Will Virtual Reality REPLACE Mechanics?? Mazda Rx-8

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1. vr mechanics will work in places like wal mart and jiffy lube

2. Now you just said it was an ecu.

3. At first you said it was a pcm, now it's an ecm so which is it? I've noticed that you do that alot, I've been a long time follower.

4. I think it would be a pretty cool TOOL to have. Would you use it as a screen to graph your PIDS in front of your eyes while still being able to shake wires around checking for a bad wire. You’re looking at the graph while both your hands are tugging connections and bending wires at splices?

5. Actually…Ray narrating his repairs could train an AI mechanic model eventually. If 1000 mechanics did this, you could have a healthy database to train apprentices. And glasses are coming out soon to replace the headsets.

6. reality is just that.

7. VR isn't "real." It is an artificial construct visual representation of reality that is only as good as the data that makes it. Garbage in = garbage out.

8. Yeah! 😂 Mechanics aren’t going anywhere.

9. I only recently found you Ray but the reason I continue and in fact have gone back a year is because you don't just fire the parts cannon. I have been a home mechanic since I was a 63B in the US Army and fell in love with fixing things…now people just buy another and I refuse. I went off, its your diagnosing that I watch and no VR can know something is "slightly" unplugged. Anyone can replace parts, won't be fast if you aren't experienced but anyone can do it. It's firing that cannon and it being one shot one kill… that is what I strive to learn more of every day. Ironically maybe but getting a real OBD 2 computer has helped me a lot and it's also opened up a world to me that I didn't have with a code reader.

10. Absolutely not, will VR/AR replace skilled technicians. I could see the use case – example, having my scantool display in a "heads up display", if you will. Could also have other useful information like time, GoPro camera view. Security camera feeds, even. Just, not at a $3500 price point. Also, imagine adding radar/lidar capability to them… that could be really cool, helping people with limited fields of view to interpret their surroundings.

11. They're trying to replace mechanical/manual labor with AI. The problem with that is, what if they go haywire on you? Then they become like a Terminator movie. It might now say, "I'll be back" Instead, human you'll be gone whether you pay for their services or not. I'll take someone like you man to maintain/repair my car anytime. And see if this car can make it to a million miles.

12. Love you Ray but, me thinks thou do protest too much.

13. VR has a place like gaming, graphic design, but for repairs, DIY jobs are not its place. The Apple glass thing will fall to the wayside like 3d tv’s that lasted as much as a tomato season. Same as self driving vehicles they will never come in as all the bus drivers and lorry drivers will play holy hell over job losses and will do all they can to disturb the self driving machines

14. Automatic RX-8's hurt my soul. Shifting 6 gears at 9500RPM is where it's at with these. I had both a Series 1 and Series 2, so much fun to drive and get 9 MPG in. These really need a specialized mechanic. The ignition systems are so touchy, and using aftermarket coil packs or wires causes a lot of issues, but people do because the OEM's are very pricey. But it is always more costly to replace a second time.

15. I loved the VR section. I had to correct someone’s bad information on Facebook. Some dude said “you NEED a super special socket to change plugs on a ram 5.7 gas engine” I was like what special socket I done the same job with a regular 5/8 plug socket. So I looked it up it’s real a set of swivel socket’s constructed of a plug socket, universal, and extension. I said I’m sure it’s nice and cuts down on dropped sockets but I don’t NEED IT and I’m not spending $40 on a set of sockets when I have the same stuff already paid for in a box

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17. VR will never replace us. These days it takes a technician with college level skills to diagnose and repair these vehicles. Some actually have college training, some (myself included) have learned through experience, and other have both. But a pair of goggles will never turn an untrained individual into someone with your experience or mine (28 years). It would make access to service data quicker, but we are still much needed. Great video brother! 👍👍

18. "Sorry, internet is down, we can't fix any cars…."

19. Used to have an RX8 (UK Manual version) – scarily good fun but suffered from apex seal failure on the engine

20. Oh brother, augmented reality is just another tool. It's not going to replace the mook getting their hands dirty in the innards of an engine bey.

21. The scan tool should give the ECM ID number

22. To add to your story apple is firmly against right to repair so I doubt they will ever introduce software that will allow the user access to any kind of diagnostic research. They refuse to release diagrams to their own products to aide anyone in repair claiming "proprietary information".

23. What good does a VR headset do other than allow you to access vehicle data in a more convenient way?

    After all, you'll still have to put real hands on the car to repair stuff.

    A VR headset is a glorified tablet PC worn close to your eyes on your head and doesn't offer any revolutionary new way of working.

24. You have ai now auto zone we now how that works parts canon

25. We used to own a 2006 of the 14:22 same car and color. Blast to drive, and handles very very well right off the showroom floor. However we had so many computer issues. So bad they pulled the computers and sent them off to Mazada in CA to be flashed and reprogrammed. Still had issues, and then an engine recall came out. Mazda ended up buying the car back. Only had it for about 6 months. The rotary engine is very smooth and loves high RPMs.

26. I bought a Chevy Trailblazer and had some recall notices after a year or so.

    I was floored that all of the recalls were firmware upgrades & patches and were performed simply by plugging a cable in. I think I received 3 notices by mail (critical) and there were 6 minor recalls.

27. A 3000 dollar vr headset while not cheap also isn't that expensive considering the biggest matco tablet obd2 scanner is 7k. Also, the headset might be useful for augmented reality but its just gonna be one tool of many you might need to do a job.

28. ❤

29. People have so much access to knowledge but they have no idea how to use any of it. It's ironic that we can learn everything so much faster and easier these days, but now everyone has forgotten how to learn.

30. You reminded me of The Outer Limits episode Stream of Consciousness.

    The one where there's only one man left who can read after everyone gets implants with access to their global network but he has some brain damage so couldn't get one.

31. Im currently going to UTI and I asked chat GPT for instructions to diagnose a DTC and it gave me very thorough instructions 😂 it was a lot to read but it had step by step procedures

32. VR is just good for indoor home 🏠, VR in public may look nerd and dumb.. 😂

33. The new Apple VR mask will be replacing theatres.

34. Grid controlled electric cars won't need us.

35. You also can't run cables through a factory or rail via a screen, unless it's a virtual railway unfortunately you cannot go anywhere but you house on a virtual railway 😂😢

36. The VR is going to do little for mechanics. People who say it is going to "revolutionize" the industry [or any industry] are just trying to justify to themselves the expenditure of $3500 for what is essentially a toy…..

37. Similar thing in aviation. New pilots learn on flat panel displays (EFIS) in Cessna's and Pipers these days, and few learn the old "steam gauges". Their attitude is that "Our students will go straight into a jet with EFIS, and will likely never see the old system, so why should they learn it?

    Famous last words. The old stuff was difficult to interpret, so you learned to determine your position in your mind rather than simply look on the screen. That built situational awareness; The new training planes do not build this sufficiently in my opinion. EFIS should only be used in professional cockpits, not in training planes!

    Great video!

38. We know it is a bad idea but people will still go along with that tech. People are just not smart

39. The only way such vr glasses can work is when a technician can see what the customer is looking at in his vr glasses and is able to make an arrow on that screen so the customer can plug it back. But that is a very limited use case that can be solved with a video call

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