We have mind-controlled furry avatars yet Facebook can't get legs working right in the Metaverse

https://twitter.com/the_nerd_skull/status/1747328857617883402

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EdibleFriend@lemmy.world · 63 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That's because Facebook wasn't programming with the power of horny.

TwilightVulpine@kbin.social · 34 pts · 2y (1 reply)

An amateurish mistake. I bet their programmers don't even have thigh high socks.

Felidaeris@pawb.social · 7 pts · 2y

Can they even be called programmers if they don't?

cm0002@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y

Move over HolyC, we got HornyC now!

callyral@pawb.social · 31 pts · 2y

Furries 1 - Facebook 0

deafboy@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y (3 replies)

In an alternative dimension:

Facebook: "announces mind reading headset to animate imaginary body parts"

People: "Nice try, CIA!", "That's big gender propaganda!", "I'm not going to connect my brain to the internet!" "Not guilty, your honor. Facebook made me do it via the headset."

SloanTheServal@pawb.social · 34 pts · 2y (2 replies)

To be fair, if Metaverse did integrate something like this they would definitely record telemetry data "for development purposes".

Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social · 21 pts · 2y (1 reply)

No, they'd straight up say they were doing it to target ads at you. They think it's a good thing, because we get "relevant" ads.

amio@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y

They'd do both, and most likely be intentionally dishonest about which is which. Or just not give a shit, the fines aren't that large for a behemoth like them.

Dukeofdummies@kbin.social · 16 pts · 2y (4 replies)

... oh that's interesting. Creation of a phantom "limb" with a brain control interface? I wonder how much control there is? Does it just wiggle? Is it purely binary up/down? Can they control the angle?

I actually have a set of LED eyes that I control with puppetry, last I looked at BCIs it was woefully incapable of what I wanted but maybe I should look at this again...

Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 2y

I have a pair of Necomimi ears and I have no idea how they work, but I wonder if this VRC mod is like that?

Ethanol@pawb.social · 5 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Edit: The twitter link shows a video which completely invalidates my previous comment. The ears do seem to be fluidly controllable.

Previous comment:
I would assume it's just two states (ears up and ears down) that will be switched to. Most VRChat avatars I have seen do exactly this but through pressing a button rather than mind controls.
Even something simple as this adds a lot of immersion! There are probably specific faces to go with the ears as well.

TheColorRed@pawb.social · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I assume the opposite, as in the video the ears move in a much more fluid manner. The same guy also made a seperate component for emotions.

Ethanol@pawb.social · 2 pts · 2y

oh, thank you for pointing that out! I did not see the video, you are right ^^

protofoxriley@pawb.social · 11 pts · 2y

This is both freakin rad but also kinda insane, gotta love how far furries / vrchat users will go to make something insane work

AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 9 pts · 2y

Okay, back up. I must know how this was done.

ProgrammingSocks@pawb.social · 1 pts · 2y

I NEED THIS SO FUCKING BADLY

Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 2y

I'm hella curious how eeg stuff works now, as opposed to the cheap piece of crap I had in the late 90's/early 2000's that worked on the same principal way in it's infancy. Thing I had you could set 3 inputs for and even just recording the right "thoughts" that you sent to trigger them was a PITA, let alone getting it to work while using it in a game or something.