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by PaulHoule 357 days ago
Personally as an amateur designer I love the idea of working on a huge canvas. Turning a car into a Gundam cockpit or a store into

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or lighting up the whole sky on a cloudy sky with a laser sound like a lot of fun to me, but subjecting other people to this is another thing.

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It's okay, even "professional" designers don't seem to know the "usability" term :)
I had a dream in 2001 or so that I visited a smarthome with this kind of thing on every surface. Instantly reconfigurable decor. Then, as I was touring the home, it got hacked. And suddenly...

Goatse.

Goatse on every wall, every cabinet door, everywhere.

I was soured on the idea of smarthomes, especially ones with display-monitor decor, ever after.

For you it may be a con butt for others it's a wide open win.
I only played that Doom mod once