I will upgrade the AR glasses first. Since I can wear them while upgrading everything else.
With a flash of blue light the glasses undergo their upgrade.
Like usual there was no change to their appearance.
However there was a noticeable change to the display on the glasses. The holograms had become sharper with higher resolution, and the opacity of the holograms could be changed to become more or less see-through.
They had a faster refresh rate and smoother transitions. The glasses also had a longer battery life and larger bluetooth range. A full all around upgrade.
The next thing on the upgrade list is the VR headset.
I'm definitely not prioritizing it because of how much fun it was.
After the upgrade the VR headset got faster processing, more storage, better 3D spatial audio, better display resolution, a faster refresh rate, and better field of depth. Oh, and better battery life.
It was a good thing I had it plugged in from the beginning.
The Headset got better in every way, as it should from an upgrade.
The controllers were a separate upgrade, when upgraded they got better haptics and tracking.
"Haptics is the use of technology that stimulates the senses of touch and motion, especially to reproduce in remote operation or computer simulation the sensations that would be felt by a user interacting directly with physical objects."
As defined by Foolgle.
It is basically just controller vibration.
It really helps with immersion. Whether it is strong vibration, weak vibration, long vibration, short, or in various pulses. All of it helps to sell that you are really interacting with the virtual world.
The next thing to be upgraded is the monitors. Which like normal got better resolution and refresh rates, as well as better energy efficiency.
It's nothing too surprising.
Next are the computers, and boy did they get upgraded.
If my old desktop went from being over a decade old to an average modern computer on its first upgrade, then it stands to reason that an upgrade is a generational jump ever upgrade.
So my new top tier modern computers got upgraded into a top tier computer that will exist 10 years from now.
So everything has jumped to quite a high level, the next upgrade will likely enter super computer level of capabilities.
The storage drives are what really excite me right now.
They were originally 28 TB now after the upgrade they have become 280 TB. With the 34 storage drives that makes a total of 9,520 TB or 9.52 PB. I'm really looking forward to the next upgrades.
Wait!
I still have to upgrade the ethernet cables and ethernet splitter.
The ethernet cables can transmit more data and faster.
Which is going to be much more important a little bit in the future.
The ethernet splitter has smoother connections and transmissions.
I also remembered to upgrade my keyboard and mouse.
Both got more bluetooth range and stronger connection. They also got more precise and better battery life.
Now that that upgrading spree is done I can get back to playing games, or charging up that drone.
The drone takes about 45 minutes to charge the 3 batteries that came with it.
So while that charges I will play some more VR games.
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An hour later I realized that I had gone a little longer than I had planned.
The drone was a true piece of modern technology, I was honestly surprised this was available to the public. Because if the public has this, then imagine what they have in private.
The drone was a fpv drone which means that it has a camera on the front bottom which sends video back to a VR headset that you can wear to see what the drone sees in first person.
Which is pretty cool.
Now the drone only has a flight time of 23 minutes, but it has a maximum flight distance of 8 miles. 8 whole miles or 12.87 kilometers. That distance is insane.
It can fly at a maximum horizontal speed of 60.4 miles per hour or 97.2 kilometers per hour. This thing can zoom.
The drone can also fly 5,000 meters above sea level, planes fly around 9,000 to 12,000 meters.
That's just the flight capabilities of the drone, the standard video resolution is shot in 4K at 60 frames per second, or you can run 1080p at 120 frames per second.
The camera has a built-in gimbal and uses hybrid image stabilization.
It also has GPS for multiple types of global positioning. As well as wireless connectivity over both wifi and bluetooth.
The only downside is that it does not come with a micro SD card, but it's a good thing I have one from my old StopPro. I know exactly where it is because I keep a box of old electronics.
Too bad it only has 128 GB when the drone itself has an integrated storage of 46 GB.
But I will only need that if I am going to take any videos or pictures.
I take out one of the charged batteries and plop it into the drone and realize something interesting.
If I have 3 batteries that last 23 minutes and take 45 minutes to charge, then I will never have to stop flying because by the time the third battery runs out the first will be recharged.
Nice, now it is time for some childhood dreams to come true.
I decided to look up the FAA high limits and recreational drones generally are limited to 400 feet above ground level. Which means I can fly the drone over the forest behind my house.
I don't want to fly it over peoples houses, because no matter how chill the people in my neighborhood are, there are still a few Karens. That will definitely have something to say if they find out what I am doing.
No matter how harmless, we have still had the cops called over the most mundane of infractions. Like shooting off fireworks the weekend after the fourth of July just to get rid of the left overs.
So I would rather not risk anything to make the male Karen that lives in the neighborhood call the police.