If I find myself in a jury panel for someone who took a hammer to these, I already know im voting not guilty, and recommending they get keys to the city.

They are bog standard 2D flat panels with 3d scenes on them to anyone wondering how they can possibly work.

The billboard ads on buildings shown in the article are also 2d. They look really bad in person unless you close one eye and watch exactly at the intended perspective (or instagram it with a misleading “omg wow new 3d billboards” caption as many do).

> Invidis quotes CEO Jonnathan Trilleras. “With a super-fine pixel pitch, a high refresh rate, and a curved-screen design, we create a much wider viewing angle that makes anamorphic content look indistinguishable from reality.”

Ok, it's not real 3D, but only fake 3D. It looks annoying and dangerous anyway.

Ignoring whether the 3D effect is good or not, moving video on a moving billboard in moving traffic is a terrible idea which should be banned.

Black Mirror's Waldo anyone?

  > Appearing as Waldo via video screens on the side of a van, Jamie goads Monroe into confrontation as he campaigns [for political office].

The crash lawsuit writes itself

I have a new personal policy of avoiding any products that advertise to me blatantly. Yes, use these trucks, force me to watch the ads and help me avoid these products forever.

What could a movement to directly punish advertisers look like? Ones who pass a certain threshold of ruining the venue they're sponsoring or generally worsen a community, online or off. Why do they get a pass, no matter how far they encroach on ruining environments and institutions?

It will go away once someone hacks it and shows inappropriate content.

This is a terrible, awful idea. Playing videos on the side of trucks is what I would come up with if I was intentionally trying to cause accidents. Even if they only play when stationary, it's a terrible idea.

Aren't there specific colors of lighting that vehicles cannot use?

like flashing blue and red lights are reserved for police cars.

construction vehicles get flashing yellow/orange, etc.

I don't know why this doesn't get shut down by the police.

I was under the impression that it was illegal to have any kind of light emitting signage on a moving vehicle. Does this vary by jurisdiction?

I bet the Teslas are going to love that. What was that about not needing LIDAR?

The shark still looks fake.

Five or ten years ago, the local Kroger introduced 3D, photorealistic, shaded stickers as advertisements on the floor. I once nearly fell over because, after peering at something on a shelf, I went to take a step back and caught sight of a floor sticker out of the corner of my eye. I instinctively tried to step over this fictional obstacle, even though I had just noted it moments earlier as I walked up.

I assume I wasn't the only one to have this problem, because they were gone by the next time I went shopping.

That said, there are so many drivers already distracted by their phones and 'infotainment' systems that I don't know if obnoxious advertisements will make things any worse.

Where are my ad-blocking glasses...

Teslas will hate this