Apr 25AI Might Take Over or Maybe it Already Has…Or: “How I stopped worrying and learned to love the future.” Me (speaking to AI): You are a master of survival. An immortal who has seen rise and fall of hundreds of human societies. …Humor3 min readHumor3 min read
Jul 9, 2021What is This Metaverse of Which You Speak?What is This Metaverse of Which You Speak? Welcome to Metaverse, an alternative digital reality with profound implications for us all. Tim Sweeney of Epic Games sees the growing Metaverse as the next iteration of the internet where people will work and play socialize, shop and even live full time…4 min read4 min read
Aug 8, 2018Blank Stare When Evangelizing Digital Reality? Read This!Digital Reality or Virtual Reality, as it is commonly known, is finally here and one can split the world into two camps: deep enthusiasm and awareness, or blank stares and the sound of Homer Simpson yelling “Neeeeerd!” Full disclosure; I’m in a DR maximalist and work for a digital reality…Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
Jul 15, 2018VR is Dead! Long Live DR!Dr. Doctor Give Me the News, I Got a Bad Case of Loving You… If you recognize that line they you either have a fair guess at how old I am or what kind of music I grew up listening to! But why bring music into a conversation about virtual reality? Well, like many things we do each day that put us in an…Basic Income3 min readBasic Income3 min read
Jul 3, 2018Blair Renaud Just Made Me Cry In VRNumber one fact: I’m not a gamer (except for Echo Arena). I’m an UX tester with a love of hard sci-fi. I just finished Neal Stephenson’s Diamond Age again. Wow. But tonight the whole cyberpunk thing just blew up in my face. Blair Renaud @Anticleric is the creator of TECHNOLUST…Virtual Reality3 min readVirtual Reality3 min read
Jun 13, 2018The Quickening… Or How VR is Taking Over My Life (In a Good Way)Kent Bye of the Voices of VR podcast has pointed out; Metcalfe’s law (the networks value increasing as the network interconnection complexity increases) will eventually make web VR more useful than current “walled garden” apps on Oculus or Steam. However we are currently getting the best social, emotional, physical and…Virtual Reality4 min readVirtual Reality4 min read
Mar 9, 2017Off to the Virtual Beach in GearVR Hint: Its Great!After getting in touch with the folks from Mostly Human Studios regarding sitting on my butt at the beach in VR I was invited to check out the experience in GearVR. Some of you might diss the Gear because its not positional, has no controllers and its “only” 60fps etc…Virtual Reality2 min readVirtual Reality2 min read
Feb 17, 2017Why Standing Alone in a Dark Room is Actually a Social Activity.First let me say I’ve partaken in the VR the Cool Aid, I have been waiting for VR to drop since William Gibson first described it. So, my opinions are, shall we say, a tad biased. That being said, there is a lot of pushback from the uninitiated suggesting that…Virtual Reality5 min readVirtual Reality5 min read
Jan 26, 2017One Night in VR…One Night in VR… A few nights back I had a ticket to ride. …Virtual Reality4 min readVirtual Reality4 min read