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Prototyping AR & VR at Meta. Continuing a long awesome thread of thinking with more of your body. Previously @LeapMotion

Bay Area
Joined February 2009
Frankly stoked to be on the @ResearchVRcast! Thank you @Azadux & @razialo for your ongoing deep diving. Bringing your medium-spanning perspective to bear makes digging in the #VR #AR #UX interaction details double-plus fun. teapawt.org/ResearchVRcast/status/…
Dissecting the Interaction Design Sprints of @LeapMotion Designers @MrSchubert and @Protodeep Topics: - Distance selection and summoning - Precise 3D manipulation - Hand Contact LISTEN: researchvr.podigee.io/69-res… ITUNES: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/…
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Experiencing a feeing I’ve felt two, maybe three times, of my whole body decompressing with a tangible “poof” during swearing in. Only felt this a couple times after weeks long sustained meditation. Feeling same “poof” without even trying today.
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Replying to @Cabbibo
Wish I had the term “completionist affordances” a few years ago. 2 words deftly replace a paragraph’s worth which I repeated a lot. However did find that the more completionist we made our affordances, the more frequently we heard “I swear I felt that!” Faux haptics = faptics.
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Replying to @Cabbibo
Yeah, like kinda menacing. You accidentally made eye contact with the baby-god or something.
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Replying to @Cabbibo
Gonna say heavy multiple baritone brass blasts through stadium public address system. Maybe foghorn from largest container ship.
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Replying to @agathayu
I once lectured for 12 straight hours teaching Maya animation to 3 classes in a row. 6 hours of VC is easily as tiring as that was.
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Just to be clear and go on record: Trump is a racist. You can’t vote Republican without voting for racism.
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Replying to @gangof4official
Andy Gill & Gang of Four taught me to dance, hard, with my middle finger in the air. Taught me I could flip my lid on the drums, groove to the point of fully irrational abandon & think about the world simultaneously. Gave me the gift of a few of the most alive moments of my life.
Here’s the start of #FormulaE race 12 which was action packed flag-to-flag! Seats were facing the Statue is Liberty! So wicked cool, going back to Brooklyn tomorrow for the final race of the season. Championship might even be decided tomorrow! Double-Plus Rad!
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Race 12 of #FormulaE hasn’t even started yet and it’s already a blast. This is start of qualifying.
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SUNNY SMOG ALERT!! SUNNY SMOG ALERT!! New weekly #webcomic Secret: I’ve seen the whole story. You’re going to DIg it.
Dig it! Page one of Sunny Smog Riffs on Boxes drops today. I'll be sharing a page a week for the next few months. Keep an eye out for weekly Sunny Smog Alerts! sunnysmog.com/BoxesIntro.htm… Instagram: sunnysmog email: [email protected] Facebook: @SunnySmog Thanks!
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If the hive mind is correct, I got a good look at the cool #meteor trail from the #berkeley hills on my evening walk.
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So my favorite human, ⁦@SunnySmog⁩ continues to Dig fascinating concepts. Say you’re a kid who digs #VR #AR and might want to make some. #Proprioception might be pretty wicked good to know. sunnysmog.com/Proprioception…
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Thanks for the kind words everybody. That's truly appreciated and amazing.
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It’s one of my hero’s birthday today @Malala. One of my other hero’s, @SunnySmog did this inspired illustration of her. #MalalaDay
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More shiny experiments in immersive UX. This one focuses on quickly switching between embodied superpowers. By @MrSchubert and @Protodeep at @LeapMotion, also ready for download now! youtube.com/watch?v=LFRKEmzr…
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Barrett Fox retweeted
Exclusive: Validating an Experimental Shortcut Interface with Flaming Arrows & Paper Planes ow.ly/KLgb30kpIpt @LeapMotion @Protodeep @MrSchubert
I'm with you. So maybe lines connecting the hands to the center point? Lines that change based on distance somehow? Maybe they get thinner, have more tick marks, glow, have animated marching ants? Just riffing of course.
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