@patrickworld Are the closed caption systems still not sorted out?
They need to have a system that works for everybody, but if that turns out to be open captions the experience is sufficiently degraded that I'll wait and watch at home.
@patrickworld around here there’s a theater that shows movies with subtitles. They give you a little device that attaches to your seat and can be adjusted so only you can see the display. It usually works well.
@patrickworld A couple of the local AMC s (NYC) have open captions for some screenings but it's usually the ones at like two in the afternoon.
You're supposed to be able to request a little screen that shows the captions which goes in your cupholder or something but I keep forgetting to ask for it until at least fifteen minutes in when I start going wait what did they say?
Or there's always non-English movies.
So yeah. I guess I'll sign the petition.
@patrickworld Compared with the requirements for full blown AR or passthrough VR, a wearable device to provide captions would be relatively simple, but all the usual scale issues come into play, of course.
@patrickworld Vision Pro is not gaming but would let you see the movie screen and it could, in theory, show subtitles in any language, any font, any color in front of the screen. They everyone in the audience could have a custom experience.
The above experience I'm describing does not actually exist eyt. And even if it did it would not be worth it at the iVision price.
Until that is on some goggles they can hand out at theater you are 100% right, they should just turn the subtitles on.
@stefan it’s funny the Vision Pro is way too big a swing imo. If Apple made glasses, we’d all buy them, I’m in the demo and I need glasses. I don’t want a gaming console on my face, or another screen on my wrist. Glasses I could use
@patrickworld LOL move to Puerto Rico (but you'll have to learn Spanish for that). there used to be a theater here in nyc that would show movies subtitled in English. i can't remember the name right now.
@patrickworld i mean, they are kind of a distraction for some? the theater only showed them at certain matinee times. i guess back then there were more senior folks in the area, at least the one am thinking of. maybe check your local matinee shows. it should be more widespread. i wouldn't want it in all viewings but definitely at certain hours of the day & night. it helps ESOL & kids also. that's how my kids learned to read. with games like KOTLR & close-captioned movies.
@blogdiva I think that’s actually a good use of AR or VR tech. I’m not kidding. The style of acting being so naturalistic now I was at the theatre last night and I missed some dialogue. I’d love to have glasses that would show titles if I wanted
@patrickworld 🔥 🔥 🔥 that would be fucking fire. to be able to have the close caption on a pair of glasses. you wouldn't be beholden to one language. you could do ANY language you wanted. now THAT's a future i want.
@blogdiva I mean the UN has live translation in their headphones damn it why can’t I have subtitles for Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes? (Equally important) 🤷🏾♂️
@patrickworld@blogdiva Right??? Been wondering that for years! I was so excited to see stuff like that moving along but instead now we just have stupid goggles!
@wh0sthatd0g@blogdiva It would be such an easy win. What percentage of the population wears glasses? (70% US adults) glasses with a little bit of AR would be a big seller 🤷🏾♂️
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