Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Eye Tracking VR/AR may soon be here, at least at Oculus.

Eye Tracking VR/AR may soon be here, at least at Oculus.

Recent job posting by Facebook indicates this non-mainstream feature may soon be here.  There has been a lot of talk on the futuristic possibilities for UI, when it is readily available.



Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Future iPhone may support Apple Pen, according to Citi Research.

Future iPhone may support Apple Pen, according to Citi Research.

I agree with Steve Job’s sentiment that using your fingers is better than requiring a stylus for a PDA, however for some uses, Pen is much better.



Monday, August 5, 2019

Swift Combine, introduced at WWDC, may turn out to be the most important technology from Apple this year.

Swift Combine, introduced at WWDC, may turn out to be the most important technology from Apple this year.

Antoine Van Der Lee offers hands on instruction on getting started with this declarative Swift API for processing values over time.



Sunday, August 4, 2019

Wayback VR is creating VR experience explicitly for designed for those living with dementia, to bring back memories of their lives.

Wayback VR is creating VR experience explicitly for designed for those living with dementia, to bring back memories of their lives.

So far, they have created VR experience for 1953 Queen’s Coronation, and have plans for 1966 World Cup & Apollo landing.



Saturday, August 3, 2019

We do have someone trying to track Game Design Patterns, Robert Nystrom, author of “Game Programming Patterns”

We do have someone trying to track Game Design Patterns, Robert Nystrom, author of “Game Programming Patterns”

A few weeks back, I stated we need to compile list of design patterns for games.  Robert writing are a start for this!



ps. Be sure to check out his fee online web version.

Friday, August 2, 2019

Most of my friends know I was at AOL in the very early days. This video on the history of AOL, rise and falls, is fairly accurate.

Most of my friends know I was at AOL in the very early days. This video on the history of AOL, rise and falls, is fairly accurate.

It leaves out some of the specific details, that had major impacts, but does hit the major ups and downs.



Thursday, August 1, 2019

Excellent article by Michal Langmajer describing the 10 general principles for interaction design.

Excellent article by Michal Langmajer describing the 10 general principles for interaction design.

I especially like how Michal applies the principles, set forth by Jakob Nielsen 25 years ago, toward modern mobile UIs.