April 16, 2017 - VR

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Jan

Both systems need an emergency bucket deployment mechanism, I think. ;)

Jan • 04/16/2017

(I'm still not 100% satisfied with the dialogue on this strip, but I think it'll do for now.)

drivernjax • 04/16/2017 • edited

It's too bad we don't see more of Shiera in "9 to 9". Wait! I didn't mean see MORE of her; I meant see her more often. Phil may be a nice guy but, I'm sure he might take issue with that idea and I'm sure he's as strong as a horse. LOL.

@Jan I'm not going to say that your dialog couldn't be improved; but, I'll just say that, at this time, I don't see how it could be improved significantly. Maybe you'll be able to improve it and then I'll understand.

Jo Li KMC • 04/16/2017

Bu... cket?

Silverwolf • 04/16/2017

Wolf: "In fact I'm going to build a quantum-scanning mass digitizer, physically transport you inside a computer, and prove to you just how less practical VR is than my motorized shopping cart!"

Shockwave07 • 04/16/2017

Hmmm... Improving the lines...

I'd be tempted to put a line about taking back the impracticality of VR. Could lead to the bankruptcy of expectorants.

But really not sure how to improve!

Someguy • 04/16/2017

I was drunk when I saw this strip, and I puked just thinking about V.R. I regret everything

soriac • 04/16/2017

Well, have to admit, the similarities are not as striking as Wolf says, VR still don't left you bleeding or being chased by an angry mob yet :-)

Vandal • 04/16/2017

Time for Wolf to combine boganosity with virtual reality. He can then sell the idea to Jan's company.

Indagare • 04/16/2017

@soriac

'Yet' being the key word here. I'm sure if Wolf developed some kind of VR it'd be 'reality augmentation' which would somehow overly real objects and people with virtual representations, with the inevitable result of an angry mob.

Stargazer • 04/16/2017

Here's something I was thinking about a few weeks ago, from a randomly-generated thought: a reverse Tesla coil.

Harnessing the power of lightning into a capacitor for clean energy probably wouldn't be practical, since most areas don't get enough thunderstorms, and tampering with your home's lightning rod would probably cause a fire, but it sounds like something Wolf would be interested in!

WB101 • 04/19/2017

The first thing that came to mind was... "Carrots. Why is there always carrots? I didn't even eat carrots." O_o

And don't ask me. I'm more of a sight-gag coyote... comically slips on skunk cabbage

Hunter • 04/22/2017

Is Shiera dual wielding tennis rackets in her VR game? A quick check into this concept revealed an article with a proponent of two racket tennis who seems a little more like Wolf than I would have expected. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/sports/tennis/24rackets.html

Silverwolf • 04/23/2017

Still think that the Tron digitizer would be awesome. It'd appeal to wolfram's love of physics and bleeding edge (with an emphasis on bleeding) breakthroughs. And there's the obvious...

Imagine the lightcycles...but with shopping carts!

Panther • 04/26/2017

I quote :

""" Both systems need an emergency bucket deployment mechanism, I think. ;) """

With Wolf , we need more band-aid than a bucket ^_^

Katnik • 04/27/2017

Don't scrap the VR system just yet, it has medical applications, as an electronic emetic. And it's sodium free.

Knox • 05/03/2017

@Silverwolf imagins lightcycles with shopping carts ..... bursts in to laughter

@Panther nope, just an ejection system to shoot out bucket full of wolf XD

Silverwolf • 12/30/2018

@Lorenz Now would Wolf end up injuring himself fetching his own disc? I mean when you throw that sucker, it's got the lethality of a chakram!

Also, yeah, I can relate to the sudden vertigo when the tracking goes screwy. It happens every time I move between applications while in VR. As far as moving around without getting motion sick...that just takes practice. You have to mentally tie the idea of how fast and which direction you should be going with the control input.

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