Keith Ahern ᯅ
@keithahern
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Bits @ ShineVR. Old bits:Minds Applied (AR for Auto) RealAR(AR/AI Techstars 2019), Oomph (App builder), Adomatic (AI design), Netscape (browser#1)
Ireland,Silicon Valley,Sydney
Joined May 2008
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We are delighted to have won Gold at the @digitalmedia_ie for Best use of VR and AR at this year’s awards.
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…to move the app management popup into the palm area so that these common functions are tactile.
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Meta Quests new wrist based app and system menu buttons are a definite improvement on air tapping. I think they could have gone a little further using something like Cathy Fangs self haptic work at the Future Interfaces group at MIT Media Lab …
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Anyone building in AR/VR and who thinks @speedrun may be good for them (it almost certainly will be), ping me & I can provide a referral. Just don’t build anything generic, push the limits on deep-tech or use-cases!
dear followers, who do I need to meet who's just starting out / working on something cool in: - AI/agents - gamified consumer apps - 3D tools - B2B/infra - AR/VR/spatial - avatars - game studios Please @ mention them in the replies! a16z is investing in dozens of startups in
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Interesting output from a the ModelScope text to video model....
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Most of my Spotify Discover weekly is super short songs. I want to blame TikTok without any evidence whatsoever. #shrinkflation
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You know what the world's smallest manual needs? More white space instead of a larger font.
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Does anyone know what headsets the new rejuvenated @SteamVR for Mac supports? Presumably the Reality Pro, but presumably other headsets to help with dev too.
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That was 5 mins work done in 30 seconds, with complete harmony between iPhone, iPad and macOS. Not sure if the #visionpro demo ensured all this stuff was up to scratch. Either way, I’m all in on Freeform now.
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Initiating my iPhone camera from the Freeform Mac app with “take photo”. Taking a photo of my hand with a VR controller. Then in Freeform doing an instant alpha/remove background and leaving just my hand and controller…exactly what I wanted.
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2 - iPad/Mac Sync. I was able to swap between the iPad with my Apple Pencil for sketching and my Mac for more text based stuff. It just worked. The syncing is nearly real-time. 3. But the winner was….
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I’ve started and dismissed Apple Freeform as an underpowered drawing app. But I gave it another go today, I need to spec up some VR UX work. I’m now a convert, 3 things did it for me: 1 - infinite canvas that just works. No page size, just get in there and start diagramming.
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Finally, I think the success of this device comes down to one thing. “Can I work better with this headset?” If the answer is yes, it’s the new command line -> GUI moment.
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This means you can participate in remote meetings without being a glasshole, people may not even know. If it does need a Mac in front of you then it implies that Mac screen app sharing, as well as iPad app sharing is likely. 3/n
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There is also some Apple precedent in FaceTime digitally altering your gaze direction from screen to camera (to make it look more natural). The headset removal could apply to the default camera stream so Zoom etc also benefits. In a way it’s reverse Snapchat lenses 2/n
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