(e:terry) got me the trial of World of Warcraft, so I've been nerding out playing with him every once in a while. My character's name is Hundchen the wargon, a fierce fuzzball who looks pretty sweet flying on this bird.

He's level 21 which is pretty weak ass as far as I understand.

I don't like reading the quests or running around. I'd rather be running outside in the snow. But I played with him and (e:flacidness) tonight doing a dungeon and a battleground and had some fun.

I really think it would be better if they took a Sims/pet simulator approach and let you do a lot more with your pets, had a house etc. I guess then it would be second life - but for me, the cuter the better.

The bad part is the whole time I feel bad I'm not programming.

I almost never would have thoguht Microsoft could make anything remotely cool but the other day they announced VR goggles called HoloLens and they look amazing. Unlike the Gear VR and Oculus which just leave you and a screen, they use a pass through, augmented reality that allows you to mix a digital world with the real one.


The interaction part is so cool. You can manipulate and affect objects as if they were really there - and you're not in your own isolated world like the Oculus gear.

Imagine if you could just build the 3D environment like legos instead of drawing it out on a 2D screen. The minecraft type deal they came up with is super neat and a good demo of this.

The only downside I've read so far is the engadget review that said hardware is bulky and compact and light like the Gear. But with the rate phone hardware is advancing, it can't be that far off before this is much better than Google Glass ever was. I would totally wear these on the street, to work, anywhere - just a little bit closer to being a computer.