I tried ChatGPT… even with iteration it’s underwhelming. My job won’t disappear yet.

“Hello fellow mastodon users and VR enthusiasts!

I recently had the opportunity to try out some amazing virtual reality technology. I was blown away by the potential of this technology to revolutionize the way we interact with digital content, including in the realm of social VR. I am excited to continue exploring the potential of this technology and pushing its boundaries in the realm of social VR.”

Speaking truth to power.

The boundaries between reality and virtuality are disappearing, and I firmly believe we will be living dynamically on the XR continuum in the future. But being able to individualise our reality will forever change what it means to experience something together. Understanding and modelling what happens between users in XR will keep me busy for the foreseeable future...

@jrw he once claimed his greatest innovation was convincing IBM to move to an 8 but byte from 7 to handle letter upper and lower cases. ❤️

@richardgomer I can confirm it can be a challenge. For several years, I thought our first year and third year required HCI courses, in a department that is otherwise quite traditional compsci. As a young/female/foreign/latina academic teaching a required hci course, I'll give you one guess what my teaching evaluations looked like...

I am deeply saddened to hear that Fred Brooks has passed away. Known for software engineering, his book "The Mythical Man Month" is still so relevant today. But he was also a pioneer in VR, and when I met him in 2017, he was so keen to share his work beyond the man month.

Two dimensions to consider when thinking about peer review - Open/Confidential and Signed/Anonymous. I think confidential review, in the context of rapid scaling up in our community, has led to fragmentation and lack of shared ideals. Open review, signed or anonymous, would help our community develop some common ground we are sorely missing. As for signed/anonymous reviewing, I've seen bad behaviour in both! Jury is still out for me on that front...