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May 09, 2012

WE THOUGHT THIS DAY WOULD NEVER COME

Researchers at Canterbury University's human interface technology laboratory (Hit Lab) are developing an "augmented reality" application that projects virtual spiders on to real-world environments, such as an office desk.

(Thanks to Bill Moore)

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The old rubber tarantula on a thread joke updated. Many yucks to follow.

I would think the "hit lab" and the demon clown might have some good times to share, over a pint or two.

"Ah, ha, ha! And do you remember the one who jumped right out a window?!"

*downloads "Can of Raid" app for Android*

Can't you get the same result by simply using alcohol to excess?

I wasn't afraid of spiders before that article. Now they kinda creep me out.

In my day, fake barf and whoopee cushions were about as " augmented " as reality got.

Heck, I din't like spiders when the closest we got to 'em wuz on "Film strip day" in HS science class ... and they wanna make "more real" ... ?

They's tryin' to sell this idea to the worng cowboy ... I'm kinda with John Goodman in that movie ... if ya can't spray 'em dead ... crush 'em ...


This is NOT a good use of technology.

What's next?

Digital squirrels?

It's not a bug, it's a feature.

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