“Yeah, I got you and your toast.” She waved her hand and a holographic keyboard appeared under her fingers. She began typing commands into a holographic terminal. Then she swiped her hand from the holographic terminal to the data screen wall. Instantly the wall showed Roland’s view.
Roland finished tying his shoes and then headed for the door. “Here we go!” He took off running out the front door and down the block.
Skylar watched Roland’s video feed on the wall. “It really is like being in your head.”
Roland turned onto the next street. “So, you can still see everything even while I’m running?”
“Yeah, it’s all coming through crystal clear.”
“Sky, can you pull up my heart rate and stuff?”
Skylar typed a command on her keyboard. “Yep, you are about a hundred and twenty beats a minute.”
Roland could feel himself getting into his running rhythm now. It felt good. The last several days had been stressful, and he needed to blow off steam. “Sky, I have an idea. Can you make me see my heart rate too? You know, like the HUD in a video game?”
“Hold on a sec. I’ll see what I can find.” Skylar checked back over the reference material she had and then looked over the coding. “I think I’ve got an idea that might work.”
Roland left the neighborhood and headed for the wooded running trails. “Ok, do it.”
Skylar began typing furiously. She had pulled up three different holographic terminals and was switching between them regularly. She grabbed sections of code from one terminal and swiped her hand through the air to merge it into the next terminal. “Ok, you should see your heart rate now.”
Roland stopped running. “Sky, I can’t see.”
“What do you mean you can’t see? You mean, like, at all?”
“Yep, like pitch black. I can’t see anything. I’m standing outside the wooded jogging trails.”
“Um, just a sec. I’ll check my code.”
“Ok. Well, hurry up.”
Skylar quickly scanned over the terminals she had pulled up. “I think I found it.”
Roland sat down on the grass. “Still all black over here.”
Skylar quickly opened another holographic terminal and pulled out the offending code and stuck it in the new terminal. “Sorry, I’m still fixing it.” She typed in a few commands to diagnose the problem. She removed one more section of code and ran her new code through a checker. It came out clean. She launched the new code. “How about now?” Roland’s video feed came back up on the data room’s wall.
Roland stood up. “It’s working. I can see again. What happened?”
“I was trying to get the heart rate to overlay your normal vision. It should work just like editing a video feed, except I accidentally blacked everything out.”
Roland began jogging again. “Ok, well, let’s not do that again.”
“Yeah, I agree. Ok, stop for a sec. I think I have the overlay setup now.”
Roland stopped jogging and grabbed onto a nearby tree. “Hit it.”
Skylar grabbed the new chunk of code she had been working on for the display and moved it to her second holographic terminal. She ran the checker on it, and it came back good.
Roland’s vision blacked out for a second and then came back. This time his heart rate showed right in the middle of his vision. “Sky, I can see my heart rate, but it’s right in the middle of my view. I can only see stuff on the sides of my vision.”
Skylar looked over at Roland’s video feed. A big green 90 bpm showed right in the center. “That’s easy to fix. Just a second.” She went back to typing again and swiping code between the holographic monitors. “Ok, one more blackout and that should do it.”
Roland’s vision blacked out just as she said and when it came back, a small 82 bpm showed in the bottom right of his vision. “Much better. I can see everything now, including my heart rate. I’m jogging again.” Roland took off through the winding dirt path.
“I can use the heart rate monitor as
Roland finished tying his shoes and then headed for the door. “Here we go!” He took off running out the front door and down the block.
Skylar watched Roland’s video feed on the wall. “It really is like being in your head.”
Roland turned onto the next street. “So, you can still see everything even while I’m running?”
“Yeah, it’s all coming through crystal clear.”
“Sky, can you pull up my heart rate and stuff?”
Skylar typed a command on her keyboard. “Yep, you are about a hundred and twenty beats a minute.”
Roland could feel himself getting into his running rhythm now. It felt good. The last several days had been stressful, and he needed to blow off steam. “Sky, I have an idea. Can you make me see my heart rate too? You know, like the HUD in a video game?”
“Hold on a sec. I’ll see what I can find.” Skylar checked back over the reference material she had and then looked over the coding. “I think I’ve got an idea that might work.”
Roland left the neighborhood and headed for the wooded running trails. “Ok, do it.”
Skylar began typing furiously. She had pulled up three different holographic terminals and was switching between them regularly. She grabbed sections of code from one terminal and swiped her hand through the air to merge it into the next terminal. “Ok, you should see your heart rate now.”
Roland stopped running. “Sky, I can’t see.”
“What do you mean you can’t see? You mean, like, at all?”
“Yep, like pitch black. I can’t see anything. I’m standing outside the wooded jogging trails.”
“Um, just a sec. I’ll check my code.”
“Ok. Well, hurry up.”
Skylar quickly scanned over the terminals she had pulled up. “I think I found it.”
Roland sat down on the grass. “Still all black over here.”
Skylar quickly opened another holographic terminal and pulled out the offending code and stuck it in the new terminal. “Sorry, I’m still fixing it.” She typed in a few commands to diagnose the problem. She removed one more section of code and ran her new code through a checker. It came out clean. She launched the new code. “How about now?” Roland’s video feed came back up on the data room’s wall.
Roland stood up. “It’s working. I can see again. What happened?”
“I was trying to get the heart rate to overlay your normal vision. It should work just like editing a video feed, except I accidentally blacked everything out.”
Roland began jogging again. “Ok, well, let’s not do that again.”
“Yeah, I agree. Ok, stop for a sec. I think I have the overlay setup now.”
Roland stopped jogging and grabbed onto a nearby tree. “Hit it.”
Skylar grabbed the new chunk of code she had been working on for the display and moved it to her second holographic terminal. She ran the checker on it, and it came back good.
Roland’s vision blacked out for a second and then came back. This time his heart rate showed right in the middle of his vision. “Sky, I can see my heart rate, but it’s right in the middle of my view. I can only see stuff on the sides of my vision.”
Skylar looked over at Roland’s video feed. A big green 90 bpm showed right in the center. “That’s easy to fix. Just a second.” She went back to typing again and swiping code between the holographic monitors. “Ok, one more blackout and that should do it.”
Roland’s vision blacked out just as she said and when it came back, a small 82 bpm showed in the bottom right of his vision. “Much better. I can see everything now, including my heart rate. I’m jogging again.” Roland took off through the winding dirt path.
“I can use the heart rate monitor as
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