Episode 212 – Virtually Browsing

Immersive mixed reality with examples from Mozilla’s Firefox Reality browser, Angry Birds with the Magic Leap One, #FlorenceNC hurricane flooding visualization and the filming of the new WatchOS 5 organic watch faces. Continue reading

Episode 211 – Ducking the Hurricane

Hurricane preparedness through mobile apps, Waffle House Index, avoiding unintentional foul language via autocorrect, simple games & arial drone acrobatics. Continue reading

Episode 210 – HodgePodgePaloosa

Michael and Michael reprise the mobile hotel concept from last week to start off this week’s episode, with Volvo’s 360c concept car which takes into account the distances and speed necessary to make such a concept viable.  Consistent with the excellent Swedish design Volvo is known for, the physical seats in the vehicle, as well as the user experience to show the distance to destination on the glass reminded the co-hosts of a head up display.   After reacting briefly to the VR360 article noting that VR headset shipments have gone down year to year, and the Business Insider article … Continue reading

Episode 209 – Driving Doom

Michael and Michael start off this episode with a discussion on the classic first person shooter Doom, and how in a recent episode of the Boundary Break YouTube series, we are treated to a behind the scenes view of how the Doom 2016 developers wrote the code for the game.  It is fascinating to see where some of the off-camera elements are left out (such as the face, torso, etc of the shooter) and where sometimes the details are very richly embellished, even if no one will ever see them in the game. Moving (heh) along, the co-hosts imagine a … Continue reading