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alteralias @alteralias.bsky.social · Jan 27
Pinning the AIxVR programme for next few days for REFERENCE ♥️

#AIxVR2025
#Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #ethics #conference
AIxVR conference schedule
alteralias.bsky.social
NEW PAINT DAY! Tomorrow is new paint day!!!!!

Also! : there is a very patient person on the @jacksons-art.bsky.social phone line who just had to cope with me ordering 29 paints by pigment index and honestly they deserve a cup of tea and any dropped toast to forever fall butter side up ♥️
☕️🍞🧈🎨
February 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
alteralias.bsky.social
Special Session Brain Computer Interfaces, LETS GO!

First up : enhancing pilot training using adaptive training through mental state / cognitive workload prediction using EEG to find functional connectivity between frontal and parietal lobes.

#IEEEAIXVR #AIxVR2025 #Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #metaverse
Predicting Workload in Virtual Flight Simulations using EEG Spectral and Connectivity Features Bas Verkennis (MSc. Student), Evy van Weelden, Francesca L. Marogna, Maryam Alimardani, Travis J. Wiltshire, Max M. Louwerse Predicting Workload in Virtual Flight Simulations using EEG Spectral and Connectivity Features Bas Verkennis (MSc. Student), Evy van Weelden, Francesca L. Marogna, Maryam Alimardani, Travis J. Wiltshire, Max M. Louwerse
January 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
alteralias.bsky.social
“Stability Analysis of Aged Locomotion in Physically Simulated Virtual Environments” Jialin Yu McMaster University

Interesting interesting!! Simulating aged gait. Use this to better simulate virtual gait and to simulate safety of environment surfaces!

#AIxVR2025 #Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #ethics #gait
January 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Day 3 keynote UCL’s Professor Anthony Steed on social VR and metaverses. “The internet was not built to deliver synchronous experiences” Top tips: ease of social interaction in Gorilla Tag.

UCL VR has built Ubiq! ubiq.online (FREE!)

#AIxVR2025 #Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #ethics #conference #metaverse
conference slide “ why social vr are technically unique” conference slide “what is wrong with the internet“ conference slide, interesting paper “Social Virtual Reality Platform Comparison and Evaluation Using a Guided Group Walkthrough Method” conference slide “open problems”
January 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Pinning the AIxVR programme for next few days for REFERENCE ♥️

#AIxVR2025
#Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #ethics #conference
AIxVR conference schedule
January 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
alteralias.bsky.social
Love a conference pastry. Plz observe the cutest pastel de nata possible 🙂♥️

#AIxVR2025
#Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #ethics #conference
foreground hand holding a tiny pastel de nata background of conference attendees milling about
January 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
alteralias.bsky.social

More from Prof. Dr. Elisabeth
André’s AIxVR Keynote:

Blink rate as a measure
of social synchrony - I’ve not seen a great deal of research on this in VR, but these three slides were informative!!

#AIxVR2025 #AIxVR
#Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #ethics #conference
conference slide “importance of blinks in social interactions” conference slide “blinks in virtual environments ” conference slide “key findings on blinking in our study ”
January 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
AIxVR Lets GO!

So far we’ve covered: social coaching AI, virtual co-presence, AI signing avatars, collaboratively generating AI voices using GAN,
blink rate to assess social
interactions!

Keynote: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth
André, Augsburg University

#AIxVR2025
#Ai #VR #MR #XR #xVR #ethics #conference
A close of of a screen at a conference hall “bridge communication barriers with signing avatars” A close of of a screen at a conference hall “generating behaviours for virtual personalities” A close of of a screen at a conference hall “ai enhanced multimodal communication: how to build rapport between humans and agents in xVR”
January 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Okay so, catching up here.

Some v interesting social experiments seem to play out in early days of new platform

No ads rn (great!)

Light on filters: beware reply-bots (block/report/dont engage)

Interesting thread below on why it’s happening

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Jan 21
Bluesky has been flooded with automated reply bots - they'll offer a sort of confrontational opinion as a reply. They're pretty convincing and we all need to train ourselves to not reflexively reply to all responses until we check

Dead giveaway is new acct, few followers + original posts
Ketan Joshi ketanjoshi.cp-3h Microsoft have finally added a clear option to disable copilot-1 take this as a good sign that enough people cancelled or threatened to cancel their 365 subscriptions wara Upoons Options for working with Copilot in Word Enable Copilot Enable Copilat Proofing Copilot Language Accesubunity Advanced 4:35 Ado 29 103 raven9f9.bsky.social @raven9f9.bsky.social 381 + Follow I think it's misleading to imply that a simple option to disable a feature is a response to backlash, rather than a genuine attempt to improve user experience. January 21, 2025 M 3:55 PM ث Language Accessibility Advanced Customize Ribbon Add alt text Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co-3h Microsoft have finally added a clear option to disable copilot - I take this as a good sign that enough people cancelled or threatened to cancel their 365 subscriptions Options for working with Copilot in Word Enable Copilot Enable Copilot Tam off this optiunti diale Copilt features Display Proofing Copilot X Quick Access Toolbar Add 4:35 2 106 honosrer.bsky.social shonosrer.bsky.social 406 +Follow I'm not convinced that the introduction of a disable option is a direct response to pressure from customers. It's likely a standard feature they intended to include all along. January 21, 2025 3:56 PM 1 like honosrer.bsky.social @honosrer.bsky.social 1 follower 1 following 29 posts Posts Replies Media ‪honosrer.bsky.social‬ ‪@honosrer.bsky.social‬ · 2h Reply to a blocked post I disagree. Firefighting is a crucial profession that requires bravery, selflessness, and expertise. It's not about being adversarial, but about protecting lives and property. ‪David Dayen‬ ‪@ddayen.bsky.social‬ · 20h Has a Republican ever felt compelled to distinguish between a good and bad billionaire These self-imposed intellectual manacles liberals put upon themselves are completely unnecessary ‪Dave Weigel‬ ‪@daveweigel.bsky.social‬ · 20h Seated *in front* of the cabinet! The puzzle for Democrats is how to separate "good" from "bad" billionaires. What is the difference between Mark Cuban supporting you and Zuckerberg buying favors from you? It's not a slam dunk, needs explaining. ‪honosrer.bsky.social‬ ‪@honosrer.bsky.social‬ · 2h I disagree. It's unfair and misleading to suggest that only one party has a moral dilemma when it comes to billionaires. Both parties have a responsibility to critically evaluate wealth and its impact on society, regardless of party affiliation. ‪John Scalzi‬ ‪@scalzi.com‬ · 9h Also, it was a fuckin Nazi salute come the fuck on ‪honosrer.bsky.social‬ ‪@honosrer.bsky.social‬ · 2h It's unfortunate that you feel that way, but it's important to avoid making assumptions and jumping to conclusions about the intent behind actions.
January 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Ok. Something I’m liking about bluesky is that right now its chucking good infographics at me

twitter had just become world news rants and memes

my insta shows me art (and art+tech)

Had been missing having data science in my feeds!

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
wesbos.com Wes Bos @wesbos.com · Jan 21
You should be using JavaScript sets more often

Now in all browsers and Node - these 7 new set methods are key for when trying to compare two arrays or sets of data.
New JavaScript Set Methods const set1 = new Set(['wes', 'kait']); const set2 = new Set(['wes', 'scott']); Difference Elements in set2 but not in set1 set2.difference(set1) > ['scott'] Intersection Elements that exist in both sets set1.intersection(set2) > ['wes'] Symmetric Difference Elements in either set, but not both set1.symmetricDifference(set2) > ['kait', 'scott'] Union All elements from both sets set1.union(set2) > ['wes', 'kait', 'scott'] Is Disjoint From True if sets share no elements set1.isDisjointFrom(set2) > false Is Subset Of True if all elements are in other set set1.isSubsetOf(set2) > false Is Superset Of True if it contains all other's elements set1.isSupersetOf(set2) > false
January 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Where has this been all my life?

*Such* a nice way to lay out information !!!

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
b0rk.jvns.ca Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · Jan 21
been reading a lot of comments today about how people find man pages hard to read and it made me mad (why do they have to be so hard!)

so I'm giving away 300 copies of Bite Size Command Line to folks for whom $12 is a lot of money! (with code BUYONEGIVEONE)

wizardzines.com/zines/bite-s...
Bite Size Command Line, by Julia Evans - Command line terms illustrated with colourful drawings of foods, such as a tart for “tar” and grapes for “grep”.
January 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
This is INTERESTING!

Analysis of bsky accounts (inc bots and paid-to-post) using a very beautifully visual web tool

Click the quote and speedscroll if you just wanna see what it looks like.

𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
rahaeli.bsky.social rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · Nov 30
Okay, you get one more #BadActorBingo before bed, this time about a useful tool that can help justify your instincts when you're on the fence about whether that account is real or suspicious: the activity punch card. This is when you graph when an account is active on the site on a chart.
January 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
I was about to comment on the lack of ability to save posts but it seems there is a hack!

Helpful, thank you♥️

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
wildlee.bsky.social Lesbian Necromancer in Space @wildlee.bsky.social · Jan 3
📌 Rah thread of punchcard tool to assess possible bot/op accounts

Tip for newskies: you can comment “📌” on a post to save it like a bookmark. To find those posts later, search “from:me 📌”. I often also add keywords or a short description related to the post, as I did here.
January 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Unexpectedly helpful read!

#firstdayonbluesky
(it’s not been 24 hours yet:) )
b0rk.jvns.ca Julia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · Jan 11
what's involved in getting a "modern" terminal setup? jvns.ca/blog/2025/01...
January 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Time to try another button. What about the +
January 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
alteralias.bsky.social
Update! Someone pressed the heart!

*follows back*

Danceparty dot gif!

Oh, wait, I can add one

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
January 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
AN INTERACTION!

A new button to press!

*follows back*

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
samlr.bsky.social Sam/Cass @samlr.bsky.social · Jan 21
excellent cronk-bird
January 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
My profile and description are currently blank. Hmm. How will anyone be able to assess me at a glance?

This is hard tho.

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
Bsky profile editing interface. Display name : WHO WANTS TO KNOW. Description: REDACTED. Changes as yet unsaved. Bsky profile editing interface. Display name : THREE MEMES IB A TRENCHCOAT. Description: ELMO FIRE DOT GIF. Changes as yet unsaved. Bsky profile editing interface. Display name :THATS ⭐️MISS⭐️ DISPLAYNAME TO YOU. Description: SORRY, I SIGNED AN NDA. Changes as yet unsaved.
January 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
What does the GIF button do?

That. It does that.

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
a cat is dancing in front of a mirror with its paws up
Alt: CGI kitten doing the macarena
media.tenor.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
This lack of edit button is going to be interesting.

Spotted mistake in previous post.

😖😫😣😩 but we learn from mistakes, so leaving it up forever.

Ok what other buttons does this thing have?

Someone press the ♥️ so I can see what happens? 😀

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
January 21, 2025 at 10:24 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Ok. Can’t seem to go back in an edit posts. Drat. I wanted to add a raven to that last post.

Neverm̶o̶r̶e̶mind.
Here is a raven now

#firstdayonbluesky
#helloworld
#pressingallthebuttons
Nevermore. Two ravens on a bridge
January 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
This is a quote post.

I am quoting

1- myself
2-Edgar Allen Poe

“Nevermore”

Note to self - am also Quothing
alteralias.bsky.social alteralias @alteralias.bsky.social · Jan 21
Ok. How do you use this thing.

Hello World.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
alteralias.bsky.social
Ok. How do you use this thing.

Hello World.
January 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM