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living with lag - an oculus rift experiment

6.3M views · Apr 27, 2014 · 2:59 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2014–2023

A Swedish fiber provider's short experiment in which volunteers wear Oculus Rift headsets that add lag to their view of real life. They try to do everyday tasks like making pancakes.

Why Hacker News points people here: Cited as a funny illustration of how lag wrecks hand-eye coordination.

“Or have a similar experience to the living with lag video”HN comment, 2023

What Hacker News said 3

Cites italfonsodevJun 2023

“Or have a similar experience to the living with lag video”

Shows hand-eye coordination problems from lagged view

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I thought so but what about the camera position not being same as your eyes, would you be able to drink from a cup of coffee and coordinate? Or have a similar experience to the living with lag video, this time no because time lag, but eye hand not coordinating. this video

in “Developer tools to create spatial experiences for Apple Vision Pro now availabl” · view on HN
JokeprawnNov 2014

“I laugh so hard when he tries to make a pancake.”

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I agree. Here's a clever promo showing people trying to live with a Rift showing them a lagged version of reality. I laugh so hard when he tries to make a pancake. this video

in “Show HN: Projects from “Stupid Shit No One Needs and Terrible Ideas” Hackathon” · view on HN
Jokee12eApr 2015

“but still quite hilarious (Swedish audio)”

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I came across this (which is a commercial so exaggerates the lag) -- but still quite hilarious (Swedish audio): this video

in “Android’s 10 Millisecond Problem explained” · view on HN