ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThis is the “world’s first” phone call made using spatial audiowww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1114
arrow-up190external-linkThis is the “world’s first” phone call made using spatial audiowww.theverge.comooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down13·5 months ago90% of the features in your daily life started as something no one asked for or needed. I remember people saying this about touch screens.
minus-squareCoggyMcFee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·5 months agoIn some applications, people still say that about touch screens and they are not wrong. Spatial Audio can be cool. In this application? I’m unconvinced.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·5 months agoFucking touchscreens on cars is definitely something nobody should have access to.
minus-squareakilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·5 months ago90%? [Citation needed]
minus-squareRecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoI totally wouldn’t be surprised if there originally were people being like “So what’s this so-called ‘cupboard’ supposed to solve? Why isn’t a regular shelf good enough for you?”
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·5 months agoWas anyone asking for the telegraph before it was invented? Or the telephone? Or the Internet? Or smartphones? Or social media?
minus-squareakilou@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·5 months agoThose are not features, those are whole ass inventions
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoAnd inventions are features of your daily life. 🤦♂️
minus-squaretechnocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI don’t necessarily endorse the viewpoint of Noel Gallagher but it is pretty funny.
90% of the features in your daily life started as something no one asked for or needed. I remember people saying this about touch screens.
In some applications, people still say that about touch screens and they are not wrong.
Spatial Audio can be cool. In this application? I’m unconvinced.
Fucking touchscreens on cars is definitely something nobody should have access to.
90%?
[Citation needed]
I totally wouldn’t be surprised if there originally were people being like “So what’s this so-called ‘cupboard’ supposed to solve? Why isn’t a regular shelf good enough for you?”
Was anyone asking for the telegraph before it was invented? Or the telephone? Or the Internet? Or smartphones? Or social media?
Those are not features, those are whole ass inventions
And inventions are features of your daily life. 🤦♂️
I don’t necessarily endorse the viewpoint of Noel Gallagher but it is pretty funny.