On mobile pressing play makes the timeline go from 1872 to 2026 in a single step.

This occurs for me on desktop as well (Firefox, Linux)

Also check out the SmoothTrack mobile app. Same use case but the compute is done on a phone instead of the gaming machine. Head position data can be sent over local network or USB.

Hey! Thanks for recommending this!! That’s my app. :) pushing the tracking work off to the phone is helpful for freeing up resources on the computer.

Just wanted to say thanks! The first time played Flight Simulator 2020 with SmoothTrack I was blown away. I still am blown away each time too. Great experience that’s been nearly flawless for me and really turned up the realism. I can move my head closer to gauges and see what they’re saying, look around stuff, get a better view out the window. Wonderful.

Is there specialized face/head tracking hardware on phones like there is on DSLR cameras?

Yes indeed - ARCore on Android, ARKit on iPhone - AR optimizations are crazy good.

Thanks for making a fantastic tool!

Thanks for recommending. I can only place my real camera in somewhat awkward spots, so this would give me freedom to adjust its position more freely.

Played the heck out of this a few years ago until I found the mother of all automation scripts...which took all the fun out of it.

There’s probably some new mechanics in there since years ago which would give some more fun.

Link to the game (requires sign-in)

https://www.brainhq.com/why-brainhq/about-the-brainhq-exerci...

Thanks for making such a cool project!

There are a ton of brands and I got a random knock off so I can only report on that one. I would recommend putting some thought and research into what size you think you'll need. I got a 58mm printer and I'm realizing it's quite narrow.

Also you might want to consider the size of the printer itself. I bought a open-box new printer off ebay and the seller's photos didn't give any sense of scale. I was surprised how big this "mini" printer is. It's about the standard size of a printer you'd see at a grocery store, so I don't think I'll be keeping it on my desk.

In the US my impression is that printers marketed with a size in inches are quality printers from reputable brands but bottom feeding Chinese printers are marketed with a size in mm.

The meat computer in your head.

If it gets someone to watch the show for the first time then that's a win in my book. I think every young student should be exposed to Connections at various stages of their education.

Addressing the end of the article, I think that we are all very much still learning how to use AI responsibly. It's like we just discovered alcohol and we're going on a rager every night because we don't know any better yet.

It's too easy to buy €100 of Claude tokens and burn through them to make those dream projects appear as if by magic. There's a middle ground where, for example, instead of building a whole project it could produce a project template and provide guidance as you build. That should take the edge off the task paralysis and hopefully disrupt the addiction loop.

That's how I use LLMs for programming. I predominately use the chatbots instead of the CLI tools. Every so often, I'll ask for a one-shot of some MVP, but then I take that MVP and make all the changes myself. However, I must say that I rarely do the one-shot-and-edit style of development. I find that such a process can save time, but not always.