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0 pointsuser39393825mo ago0 comments

HTML could do everything PDF does in theory but it doesn’t in practice because the tooling doesn’t exist.

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My exercise bike can play Doom on its display in theory.

Theory doesn't matter here, tooling and standards do. And PDF doesn't just have the tooling for highlighting and annotations, it has the standards for them so that tools support them in an interoperable way. A highlight made with one tool can be removed with another, without altering the underlying content.

ratelimitsteve5mo ago

I would love an exercise bike that runs doom. Maybe link my movement speed in-game to how fast I pedal, with a joystick on one of the handlebars to move and a couple buttons on the other one to shoot and reload. So far every exercise bike game is just bike race, which I'll admit is a close fit for the existing hardware and probably the first idea I'd have too but it gets boring after a while.

Towaway695mo ago

Had the same idea - not with doom - but with a Quest 3D and watching videos of me riding in the summer. First make a film using an 3D camera (something like a Insta360) and then view that on the Quest in winter while riding exercise bike.

Video speed would sync to the exercise bike speed, giving a feeling of reality.

The core problem is that sweating inside a Quest isn't a good idea ...

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user3939382OP5mo ago

It’s a credible argument, but to be clear one I didn’t comment on. It’s the logical next question if I’m correct, which I am.

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