Hello everyone I know that at present, we don’t have the technology in place that can actually tell us on the phone how far away we are from other people. I did take the basic precautions when I do go out. I have gotten the flu shot. Just wanted y’all to know that I am doing what I can recently do to try and stay safe.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 31, 2020, at 1:39 PM, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > > I find this to be a very dangerous post. 8 million people in the US have > contracted COVID-19 and over 200,000 people have died from it. Both these > numbers far exceed any number of people that have been assaulted by someone > rioting. You don’t need to stop living your life, but when you did get out, > for your health and the health of the people around you, please take simple > and obvious precautions, e.g. socially distance, stay outside as much as > possible, wear a mask, wash your hands, get a flu shot and so on. > > I’m not sure how useful this app would be, for the reasons as others have > already posted, but the usefulness isn’t in using it when walking around to > keep from bumping into people, since this isn’t how COVID-19 is most commonly > spread. The usefulness is when standing or sitting with people around you. > You can use this app to make sure people are standing and sitting more than > six feet away from you. If someone is closer then six feet, and you’re > worried about either their safety or yours, you can move to make it harder > for the COVID-19 carrying droplets to span the distance. > > -- > Christopher (AKA CJ) > Chaltain at Gmail > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > CrazyEyez > Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 7:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iPhones can now tell blind users where and how far away people > are > > Honestly, I'm not going to walk around with my phone in my left hand and my > cane in the other. > How am I to carry stuff? > Only way this could maybe work is if they had this in glasses, or if there > was a chest rig for your phone. > Also, You're more likely to get beat up by an american rioter than you are to > contracting the virus by bumping into someone. > Unless you kiss the hell out of them as an apology, you're fine. > Continue on living your lives. > Don't worry about the virus or you will die of stress before the flu can get > you! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 31, 2020, at 8:34 AM, 'Kristeen Hughes' via VIPhone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > These days, it's dangerous to walk into someone, even if they are > attractive. They could give you the virus, or they could be afraid you would > give it to them, and that could be unpleasant. I too would love to have his > visor, but we may have to look at the tech that's out there for the time > being. I wonder if this could help us with regard to staying distanced from > people. > > Kristeen > > > On Oct 31, 2020, at 3:24 AM, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > > I’m starting to wonder if the world is just going crazy or if it’s me losing > the plot. > > I don’t see myself walking around with a phone in front of me so I can tell > where the closest person is, > > If I walk in to someone, > I just hope she is attractive, > Smart and holds a good conversation and is not old enough to be my mother or > young enough to be my daughter (if I had a kid). > > Otherwise > People should get out of my way! > > From: [email protected]<[email protected]> On Behalf Of karuna > Chopra > Sent: Saturday, 31 October 2020 6:22 pm > To: ViPhone <[email protected]> > Subject: iPhones can now tell blind users where and how far away people are > > > > Hi! This sounds quite promising! What is everybody’s view on its practical > use for us? > > The lidar in the iPhone 12 Pro shows up in this infrared video. Each dot > reports back the precise distance of what it reflects off of. > > First, it tells the user whether there are people in view at all. If someone > is there, it will then say how far away the closest person is in feet or > meters, updating regularly as they approach or move further away. The sound > corresponds in stereo to the direction the person is in the camera’s view. > Second, it allows the user to set tones corresponding to certain distances. > For example, if they set the distance at six feet, they’ll hear one tone if a > person is more than six feet away, another if they’re inside that range. > After all, not everyone wants a constant feed of exact distances if all they > care about is staying two paces away. > The third feature, perhaps extra useful for folks who have both visual and > hearing impairments, is a haptic pulse that goes faster as a person gets > closer. > Last is a visual feature for people who need a little help discerning the > world around them, an arrow that points to the detected person on the screen. > Blindness is a spectrum, after all, and any number of vision problems could > make a person want a bit of help in that regard. > > > > Read the full article here > https://techcrunch.com/2020/10/30/iphones-can-now-tell-blind-users-where-and-how-far-away-people-are/ > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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