Hello pool players! I posted this first in a safe place on AZB but realized I need to take my licks LOL
I've been working on some things for almost a year now, and I wanted to finally share it with you. I built some stuff and I hope some of you watch the demos. Yeah it's long but there is a lot to show. I have thick skin so let it fly.
I'm also going to provide a synopsis: "Too long, didn't watch." after the videos
On The Snap is a website that is also SaaS for all things billiards. I am looking for feedback and interested beta testers.
On The Snap demo 23 mins: Login to view embedded media
This demo was a one and done stream of consciousness demo. I did not edit it so warts and all lol.
And before I knew of our friend and member here, FusionCue/dreamache, and what he has been doing, I started work on a project similar to it, based on some of the things I had seen in this forum that were posted by Bob Jewett. I love the idea of an augmented experience and started working on that. I took a different approach as FusionCue in that I built a turnkey solution that includes camera, projector, compute, mount, connectivity, update app, the entire full stack. I have yet to convince myself that there is value in this deployment. However, I will show you an early video of some of the output from these initial experiments that I videoed shortly after my hand surgery several months ago. There is much more since then. I believe FusionCue, like myself, still has a long way to go when it comes to the physics and the development of these platforms, based on what I have determined as far as the setup and control.
It's hard to see with this light, but what's being projected on the table is:
the ghost ball
the target line
the English path relative to the tangent, whether you're using stun follow or draw and the angle degree
I switch to bank mode, where it shows the banks, and then to a kick mode. It is hard to see these things, but I think you'll get the idea.
Well, rather than the perfect be the enemy of the good, I am opening the kimono and sharing it with my community. Let me know what you think, and thank you for taking the time to take a look at what I've been woking on. Your feedback will inform the future.
-Erick
OnTheSnap: A Comprehensive Billiards Platform with league management and point of sale solutions
OnTheSnap is a web-based, consolidated billiards experience platform designed to unify disparate systems in the pool industry. Developed over a year, it offers features for discovering and connecting with pool resources, including cue databases, instructors, rooms, and game-finding capabilities, along with comprehensive management tools for room owners and league operators.
Funny how people think that some scandal from 30+ years ago is keeping pool out of Draftkings. No, they just know almost no one cares and it would be wasted effort.
I remember playing scotch doubles with a good player when I could barely run a few balls. He showed me what to shoot and where to go. We ran a few racks that day. Opened up my mind to what I was capable of. All I needed was for him to tell me what to do and the belief that he was right.
Changed the game for me.
I agree that people try. I know a few. But I have yet to see convincing evidence that 600 and under tournaments are somehow filled with 700-speed players. That seems a very expensive and exhausting way to feel like you've hoodwinked someone.
Vintage Abe Rich, Star Cue! Bought this beauty in 1991 personally from AR in Miami Beach! It’s a four prong snooker length 21oz classic Star Cue. Irish linen wrapped African Teak w/mother of pearl butt and bomb proof ferrel/tip! It’s in just about mint condition as I’ve taken great care of it! I’m in Jacksonville, FL. You can email me at- ransomgift@gmail.com
I've got a Predator Revo that's basically worn smooth. I can put a ceramic coating on it and it's not too bad, but I was considering sending it back to Predator for their Recharge service. Basically, the shaft looks like the before in the video.
Alternatively, I have access to large enough lathes to do it myself and I might do that as it's a backup shaft anyway. Can anyone confirm or speculate what they do to resurface the shaft? It looks like they sand it tip to joint, but I'm not sure.
Past that, I have a first gen Cuetec Propel where the shaft was smooth from the factory. Would a similar sanding process help here, or should I leave it alone?
They don't want cures. No money in cures, that's the vast majority of medicine now. They keep you alive, but sickly enough to keep needing their medication, when most people could just fix their issues with diet and lifestyle changes.
It’s always mystifying to see how someone with enough smarts to do something like this can have such moronic, easily disprovable opinions. It’s a free country though!
Not for me to tell you what you should enjoy. I, of course, respect your opinion here.
Still, here on the forum, we often compare pool to the two major individual sports of tennis and golf. Neither of those sports has the same philosophy as pool.
In tennis, at the majors, they don't lengthen the sets when they get to the late rounds and they don't add sets either. At Wimbledon, the first round is best of five sets and so is the final. In golf, they don't add a round or more holes at the majors, either, even though they could. In golf, they play 72 holes at both the Texas Open and the Masters.
Only pool sees the need to lengthen the matches in the late stages of the majors. It's not for me, but to each his own.
For the record, I didn't enjoy the old race to 17 finals at the WPC.
What's the history of the race length? Could it be the beginning stages are actually shortened for time as opposed to lengthening them in the later stages. I prefer a bit longer race; however, I will fully admit I do not have the patience to watch a live stream online. I will wait until it's at least halfway through, or more, and then start watching it, that way, I can zip past the boring parts.
