boarditup Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 With the advent of Google Glass and the up coming VR sets, coupled with Garmin GPS pucks and Google Earth, and a few other technology advances, we may be able to have Virtual Reality slalom courses. The course would appear in the glasses of the skier and the driver could also have a display. While this may not be immediately acceptable for tournaments, it would solve the problem of skiing in open water where slalom courses do not exist. Michigan, for example, makes portable courses illegal without a Marine Event Permit. With the technology, you could ski in any suitable water and even have electronic playback. Great for practice. As for eventual tournament use, still several things to work out even conceptually. However, this would eliminate the multiple judges and officials. The feedback lets you know immediately your score. Imagine, no more site surveys, etc. I still don't have any hope for virtual jump, however... With all the talk about the difficulty of tournament skiing the advancement of technology may give us an answer to slalom course access and broken ankles from hitting the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Than_Bogan Posted May 19, 2015 Gold Member Share Posted May 19, 2015 Now I shall motivate this with the classic motivation that no engineer can ever resist: That is clearly impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller dchristman Posted May 19, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 19, 2015 Nothing is impossible in the Matrix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashman Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 As long as the virtual buoys are bubble buoys I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Jordan Posted May 20, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 20, 2015 @Than_Bogan .....not impossible; virtually impossible ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted May 20, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 20, 2015 Isn't Ball of Spray already Virtual Reality Slalom Skiing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller MattP Posted May 20, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 20, 2015 @thager I ran -38 a few min ago in another thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller thager Posted May 20, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 20, 2015 Yes, you did! I saw it from the Horton Cam... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E_T Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Anyone else smell Peyote? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baller Wayne Posted May 20, 2015 Baller Share Posted May 20, 2015 Engineers only smell patents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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