DaveSapien

If you remove the booing and cheering I'm in. I'd love to use this as a musical notes of the day type of thing. Where I upload short musical ideas on things I'm working on. As I say, remove the booing and cheering I'm in.

Here you go: https://www.spacereference.org/asteroid/2019-od

THIS! This is exactly what I have spent the last few years working on. Though its on one of these small screens, I've been striving to bring a greater appreciation of the old masters with gameplay mechanics. (You basically repaint the paintings in the game (in a fun way)) I feel this, and what I'm working on is only the beginning of a growing group of technologies and design that brings understanding and appreciation to a large audience. It's really exciting to think that more and more people will give these beautiful wonders much more than a passing glance, but rather a develop meaningful connection with them.

Uncertainty is the killer. There are many studios that are a dream to work for, make no mistake about it. The worst studios and the best studios, always require you (mostly on the software side) to at some point, work for free. Work unpaid hours to meet a deadline. Which would be ok, if there was some kind of profit share, there however is NOT that kind of compensation. What there is, is an uncertainty that you will have a job tomorrow. You could wake up with no job and zero return in your investment of your many hours of free time. It is though for employers, no doubt, but running a games studio as a standard business leaves a trail of disenfranchised people in its wake. A better approach, if possible, is to run a project as an individual business, each worker with some kind of performance compensation and responsibility for the product...imo

Its stuff like this that make me glad I spread client work over Unity and my own studios (important) projects on our own engine (c++). I want to be able to play/port my games in 40+ years. Who knows what else a private company like Unity will introduce in coming years.

My codebase I'm working on right now. Went from a proof of concept demo, to small mini game, to a bigger mini game, to full game, to SAS product. With no time(budget) to rewrite it up until delivery to a customer. Its pretty frustrating, as its my fault, but budget and tight deadlines forced my hand.

Screen time...what about screen time creating music, art, programming, study, learning, and so on?

It's the "Ah, you know what I mean." saying.

No actually, we don't "know" what you mean, and that's the really question that needs answered in the public zeitgeist.

Most here "know" what it means. However, quantifying that into a simple statement or phrase like "screen time" is not so easy.

Are there any recommendations?

I think something along the lines of "screen farmed", seems to fit. A company using your time in their site/app to make money. So that company is "Screen Farming" you.

Thoughts?

Thanks for your comments, they have kicked me out of my head space. I suppose I got it into my head thinking of massive densities, like densities of neutron star. Anything dense enough to make a difference would be very loud and easy to spot... as I'm writing this, even if it were very dense. The effect would only be seen when it is much closer to another gravity well. Ok, how about this (I'm still stuck on this gravity idea), there is an unseen "cloud" of rock orbiting (very) slowly round the main body. Seemingly slowing down and accelerating as it orbits. A small body or cloud of bodies could easily be small enough for us to not see it, but enough to cause this effect. Sound reasonable?

Would gravitational pull account for the acceleration? Meaning if it were made (or part of it) of some very dense element like Iridium, there would be an unexpected attraction to our sun?

Simon is a friend and he's one of the chillest and professional guys I know. He makes furniture and whole shop/office/room set ups that are fantastic. A true master craftsman. If you're into interior design porn his instagram is worth a look https://www.instagram.com/simon_harlow/?hl=en

I road some wooden escalators in Budapest many years ago. It was a wonderful experience. An absolute delight. The wooden 'clanking' sounds where especially memorable.

I am a chronic sufferer, and in attempt to reduce my dependancy to opiates and opioids I put myself through a constant cycle of withdrawal. When I'm coming down I often have a craving for sugars and over eat. When high, I can go days without eating if not checked by a loved one. Overall I have lots a great deal of weight (including muscle mass), but I am very diligent about my diet. Others my find a craving of the sugars (in combination with a less than optimal diet), will result in a weight gain of fat and a reduction in lean mass. That is of coarse, if they go through times of withdrawal...

This is bananas.

Nice work...impressive work. Are there any plans to add this to the freedombox? I think it would make a great fit!

This seems likely as there are increasing findings of human activity that go much before 60,000 around the world. One that recently comes to mind is a sight in Cambodia where there are traces of human activity dated around 71,000 years ago. (https://phnompenhpost.com/national-post-depth/peeling-back-l...)

I Think its also quite telling that they found the biggest person they could find (Shaquille) to do the physical showcase. On an average sized person these will be massive, and not just look(and feel) like large weird sunglasses. And no, I dont believe that these where the "large" version, except in the regard of the headband. I doubt the core unit will be meaningfully smaller.

Where in comparison, the HoloLens team seemed to take more care in the design of a large device on a person's head. Looking strange but functional.

Youtuber Thunderf00t demonstrated something similar a while ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSJF5FJivIc

I wish I could upvote this more. Compulsion addiction and those companys (FaceBook,Twitter,EA,King, ect) that promote and profit from it are a dangerous threat to society. And obviously destructive to the individuals they target.

These two comments are perfect, in every way :)

Echoing this with a Note4, I get updates from Samsung almost every month (bi-monthly for the most part). Runs brilliantly.

Yes that seems so. Must be for cost reasons, I initially thought the new system was like the one they demoed in 2013 (http://lightfield-forum.com/light-field-camera-prototypes/nv...), much more like the Lytro light field camera in approatch. So yes as already said, same idea as Oculus.

This is a much better (IMO)approach by Nvidia: http://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/39762-nvidia-shows-off...

WHY!!!??! Their money is as good as anyones!

How to say everything with a language with only two numbers...01

WSJ? It's a wonder they're not linking Nintendo to the Nazi party...

I've been using the same form factor for PC gaming ala linx vision for a while now. And I have to say its brilliant! Super convenient way to fit gaming into my life. When my vision dies, I'm switching...uhmmm to the switch.

I can second this. I suffer badly enough to use strong opioids daily. Up side of them is I can code pretty well on it. I prefer weed for a better sense of self, but find it hard to code(impossible).

Games can, and mostly do, have shamanic value the same as any art (music, film, literature, etc). Even the "dumb" ones. They help people connect and bond and relieve stress. They tell meaningful stories and connect with archetypes guiding people through tough times. They help people find moments of focus (zen?) and release...and much more.

I love games. I make games. I don't have the time to play games. This is my problem. If anyone has advice on how to play more, i'd love to hear it.

Does Anyone know if the retail units can be used for (indie) development at this point?