Andre Le

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Adam – VFX in the real-time short film
unity3d.com - Zdravko Pavlov
We are continuing our series of blog posts from last year, this time featuring a technical, behind-the-scenes glimpse of how the visual effects in …
The Secret To Learning New Skills Twice As Fast
fastcoexist.com - About the author Previously found writing at Wired.com, Cult of Mac and Straight No filter. More
Acquiring new motor skills requires repetition, but iterative repetition is much more effective than just doing the same thing over and over. A new …
Blog — The Extended Mind
datadrivendecisions.net - Jessica Outlaw
The Big List: 50 VR Games We Can't Wait To Play In 2017
uploadvr.com - by Charles Singletary
Last year, we rounded off a list of 35 VR games we couldn’t have to play in 2016. We’ve had some great times playing great games, and last week we …
This Reference Chart Covers the Basics of Soldering At a Glance
Lifehacker - Eric Ravenscraft
Soldering electronics is a delicate art. If you’re just getting started learning how to solder, this handy reference chart can help you spot some …
Visualising UI Solutions for Our Mixed Reality Future
roadtovr.com - Road to VR
Augmented and Mixed Reality technologies are rapidly evolving, with consumer devices on the horizon. But how will people interact with their new …
Virtual Reality Can Leave You With an Existential Hangover
The Atlantic - Rebecca Searles
After exploring a virtual world, some people can’t shake the sense that the actual world isn’t real, either. When Tobias van Schneider slips on a virtual reality headset to play Google’s Tilt Brush, he
How To Test Products Like A Googler
Fast Company - By Lucas Pettinati
An insider look at how user feedback shaped Google Hangouts (and three other products) in the months before launching. To build great products, you need input from the people and organizations that are
VR accessibility
gamasutra.com
The following blog post, unless otherwise noted, was written by a member of Gamasutra’s community. The thoughts and opinions expressed are those of …
Beyond Flatland: User Interface Design for VR
leapmotion.com - Leap Motion
Explorations in VR Design is a journey through the bleeding edge of VR design – from architecting a space and designing groundbreaking interactions …
Building Jarvis
facebook.com
My personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI -- like Jarvis in Iron Man. Now that it's working and the challenge is almost over, I wrote …
UX Design
No-UI: How to Build Transparent Interaction
interaction-design.org
Here, we will explore and teach you about the incredible user experience opportunities which you can take advantage of when designing for interaction …
Lighthouse - Trammell Hudson's Projects
trmm.net
HTC Vive Lighthouse The HTC Vive uses a really innovative way to add 3D pose estimation and position sensing to their VR experience. The "Lighthouse" …
Revealed: Homebrew Controller Working in Steam VR
hackaday.com - Donald Papp
[Florian] has been putting a lot of work into VR controllers that can be used without interfering with a regular mouse + keyboard combination, and …
'Jack Into' A Parisian VR Arcade for $10 An Hour
VICE - Ben Sullivan
The dedicated virtual reality facility provides 12 VR pods for 'individual experiences' and has a rooftop open bar. A beloved author of mine, M. John Harrison, called them 'twinks'. Addicts, if you will,
How Stories Solved Instagram’s Biggest Threat: Self-Conscious Users
Fast Company - By Cliff Kuang
Likes make users self-conscious in a way that has distorted Instagram’s mission. Here, an exclusive look at how Stories was designed to fix that. Robby Stein remembers when Kevin Systrom was just another
NASA's newly-launched Giphy and Pinterest pages are out of this world
TNW - Bryan Clark
When Neil Armstrong became the first man to step foot on the moon in 1969, I doubt he gave much thought to the dank memes that would one day come of it. I also doubt he knew what ‘dank’ or ‘meme’ meant,
Smarten Up a Cheap Projector With a Raspberry Pi
Lifehacker - Thorin Klosowski
Ever wished you had a portable projector that was already loaded up with software so you could stream movies? YouTuber Novaspirit Tech wanted just …
This VR Headset Has A Secret Weapon: A 3D Scanner
Fast Company - By Katharine Schwab
Depth awareness gives this headset superpowers. How do you turn physical spaces into digital ones? That’s a question that the three-year-old startup Occipital is trying to answer with products that range
User Experience and Experience Design
interaction-design.org - by Armin Zahirovic, Jonas Lowgren, John M. Carroll, Marc Hassenzahl, Thomas Erickson, Alan Blackwell, Kees Overbeeke, Caroline Hummels, Robert Spence, Mark Apperley, Karen Holtzblatt, Hugh R. Beyer, Jesper Kjeldskov, Margaret M. Burnett, Christopher Scaffidi, Dag Svanaes, Kristina Hook, Alistair G. Sutcliffe, Albrecht Schmidt, Gilbert Cockton, Victor Kaptelinin, Clayton M. Christensen, Eric von Hippel, Noam Tractinsky, Ben Challis, Richard Shusterman, William Hudson, Steve Mann, Brian Whitworth, Adnan Ahmad, Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza, Paul A. Fishwick, Jonathan Grudin, Steven Poltrock, Shaun Gallagher, Alan J. Dix, Lene Nielsen, Dave Randall, Mark Rouncefield, Doug A. Bowman, Ned Kock, Paul Cairns, Stephen Few, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Fabio Paterno, Dianne Cyr, Richard Mortier, Hamed Haddadi, Tristan Henderson, Derek McAuley, Jon Crowcroft, Andy Crabtree, Constantine Stephanidis, Elisa Giaccardi, Pieter Stappers and Ann Blandford
3. User Experience and Experience Design by Marc Hassenzahl I open my eyes. Lush light floods the room, birds chatter. It is only 6:30 o'clock in the …
Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self
The Atlantic - Ed Yong
The same part of the brain that allows us to step into the shoes of others also helps us restrain ourselves. You’ve likely seen the video before: a stream of kids, confronted with a single, alluring marshmallow.
Cinematography
Virtual Cinematography for VR Trailers — KERT GARTNER
kertgartner.com
Signifiers and Affordances for Chatbots: How to hack the system
uxdesign.cc
Signifiers and Affordances for Chatbots There aren’t a lot of signifiers or affordances within a chatbot. The only elements you have to work with are …
How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name
Fast Company - By Don Norman and Bruce Tognazzini
For years, Apple followed user-centered design principles. Then something went wrong. Once upon a time, Apple was known for designing easy-to-use, easy-to-understand products. It was a champion of the
Sean Blake
seanblake.me
About Me I’m a designer with 10 years of experience living in San Francisco. My skills include the following: Design UX/UI, branding, illustration, …
Virtual Reality: How Tech Is Changing the Way You Buy and Sell a Home
NerdWallet - Michael Burge
Virtual reality is no longer associated with just gaming. The real estate industry is adopting this evolving technology to help you buy and sell your …
Arkadia Zoomquilt
arkadia.xyz
Getting into the Mobile App User’s Mind – User Research for Mobile Applications
interaction-design.org
It’s well understood that user research is what makes for the best user experiences but what are the right user research techniques for mobile apps? …
A future without screens
medium.com
How VR is rapidly changing the way we interact with technology Shaun RonckenBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Sep 14, 2016 It’s unfortunate to think, but …

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Adam – VFX in the real-time short film

The Secret To Learning New Skills Twice As Fast

Blog — The Extended Mind

The Big List: 50 VR Games We Can't Wait To Play In 2017

This Reference Chart Covers the Basics of Soldering At a Glance

Visualising UI Solutions for Our Mixed Reality Future

Virtual Reality Can Leave You With an Existential Hangover

How To Test Products Like A Googler

VR accessibility

Beyond Flatland: User Interface Design for VR

Building Jarvis

No-UI: How to Build Transparent Interaction

Lighthouse - Trammell Hudson's Projects

Revealed: Homebrew Controller Working in Steam VR

'Jack Into' A Parisian VR Arcade for $10 An Hour

How Stories Solved Instagram’s Biggest Threat: Self-Conscious Users

NASA's newly-launched Giphy and Pinterest pages are out of this world

Smarten Up a Cheap Projector With a Raspberry Pi

This VR Headset Has A Secret Weapon: A 3D Scanner

User Experience and Experience Design

Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self

Virtual Cinematography for VR Trailers — KERT GARTNER

Signifiers and Affordances for Chatbots: How to hack the system

How Apple Is Giving Design A Bad Name

Sean Blake

Virtual Reality: How Tech Is Changing the Way You Buy and Sell a Home

Arkadia Zoomquilt

Getting into the Mobile App User’s Mind – User Research for Mobile Applications

A future without screens