Andy Lundell ๐ญ @apLundell@octodon.social
I'm a virtual reality and game programmer, who's excited about games, technology, online comics. Currently I work for 3dSystems.
Right now, at least a dozen people are frantically re-writing their upcoming Medium dot com posts from "How this loss is really a victory" to "How this win is really a defeat."
I once bet writer/game-designer Alex Kain one US dollar that consumer VR would be dead by Christmas 2018.
It's not looking good for me on that one, but I have a plan. I'm going to dress up as Santa and break into everyone's house's this Christmas Eve to steal their VR equipment.
Thanks Amazon. This will be a real time saver. ๐
If I went to the doctor and he said "We have a new system this year, instead of a needle, you can be immunized by putting spiders in your hair and running naked through a tiger enclosure." then I would go with the new system.
Needles are mankind's most terrifying invention.
There are a zillion countries on earth, why are country dropdowns always in dumb alphabetical order?
Why isn't it a standard UX convention to use IP geo-location and the current language to put best guesses near the top?
Every game platform has a confirmation screen that says "You're about to spend x$, are you sure?" before an in-app purchase. I'd love for those screens also show you your total spent to date for that particular title.
Haha! People who drink Pumpkin-Spice coffee are weirdos.
Oooo! Is it time for Peppermint-Mocha?
In order for true "immersive" AR to become popular, the goggles/glasses are going to have to get so good that the difference between AR and VR is just a software design decision.
When that happens it'll be a fun day.
Ha! The Southern States once resisted the Thanksgiving holiday, because as a northern holiday, they felt celebrating it was giving in to northern values.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thanksgiving-pumpkin-pie-culture-war
So how's that noble resistance going, Southern States?
Hmm... They say that extra-solar asteroid is cylindrical in shape. Clearly we've got a 'Rendezvous With Rama' situation here.
https://octodon.social/media/G_JaLi3eVqNO29Ip92Y https://octodon.social/media/RzBHdEYzFEOTXuwI-bk
Reminder : "Over the River and Through the Woods" was originally intended as a Thanksgiving carol, so you can probably now start singing it unashamedly.
(It's too early for proper *Christmas* carols, of course.)
Is it possible to follow people on counter.social ?
Of have they gone full tinfoil hat and you can't even view people's profiles?
Tossing pennies down a wishing well was fine in the 1700s, but today, to correct for inflation, the recommended procedure is to look down the well and shout your credit card number.
My middle-aged self turned up, full of advice and instructions. I nodded along.
My old self had already warned me, and told me to ignore it.
#MicroFiction #TootFic
I don't understand why suddenly the cool idea is using blockchains for advertising.
Why ... would that be better? I don't understand the advantage?
I hope that, one day, life extension technology will allow me to become the ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ kind of millennial.
Fun Truth that's different than what you learned on Twitter :
Daylights Saving Time increases traffic accidents ... for about two days. For the remainder of the eight months it's active it DECREASES traffic accidents.
As far as traffic accidents go, it's a huge net positive.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a18011/in-defense-of-daylight-saving-time/
Fact : Scientists now know that many species of dragons were actually covered in feathers.
I don't understand China's Tiangong program.
Why build space stations and then not use them?
