Interaction designer and hobbyist game dev in Gothenburg, Sweden. Does VR and AR at RISE, Research Institutes of Sweden.
Occasional creative technologist for art projects and IT guy for social activism orgs.
After Marika's Ph.D defence and subsequent party (congrats!) I took a quick trip over the bridge to #Copenhagen. I visited the feel shops of Faraos Cigarer but the real highlight was going to #cphdox and their Interactive exhibit with #VR, #AR and game artworks.
The game WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THOSE THAT ARE NOT by https://instagram.com/ladydangfua was a highlight, providing a trip into an utopian digital world where the needs of #trans people (of color) are (for once) met.
On my way to #Malmö for my friend and long-time collaborator Marika Hedemyr's Ph.D dissertation defence https://mau.se/en/calendar/disputation--marika-hedemyr/
It centers around three of our collaborative works, the mixed reality walks Next to You at Korsvägen, ENTER Mölndal Kvarnbyn and ENTER Mölndal Tulebosjön. #AR #MR
In 1977, my wife Annie and I opened the first public access microcomputer center. The Marin Computer Center was a nonprofit org in a library of a repurposed elementary school. We started with 9 Processor Technology Sol-20s and one Equinox. Eventually we had 40 micros (Atari, Apple II, TRS-80, Pet) people could rent for $1.50/hr. So many Marin kids got turned onto computers and went on to do great things. Jump to page 7 of this 1978 People’s Computers article by Annie
http://www.loopcntr.net/repository/1018.pdf
See this "indirect prompt injection" attack against Bing for an example of that happening already https://simonwillison.net/2023/Mar/1/indirect-prompt-injection-on-bing-chat/
Students are running an online interview study on #TTRPGs and queer exploration over the next month or two! If you’ve made or played LGBTQIA+ characters, they’d love to speak with you.
Indicate interest here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemrQTJQufC2tBHSv-VdVNw6JdIDqos8DXlYKjAJPXGBJmpUg/viewform
I've spent most of my life struggling financially, and honestly it makes me kind of angry how some of these things I can afford now help me. (Though, again, I did not buy *myself* a goofy Facebook helmet.) Smart watches should be covered medical devices for dealing with ADHD. Even basic VR is good for anxiety and PTSD. People do not only deserve these things if they can claw their way to a mid-range skilled salary position. #disability
Apropos of nothing: I was given one of those Meta Quest 2 headsets as a holiday thing December before last and I don't use it often, but the one thing I do use it for is managing anxiety and, occasionally, trauma. Last summer I had a pretty traumatic day with the cat rescue, and I genuinely think playing VR Tetris that night helped prevent it from becoming weeks of horrible intrusive thoughts and memories.
From the promised land of maker culture. My friend and colleague Patrik has dug time into developing his own analog digital camera based on Raspberry Pi and old camera lenses from the Soviet Union, this one from 1967. This open source digital camera produces images with a clear retro feeling and a rather unique section. Here are a couple of pictures with the camera, and a link for those who want to dig a little into the project.
@mcc when i was working on The Gunk's first trailer someone updated the model for the character but the facial anims were not updated with it
I guess I like adding to @gruber posts.
As a lifelong disabled person, Elon’s cruelty—his blatant ableism—is reminiscent of Trump mocking that disabled NYT reporter years ago. It also jibes with the gutting of Twitter’s accessibility team.
(Also personal to me given the death threats and other hate I’ve received in the last few weeks by trolls Elon welcomed back to Twitter.)
He give zero shits about people like me.
https://daringfireball.net/2023/03/thorleifsson_musk_twitter
Beautiful 10-day sequence of Venus and Jupiter drawing together in the western sky. The variety of twilight colors is a sweet bonus.
Photos: Soumyadeep Mukherjee
https://earthsky.org/earthsky-community-photos/entry/56315/ #astronomy #conjunction
@n1ckfg wow the login screen to the instance lets you choose your already existing student login...
The Netherlands is doing a pilot program to supply #fediverse accounts for all Dutch university students! :fediverse:
https://www.surf.nl/en/about-the-mastodon-pilot
via @n1ckfg
Friendly reminder that both picoCAD and picoSYNTH is on sale until end of month. Only two days left!
Tyler says that he is inspired by a feature with the same name: StreetPass on Nintendo 3DS. With your Nintendo 3DS you automatically find other 3DS owners you are in close physical proximity with, and share certain information.
Engadget wrote a nostalgic piece about StreetPass. Both Tyler and Endadget stress the social power that StreetPass had, allowing you to meet new people to become friends with and play together.
https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-3ds-anniversary-streetpass-150026541.html
A playable version of #DOOM on an #LEGO brick using a @Raspberry_Pi@raspberrypi.social #RP2040 by @ancientjames. Uses an accelerometer and tilt for movement, and a capacitance touch sensor to shoot. Subframe sampling to make the tiny monochrome LCD give 8 gray levels (not 3 like I originally thought!). This is miraculous stuff. 😮 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o76U0JPrMFk
Are you F1-curious? You're in luck!
I've been doing an F1 podcast geared toward beginners since 2014 with my good friends Danny O'Dwyer and Rob Zacny, and we just posted our annual introductory episode that explains everything!
The first race of the season is on March 5th. Buckle up!
Listen here: https://www.f1.cool/blog/216
Mastodon: @shiftf1podcast
Silly as it sounds, I've been looking forward to being able to do this kind of multitasking while doing household chores! :D
The headset is on loan from work, though it's basically just a beefy #Android smartphone with a wired connection to the #HUD display glasses. It doesn't have any kind of environment tracking built it (unlike e.g the #Hololens) but being able to keep videos and other information at the top of one's field of vision is still quite compelling.
Tricky getting your laundry dry when there's a #Kubernetes tutorial vid hovering over the dryer controls!
(video by the excellent TechWorld with Nana, https://youtu.be/s_o8dwzRlu4) #AR #augmentedreality #k8s
