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unphasableon First-Person Hyper-lapse Videos

wow this is incredible!

unphasableon An Intro to Videogame Design History

the conclusion at the end of the article about the future of video games doesn't even mention VR. I fee video games are about to get their biggest boom ever with the advent of mainstream VR.

unphasableon The Man Who Saves You from Yourself (2013)

clicking the "Reader" button on safari, located to the right of the URL bar gives a similar view.

unphasableon The Future of Kinect

Too bad this future will be an afterthought now that the Kinect is not included with every system. Most devs will certainly prefer the 8% increase in processing power by disabling kinect in their game as opposed to adding a kinect feature that only some users might be able to enjoy.

The future of kinect is now going to be carried out on PC, can't wait to see what people cook up with the v2.

Kinect + Leap Motion + Oculus + Control VR gloves. This set up could deliver some serious immersion, at least in the aspect of accurately bringing the user's hands into a virtual space.

unphasableon Metal – Apple’s new graphics API

good news: http://i.imgur.com/ke0czgU.png

unphasableon Metal – Apple’s new graphics API

I thought Unreal was 1st in line? Why would the be on stage as the poster child for Metal yet not commit?

unphasableon Apple Introduces iOS 8

Why not both?

unphasableon GoPro S-1

Contour camera performed fine when it was at its peak. But Go-Pro's marketing was just leagues ahead.

unphasableon Ask HN: What IM services do you use?

Skype and iMessage

unphasableon Tindie says forget Kickstarter

How was your experience teaching yourself how to code?

unphasableon Uber Rush

...If they're going to take a cut of your pay but not call you an employee then this is the biggest business loophole in history.

unphasableon Uber Rush

of course it is dangerous. but if you are employed by uber and get hurt "on the job" while carrying out their agenda, they should be responsible for your recovery.

unphasableon Alan Kay's Reading List

seems impossible to find, at least last time I checked.

unphasableon Anti-Tech Protesters Are Telling Kevin Rose’s Neighbors That He’s A “Parasite”

I think he's the guy who started it in the 1st place. Also brought the "like" function to the masses. Now he works mainly in VC.

unphasableon My First Year of Coding

let's get existential up in here!

unphasableon Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8.1 with personal assistant Cortana

In due time.

unphasableon The Mobile Browser Is Dead, Long Live The App

I'm not sure if iOS users spend more time on apps vs Android, but there are lots of studies showing that iOS users spend significantly more money on apps/in apps than Android users.

unphasableon Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S

food for thought: http://www.teslamotors.com/about/press/releases/tesla-model-...

unphasableon Tesla Adds Titanium Underbody Shield and Aluminum Deflector Plates to Model S

This is written in a semi-sarcastic/ passive aggressive tone to get across the point of how safe their vehicles already are. Very cheeky of Elon and his team.