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08-22-2021, 05:05 PM
[ABBERANT_INCANDESCENCE]:
well, before it was taken apart, i could hypothetically climb onto the thing and press its pre-existing buttons with my feet while looking down at it. this technically worked. in the process of taking it apart i went ahead and took a look at what the buttons were sending as far as electrical signal to the computer in it, which were luckily pretty simple. and set up a little receiver wired up to be able to replicate those inputs. getting it to work reliably took a bit of trial and error, as i hadn't particularly worked with wireless communications too much before, so perhaps trying to get both a receiver and a remote made wasn't the best start. anyway, for interaction, as you might have guessed, the remote is smaller than the device, so i can hold it in my hands. and just. press the buttons. i can also just, bring a chair over and sit down, while looking at the screen sort of like a television. there's a slight delay in using the remote, but its really negligible given the device doesn't require split second reactions, luckily.
now the bigger problem of actually using the virtual pet part that arrives is really that you can't take it with you. so you basically either have to move your current work near the fireplace, or have it loud enough so that you can run all the way over and try to frantically fix the problem. the former is usually a better solution. there are ups and downs to trying to do something like work while something can beep at you and make you stop. but i think having to stop sometimes is a good thing.
as for more details on the actual device's little games and whatnot i think i'll hop threads and writeup a reply in the vpet general discussion as i think it'll be interesting to talk about there in the context of virtual pets that are a bit odd
[STATIONARY_FRICTION]:
You really were not kidding. That is quite large. Anyhow, of all the elements present, I do quite enjoy the less obvious aspects such as how you mentioned that while in use, you are better kept from futile efforts to work on something until it is done, to the point that it's less effective than taking a moment and perhaps giving something else some time before diving into the work. That sort of methodology tends to result in better overall time, even including the other activity or activities spliced into the midst of the schedule. The imitation simulation physically inside a different sort of imitation is also quite humorous.
well, before it was taken apart, i could hypothetically climb onto the thing and press its pre-existing buttons with my feet while looking down at it. this technically worked. in the process of taking it apart i went ahead and took a look at what the buttons were sending as far as electrical signal to the computer in it, which were luckily pretty simple. and set up a little receiver wired up to be able to replicate those inputs. getting it to work reliably took a bit of trial and error, as i hadn't particularly worked with wireless communications too much before, so perhaps trying to get both a receiver and a remote made wasn't the best start. anyway, for interaction, as you might have guessed, the remote is smaller than the device, so i can hold it in my hands. and just. press the buttons. i can also just, bring a chair over and sit down, while looking at the screen sort of like a television. there's a slight delay in using the remote, but its really negligible given the device doesn't require split second reactions, luckily.
now the bigger problem of actually using the virtual pet part that arrives is really that you can't take it with you. so you basically either have to move your current work near the fireplace, or have it loud enough so that you can run all the way over and try to frantically fix the problem. the former is usually a better solution. there are ups and downs to trying to do something like work while something can beep at you and make you stop. but i think having to stop sometimes is a good thing.
as for more details on the actual device's little games and whatnot i think i'll hop threads and writeup a reply in the vpet general discussion as i think it'll be interesting to talk about there in the context of virtual pets that are a bit odd
[STATIONARY_FRICTION]:
You really were not kidding. That is quite large. Anyhow, of all the elements present, I do quite enjoy the less obvious aspects such as how you mentioned that while in use, you are better kept from futile efforts to work on something until it is done, to the point that it's less effective than taking a moment and perhaps giving something else some time before diving into the work. That sort of methodology tends to result in better overall time, even including the other activity or activities spliced into the midst of the schedule. The imitation simulation physically inside a different sort of imitation is also quite humorous.