| From: | Marc Renouf renouf@********.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Two firearms at once. |
| Date: | Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:35:32 -0500 (EST) |
> On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 14:23:05 EST GMPax@***.com writes:
> >OK. The thing is, even with bullets, without a rudimentary rangefinder
> >system, the smartlink would not work beyond point blank range.
>
> And what if Smartlink does include a *rudimentry* rangefinder? It could
> just be that the included one is not very accurate but the one purchased
> seperately is "Left Nostril or right?" accurate...
IMC A smartlink doesn *need* a rangefinder. It calculates range
by either a) querying your brain to figure out your focus point (i.e.
where the lines of each eye's direction cross) in cyberware, or b)
calculating your eye-direction and corneal dilation with a small imaging
system built into the goggles. This has the benefit of not requiring
active emissions from the user, but isn't as accurate as an
actual, honest-to-ghost rangefinder. It also explains why they don't work
as well when you can't focus on an object (i.e. using two smartlink to
engage two different targets).
There are about a million ways to interpret how a smartlink works,
though, and this is only one of them.
Marc
