Virtual Reality and AI? - next challenge for a retiree

Yes, would be cool to design and build in VR. Have a look at this one and imagine you could do it in VR:

Until now my brick stack is pretty limited:

But I'm working on it. My current model looks like this meanwhile:

Running around it in VR I found a wrong positioned part and saw that one part was missing :-)

 

LOL no. It's just a LEGO Technic set. It is a bit tricky to understand the raster they use. Many parts I've made at the start arn't very good because I knew nothing about the system. Slowly the new parts became better and better and finally I will rebuild them all with my version of these bricks. The LEGO-parts must work in RL, my parts must work in CAD and VR.

 

Today I made an Earth (~13000km diameter) and positioned my start point at 400km above the surface (approximately like the ISS).

But the software was completely overstrained. It couldn't show me this model.

Long way to go ...

 

At least I had access to the first draw of my houseboat for the summer. It's just a dream. I don't have the money to built it in RL. But hey, I can make it in VR:



Well, it's length is 0,015km only. The software could handle it :-) The model is pretty rough so far. Because I have to find solutions for all areas of living for half a year aboard a boat. The operator's cab is missing yet and a storage room at the prow. And lots of other things. But it's funny to play around with this little dream and be able to inspect it in VR.
Best part is: I could make a model kit of 30cm (1:50) or 60cm (1:25) of it and print it. Alas, I am too lazy for that ...


A cannon would be cool for this one ... no problem in VR ... lol!

 

The LEGO kit is at this stage:

Finally it should look like this:

 

Well, the model is done in Rhino:

Doesn't look impressive as I thought in VR:

This LEGO thing is a dead end road. I will stop it and focus on Game Of Thrones, my boat and such.

 

Well, since we wait for the grand final of HBO's Game Of Thrones, I thought about making some special places of Westeros availible for VR. Number one would be - of course - Winterfell for me:


But this would be a real big challenge for a beginner. Another important place is Castle Black. It is smaller and should be easy. Found pictures of the original set in Northern Ireland:


The wall doesn't look very impressive. And ... a thousand men there? LOL! I think it would shelter 20-30 people. But hey, it's just a fantasy story.
Castle Black appears 57 times in seasons 1-7, including the gate to the north. Let's see what we can do from that.

 

Off topic ...
Beside of all this AI, VR and 3D-printing I made special stands for the speakers of my Dolby Surround device in real life. From 3mm laser cutted stainless steel sheets, ø20mm stainless steel tubes and turned parts of beechwood as feet. Nothing new to me. But the new experiance was: I glued the steel sheets! With a really badass glue from 3M. Unbelivable! After 10 minutes the job was done. No welding, no screws, just glued. I like the times I live in with all these abilities. Laser cutted metal parts simply glued. Crazy!

 

Well, it's Dolby Surround. A midspeaker plus right and left speaker in front of you and right and left speaker behind of you. Plus the subwoofer somewhere ofc. For me it's important for some movies. Sound from right behind (source not visibleI at the screen) comes from right behind. Like in cinema. I can't compare it to modern soundbars. But I assume they have a serious problem with "behind" ;-)
You can test Dolby Surround with a headphone. I doubt that it's possible to make such sound with just a bar in front of you.

 

LOL! Murphy's Law: I just finished four extraordinary speaker stands for my SAMSUNG blueray-player, approximately 100 Euro each of them and one day later the old device died! No sound, no connection to TV anymore. Cables, PS4 and TV checked. All work properly. It's definately a blueray-player issue. What a mess! I hate it!

599 Euro for Sony HT-ZF9 plus 259 Euro for two optional SA-Z9R rear speaker (wich - ofc - won't fit to my stands)? At least it seams that it works with Alexa ... I will check it tomorrow. No need for a new blueray-player. I can use the PS4 for bluerays. Even for 3D.

Man, what a lot of investments nowadays! But hey, I will become 65 this year. How many years remain? 10, 15? Probably less. So I should hurry up and enjoy as much as possible.

 

Once we lived in eastern Germany and owned a house. It was originally built by my grandfather. During WW2 it was destroyed except of the basement. But my parents rebuild it. I had a very good childhood there. Unfortunately my father died in 1965 when I was 11 years old. Later my wife and our children lived there. We sold this house and the associated estate. Today it becomes a real challenge to remember how it was back in 1964. But hey, I started to make a model for VR. Pretty early state, but just impressive. Roof is missing, barn is 50% done yet, a Wartburg 311-3D-model is ordered ...

It's really satisfying to enter the old beloved home of my youth!

 

Golo Mann once described the mysterious experiance to enter his father's (Thomas Mann) study. I felt the same in my fathers study in the early 60th. A small cozy room with large windows to north and east, well filled bookshelfs from bottom to ceiling, a tile stove, old desk and armchair, a small table and a bench at the corner to talk to visitors and a picture of Martin Luther above the door.

I will rebuild it!