CouriosityPaul
@paulhoover.bsky.social
Explorer of natural and virtual worlds. Principal designer at VIVE. Former Meta, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Artefact, etc.
Fiber ice. Is this is thing?
January 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Fiber ice. Is this is thing?
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Taiwan’s HTC to sell part of XR unit to Google for $250 million By Reuters
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC said on Thursday it will sell part of its augmented reality (XR) unit to Google (NASDAQ: ) for $250 million, with some members of the Taiwanese company joining that of the United States. The…
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC said on Thursday it will sell part of its augmented reality (XR) unit to Google (NASDAQ: ) for $250 million, with some members of the Taiwanese company joining that of the United States. The…
Taiwan’s HTC to sell part of XR unit to Google for $250 million By Reuters
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC said on Thursday it will sell part of its augmented reality (XR) unit to Google (NASDAQ: ) for $250 million, with some members of the Taiwanese company joining that of the United States. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of this year, HTC said. The two companies will also explore other opportunities for future collaboration, HTC added.
top4all.net
January 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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This is amazing. Need. Sketch, rig, and train a robot in 5 minutes. youtu.be/5wi53Z2_sAk?...
RobotSketch (SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Real-Time Live!) - 🏆Jury's Choice Award
YouTube video by SketchLab KAIST
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
This is amazing. Need. Sketch, rig, and train a robot in 5 minutes. youtu.be/5wi53Z2_sAk?...
Amazing. Let’s get starship and new Glenn up to speed and start building in the future up there. Just don’t fly through the microwave laser.
Scientists say China solar space station may create more energy than all Earth’s oil | Watch full video at san.com/cc/scientist...
Why hasn't this been done before?
Why hasn't this been done before?
Scientists say China solar space station may create more energy than all Earth's oil
China is building a space-based solar power station which its developers say will generate more energy annually than all of Earth's oil.
san.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Amazing. Let’s get starship and new Glenn up to speed and start building in the future up there. Just don’t fly through the microwave laser.
Pretty wild that SpaceX was able to catch this thing again. The upper stage went 💥, but this was pretty impressive. And just this morning Blue Origin got to orbit. Yesterday payloads to the moon. Heating up.
January 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Pretty wild that SpaceX was able to catch this thing again. The upper stage went 💥, but this was pretty impressive. And just this morning Blue Origin got to orbit. Yesterday payloads to the moon. Heating up.
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brb packing for my move to the cloud cities of Venus youtu.be/0az7DEwG68A?...
A way to explore Venus
YouTube video by NASA Langley Research Center
youtu.be
January 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
brb packing for my move to the cloud cities of Venus youtu.be/0az7DEwG68A?...
Wild that Blue Origin 🐢 and SpaceX 🐇 are both launching this Friday. The New Glenn rocket is a LONG time coming. Big day for the titans of the space industry. And for humanity? It’s hard not to be excited, but it’s also been tainted for me with the political 💩
January 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Wild that Blue Origin 🐢 and SpaceX 🐇 are both launching this Friday. The New Glenn rocket is a LONG time coming. Big day for the titans of the space industry. And for humanity? It’s hard not to be excited, but it’s also been tainted for me with the political 💩
Here’s a 🧵 with some insights from the Design Fiction books.
Time to cozy up and get to reading Design Fiction. Thanks for the present kids.
January 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Here’s a 🧵 with some insights from the Design Fiction books.
I’m noticing a lot of AI backlash here on @bsky.app. Very different that what I’m seeing on other platforms. Can someone break down the thinking?
December 24, 2024 at 3:31 PM
I’m noticing a lot of AI backlash here on @bsky.app. Very different that what I’m seeing on other platforms. Can someone break down the thinking?
Anyone else overly excited for the new episode of Star Wars Skeleton Crew tonight? Stranger Things meets Goonies meets, original Star Wars vibes? My son and I are pumped.
December 17, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Anyone else overly excited for the new episode of Star Wars Skeleton Crew tonight? Stranger Things meets Goonies meets, original Star Wars vibes? My son and I are pumped.
The two dots in the lower right are gas giant 🪐s orbiting the thing that looks like the eye of Sauron in the middle. Incredible 🤩 Seems the other things are stars? Looks like 🪐s but the article says just two gas giants.
First ever image of another multi-planet solar system captured by ESO Telescope
December 17, 2024 at 4:41 PM
The two dots in the lower right are gas giant 🪐s orbiting the thing that looks like the eye of Sauron in the middle. Incredible 🤩 Seems the other things are stars? Looks like 🪐s but the article says just two gas giants.
Proof of the multiverse? blog.google/technology/r...
Willow’s performance on this benchmark is astonishing: It performed a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 1025 or 10 septillion years. 🧵
Willow’s performance on this benchmark is astonishing: It performed a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 1025 or 10 septillion years. 🧵
Meet Willow, our state-of-the-art quantum chip
Our new quantum chip demonstrates error correction and performance that paves the way to a useful, large-scale quantum computer.
blog.google
December 10, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Proof of the multiverse? blog.google/technology/r...
Willow’s performance on this benchmark is astonishing: It performed a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 1025 or 10 septillion years. 🧵
Willow’s performance on this benchmark is astonishing: It performed a computation in under five minutes that would take one of today’s fastest supercomputers 1025 or 10 septillion years. 🧵
I was having a discussion with some coworkers and remembered a very useful concept for making gesture systems more stable: “Hysteresis”. A good example is a thermostat which might turn on when the temperature gets down to 66 but then not turn off again once the temperature gets above 69.
December 9, 2024 at 7:58 PM
I was having a discussion with some coworkers and remembered a very useful concept for making gesture systems more stable: “Hysteresis”. A good example is a thermostat which might turn on when the temperature gets down to 66 but then not turn off again once the temperature gets above 69.
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Hey! Throwing my stuff at this one too, because i LOVE drawing creatures. Also things with wings and horns. Thanks
www.artandro.com
www.artandro.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Hey! Throwing my stuff at this one too, because i LOVE drawing creatures. Also things with wings and horns. Thanks
www.artandro.com
www.artandro.com
A good perspective on the future and past of NASA. Sounds like SpaceX was successful because of government backing. Same as Tesla IMO. Was that a bad thing at the time? Seems like it will be now that the private industry is taking over the public space, creating a massive conflict of interest.
Since it doesn't seem that many people are talking about the appointment of Issacman to be the NASA Administrator or if they do it seems to be weirdly positive, I thought I'd go on a little rant about it. This is not positive. In fact, it couldn't actually be much worse for NASA....
December 5, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A good perspective on the future and past of NASA. Sounds like SpaceX was successful because of government backing. Same as Tesla IMO. Was that a bad thing at the time? Seems like it will be now that the private industry is taking over the public space, creating a massive conflict of interest.
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Saturn's largest and second largest moons, Titan and Rhea, appear to be stacked on top of each other in this true-color scene from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
December 5, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Saturn's largest and second largest moons, Titan and Rhea, appear to be stacked on top of each other in this true-color scene from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
Wow. @jaredisaacman.co is the new head of NASA. 🚀 Citizen astronauts just got an upgrade.
December 5, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Wow. @jaredisaacman.co is the new head of NASA. 🚀 Citizen astronauts just got an upgrade.
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The Return of the King
December 3, 2024 at 3:30 AM
The Return of the King
How do we fix surveillance capitalism?
“We’re all haunted by the Hyper Reality video,” says Meta VP in @fastcompany.com ‘s hands-on preview of upcoming AR glasses Orion.
They have seen my film, but didn’t understand it. You can’t fix surveillance capitalism by improving its UX.
www.fastcompany.com/91229358/ins...
They have seen my film, but didn’t understand it. You can’t fix surveillance capitalism by improving its UX.
www.fastcompany.com/91229358/ins...
Inside Meta’s long-term vision to make its Orion glasses the Airpods of augmented reality
Meta’s heads of design for wearables tell the exclusive design story behind their upcoming Orion AR glasses.
www.fastcompany.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:24 PM
How do we fix surveillance capitalism?
I passed my first flight test in Flight Simulator yesterday. I felt more proud of myself than think I should have. Maybe it’s because I’m in VR and I’m actually pressing all the “real” buttons. I don’t know how transferable this all is to the real world, but I feel like I could fly a real plane now.
November 30, 2024 at 5:31 PM
I passed my first flight test in Flight Simulator yesterday. I felt more proud of myself than think I should have. Maybe it’s because I’m in VR and I’m actually pressing all the “real” buttons. I don’t know how transferable this all is to the real world, but I feel like I could fly a real plane now.
I think I’ll give this a read. I’ve written design fiction in the past, but never studied how. For me it’s helped me explore new social dynamics and unintended outcomes of tech mashups. Thanks for posting @scottstein.bsky.social
6. The Manual of Design Fiction - Near Future Laboratory
Techniques for imagining artifacts from possible futures. I’ve fallen in love with the idea of design fiction and I wanted to learn more…asking deeper questions. Full of discussions and examples.
Techniques for imagining artifacts from possible futures. I’ve fallen in love with the idea of design fiction and I wanted to learn more…asking deeper questions. Full of discussions and examples.
November 30, 2024 at 5:04 PM
I think I’ll give this a read. I’ve written design fiction in the past, but never studied how. For me it’s helped me explore new social dynamics and unintended outcomes of tech mashups. Thanks for posting @scottstein.bsky.social
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Creative sandbox Figmin XR supports colocated mixed reality from Apple Vision Pro to Quest 3:
Figmin XR Supports Colocated Multiplayer Between Quest 3 & Apple Vision Pro
Creative sandbox Figmin XR supports colocated mixed reality from Apple Vision Pro to Quest 3.
www.uploadvr.com
November 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Creative sandbox Figmin XR supports colocated mixed reality from Apple Vision Pro to Quest 3:
Resonance ball, cool.
(1/3) This is 660 metric-ton tuned mass damper or as I like to call it a "gravity ball." It's job is to absorb mechanical energy and reduce vibrations. This one, in the Taipei 101 building, protects the building against typhoons and earthquakes. #Science #Engineering #Taipei #Physics 🧪⚛️🧵
November 28, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Resonance ball, cool.