I only ever notice the Optigon on videos which specifically cover that subject. Every other video, I’ve completely taken it for granted as “normal part of Zack’s face”.
THIS! he's like superman, with the optigon he's Zack Freedman, without he's just some dude (tobecompletelyfaircanonicallysupermansdisguiseisntjustglasseshealsochangeshisposturevoiceandhisdemeanorsotheonlythingyoucouldsayisheyourcolleaguelookslikesupermanisnttatfunnythesamewaywesayitaboutcelebritieslookalikesandthischangeswerebrilliantlyportrayedbychristopherreeveinninetyseventyeightsupermanmovie) same text but for normal people: to be completely fair canonically superman's disguise isn't just glasses he also changes his posture, voice and his demeanor, so the only thing you could say is "hey, our colleague looks like superman isn't that funny" the same way we say it about celebrities lookalikes, and this changes were brilliantly portrayed by christopher reeve in '78 superman movie
I think it's crazy people think the headset is bad for views. It was one of the distinguishing features that made the remember "oh yeah, the headset guy, he makes good stuff". It's hard to stick out in a field of largely great TH-cam makers.
I don't know if he could get a better lighting setup where it's not so many little glares coming off the glass. Or just screw it and make it a dark lens, not like we're able to see your eye through it
@@chiefpacmanThe problem your mentioning is either not great enough for me to notice, or doesn't exist. Same level of quality I see on most science videos shot with a camera in a garage.
Agreed, it's iconic and memorable. Anyone who hates it is just mad for no reason other than having some bizarre personal problem with seeing people that don't conform to their arbitrary expectations of normality.
"Is it cheating? WHO CARES!" This is one of the most useful self-hacks that anyone can adopt. Cheating matters when you're in a competition. When you're being creative and building something stop trying to step through whatever imaginary gate some rando on the internet has setup. It doesn't matter. Make the thing you want to make.
It's also an extremely useful mindset to adopt when programming, unless you're actually trying to learn something specific. There's really no need to constantly reinvent the wheel and you're likely to spent most of your time on a given project doing just that rather than actually working on the project itself.
This is _so much_ a problem in the open-source space. _Especially_ with the Gentoo and Arch crowds. Lots of Arch users would look down on me for using EndeavourOS, because they don't want their distro Canonical-ised into _Ubuntu, but for Arch_ (which is what Manjaro tries to do, and on occasion fail miserably) but if it were not for EndeavourOS, I wouldn't had bothered with Arch _in the first place._ These people should pick a side - do they value their minuscule "Exclusive knowledge" and clique so much, that they'd rather people not use an Arch-based derivative than to share in their joy? It's ridiculous.
This is _so much_ a problem in the open-source space. _Especially_ with the Gentoo and Arch crowds. Lots of Arch users would look down on me for using EndeavourOS, because they don't want their distro Canonical-ised into _Ubuntu, but for Arch_ (which is what Manjaro tries to do, and on occasion fail miserably) but if it were not for EndeavourOS, I wouldn't had bothered with Arch _in the first place._ Do they value their minuscule "Exclusive knowledge" and clique so much, that they'd rather people not use an Arch-based derivative than to share in their joy? It's ridiculous.
TH-cam keeps eating my comments. So rather than elaborating which risks publishing a bad word or phrase, I'll limit my thoughts to _It's just as bad in the open-source space, because too often people would rather you go away than share in their joy._
Your point about buying the hard work in the design for optics instead of making your own is a point that I made all too often in my robotics club where everyone had the opinion "I'd rather make my own 3D printer, thanks" and then fiddle with it for 2 years instead of buying a printer that would work the first time to build, you know, robots
100% I have a commercial product that I love and own 2 of and for the last 8 months I have been recreating it; case, firmware, python interface and I *still* have more to do, and still have at least 1 hardware/PCB issue. I don't mind the software/firmware side, I have eliminated quite a few issues I had with the commercial product....but damn do I hate trying to figure out the PCB issues. Overall though it has been a good learning experience and even currently it is usable.
A happy medium between your observation and your club's desires might be the voron project. You get to build it yourself, but instead of tinkering for years you can build it quickly and have a predictable result.
Social policing of all kinds is on the rise. I do not let my bad eyesight and ankles stop me from living a full life, but this past year I've gotten more comments on my assistance devices than ever in my life, and they are mostly about the non-comforming factor, or just trying to convince me to either switch to something THEY can't see or try and tell me I do not need my devices. Literally, all my life its been : "Oh, I see, maybe i can use a brace too!" or like silly questions "Is it broken?" but now it's like: "Oh poor you, isn't it humiliating to have to be seen in something that wasn't bought from free people or toktok shop!! And its so ugly How do you cope??" I don't know whats going on anymore, so I can't tell you why, but it's not just online.
Upset is a strong word but it does feel weird to watch a vlog style video and not being able to see both his eyes, its something related to the uncanny valley effect i suspect. Its just a bit off and if this wasnt a video about the thing itself it would probably be better to build a teleprompter that mounts to the camera.
"Everyone and their dog should have a heads-up display." A decent heads-up display that doesn't require 40-hours of hacking at it isn't exactly easy to find.
@@bruceknee4941| I'd argue most people don't even need the internet on their phones. The average person doesn't need the entirety of human knowledge stuffed in their pocket to do what they do.
there are a couple brands of AR glasses that arent full blow vr headsets with augmented reality capabilities like the quest 3 and pro. xreal is the one that comes to mind their glasses seem way higher quality and with way more use cases less limited over all and ready out the box and still having a slim comfortable fit compared to this style of hmd with the single lens.
The Optigon is easily the most recognizable part of your brand. I regularly describe you as "Voidstar labs - you know, the guy with the heads up display?"
Who the crap is watching more than one Zack Freedman video and thinking: I like everything about this man except the purest distillation of his essence: his wearable computer. It's like loving wine but hating grapes, alcohol and drinking liquids.
Yes! It's a piece of wearable tech that he made, and this channel is literally all about DIY tech. He literally calls his audience CYBORGS for god's sake
honestly until this video i didnt realize it was functional, now i think its really cool! before today i thought it was just a kinda cringe sci fi accessory and i wasnt a fan.
@@TylerProvick im sorry? its not like its a big deal to me and im not gonna leave hate comments for it or anything. I just think that as fashion accessory it looks dumb. sorry for having an opinion?? Ill repeat tho. its a really fucking cool thing, and honestly I kinda want one. knowing that its a functional thing changes it entirely for me
The implementation of wearables, particularly HUDs is due an explosion. Ive used the Hololens, some VR pass throughs, the Google Glass and a few other AR headsets and although they're still clunky and/or have their problems or limitations, we're very rapidly approaching a point where they're finally going to be an item of utility that people will adopt as comprehensively as their smart phones. You're a pioneer my friend, and most definitely not alone with the desire to continue to develop this technology. I've developed a lot of AR systems for Project: MJOLNIR, so I appreciate the hustle. Take it easy fella.
Man, I have no idea how could anyone possibly say anything bad about this. I have not watched a single video before, this one was recommended 20 minutes and 47 seconds ago by YT. This is by far the best project I have ever seen. You absolutely rock! Its a shame that wearable input devices and wearable computers are so bad even to this day. I am a ginormous fan of heads-up displays. I work as an electrical engineer on a merchant ship and I would sacrifice half of the planet for one that is actually usable and simple enough to use on my job. Every single thing you did is so amazing it's insane. Incredible project, incredible ideas and even more incredible is you sticking to it and using it day-to-day. Love you man, keep it up!
I mean you can custom make HUD glass, I've even done it. You just need to get accepted into an EE/CE engineering graduate program with access to a 10s of million dollar clear room and fabrication program... So yeah
It's the first video from you I've ever watched, and I gotta say your mod on BT-40 looks cool as hell. If I could afford it I'd do something similar :D
Finding out that a heads up display that looks just as sci fi as you’d imagine it is not only real, but practical enough for regular use, is like finding out Santa is real
I love how you start this video with the question of "Why doesn't everyone use a HUD?", and then proceed to spend the next 20 min basically answering your own question. No one will ever do all of this for a HUD that is difficult at best to control. The only way everyone will use a HUD is when they can go to Amazon, order it, and it just works flawlessly with eye tracking for input.
My dude, respect putting tech-neanderthals in their place. I only seen a couple of your vids now I have a CR-30 print-mill (my first 3d printer) and the honestly heads-up display is what actually peaked my interest, because only someone who know what they are doing would wear one. Unless of course its for clout, but generally these days BS gets caught out and only damages your reputation, IT is not a place where you can hide, the internet knows.
Hiya , my daughter and I were lucky enough to meet you at smrrf in Oxford last year. You made Livvy's day when you let her try on your HUD. Mine too. It was great meeting you both. Top humans
Honestly, a video on input devices maybe in that tier list format that youtube loves would be a banger idea. I can see it now. "INPUT DEVICE TIERLIST FOR YOUR PROJECTS"
That needs to be split into pointing and typing, because they're very different beasts. I made a comment with some suggested improvements, and one of the suggestions I offered for cursor control was the Wiimote. For people in a fixed environment, a wiimote and a pair of IR LEDs is actually the only S-tier option - it's got high precision, high accuracy, is traversal rate agnostic, and is both consistent and reliable.
See I actually love the heads-up display, it is quite literally the anime sci-fi future we always wanted. I wish I could have one for myself because it honestly just seems like such an insanely useful utility. Imagine being able to play a massive open world game _and_ see the map at the same time. Or working on a project and being able to look at complex documentation or formula's _while_ you work. Or even just keeping a little Picture-In-Picture sort of video in your peripheral without obstructing the view of whatever it is you're doing, probably watching another video at the same time. Unfortunately I lack the technical competence to craft one for myself even with the video guide.
I need one. So I wouldn't have to rely on my wife's memory so she goes, "Oh, Hi. I'm Chris, you are?" and reach her hand out to shake the stranger's hand to get the name I don't remember. It should do facial recognition on everyone that it sees and overlay their name on top of the face. It should be trainable too, so I can meet someone, at OpenSauce for example, and repeat their name, nod, or something and it records it. Then at the next Open Sauce I can run into them and be like, Oh, hey, it's Zak Free Man (because the speech recognition isn't perfectly tuned to my accent, so every name would be slightly off).
Despite having no 3d printer, solder experience, or any maker-anything, Your HUD has really makes me want to get into it to try and one day make something like it.
@@jicmetalworkNo, it wasn't a "Commercial failure" , considering it never reached real "commercial " advertising. Sure, it got released to the public in 14', but it was very much always marketed as a product In development...which back to the original comment's point.. had the plug pulled before any real development was made.
@@KingM119 Pulling the plug on it as its released is most definitely commercial suicide which is used to avoid embarrassing commercial failure as the parent company already started pulling them out of the market. Kinda like how the Cybertruck was in constant rescheduling of release for nearly 10 years to maintain customer interaction positively though in the opposite direction.
just to mess with people you could glue a googly eye on the side of that hud. not on the glass but front facing piece of plastic. Having an off-center additional eye. :D
Anything that can read my power level is a win for me. but seriously, just tell people your working to make a real world Scouter & your support will go up, most people want sci-fi things.
4:55 - I had to complete an electrical-integration project for college and we needed to install a power pack that allowed for solar-power in along with USB out (with stretch goal of US A/C out). So I start going down the rabbit hole of battery vs capacitor, charging circuits, feedback prevention diodes, rectifiers vs inverters. And then I remembered: No one cares, we'll just get a professional portable pack, modify it, and then just say "this is a placeholder for example purposes until a bespoke solution can be implemented." So glad we went that route.
Silly input devices? Hell yeah! I've spent a looooot of time building custom input devices for people with disabilities and I know it's a crazy problem-space to be working in. I'd love to see your experiences with it.
I would rather it have a built in range finder. But... Installing infrared lasers with a fresnal lens. Would allow one to hook into a nightvision scope. If he used a head tracking device on the scope. Then where he looks. The scope looks. If it was wireless. Even the military would be interested.😉
I've always thought your heads up display was an effective use of tech and unique element of what makes you... you. Thank you for all you do, have done, and will do in the future. keep it up Zack
Dude, having a functional prosthetic eye with an integrated HUD like how your headset works would be absolutely radical. As someone with one eye, one of these would be awesome but I wouldn't feasibly be able to use one of these since my vision would be too heavily impaired by it, which is incredibly unfortunate.
Imagine not trying the Nintendo power glove lmfao couldn’t be me Also this is probably one of the best videos I’ve seen from you. I might try to make one myself after watching this to be honest
Here's a stroke of brilliance if you've ever heard one: Glue on the sawed off half to make a seperate wearable on the other eye, this time an eye tracker Stephen Hawking style that is calibrated to your eye movements on the first display, thus letting your move the mouse freely while still watching the screen. Would it make it look like the literal thing you just sawed in half, yeah, but it'd be pretty funny. Or you know mount it on the same side, but that might be impossible and also not as funny.
I would ABSOLUTELY watch a video about your silly input devices! I've been trying to find more info about at least 5 of the specific devices you showed on the screen here.
Dude printed a multi-part multi-color necklace of fingers for a 30 second gag. And the best part is you can't even get mad at him because the waste that gag generated is absolutely minuscule compared to what Apple will do with a single iCloud locked iPad
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad I don't have one but I've seen piles of them misdiscarded from schools or just people who have thrown them away and the ewaste all of that amounts to is immense
@@devnolI noticed you didn’t say you saw Apple throw them away, but rather customers… First of all, that school used MDM, and iCloud locked or not, MDM should not be and will not ever be removable by a user. Secondly, it sounds you’re saying the customers that want to disable the device before throwing it away shouldn’t be able to. Or rather you’re suggesting the manufacturer should assume they forgot they locked it? Either way, you’re asking for a universal key to be created and HOPING it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. I used to work for one of the largest electronics recyclers and resellers in the world. About 5% of Apple devices that came in were iCloud locked. That’s a lot, hundreds a day worldwide. Protocol was to send them back to the customer with instructions on unlocking them. Half the time we got them back unlocked, the other half the customer refused. This is where I gather we disagree; I think the owner of a device has the right to refuse. That may sound annoying, but we had bigger issues to deal with. Pallets of stolen enterprise-leased laptops, bins full of stolen Android phones, and tons of devices that were smashed “so no one could get the data”. iCloud locks solved all of these issues. Think about that; organized crime figured out it’s not worth stealing an iPad, iPhone, or MacBook. Now sure, it COULD be marginally better for the environment if Apple set up the devices so that dumpster divers could resell them against the owners will, but I really believe that would do significantly more harm than good. No matter how much our opinions on the hard or crime reduction differ, at the end of the day the person that bought the device is responsible for what they do with it.
I haven't watched you much but I honestly just thought it was apart of your image, like if Lyle Forever just didn't show up in his gecko costume for his gecko therapy, it wouldn't be right without it
I actually introduced a friend to your channel and was totally geeking out about the headset. I was explaining how you read off a ridiculous list of folk at the end of each episode and that the headset facilitates that. They weren't as impressed because I showed them one of the newer videos with the streamlined shout outs (they thought you just kept effing up). I then showed them one where you read off the whole list and they were floored. They eventually watched while episodes and now I have a buddy to geek out with when your new videos drop. Great stuff.
i came across your channel only because of your HUD. I saw the title to this video, thought it was interesting sounding, and watched all 20 minutes of it. Cool stuff!
Watching you design and build your HUD is one of the reasons I live your channel so much. You're a brilliant engineer and designer. I don't have a use for a HUD so much, but I've always felt that I would love to have an "earbud" implant. I am always listening to something, and I've lost more than one pair of earbuds. An implant that I could never lose that used bone conduction and Bluetooth would be such a cool thing. P.S. I would definitely watch a video about all of your crazy input devices.
So cool! ..and I finally figured out what the Optigon reminds me of. "Zack, what does the scouter say about his power level?" - "It's over nine thousaaand!!" .. as he crushes his Optigon :p And yes please, for the input devices video!
No joke, like half of those input devices are things I contemplated buying before. I would absolutely love an episode of you showcasing your input devices.
I knew you used it as a teleprompter but honestly I kinda figured it was also just part of your "style", y'know? Ashens has his couch. The AVGN has scatological references. Tierzoo has a frankly admirable level of dedication to the "life is an MMO" schtick. You have your HUD.
I have no idea how the algorithm lead me to this channel but, I find it fascinating. Your channel is filled with things that I used to dream about building and owning as a teenager - back when I dreamt of building fusion reactors and robots. I have subscribed just because I am a fan of your builds. I won't be building anything but, I will be cheering you on.
that's a neat albeit chunky computer unit but it doesn't change the fact that on June 28th 1998, the Undertaker threw Mankind off "Hell in a Cell" and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.
I want.......eyes that can see in multiple wavelengths, that can record everything I'm looking at, and then allow me to replay scenes in real time, without giving anything away. That's all, nothing big.
YES. Actually the part with different inputs you showed got me interested momentarily. Even at the beginning of the video I thought to myself: "it's a good way of displaying something, but how would you actually interact with it on the go in the same effectife way, you can with a keyboard". So yes, I would like a video on the input devices you tried very much.
The worst assignment I ever had at university was to compile the Android 2.0 kernal. I had to jump through so many weird hoops to get it to work, like having to login as root on linux because sudo wasn't good enough. I am eternally traumatized by linux after that.
Every time I see a complex build system that doesn't seem to work, I steal the CI scripts and just do what they do, sometimes in a chroot or a mount namespace so I can fake things being/not being on the system.
Please do make the episode about your silly input devices
yes
second this | I will watch it
only if you wear the HUD
Id watch but only if he takes off stupid google glasses
He's ADHD probably so having a teleprompter is the only way he can get through a video process
"Why am I wearing a heads-up display?" So you know the power level of your opponent!
Or at least his health bar...
But what does it say about his power level?
@@MissingNo0001 IT'S OVER 9000'S!!!
Expected this comment, and was fully prepared to make it myself had it somehow been missing.
@@frds_skce WHAT! 9000?
I only ever notice the Optigon on videos which specifically cover that subject. Every other video, I’ve completely taken it for granted as “normal part of Zack’s face”.
THIS! he's like superman, with the optigon he's Zack Freedman, without he's just some dude
(tobecompletelyfaircanonicallysupermansdisguiseisntjustglasseshealsochangeshisposturevoiceandhisdemeanorsotheonlythingyoucouldsayisheyourcolleaguelookslikesupermanisnttatfunnythesamewaywesayitaboutcelebritieslookalikesandthischangeswerebrilliantlyportrayedbychristopherreeveinninetyseventyeightsupermanmovie)
same text but for normal people:
to be completely fair canonically superman's disguise isn't just glasses he also changes his posture, voice and his demeanor, so the only thing you could say is "hey, our colleague looks like superman isn't that funny" the same way we say it about celebrities lookalikes, and this changes were brilliantly portrayed by christopher reeve in '78 superman movie
He'd look weird without a wearable now. It's like seeing people that always wear glasses when they've just gotten contacts.
This. It's Like when a guy always wears a hat or sunglasses. I'd probably be more distracted if he didn't wear it.
same, I thought he was born with it at first
Just a part of his face I guess.
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh...
Even in death I serve the Omnissiah
It disgusted me
I craved the strenght and certainty of steel
I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine.
I am already saved, for the machine is immortal.
I think it's crazy people think the headset is bad for views. It was one of the distinguishing features that made the remember "oh yeah, the headset guy, he makes good stuff". It's hard to stick out in a field of largely great TH-cam makers.
I don't know if he could get a better lighting setup where it's not so many little glares coming off the glass. Or just screw it and make it a dark lens, not like we're able to see your eye through it
@@chiefpacmanOr just use a monitor as a teleprompter like a normal person 😂
@@chiefpacmanThe problem your mentioning is either not great enough for me to notice, or doesn't exist.
Same level of quality I see on most science videos shot with a camera in a garage.
Agreed, it's iconic and memorable. Anyone who hates it is just mad for no reason other than having some bizarre personal problem with seeing people that don't conform to their arbitrary expectations of normality.
This is the first time I've ever watched a video from this guy, and I clicked for the headset.
"Is it cheating? WHO CARES!"
This is one of the most useful self-hacks that anyone can adopt. Cheating matters when you're in a competition. When you're being creative and building something stop trying to step through whatever imaginary gate some rando on the internet has setup. It doesn't matter. Make the thing you want to make.
It's also an extremely useful mindset to adopt when programming, unless you're actually trying to learn something specific. There's really no need to constantly reinvent the wheel and you're likely to spent most of your time on a given project doing just that rather than actually working on the project itself.
This is _so much_ a problem in the open-source space. _Especially_ with the Gentoo and Arch crowds. Lots of Arch users would look down on me for using EndeavourOS, because they don't want their distro Canonical-ised into _Ubuntu, but for Arch_ (which is what Manjaro tries to do, and on occasion fail miserably) but if it were not for EndeavourOS, I wouldn't had bothered with Arch _in the first place._
These people should pick a side - do they value their minuscule "Exclusive knowledge" and clique so much, that they'd rather people not use an Arch-based derivative than to share in their joy? It's ridiculous.
This is _so much_ a problem in the open-source space. _Especially_ with the Gentoo and Arch crowds. Lots of Arch users would look down on me for using EndeavourOS, because they don't want their distro Canonical-ised into _Ubuntu, but for Arch_ (which is what Manjaro tries to do, and on occasion fail miserably) but if it were not for EndeavourOS, I wouldn't had bothered with Arch _in the first place._
Do they value their minuscule "Exclusive knowledge" and clique so much, that they'd rather people not use an Arch-based derivative than to share in their joy? It's ridiculous.
TH-cam keeps eating my comments. So rather than elaborating which risks publishing a bad word or phrase, I'll limit my thoughts to _It's just as bad in the open-source space, because too often people would rather you go away than share in their joy._
Can it even be cheating when you're creative? I don't think the term applies here. Or you're not creative, or you steal content.
"Zack, what does the scouter say about his power level?"
HIS POWER IS OVER 9000!
@@VPX-711WHAT 9000
It's over 8000 😅
Not only does wearing the google glass put people off, but your constant bragging and smug superiority attitude does as well! It’s a no from me!
Ngl I’ve always thought he was just a fan of Dragon Ball. Didn’t think it was a whole HUD
Cmon Vegeta, take off the scouter.
*WHAT DOES THE SCOUTER SAY ABOUT HIS POWER LEVEL?!*
Finally😂
It's...
1006.
@@OreoBambino *WHAT 9000?!*
There we go, glad I didn’t have to scroll down much to see this!
I came to make sure this was posted. Well done lads! Well done.
Since i first saw you I've thought the opposite "this guy is way cool. He's wearing tech"
i came here for the 3d prints, i stayed bc of 3d rizz
The scripts are awesome. I also get a kick out of the references.
Bro isn't just into tech, he IS tech
You think that about someone wearing a smart watch, Fitbit, Oura ring, or Casio calculator watch too don't you?
@@Those_Weirdos all of your comments here are so angry lmao take your blood pressure meds dude
13:37 I watched the filament series despite not owning or planing on owning a 3d printer. Yes I’d watch the input device showcase.
I cant decide if that timestamp was intentional...
@@gaurdians1 came here to say that was an elite choice for time reference.
big mood, the filament series was my intro to the whole chanel. and i wasnt even looking for 3d print content
I would love a video about all the wearable control devices you've tried out! great vid as always :DDD
"A lesser man would be offended, an even lesser man would say something like that in the first place" has some real groucho marx vibes.
I wasn't looking for a Groucho Marx reference today. Or this decade. Bravo, AND spot on! ^_^
Groucho would be proud 🥸
Your point about buying the hard work in the design for optics instead of making your own is a point that I made all too often in my robotics club where everyone had the opinion "I'd rather make my own 3D printer, thanks" and then fiddle with it for 2 years instead of buying a printer that would work the first time to build, you know, robots
Software Engineers are notorious for "Not Invented Here" syndrome
@@oliverb7897 “steal from the best invent the rest” is my favorite saying
100% I have a commercial product that I love and own 2 of and for the last 8 months I have been recreating it; case, firmware, python interface and I *still* have more to do, and still have at least 1 hardware/PCB issue.
I don't mind the software/firmware side, I have eliminated quite a few issues I had with the commercial product....but damn do I hate trying to figure out the PCB issues.
Overall though it has been a good learning experience and even currently it is usable.
ours did pretty much the same thing when they got an ender 3
A happy medium between your observation and your club's desires might be the voron project. You get to build it yourself, but instead of tinkering for years you can build it quickly and have a predictable result.
Yes input device video please
i think the best option would be a thumbstick and left/right click buttons made as small as possible
did you even watch the video lmao @@hapcot
@@dakingofcubeslike... Dude... How would he know to make that joke if he hadn't... Your sarcasm detector is broken.
Concur!
He's gonna have to lose the stupid spy kids monocle though.
if we're upset at someone wearing a goofy monocole we're not ready for zorgon the destroyers cleft fang
This is that thing Vegeta wears to measure someones power level
I clicked on the video for this comment
is it over 9000?
@@Thad4002it's over... *9000!*
still waiting for that function to be added
Garrus Vakarian
You wearing that has literally no effect on my enjoyment of the video. I have no idea how anyone is upset by it.
Bots. That reciprocate bs opinions. Targeting any new video popping up.
Welcome to the Internet! I think you'll like it a lot here so long as you learn to ignore the haters /s
Social policing of all kinds is on the rise. I do not let my bad eyesight and ankles stop me from living a full life, but this past year I've gotten more comments on my assistance devices than ever in my life, and they are mostly about the non-comforming factor, or just trying to convince me to either switch to something THEY can't see or try and tell me I do not need my devices.
Literally, all my life its been : "Oh, I see, maybe i can use a brace too!" or like silly questions "Is it broken?" but now it's like: "Oh poor you, isn't it humiliating to have to be seen in something that wasn't bought from free people or toktok shop!! And its so ugly How do you cope??"
I don't know whats going on anymore, so I can't tell you why, but it's not just online.
The display is so awesome
Upset is a strong word but it does feel weird to watch a vlog style video and not being able to see both his eyes, its something related to the uncanny valley effect i suspect.
Its just a bit off and if this wasnt a video about the thing itself it would probably be better to build a teleprompter that mounts to the camera.
"Everyone and their dog should have a heads-up display."
A decent heads-up display that doesn't require 40-hours of hacking at it isn't exactly easy to find.
The only use I can think for it would be to look up something on wikipedia during a conversation.
Google tried to make one, but the public resoundingly rejected it.
@@bruceknee4941| I'd argue most people don't even need the internet on their phones. The average person doesn't need the entirety of human knowledge stuffed in their pocket to do what they do.
there are a couple brands of AR glasses that arent full blow vr headsets with augmented reality capabilities like the quest 3 and pro. xreal is the one that comes to mind their glasses seem way higher quality and with way more use cases less limited over all and ready out the box and still having a slim comfortable fit compared to this style of hmd with the single lens.
@@bruceknee4941 what did you say your power level was?
the answer is obvious, to read power levels
"From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me!"
Time to hide the Toasters.
Oh yeah... I keep meaning to make maker chips and forgetting until youpload a new video...
Same! 😂
857 likes and no replies? lemme - *what was it again*
0:10 "dawgmented reality" lmao
Blud looks like he is about to pull up on Namek.
What's my power level Zack?
I can hide mine.
Both these over 9THOUSAAAAND
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bro really just made the best functional scouter in existence for work purposes
glad im not the only one who thought that.
The Optigon is easily the most recognizable part of your brand. I regularly describe you as "Voidstar labs - you know, the guy with the heads up display?"
Who the crap is watching more than one Zack Freedman video and thinking: I like everything about this man except the purest distillation of his essence: his wearable computer. It's like loving wine but hating grapes, alcohol and drinking liquids.
Yes! It's a piece of wearable tech that he made, and this channel is literally all about DIY tech.
He literally calls his audience CYBORGS for god's sake
honestly until this video i didnt realize it was functional, now i think its really cool! before today i thought it was just a kinda cringe sci fi accessory and i wasnt a fan.
@@undodo4264 I'm sorry that you have to live like that.
@@TylerProvick im sorry? its not like its a big deal to me and im not gonna leave hate comments for it or anything.
I just think that as fashion accessory it looks dumb. sorry for having an opinion??
Ill repeat tho. its a really fucking cool thing, and honestly I kinda want one. knowing that its a functional thing changes it entirely for me
@@TylerProvick it's an opinion that he wasn't being rude about. calm down dude.
The implementation of wearables, particularly HUDs is due an explosion. Ive used the Hololens, some VR pass throughs, the Google Glass and a few other AR headsets and although they're still clunky and/or have their problems or limitations, we're very rapidly approaching a point where they're finally going to be an item of utility that people will adopt as comprehensively as their smart phones. You're a pioneer my friend, and most definitely not alone with the desire to continue to develop this technology. I've developed a lot of AR systems for Project: MJOLNIR, so I appreciate the hustle. Take it easy fella.
funny seeing the british halo guy who isnt hiddenxperia here
Dude your living my cyberpunk dreams with that badass HUD! Keep on rocking and inventing!
Man, I have no idea how could anyone possibly say anything bad about this. I have not watched a single video before, this one was recommended 20 minutes and 47 seconds ago by YT. This is by far the best project I have ever seen. You absolutely rock! Its a shame that wearable input devices and wearable computers are so bad even to this day. I am a ginormous fan of heads-up displays. I work as an electrical engineer on a merchant ship and I would sacrifice half of the planet for one that is actually usable and simple enough to use on my job. Every single thing you did is so amazing it's insane. Incredible project, incredible ideas and even more incredible is you sticking to it and using it day-to-day. Love you man, keep it up!
I mean you can custom make HUD glass, I've even done it. You just need to get accepted into an EE/CE engineering graduate program with access to a 10s of million dollar clear room and fabrication program... So yeah
#humblebrag
So what you're saying is I just need to break into a clean room
standing on the shoulders of giants, really fucking big ones
is this a gag on the whole Epson tbing
Barely an Inconvenience.
It's the first video from you I've ever watched, and I gotta say your mod on BT-40 looks cool as hell. If I could afford it I'd do something similar :D
"Less than 10 thousand but not much less" is such a quality joke.
Finding out that a heads up display that looks just as sci fi as you’d imagine it is not only real, but practical enough for regular use, is like finding out Santa is real
I love how you start this video with the question of "Why doesn't everyone use a HUD?", and then proceed to spend the next 20 min basically answering your own question. No one will ever do all of this for a HUD that is difficult at best to control.
The only way everyone will use a HUD is when they can go to Amazon, order it, and it just works flawlessly with eye tracking for input.
The Google Glass suffered from this exact same issue. They're expensive, hard to use, and not worth the trouble.
@@Deadsphere And they make you look like an absolute bellend.
@@techpriest5452 When I was younger when they first came out, they looked pretty cool, but that was because it was new tech, and I was like 16.
My dude, respect putting tech-neanderthals in their place. I only seen a couple of your vids now I have a CR-30 print-mill (my first 3d printer) and the honestly heads-up display is what actually peaked my interest, because only someone who know what they are doing would wear one.
Unless of course its for clout, but generally these days BS gets caught out and only damages your reputation, IT is not a place where you can hide, the internet knows.
Hiya , my daughter and I were lucky enough to meet you at smrrf in Oxford last year. You made Livvy's day when you let her try on your HUD. Mine too. It was great meeting you both. Top humans
Honestly, a video on input devices maybe in that tier list format that youtube loves would be a banger idea.
I can see it now. "INPUT DEVICE TIERLIST FOR YOUR PROJECTS"
Top 10 worst input devices?
@@smiro2000 yeye
That needs to be split into pointing and typing, because they're very different beasts.
I made a comment with some suggested improvements, and one of the suggestions I offered for cursor control was the Wiimote. For people in a fixed environment, a wiimote and a pair of IR LEDs is actually the only S-tier option - it's got high precision, high accuracy, is traversal rate agnostic, and is both consistent and reliable.
I would ABSOLUTELY watch an episode dedicated to your silly input devices
I got a 3d printer yesterday. You immediately became one of my favorite channels. Genuinely top 5.
See I actually love the heads-up display, it is quite literally the anime sci-fi future we always wanted.
I wish I could have one for myself because it honestly just seems like such an insanely useful utility.
Imagine being able to play a massive open world game _and_ see the map at the same time.
Or working on a project and being able to look at complex documentation or formula's _while_ you work.
Or even just keeping a little Picture-In-Picture sort of video in your peripheral without obstructing the view of whatever it is you're doing, probably watching another video at the same time.
Unfortunately I lack the technical competence to craft one for myself even with the video guide.
kid named second monitor:
I need one. So I wouldn't have to rely on my wife's memory so she goes, "Oh, Hi. I'm Chris, you are?" and reach her hand out to shake the stranger's hand to get the name I don't remember. It should do facial recognition on everyone that it sees and overlay their name on top of the face. It should be trainable too, so I can meet someone, at OpenSauce for example, and repeat their name, nod, or something and it records it. Then at the next Open Sauce I can run into them and be like, Oh, hey, it's Zak Free Man (because the speech recognition isn't perfectly tuned to my accent, so every name would be slightly off).
@@_invencible_I'm not sure that would be comfortable strapped to your head or squinting across the room...
@@isthattrue1083 it does help with most of the things op mentioned though
@@_invencible_ Yeah I have 3 of them, I can't look at two of them at the same. We're talking about combining displays, not extending them.
Despite having no 3d printer, solder experience, or any maker-anything, Your HUD has really makes me want to get into it to try and one day make something like it.
I half suspect he overplayed that bit as a challenge to get people to try
Soldering is easy, 3D printing things is easy. It just costs money.
Honestly, same
I adore silly input devices. The sillier the better and at least four of those Ive never seen before.
brothers got the frieza force scouter 🔥🔥
"This is a bit. I'm acting. People on TH-cam aren't real. They're not even people."
love it. brilliant.
0:52 Google Glass is almost useless NOW, but only because Google abandoned it, and didn't create a platform for users to continue developing it.
the google glass was a commercial failure much like how arc'teryx's new hiking pants with ambulation motors will be too
@@jicmetalworkNo, it wasn't a "Commercial failure" , considering it never reached real "commercial " advertising. Sure, it got released to the public in 14', but it was very much always marketed as a product In development...which back to the original comment's point.. had the plug pulled before any real development was made.
I remember they immediately limited it. A lot of people were paranoid that a Glass user would look them up or something.
@@KingM119 Pulling the plug on it as its released is most definitely commercial suicide which is used to avoid embarrassing commercial failure as the parent company already started pulling them out of the market. Kinda like how the Cybertruck was in constant rescheduling of release for nearly 10 years to maintain customer interaction positively though in the opposite direction.
So it's useless.
just to mess with people you could glue a googly eye on the side of that hud. not on the glass but front facing piece of plastic. Having an off-center additional eye. :D
Anything that can read my power level is a win for me.
but seriously, just tell people your working to make a real world Scouter & your support will go up, most people want sci-fi things.
I love your heads up display, i wish i had such a system. Seems genuinely useful.
We have to admit, deep down, we’re all a bit jealous of the head-up display-maybe even more so those who say they don’t like it.
4:55 - I had to complete an electrical-integration project for college and we needed to install a power pack that allowed for solar-power in along with USB out (with stretch goal of US A/C out). So I start going down the rabbit hole of battery vs capacitor, charging circuits, feedback prevention diodes, rectifiers vs inverters. And then I remembered: No one cares, we'll just get a professional portable pack, modify it, and then just say "this is a placeholder for example purposes until a bespoke solution can be implemented." So glad we went that route.
Silly input devices? Hell yeah! I've spent a looooot of time building custom input devices for people with disabilities and I know it's a crazy problem-space to be working in. I'd love to see your experiences with it.
Your Optigon project is the reason I started watching your videos in the first place. :)
I literally want the input device you called an abomination. That yellow and dark grey one 😍 I'm in love
The Optagon doesn't have night vision? Sounds like another project to me. Love your content, love the Optagon, keep doing what you do.
I would rather it have a built in range finder. But...
Installing infrared lasers with a fresnal lens. Would allow one to hook into a nightvision scope. If he used a head tracking device on the scope. Then where he looks. The scope looks. If it was wireless. Even the military would be interested.😉
@@c-w-hat that point its just the helmet for the apache gunner
@@forceawakens4449 thats a helmet. This aint a helmet. Its smaller. But I was thinking about drones.😉
The irony of 'I need a hug' while Brook is right there. She clearly the linch pin here.
P.s. sorry if i spelt her name wrong.
Thank you. You gave me an idea for my techno fighters in my TTRPG.
Trade offer: You hit me with that call to action, I hit you with a comment.
Make that weird peripheral video
I love that you 3-d printed a string full of fake fingers just for a bit. *chefskiss*
What's the Saying? "Anything worth doing is worth over doing"
@@NEEDbacon That sounds like it should be a Mel Brooks or Stooges quote, but I see it's Mick Jagger!
3D printed?
I've always thought your heads up display was an effective use of tech and unique element of what makes you... you. Thank you for all you do, have done, and will do in the future. keep it up Zack
Dude, having a functional prosthetic eye with an integrated HUD like how your headset works would be absolutely radical. As someone with one eye, one of these would be awesome but I wouldn't feasibly be able to use one of these since my vision would be too heavily impaired by it, which is incredibly unfortunate.
I was looking forward to a HUD update
YES PLEASE MAKE THE VIDEO ON SILLY TINY WIRELESS INPUTS! I have made smartglasses (HUD display) before and I have struggled with the exact same issue.
The HUD is the main reason I subscribed! 😂 Its awesome dude!
Imagine not trying the Nintendo power glove lmfao couldn’t be me
Also this is probably one of the best videos I’ve seen from you. I might try to make one myself after watching this to be honest
13:30 Yes, I'd watch you tasting water bottles. Not the water, the bottles.
What is this, VoidStar OnlyFans?
I’d watch that.
13:24 That's the most frank, genuine smile I've ever seen from a high-energy TH-camr, and it's over a silly jumbo trackball.
Reminded me of Marge with the Potato "I just think they're neat"
17:38 wrong sponsor?
You wanna ruin this man's work because of a misspeak? Shoo!
Awkward
I personally think an episode about your collection of Silly input devices would be quite delectable
Here's a stroke of brilliance if you've ever heard one: Glue on the sawed off half to make a seperate wearable on the other eye, this time an eye tracker Stephen Hawking style that is calibrated to your eye movements on the first display, thus letting your move the mouse freely while still watching the screen.
Would it make it look like the literal thing you just sawed in half, yeah, but it'd be pretty funny. Or you know mount it on the same side, but that might be impossible and also not as funny.
I was also thinking about feet controls or head tracking but wobbling your head would look weird ngl
@@linecraftman3907 You *would* be thinking about feet. Controls.
I would ABSOLUTELY watch a video about your silly input devices! I've been trying to find more info about at least 5 of the specific devices you showed on the screen here.
Dude printed a multi-part multi-color necklace of fingers for a 30 second gag. And the best part is you can't even get mad at him because the waste that gag generated is absolutely minuscule compared to what Apple will do with a single iCloud locked iPad
Heck, probably less waste dumped directly into the environment than a single Siri query
I’m happy to buy your iCloud locked iPad if you can prove you own it. 😊
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad I am happy to accept your iCloud locked iPad if you can pay me to have it.
@@TheOfficialOriginalChad I don't have one but I've seen piles of them misdiscarded from schools or just people who have thrown them away and the ewaste all of that amounts to is immense
@@devnolI noticed you didn’t say you saw Apple throw them away, but rather customers…
First of all, that school used MDM, and iCloud locked or not, MDM should not be and will not ever be removable by a user.
Secondly, it sounds you’re saying the customers that want to disable the device before throwing it away shouldn’t be able to. Or rather you’re suggesting the manufacturer should assume they forgot they locked it? Either way, you’re asking for a universal key to be created and HOPING it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
I used to work for one of the largest electronics recyclers and resellers in the world. About 5% of Apple devices that came in were iCloud locked. That’s a lot, hundreds a day worldwide. Protocol was to send them back to the customer with instructions on unlocking them. Half the time we got them back unlocked, the other half the customer refused. This is where I gather we disagree; I think the owner of a device has the right to refuse.
That may sound annoying, but we had bigger issues to deal with. Pallets of stolen enterprise-leased laptops, bins full of stolen Android phones, and tons of devices that were smashed “so no one could get the data”. iCloud locks solved all of these issues. Think about that; organized crime figured out it’s not worth stealing an iPad, iPhone, or MacBook.
Now sure, it COULD be marginally better for the environment if Apple set up the devices so that dumpster divers could resell them against the owners will, but I really believe that would do significantly more harm than good. No matter how much our opinions on the hard or crime reduction differ, at the end of the day the person that bought the device is responsible for what they do with it.
I haven't watched you much but I honestly just thought it was apart of your image, like if Lyle Forever just didn't show up in his gecko costume for his gecko therapy, it wouldn't be right without it
The Master Chief, Samus, Doom Slayer, etc... all have HUDs, so if you've got a problem with Zach, take it up with them.
I love wearable electronics. More like this, please.
The more you talk about how you can't make a HUD from scratch the more I want to do it (I can not tinker with stuff at all)
Dogmented reality is now a must in the next 10 years, and I will be immeasurably disappointed if I don't get it.
I actually introduced a friend to your channel and was totally geeking out about the headset. I was explaining how you read off a ridiculous list of folk at the end of each episode and that the headset facilitates that. They weren't as impressed because I showed them one of the newer videos with the streamlined shout outs (they thought you just kept effing up). I then showed them one where you read off the whole list and they were floored. They eventually watched while episodes and now I have a buddy to geek out with when your new videos drop. Great stuff.
100% yes, I NEEEED to see your collection. 13:34
Yes
Imma call it a scouter...and cuz of my luv for DBZ im sold
i came across your channel only because of your HUD. I saw the title to this video, thought it was interesting sounding, and watched all 20 minutes of it. Cool stuff!
Watching you design and build your HUD is one of the reasons I live your channel so much. You're a brilliant engineer and designer. I don't have a use for a HUD so much, but I've always felt that I would love to have an "earbud" implant. I am always listening to something, and I've lost more than one pair of earbuds. An implant that I could never lose that used bone conduction and Bluetooth would be such a cool thing.
P.S. I would definitely watch a video about all of your crazy input devices.
So cool! ..and I finally figured out what the Optigon reminds me of. "Zack, what does the scouter say about his power level?" - "It's over nine thousaaand!!" .. as he crushes his Optigon :p And yes please, for the input devices video!
No joke, like half of those input devices are things I contemplated buying before. I would absolutely love an episode of you showcasing your input devices.
I knew you used it as a teleprompter but honestly I kinda figured it was also just part of your "style", y'know? Ashens has his couch. The AVGN has scatological references. Tierzoo has a frankly admirable level of dedication to the "life is an MMO" schtick. You have your HUD.
Seems like you need something like a pipboy with a touch screen that mirrors the HUD.
if you like his cyborg style speak, then you need his cyborg style look
I have no idea how the algorithm lead me to this channel but, I find it fascinating. Your channel is filled with things that I used to dream about building and owning as a teenager - back when I dreamt of building fusion reactors and robots. I have subscribed just because I am a fan of your builds. I won't be building anything but, I will be cheering you on.
9:21 Incorrect! In the old days, we also had headphone jacks and so didn't have to deal with the dual disgraces of Bluetooth and battery life
that's a neat albeit chunky computer unit but it doesn't change the fact that on June 28th 1998, the Undertaker threw Mankind off "Hell in a Cell" and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer's table.
I want.......eyes that can see in multiple wavelengths, that can record everything I'm looking at, and then allow me to replay scenes in real time, without giving anything away. That's all, nothing big.
Just wait till the year 2077.
YES. Actually the part with different inputs you showed got me interested momentarily. Even at the beginning of the video I thought to myself: "it's a good way of displaying something, but how would you actually interact with it on the go in the same effectife way, you can with a keyboard". So yes, I would like a video on the input devices you tried very much.
He is just checking our power level
I'm surprised these comments are so far down. First thing I thought and when he said everyone should have a scouter in 2024.... That's my future!
ah, this is why I'm subbed to this channel. Zack, build your own hand haptic gloves, problem solved!
You should check out the extremely old video where he does that! It's one of the first videos on the channel
Nintendo Power Glove has entered the chat 😂
Bro looks like he about to check my power level
So it's a mod
My god you are so great to be able to remodel it to your personal use
100% felt the compile android part, but I would still not tell the person to shoot me...
That means you've been doing it too much... or not enough
The worst assignment I ever had at university was to compile the Android 2.0 kernal. I had to jump through so many weird hoops to get it to work, like having to login as root on linux because sudo wasn't good enough. I am eternally traumatized by linux after that.
Every time I see a complex build system that doesn't seem to work, I steal the CI scripts and just do what they do, sometimes in a chroot or a mount namespace so I can fake things being/not being on the system.
@@wayneswonderarium too much? Might just be a skill issue if you rather let someone take your life over it
@@animowany111 how to get hacked 101
Zack, the answer to 'Do I want to watch a Zack Freedman video about x?' is always a vehemant yes
I recently bought the xreal air ultras while in japan, was one of the first people to get one… still havent started making software for it.
THAT IS FUCKING AMAZING! THE HUD IN REAL LIFE. Really want to have one!
Please, never lose the Optigon. In fact, wear MORE Optigon!