The BEST use of deep immersive VR for a promotion, wireless gear VR room positional tracking. I just saw a video that blew my mind. Its not JUST that its a great idea, nor just looking like lots of fun, nor REALLY great combination of xbox tracking and gearVR to allow room scale VR, but the APPROPRIATENESS of the marketing event! Get ready for some serious gushing over the best VR marketing… Read More
VR sculpting with the Razer Hydra and the Oculus Rift Sculpting in VR is nothing new. Actually, very little in VR is new, instead its what happens when things get lighter, faster, cheaper. Back in the 90’s we could create sculptures and move walls around in VR but it was very cumbersome, lacked the high feedback fidelity required to really make sculpting in VR productive… Read More
Use your freezers ice-maker to dependence candy. #lifehack 931 Here is a great life hack. If you do not need ice for your drinks, then put something else in there. Like candy! Of course you can put fruit or mochi or anything else that is small and taste good either frozen or just thawed. I can see berries or grapes as well. I wonder… Read More
Samsung Gear 2 S smartwatch with a curved screen. Now we’re talking I have been pretty harsh on Samsung basically asking why are they throwing everything but the kitchen sink onto a watch making it large and ugly. And why have they not released a curved screen yet? Well they finally did. And I think they got it mostly right this time. The Gear 2 S is… Read More
Kevin Rose throwing a raccoon. Seems the founder of Digg will kick your ass if you attack his dog There is not a whole lot to say here that the video does not say. Seems Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, heard his down yelping in pain. He comes out to see his dog and a raccoon fighting. So what does bad ass Rose do? He charges in dressed in his always fashionable boxes and… Read More
Top Gear reviews the Ford Fiesta. Chase through a shopping mall and then a beach invasion. Yes, a nice clean standard car review from the stodgy conservative folks at Top Gear. The Ford Fiesta, even the green one, is not terribly exciting. However, give enough resources and cooperative shopping mall, it can be done. Still not sure how they convinced the Royal Marines to allow a beach landing during a what… Read More
Scroogled adverts are horrible, and Microsoft is starting to see that .. or not Sigh. I just do not get Microsoft sometimes. Most of the time their commercials are ok, and now and again, they are just pointless fluff as their surface commercials. Then their latest efforts, we go to dumb bordering on insulting. {Update: According to TC, they are NOT going to end it. In fact, there is… Read More
Remote home monitoring system on the cheap. Or how to catch a cat. Its travel time! And like any traveler who lived in Oakland I’m worried someone is going to break into my place. There are older tricks I use to try to reduce the risk, have friends stopping by, I have a timer that turns on and off the lights and TV. The normal stuff for those… Read More
A Portal into the real world This is a great video for all those Portal fans out there. Now if you are asking; ‘What is Portal?’ It’s an addictive puzzle game where the player has a portal gun which opens two portals between surfaces, allowing players to literally walk through walls. This is a bit of an over simplication, but watch… Read More
High Quality HD movies of Aquarium Aquatic life If you really like beautiful and interesting aquatic life , then this app is for you. Real Aquarium HD. At the basic level, its a series of HD videos of various sea creatures chill’in (sorry) in the sea. However, this app provide a second layer where you can learn about each sea creature you are… Read More
New Cool looking (video) Tower Defense game: UnstoppableGorg UnstoppableGorg is not out yet, but they did release a preview video. I like this. I like the variation of being able to move defensive weapons around, even if its just orbit. I also have to give them an upvote for the fun B movie horror flick theme. Fun. Unstoppable Gorg is a lovingly crafted… Read More
Want spy stuff? Check it out Well if you are the non trusting type, or actually do private investigations, or heck or your a spy, there is some cool stuff that dropped in my emailbox. So again. with no comment or implied recommendation, here are some cool stuff that if you are using, well, I hope you have a good reason.… Read More
Sesame Street breaking down some Beastie Boys I’m sure how else to say but just microphone check as Groover kicks this jam with early holding the beat. Ahhhh yeeaa.. The Sesame Street gang mix it up Beatie Boys Sure Shot. Its a great world with video editing becomes so easy that someone would take the time to make a music mashup like… Read More
Chat on iOS 5 Jailbreak with Cydia creator Saurik I have put forth many times that Apple could kill off or make life REALLY hard for jailbreakers if they wanted to, but they don’t. In this street interview by Haroon, Cydia Creator Jay Freeman talked a bit about how the new features in iOS 5 will not make jailbreak irrelevant nor are they trying… Read More
Create Cartoon like Videos on your iphone ipad This just popped in my email today. I’m going to download it later and mess around with it, but from what I’ve seen on YouTube, this app does a great job of creating cartoon like effects from iPhone videos. Very impressive. Check out the video at the end of the post. I’ll update this later… Read More
Video recap of GDC: Game Developers Conference 2011 Here is my video recap of the 2011 Game Developers Conference.… Read More
Mon Dieu! The Best iPhone musical performance ever using EverydayLooper!! Ever since back in the early days of jailbreak; we had drums, and guitars and (kinda) keyboards mixed in with a few other instruments. Then came the wind apps, by blowing into the speaker, a few karaoke apps and then voice autocorrect. They were all fun and all, however, this app EverydayLooper really shined when… Read More
Record Video on the Palm Pre! +1 to the hackers It always seem to be the way with smart phones isnt it? Just read in Gizmodo of a hack that will give you 320×480 resolution video at 30fps. Sweeet. And have a look at the video below. Nice. So what does this mean? Well, depending on the GPS abilities of the Pre we could (perhaps)… Read More
Qik video now in the Apple store, but still no live streaming So now we can get Qik from the Apple store, BUT no live streaming. Piff.. However, Qik does have two cool features; it will upload the video automatically when you have stopped filming, and it will Geo tag that video. Nice eh? So its not live steaming, but if you are shooting is short bursts,… Read More
How I upgraded my iphone 3G to 3.0 using Pwnage Tool First off, I’m not your typical user, and if you read my blog you would know this; I use jailbreak and LOVE it. However, I also cannot resist experimenting with the iPhone, so once I felt satisfied I heard the jailbreak for 3.0 was relatively stable, I decided to go for it. However, just as an… Read More