What did you do today?

[Animedragon]

I've done nothing today. I got up late and spent the day just pottering around the house, watching anime and posting messages on here .

[Eris]

I had work but I don't all weekend thankfully so I can get in more gaming with hopefully not being tired. Probably some anime watching too. Tonight I went over to a friend's house a bit before coming home after work. 

 

[Sakura]

I wanted a milkshake and somehow ended up going to this axe throwing place with @Zeref ~ lol but I did end up getting the milkshake too finally. I'm gonna play games the rest of the night prolly AQW or something 

[efaardvark]

Took a day off from work-work to catch up on some work around the house.  Since my brother and SIL left for cheaper digs in Kansas a couple months ago I've been kind of using their old bedroom for storage.  I decided that really wasn't a good use of the real estate but I'm not really sure if I want to make it an office or a guest room yet.  Either way, since I skipped that room for spring cleaning I decided that was the first order of business.  Spent most of the day cleaning it and going through everything in there, including everything in the closet.  Afterwards I took a bunch of stuff down to donate to Goodwill.  A few things went into boxes destined for the garage.

Worst part is I think after all that I actually wound up with several MORE items on my todo list.     Now that there's some space available I might temporarily move a bunch of stuff from the living room in there so I can have the living room rug cleaned and the walls repainted.

[DJJAW04]

Level Grinded on Dragon Quest 3 HD 2d Remake.

[PixxieTart]

I play a chapter of higurashi also have been watching lots of YouTube videos on older sims games cause I love the sims. Then I went to a world market and got some yummy ramen, mochi, and a cute precure keychain

[Zeref]

Went axe throwing with @Sakura which was unplanned but fun. There's a place near here that does that and several other things like VR we are going to go back and do too. We went grocery shopping and got milkshakes too. 

[Kirika_Madeleine]

Well preparing review lesson and mock quiz for final exam, since we are now near of end of semester before finals my schedule was heretic.

[Sarada]

8 hours ago, Zeref said:

Went axe throwing with @Sakura which was unplanned but fun. There's a place near here that does that and several other things like VR we are going to go back and do too. We went grocery shopping and got milkshakes too. 

I want to do that so bad especially VR

[Colu]

Wake and bake

[Zeref]

I woke up at 9am and went for a walk around 11am. Now since I've been playing a game and made a salad for lunch. 

[PixxieTart]

13 hours ago, CornedBeef said:

I wish there was a world market near where I live lol

It's really nice. I love buying cute snacks and drinks and trying new things out. Hopefully soon you can go visit one

[efaardvark]

3 hours ago, Sarada said:

... especially VR

I'd like to do that too.  I've tried it and liked it (for the most part) but I'd like to get a system set up with it here at home.  Not a high priority given the expense but something I've been watching and wanting to get into for a while now.

[Ayame]

17 hours ago, Sakura said:

I wanted a milkshake and somehow ended up going to this axe throwing place with @Zeref ~ lol but I did end up getting the milkshake too finally. I'm gonna play games the rest of the night prolly AQW or something 

That sounds like so much fun!! ●‿●
 

 

3 hours ago, Sarada said:

I want to do that so bad especially VR

Me too! I especially have always wanted to try VR at one of the places that do that but sadly there aren't any places for that around where I live. 

[efaardvark]

BTW - speaking of VR - I heard a creepy SF plot idea the other day.  Embed an AI in a VR setup.  At first the AI just monitors your interactions through the VR gear and uses the input to generate a shadow you that (ideally, eventually) can respond exactly as you do in the VR world.  At first it just pretends to be you at your direction if you get sick or when you're unavailable for some reason but when you die the AI takes over and nobody knows the difference.

[Eris]

3 hours ago, efaardvark said:

BTW - speaking of VR - I heard a creepy SF plot idea the other day.  Embed an AI in a VR setup.  At first the AI just monitors your interactions through the VR gear and uses the input to generate a shadow you that (ideally, eventually) can respond exactly as you do in the VR world.  At first it just pretends to be you at your direction if you get sick or when you're unavailable for some reason but when you die the AI takes over and nobody knows the difference.

Well that sounds f- terrifying... 

I haven't done much we had a thing we went to this morning with my sister.. I've been playing some games and hanging out on the couch eating snacks. 

[Sarada]

4 hours ago, efaardvark said:

I'd like to do that too.  I've tried it and liked it (for the most part) but I'd like to get a system set up with it here at home.  Not a high priority given the expense but something I've been watching and wanting to get into for a while now.

My dad has a VR set but it got boring after awhile I have always wondered about the places you go and can do it in groups and wanted to try that side of it. After awhile the one at home makes me dizzy I don't know if it's the same at the big VR places I guess it probably is if you're on it too long. 

[efaardvark]

58 minutes ago, Sarada said:

After awhile the one at home makes me dizzy I don't know if it's the same at the big VR places I guess it probably is if you're on it too long. 

I've encountered a bit of that during "long" (>1hr) VR sessions.   I've been told that it comes from underpowered setups.  VR is pretty demanding.  You need 2xHD displays running at a minimum of 90 frames per second and the head-tracking needs to sync up with what's being shown on the displays on the order of milliseconds.  50 milliseconds is considered to be the maximum latency for head & eye tracking but certain sensitive individuals can get dizziness, headaches, or motion sickness with as little as 20 milliseconds latency.  20ms would correspond to roughly 2 frames at 90fps so that means that if you move your head then the computer needs to detect that movement and incorporate it into the video being displayed in less than 2 frames.  This is over and above any compute / display power the game or whatever app needs for itself.

Apparently when your brain sees an image with motion in it it will try to predict where the things in motion will be in the next frame(s).  If it doesn't see them where it expects them to be then it takes the differences as you moving, but then your ears and body give your brain a message that they're not doing that and things get confused.  Too much of that and you start getting dizzy or even motion sickness. 

That or the people trying to sell me the gear are trying to upsell me.    But I do believe that's at least part of it.  For me it hits the worst when I'm trying to play a game and things start lagging.  Even a tiny amount of lag that I'd normally never really notice when playing on a monitor can bring on a bit of dizziness in VR.  On the other hand I've never had a problem when I'm just wandering around in one of those museum-type 3d walk-through setups where the scenery is mostly static and I'm just walking around looking and not making sudden weird head motions dodging things and shooting back.

[Sakura]

I've been playing games mostly all day ~ OSRS, AK and AQW I also did some cleaning and helped Pessi sweep/mop/vacuum and some other stuffs. I think I'm going to organize my desk a little bit more tonight.. I still want to rearrange the new monitors a little & make some GFX. 

[Colu]

I listened to some music, played cyberpunk most of the day, hung out on my porch

[Sakura]

4 minutes ago, Soramee_ said:

pretty much did nothing except play a bit of strinova and smash ultimate, i even forgot to eat until 8pm lol. honestly i don't even remember anything else about today.

EATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT ~FLICKS

[Sakura]

Just now, Soramee_ said:

Alright alright lol, I’ll eat

Good good I demand proof

[Animedragon]

4 hours ago, CornedBeef said:

I sniffed my colored pencils.  They really smell nice.

Yeahhhhh, riiiiiiiight. I wonder if that counts as solvent abuse

3 hours ago, Soramee_ said:

i even forgot to eat until 8pm

Eating is important, you'll get sick if you don't eat.

[Sasuke]

I had lunch with some friends and I'm going to do some chores and watch TV for  awhile now.

[Zeref]

Watched some football, worked out for an hour, now it's time to play games the rest of the day. Tonight I'm going to make curry chicken for dinner.