Stop, you fools!
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The Picard Maneuver
People TwitterI saw someone online use a toy plane with magnets and a map with this. So when he would place the plane on different cities, it would change the view to a live feed from that city. It was very cool.
Around when I got my first decent projector, I hooked it up to one of my consoles and set it all up in my basement which, as you might guess, was underground. I didn't use a screen, just pointed it at the wall, as in the OP. In a similar timeframe, Last of Us was popular.
The menu screen for that game involved a view through a window. I won't lie; at least once I had to remind myself that it wasn't real.
I caught myself trying to lean through a window in that game once, i was so into it
Well now I want to try it.
It was a 1080p projector that I've long since given away and, looking up screenshots of the menu screen, the window was at an angle... So it's very possible that my memory was doing most of the heavy lifting there.
That said, don't let me stop you - projectors and PS4's aren't that expensive these days and, if you have a basement, it's fairly likely you have walls. Please report back to me with your findings!
Every time I've gone down the projector shopping rabbit hole, I've gotten analysis paralysis, but maybe one day...
if you have a giant wall, it's worth it. I had two, I forget how much the BenQ one I bought was, but I know the cheap ass one I bought at 75% off was like £300. Split between multiple people.
It was fucking awesome. Pure happenstance. My housemates were going to drive to a place with a supermarket and big box stores, and I wanted to catch a ride to see if there was some tech I could get. We did the shopping and I said "let's go to PC world" or whatever it was called. They asked me what the fuck it was that I could possibly get from there.
Liquidation sale.
Not a fucking bullshit "liquidation sale" with 20% off. "We're going to shut this place down before corporate goes bust because no one in this shitty town has any money" liquidation sale. We got a £1200 projector for £300. It was worth every fucking penny, as we watched films in the living room and threw cartons of finished juice at the wall in protest at the shitty films we watched.
get one with reasonable reviews at a reasonable price. worry more about how you're going to be able to set it up with proper focus and angle etc
I have a 10 year old projector (1080p) in my basement projecting onto a large screen (120ish inches maybe?). It's fantastic for movies.
It was long enough ago that I don't remember which it was, but I had a 3d DLP 1080p Optoma ... It was close to the HD26, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't that, since I don't remember the flared lens. It looks like there is a wide range of prices for which that can be acquired, but I will say it was a damned good projector, especially if you wanted active 3d. If that's not a requirement (and it likely rarely is these days) I'm sure you could get something much cheaper.
So do you sit in a dark room pretending it's day outside or do you turn on the lights and ruin he projection?
I would assume it would be based on the setup, usually projectors are still able to be visible with the lights on, not as well but still pretty decently. school projectors (if they even still use those) were good examples of that where they would project onto the white board with the lights on
Some yearn for the cave. They will fight tooth and nail to stay.
Without motion tracking parallax it won't be convincing enough.
It's convincing enough for a silly meme.
Plato: It's the big one! Elizabeth! I'm comin' to ya honey!
Man I downloaded this shit last week for crimson desert content and it's throwing projectors at me left and right and this is not helping 💀
Do you actually have need for a low fidelity replica of outside that never changed with seasons nor had an interesting bird to look at?
I think I'd feel better if I could project a snow storm on the wall in the middle of vietnamese summer. I don't need a bird, I just need something to distract me from the fact that I will feel only oppressive heat and humidity for like 9 months.
Understandable.
Here in Canada when it's the winter and you look outside and know there's 5 more months of this it sucks.
I like winter, but damn I really wanted spring to come for the last three months.
I used to feel that way when I lived up north, but the heat changed sonething in me, now -20 feels wonderful. Its a shame all the cold places are either expensive, Russia, or like a remote part of Pakistan. Why can't we just move like half of vietnam or colombia or Yunnan 2 or 3 km directly upwards?
