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Disney Unveils the Holotile Floor Inching Us Closer to a Real Life Holodeck (www.ign.com)
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This technology looks legitimately impressive.

Here's a video of it working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Sh6mu4zbs&t=1

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[–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 24 points 10 months ago (2 children)

This thing is so technically complex and has so many moving parts that I can only imagine it breaking literally constantly and costing a fortune to repair whenever it does.

[–] blackluster117@possumpat.io 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So, a Disneyland ride?

[–] rwhitisissle@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

I can only assume the reason you'd work for Disney as either an engineer or technician is if you have a kink involving being in a constant and inescapable state of overworked frustration.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 10 months ago

Depending on how exactly is it made, it could have fewer moving parts than it looks like. The tilt seems to be controlled on a whole module at a time level, and I'm guessing all the tops of a module might be rotating in the same direction. That would still leave a lot of linkages and bushings or bearings, but make it easily serviceable by just replacing them. The modular design seems to indicate you could pick a whole hexagon tile, replace it with a working one, and service the damaged one in the background.