Mar 23, 2021Member-onlyBuilding a Serverless Discord Bot on AWSDiscord is a pretty exciting platform. One of it’s biggest features is the ability to support bots on the platform, letting developers create some incredible tools for server moderators. In 2020, Discord introduced two major new features however, that don’t have a ton of example use cases around them yet…Technology10 min readTechnology10 min read
Feb 16, 2021Member-onlyFiber Will Fix Your Internet, Not 5GThere’s this idea I’ve seen slowly starting to take shape that 5G internet will someday be able to solve America’s internet woes. The idea is simple in theory: By placing 5G towers in neighborhoods, houses can connect to these towers for their internet needs instead of using a cable or…5g4 min read5g4 min read
Nov 20, 2020Member-onlyThe Unspoken Genius of Apple’s M1 ChipApple recently released a new line of computers built with their own chips, and the world is ecstatic about them. Apple has managed to make a set of computers that are objectively better in nearly every way compared to their previous line of computers. The result is some incredible hardware…Apple4 min readApple4 min read
Jul 17, 2020Member-onlyDeveloping for VR in 2020 — A Beginner’s GuideI’ve seen a lot of folks asking about how to get started developing for virtual reality in 2020, with a particular focus on those who have never dove into it before. As someone who has been developing for VR for nearly 7 years now (and AR for just over 10)…Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
May 26, 2020Member-onlyDown the NES Rabbit Hole — Hello WorldIn the first part of this series, we kicked everything off with a nice sample project in which we displayed hello world using the NES. However, the majority of this code was written for us, and was really hidden away. The real goal of the last post was to get…Programming9 min readProgramming9 min read
May 19, 2020Member-onlyApple Won’t do VR — Nor ARWithin the virtual reality and augmented reality industry, there’s been an immense amount of speculation surrounding what Apple plans to do for their devices in this realm. Tim Cook famously denounced virtual reality, claiming that augmented reality would be far superior, leading a lot of analysts to speculate that Apple…Virtual Reality4 min readVirtual Reality4 min read
Apr 24, 2020Member-onlyDown the NES Rabbit Hole — Press StartWhile I spend the majority of my days focusing on cutting edge and bleeding edge technologies like virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence, I have a deep appreciation for older technologies still. In fact, I got my start writing code for the Nintendo DS back in 2007 using devkitPro…Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Mar 17, 2020Member-onlyAR/VR 2020 Predictions — The 20% PredictionsI’ve put out a lot of predictions about what I think is going to happen with virtual and augmented reality this year. My first Story on this covered things that I thought had a 70% chance of happening in 2020; a very high chance, but still had some room for…Virtual Reality6 min readVirtual Reality6 min read
Feb 25, 2020Member-onlyHow to Build a Better HTC HeadsetHTC has a major problem in virtual reality right now: They’ve lost their touch outside of China. It might sounds strange, especially given how amazing the original HTC Vive was in 2016, but the ultimate truth is that HTC does not seem to understand today’s virtual reality market. The Vive…Technology4 min readTechnology4 min read
Feb 18, 2020Member-onlyAR/VR 2020 Predictions — Topics of InterestMy last Story about my 2020 predictions for AR and VR received a lot of traction. With CES having ended and my first few predictions coming true, plus a ton of requests to provide my thoughts on other technologies I left out, I’ve decided to do a follow up Story…Virtual Reality10 min readVirtual Reality10 min read