The Robopocalypse won’t be a war between robots and humans. Robots, sentient or not, will be soldiers in a human war.
Returning from the Edge of Space, A Tribute to Felix Baumgartner
Felix Baumgartner is slated to do a 120,000 foot skydive from the edge of space on Sunday, through the Red Bull Stratos Program. An attempt on Tuesday was cancelled due to weather. It’s an inspiring feat– defying gravity to get to the edge of space and shirking common sense by jumping out of a perfectly good… balloon.
While Baumgartner is at it, he will be breaking the sound barrier, going mach speed– like Chuck Yeager without the X-1. Incidentally, Yeager broke the sound barrier October 14, 1947. Baumgartner may potentially be doing it again sans aircraft October 14, 2012. As Matt Scott puts it: “To infinity and beyond… and back again…”
How to View Custom Photo Spheres on a Google Pixel and Daydream View
Today I was testing out a user interface design for a Google Daydream VR application we are creating at Variable Labs and I wanted to see how it would look in the Daydream View headset.
Wil Wheaton Highlights Painter Joe Granski
We’ve previously written about Joe Granski’s work and interviewed him about his awesome paintings. We’re very glad to see that Joe is being noticed by people like Wil Wheaton. Congratulations Joe, we look forward to seeing more of your great work make it into pop culture. If you’re interested in seeing more of his paintings just check out Joe Granski’s stunning, but NSFW, portfolio.
How a Mech is made
Recently, the folks over at Penny-Arcade Report interviewed some of the head art designers at Piranha Games (Need for Speed: Shift, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) about the process used…
Put the Mask on NOW!
I grew up during the 1980’s and distinctly remember being horrified by a movie shown on local DC television. The film received high press coverage in the weeks before broadcast, it was in 3D and required the purchase of anaglyph red/blue glasses.
