate. it seems like they took an S3 made the viewing area slightly bigger, new camera, and stupid gesture sensor. if it worked as well as Tony Starks stuff it might be worth playing with lol. even then though its not practical its just something that looks neat when you can get it to work. you can also use Svoice from the lock screen so say you name your phone then hold home key say name so svoice will launch then you say name again to start a command. the ability to launch from lock screen makes me wonder if it will have security issues like the S3 did. i also feel like me having to address the device twice in a row is dumb. i should say "S4 call ...." or "S4 launch ...." not say "s4" wait for svoice "S4 call...." or "S4" wait a few secs "S4 launch...." again i felt like an idiot standing there making swipes and repeatedly saying "S4..." thats just what i named the one at our store. i like google now bc i launch it then say "google" it beeps i say "search target.com for..." and it goes. i wish it worked better as a launcher for apps or taking appointments, sending emails, texts, ect.. i will say svoice has that going for it.
in the end im still holding out for black 64gb HTC One. im getting ready to make a sacrifice to cellphone gods if i dont hear something official soon.
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i wish it worked better as a launcher for apps or taking appointments, sending emails, texts, ect.. i will say svoice has that going for it.
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Google Now can do all of those things.
Seems like more of a headache than it's worth trying to get it on the HTC One.
I have a Note 3. I am hoping I can get a watch that will let me browse the web (in the highest resolution possible) using my phone's Internet connection. And possibly record video and audio without being obvious (to record police brutality if I ever find myself in such a situation).
Does such a watch exist? Does the galaxy gear do this yet or is it still not possible to browse the web on it?
Both can be done with the GG with null ROM. Browsing and discrete camera with the addition if a couple of extra apps. The browsing experience is of course horrible, trying to read on such a small screen
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animatechnica said:
Both can be done with the GG with null ROM. Browsing and discrete camera with the addition if a couple of extra apps. The browsing experience is of course horrible, trying to read on such a small screen
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Well that is very good to know, thanks!
Are there different models of the Galaxy Gear? I thought I saw that they had a new model or something. Should I look for any particular model?
WatermelonSlim said:
Well that is very good to know, thanks!
Are there different models of the Galaxy Gear? I thought I saw that they had a new model or something. Should I look for any particular model?
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i would suggest you waiting 4-8 weeks when Gear 2 will came out. Let's see how Tizen android and XDA fit together. I guess we will be able to flash Android on the Gear2 too. Cause of those XDA geniousses...Then watch thos in depth review videos on youtube...i don't really know what to expect from gear 2 and tizen...
But i would bet my ass that with the Note 4 a new Galaxy Gear will arrive...i really don'T know...but it could be smart to not buy gear 2 and buy the Galaxy gear cause it became cheap...i do not want to miss my gear...
oh and for that police violence videos i just opened a thread. say that you want this feature there. So devs will see people are interested not only me.
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I have a Note 3. I am hoping I can get a watch that will let me browse the web (in the highest resolution possible) using my phone's Internet connection. And possibly record video and audio without being obvious (to record police brutality if I ever find myself in such a situation).
Does such a watch exist? Does the galaxy gear do this yet or is it still not possible to browse the web on it?
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I don't think anything lets you browse the net. Smart watch screens are tiny ....
ash99 said:
I don't think anything lets you browse the net. Smart watch screens are tiny ....
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They're tiny, yes. But are they really that much smaller than the phones we were using to browse the web a few years ago?
Wow, So Im Not Sure if anyone else has stumbled upon this yet but if you have a gamepad paired while in the 1st 2 theater options, you can change your seat by pressing button 3 on the gamepad! in the first theater u can switch to any of the 6 seats, while the 2nd theater only allows from front, middle and rear, ENJOY! GUYS!!
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Wow, So Im Not Sure if anyone else has stumbled upon this yet bet if you have gamepad paired while in the 1st 2 theater options, you can change your seat by pressing button 3 on the gamepad! in the first theater u can switch to any of the 6 seats, while the 2nd theater only allows from middle and rare, ENJOY! GUYS!!
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what gamepad r u using?
Very cool. Look forward to trying that.
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Y button in Moga Pro Power is what you use to toggle your seat.
ciscostud said:
what gamepad r u using?
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sixaxis + ds3
Sixaxis ds4
OMG!!! cant wait to get home
I'm using a cheap-o Nyko Pad ($12 USD)
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What's the benefit of changing seats?
mitchellvii said:
What's the benefit of changing seats?
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Somewhat changing the perspective and distance of the viewer.
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mitchellvii said:
What's the benefit of changing seats?
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You don't get stuck next to the guy checking his Twitter during the movie.
mitchellvii said:
What's the benefit of changing seats?
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Same benefit as you'd get in a real theater. Some folks want to sit down front and some in back.
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Same benefit as you'd get in a real theater. Some folks want to sit down front and some in back.
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They really should add a similar feature to void cinema as I want to be closer to the screen, but without having to strain my neck.
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You don't get stuck next to the guy checking his Twitter during the movie.
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You don't get stuck next to 'mitchellvii' talking about the screen door effect... lol
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You don't get stuck next to 'mitchellvii' talking about the screen door effect... lol
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Ugh. I doubt moving away would be enough. Seems the type that would follow you around still rambling. My luck, I would have to leave for dumping my soda on "a paying customer"
i too hope they implement this
1. to be accessible even without controller (i.e. swipe up/down could be used) and
2. to be accessible in the void as well, so that every person can choose for himself how big he wants the screen to be. i do like the void, but it kind of bothers me that the screen is smaller than in the main cinema. sure it makes sense to not have the picture "attack" you too much, but on the other hand, theres movies that attempt to do just that, i.e. gravity.
so, this should be an easily accessible user setting in all theatres including the void, IMO. for some movies, id like to sit in the back of a cinema with some distance, i.e. TV series that generally tend to do more closeup than movies do. for others, i might want to watch them silly close in the void so that they almost fill up the entire FOV, maybe even a bit more than the cinema default does (that would be gravity )
So is this not achievable with just the touch pad? :/
EDIT: Just bought a controller, and it's much much better than swiping with the touchpad. Tried this in the cinema app and it works perfectly. I prefer the very back seat because I can see the whole screen without left or right.
Me and the wife want to get one, I think it's sad you can't join two and sit in the same virtual cinema... maybe in a future update.
snowblind2142 said:
Me and the wife want to get one, I think it's sad you can't join two and sit in the same virtual cinema... maybe in a future update.
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Get them anyway! You can sit together on a couch and start the movie at the exact time and enjoy the show!!! Don't forget to hold hands and share a bowl of popcorn and pretend you are ghosts sitting on an empty movie theater :laugh::silly:
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Me and the wife want to get one, I think it's sad you can't join two and sit in the same virtual cinema... maybe in a future update.
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Why do you think Facebook bought Occ Rift? I can see voice coms mapped over the top so that you can sit around with your mates regardless of where they are, watching the same movie and pause and chat if you want to. Kinda cool.
hey, has anyone tried using the new jakku spy vr portion in the star wars app with gear vr? everything i've read says the vr will work with cardboard apps, but when i try this, it just looks wrong. which suck because i really want to try it.
I'm guessing i just don't have the right setup for cardboard? i don't know. pretty new to all of this.
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hey, has anyone tried using the new jakku spy vr portion in the star wars app with gear vr? everything i've read says the vr will work with cardboard apps, but when i try this, it just looks wrong. which suck because i really want to try it.
I'm guessing i just don't have the right setup for cardboard? i don't know. pretty new to all of this.
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Have you disabled the Gear VR package so that it doesn't launch when you insert your phone? What looks wrong about it?
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Have you disabled the Gear VR package so that it doesn't launch when you insert your phone? What looks wrong about it?
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Well after watching a few vids, i tried sliding my note 4 into the vr without plugging it in. i tried a few cardboard aps, and they seem alright, but the star wars one is messed up. the text scrawl has each eyes imang crossing into and through each other. kind of frorming a huge jumbled X mess of text.
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Well after watching a few vids, i tried sliding my note 4 into the vr without plugging it in. i tried a few cardboard aps, and they seem alright, but the star wars one is messed up. the text scrawl has each eyes imang crossing into and through each other. kind of frorming a huge jumbled X mess of text.
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I remember that at least one of the Jakku Spy videos has text that didn't line up for me. I think the videos might have some issues where they didn't render the stereoscopic alignment correctly.
I tried in a mall the samsung note 8 and was disappointed by how the pages of a paper book where not clearly taken.
I do not know if is the autofocus or the small distance. I basically use a lot this feature and find annoying while I maintain the page open with one hand to make a photo if the zoom does not work properly. Usually I block the book and click on the screen so to take a photo. Does someone has recommendations? I wrote here because on the internet cannot find nothing, and for me is an important use case
I take lots of photos of documents and pages of books and magazines, and they are ok
well no actually, I bought it, best device ever, and the pics are spectacular, but still if i maintain with one hand the book, and make pics with the other hand some are great others like that
maybe I move my hand while I am doing the picture, maybe I should find a way to stay with the phone immobile
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well no actually, I bought it, best device ever, and the pics are spectacular, but still if i maintain with one hand the book, and make pics with the other hand some are great others like that
maybe I move my hand while I am doing the picture, maybe I should find a way to stay with the phone immobile
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Dumb question, why do you take pics of books and how does this work with Samsung, ?
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trocchietto said:
well no actually, I bought it, best device ever, and the pics are spectacular, but still if i maintain with one hand the book, and make pics with the other hand some are great others like that
maybe I move my hand while I am doing the picture, maybe I should find a way to stay with the phone immobile
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a bit of a low light enviroment for auto mode and text but just tap the screen once where the text is and then take a picture.
In pro mode there are tons of other adjustments. try to use the software to adjust the focus functionality and lightning to take photos on the go. once you find the right mix, use that mode from now on for those particular tasks.
try AF area multi in pro mode
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Dumb question, why do you take pics of books and how does this work with Samsung, ?
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for personal use. I have thousands of books (paper) and thousands of ebooks. Once in a while I need to bring some pages with me, as you would do some photocopies in the old times
winol said:
I take lots of photos of documents and pages of books and magazines, and they are ok
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you were right, the problem was my hand that was moving. If I remain with the arm locked, the pictures are perfect, far better than the dozens of devices i had so far.
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a bit of a low light enviroment for auto mode and text but just tap the screen once where the text is and then take a picture.
In pro mode there are tons of other adjustments. try to use the software to adjust the focus functionality and lightning to take photos on the go. once you find the right mix, use that mode from now on for those particular tasks.
try AF area multi in pro mode
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to press the screen is something i cannot afford, because with one hand I maintain the book. Anyway the pictures are perfect without touching any pro setting. The problem was I did not maintain my arm immobile when I was shooting.
just did one hundred pages really clear, book with 8 and also 7 fonts size, big format, every pic two pages. Amazing
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for personal use. I have thousands of books (paper) and thousands of ebooks. Once in a while I need to bring some pages with me, as you would do some photocopies in the old times
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Ok, do you also use the optical character recognition ? Never used this myself but just curious.
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Limeybastard said:
Ok, do you also use the optical character recognition ? Never used this myself but just curious.
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I used optical character recognition just to play and works quite well, independently by the language
But I do not need it, just want to read something that for various reasons I do not have as digital.
its a shame that the camera voice control option cant also do other actions:
"zoom"
"focus"
"flash"
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its a shame that the camera voice control option cant also do other actions:
"zoom"
"focus"
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true good intuition, would make perfectly sense considering one hand use