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Honda built a powered chair to zoom around theme parks while wearing an AR headset. (www.engadget.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16368424

At the upcoming SXSW Conference... Honda will give attendees a chance to try out a new mobility device... specifically designed for mixed reality entertainment experiences.

Users can steer... without the use of their hands — they simply have to lean into one direction to move forwards, backwards, sideways or diagonally.

Wall-e humans in mobile chairs with AR

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

This would be a great idea for wheelchair users, since I imagine being in a crowd of people at waist level detracts a bit from the experience you'd get by walking. But if everyone is able to use these chairs, it'll just cause more congestion.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Wall-E World!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Knew I’d seen this somewhere. Top Gear season 12 episode 3. I guess Toyota was ahead of their time: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_i-REAL

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

There's no good reason to walk while wearing an AR headset. You might get exercise. If you bump into someone, you might get hurt.

It's so much better to ride around wearing an AR headset instead. If someone bumps into you, you have the opportunity to draw blood. And you just got a great deal on liability insurance! Also, there's no chance it will run out of power and you'll have to push or carry it back to the car.

So I say go for it!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I will never move over to let them go by.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So I should move?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

People should learn how to close their eyes and find peace. All these distractions hitting up our ANS fight flight response is leaving its mark.