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    Obscura CueLight Pool Table Is $200,000 Worth of Fancy

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    Image of joelja joelja
    09/18/09

    In reply to Obscura CueLight Pool Table Is $200,000 Worth of Fancy
    so that's a probably $6000 projector including the anamophic lens. motion capture hardware probably doubles that, then software engineering which probably still leaves room for 100% margin.

    not a cool as the following application of projection and motion capture but I digress.
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    09/18/09

    @joelja: I would get in SO much trouble with that. I need one.
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Obscura CueLight Pool Table Is $200,000 Worth of Fancy
    I was disappointed that the "woman" under the water was skinless, not clothes-less.
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    09/18/09

    @skraptastic: She is not skinless. That is a lovely beaded evening gown, but oddly…

    I thought she should be nude as well.
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Man vs Machine: Deep Green Pool-Playing Robot Ready to Hustle
    Now it needs a dynamic handicap factor and second arm with a switchblade for effective hustling.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/18/09

    In reply to Man vs Machine: Deep Green Pool-Playing Robot Ready to Hustle
    They're going to have to do a lot more work to get the spin of the cue ball - from the speed and placement of the cue on the cue ball - to make the augmented pool actually accurate. That's the biggest part of the game.

    And that music was freaking terrible.
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    Image of geolemon geolemon
    09/18/09

    @Lassus: The biggest parts of the game are making shots, and placing your ball so that you can make a subsequent shot and/or so your opponent can't make theirs.

    Putting english on the cue ball is just one method you might (or might not) use, conditionally.

    And we aren't computers... computer analysis might let that thing predict out two or three shots.

    It has an advantage that even professional pool players don't have - absolutely linear, repeatable-every-time stroke consistency.

    I'd put a machine with that advantage and "in development" spin angles against a trick-shot expert english-specialist anyday.

    Programming you can tweak, calculations can predict... people can only practice.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    09/18/09

    @geolemon: I wasn't actually talking about the robot player, but the augmented feature for guiding the human players. (I have no doubt the computer can be programmed to replicate any amount of english. I, for one, welcome our computer overlords.)

    I'm not sure how they are going to tell the human player to spin the cue to get the proper placement for the next shot. The english of the cue ball is not just one of the ways to place the cue, it's the ONLY way. A lack of spin and english is an amount of english: none. And speed, of course. The augment feature, while also boring, I don't think would end up being a help against a decent player. That was my argument. It would be a good general teaching device, I suppose.
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    07/23/09

    In reply to Automotive Pool Table Would Make For An Interesting Driving Experience
    What car so you drive Sean? Just curious.
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    07/23/09

    In reply to Automotive Pool Table Would Make For An Interesting Driving Experience
    If they add some gyroscopic sensors like in the segway, this thing could double as a means of transportation.
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    Image of jcrow1193 jcrow1193
    07/23/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: thats exactly what i was thinking when i first saw this. Or it could be used on ships to keep the table level at all times!
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    07/23/09

    In reply to Automotive Pool Table Would Make For An Interesting Driving Experience
    Ummm... Has anyone checked to see if maybe it's actually a decepticon?
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    07/23/09


    @Homerjay. Good and good for you.: Or a VW?
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    Image of iwishiwasjeff iwishiwasjeff
    07/23/09

    @Homerjay. Good and good for you.: This might be the most obvious transformer out there.
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    07/23/09

    @iwishiwasjeff: That's why it's the best. Hide in plain sight, no one suspects that. Like that Japanese Gundam, no one suspects that it's really a superweapon.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    07/23/09

    @Homerjay. Good and good for you.: If it is, no doubt it's a horrible miscast that spouts cliched one-liners as it fails to properly kill one stupid douchey little boy.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    07/23/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: So you enjoyed the film, did ya?
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/23/09

    In reply to Automotive Pool Table Would Make For An Interesting Driving Experience
    i will take a classic olhausen over this monstrosity and day of the week.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    07/23/09

    In reply to Automotive Pool Table Would Make For An Interesting Driving Experience
    I like it, but I like cars. Its very high on the cool scale, especially in an auto themed rec or game room.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    07/23/09

    In reply to Automotive Pool Table Would Make For An Interesting Driving Experience
    The coolest part was that the fourth one was free!
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    Image of ZLevee ZLevee
    02/24/09

    In reply to Leather Cue Bench is the Classy Way to Store Your Billiards Gear
    I don't see how this giant thing that takes away from real seating space is in anyway better than having your stick and balls free and out there hanging around.
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    02/24/09

    In reply to Leather Cue Bench is the Classy Way to Store Your Billiards Gear
    This does not seem very space efficient.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/24/09

    In reply to Leather Cue Bench is the Classy Way to Store Your Billiards Gear
    Looks more like a massive outdoor grill. Maybe call it the Barb-A-Cue?
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    Image of AKAuser AKAuser
    02/24/09

    In reply to Leather Cue Bench is the Classy Way to Store Your Billiards Gear
    So anyone who is unlucky enough to sit in the seat is gonna have blue chalk all over their back and hair.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    02/24/09

    @AKAuser: "...is gonna have blue chalk all over their back and hair."


    Well that can happen anytime you and your date get "adventurous". In my book, playing pool would be the second-best use of a billiards table.

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    Image of Digo Digo
    02/24/09

    In reply to Leather Cue Bench is the Classy Way to Store Your Billiards Gear
    Pool tables look weird without anything on them. I like keeping the balls racked and maybe a couple of pool sticks on it.
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    02/24/09

    @Digo: All this talk about racks and balls is very exciting.
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    Image of Kev50027 Kev50027
    02/24/09

    @Digo: I disagree. For a pool enthusiast, you're supposed to cover the table up and put all the balls in the pockets. Leaving pool sticks upright keeps them from getting warped, and keeps the fabric on the table from getting a little indentation where the stick was.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    02/24/09

    @Kev50027: But they have to be pretty much perfectly straight up/down for them to not warp eventually. I have seen poorly designed wall hangers that will warp the fcuk out of a pool cue.
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