Norm
e.g. Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader.
- 3d print your own type 2 phaser garden sprayer: www.printables.com/model/156932... (off the shelf nozzle here: amzn.to/4klv5Mv)
- Reposted by NormYes. Support me here: goodvr.substack.com
- Reposted by Norm"I didn’t realize, in the hours before his name was released to the public, that the man millions of people had seen lying facedown on the pavement from multiple angles of eyewitness video was my childhood best friend." Read more from @kristenradtke.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/policy/86856...
- Reposted by NormMeta has shut down Twisted Pixel Games (Deadpool VR), Sanzaru Games (Asgard's Wrath), and Armature Studio (Resident Evil 4 VR), UploadVR can confirm: www.uploadvr.com/meta-closes-...
- great weekend for sports!
- Reposted by NormA woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you." The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?" "Learned what?" she asks Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
- Reposted by NormIn case you’re wondering whether the pro-ICE reactions to Renee Nicole Good’s murder are natural, here’s a comment that was just left on my video. My video about anti-transgender bias at the BBC. I haven’t made a video about Good yet. youtu.be/pWm3dK8tPto
- Reposted by NormPlaying the “Blade Runner” score in Apple Music on iOS 26 and —— OH GOD WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON
- watching the lakers game on nba tv and it’s fun playing spot the immersive camera incognito at the scorer’s table that’s streaming the game to Vision Pro
- Reposted by Normthe ICE officer calling a woman he just murdered a “fucking bitch” is visceral, but imo the most material new information in the latest video is that she very clearly turns the wheel away from the officer right before it happens
- Reposted by NormCallenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To continue documenting what was unfolding. I'd like to think I'd have done the same. I'm not sure at all that I would have. daringfireball.net/2026/01/le...
- really not that interested in LEGO's Smart brick. part of LEGO's appeal to me is the timelessness of the System--a brick made in the 80s still works great alongside bricks today. embedded tech tie products to protocols and electronics with limited shelf life. plus i like making my own pew pew sounds
- Reposted by NormThe woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University. (And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.) /
- Reposted by NormUnless you're Ashli Babbitt. Then fuck what a U.S. Capitol police officer tells you to do. The legal standard is that if an officer is in fear for others or himself legitimately he can use lethal force to neutralize the threat. Fleeing or eluding has never been a standard for use of lethal force.
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- Reposted by Norm"We stay focused on VR" Bigscreen founder Darshan Shankar says: www.uploadvr.com/beyond-2-10-...
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- WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
- happy new year!
- thankfully not sunrise for another 30 minutes
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- Reposted by NormSince Avatar is back in the news, I've updated one of my craziest ship design stories. It's a real, long dive into the creation of a fictional spaceship in minute detail, accompanied by extraordinary concept artist, but also beloved spaceship designer Ryan Church. This is the story of the Valkyrie:
- Reposted by Norm🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice (DOJ) appears to have pulled a photo containing images of President Donald Trump from the thousands of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein it released Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by NormHere's how I make custom knife blade shapes for silicone mold registration!
- Reposted by NormThis is really good. Also, I'm a pretty big Cameron fan, and I didn't know how much he seems to love Carpenter's "Halloween". Every James Cameron Movie, Explained by James Cameron youtu.be/1Vjd6NmA9Hs?si=ID7mK...
- Reposted by NormIf you want even more, I joined @nchan.bsky.social in Vision Pro to chat as Personas about Google’s new XR stuff for about an hour. Video here! youtu.be/w_ANVojMDHY?...
- Reposted by Normcan't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
- triggering
- Reposted by NormRFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women". Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
- don't really get why apple would disable long exposure portrait photos on iphone 17: www.macworld.com/article/2999... i used this feature a lot on previous models--even in normal lighting conditions
- Reposted by NormApple’s head of UI design is leaving for Meta
- Reposted by NormThe masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor. The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
- Reposted by NormThis is absolutely real. The current HBO Max version of this "Mad Men" episode "remastered for 4K" did not include an updated visual effects shot, which originally painted out the crew and equipment. Not just that, the HBO Max episode titles/order is jumbled for s01.
- best thing i’ve printed all month
- Reposted by NormMeta Quest 3 512GB (Refurbished) is $359.99 on eBay (Meta Store) w/ code CYBERWEEK20 buff.ly/JtlXm7Y #ad
- Reposted by Norm1 month left to enable Bluetooth mode on a Stadia controller buff.ly/MGHqBIs
- Reposted by NormJeff de Boer has made an entire career out of crafting tiny plate armor. He's compelled by the idea of the underdog finding an edge; something so small being so well-protected.
- Reposted by NormQuest's Horizon OS v83 brings System Positional TimeWarp (SysPTW) and Temporal Dimming as experimental features, as well as improved scene understanding: www.uploadvr.com/quest-horizo...
- Duel (2025)
- these kids have no idea how lucky they have it
- my fingers hurt
- Reposted by NormPlayStation VR2 Horizon Call of the Mountain Bundle is $299.99 as PS Direct buff.ly/LOZ08pW
- Hyperscape product managers teased this feature at Connect but didn't expect it to roll out so soon. Splats are such a big deal for XR
- You can now turn captured Horizon Hyperscapes into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars: www.uploadvr.com/horizon-hype...
- WHAT A RAINBOW
- the Bambu Lab Vortek hotend changer looks like robot technology out of a Neill Blomkamp movie youtu.be/aodBL6MUlPM
- Reposted by NormOn this week’s @techpod.content.town, @nchan.bsky.social came by to talk about Valve’s new Steam Frame, Steam Machine, and Steam Controller.
- Reposted by NormThe Steam Frame video by @nchan.bsky.social is really good! youtu.be/b7q2CS8HDHU?...
- Reposted by NormWaymo becomes the first company to offer driverless rides on freeways, launching 24/7 services in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles for users who opt in (Zoe Thomas/Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
- November in San Francisco
- Reposted by NormA new animation just went live (1080p on Youtube, 4K on Patreon). Thanks to all my Patreon supporters and to Lewis Niven who lets me use his magnificent Galaxy class model. youtu.be/O6IiLERQby0 #llap #startrek #enterprise #galaxy #warp #warpspeed #b3d #blender #spacedock #3dart #fanart #animation
- Reposted by NormLaser Dance is ✨OUT NOW✨ in early access on Meta Quest 3/3s🕺 Turn your living room into the laser obstacle course it was always meant to be! Get it here👉bit.ly/3W0huQf
- yes, this will do
- pretty good, actually
- Reposted by NormPlease vote YES on Prop 50, the election rigging response act. Deadline for voting is Tuesday, Nov 4.
- this has been a week. headed to London tomorrow for four days!
- (already voted and mailed in ballot)
- Happy Halloween!!!
- the original sketch on a remarkable tablet from a month ago as we were planning this shoot
- compositing makes everything possible, especially with two wiggly kids with too many looks to serve
- ooh! @lumafield.bsky.social scanned Apple's new dynamic 40-60W charger that comes with the new M5 Vision Pro and iPad Pro. voyager.lumafield.com/project/2cc7... look at all those capacitors!
- in a rare move, Apple gave on the record interviews with media about Vision Pro, conducted and recorded using Personas
- our interview covered the exact same ground as what was shown to other outlets, so we won't be make a video about it. but this was less about breaking any news than showing more people how good Personas look now, especially in comparison to other avatar systems used by competing XR headsets
- note of interest: the recording was done by a member on Apple's team who was in the FaceTime call but not as a Persona, but presumably capturing their perspective as our "camera" using a Vision Pro. the video they shared was 4K 30Mbps, compared to the 1080p 13Mbps of AVP's screen record feature
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View full threadwhat separates Personas from Codec Avatars isn't just that it's a shipping product running on consumer hardware, but that their models and approach allows scanning to be done very quickly and your avatar generated and rendered locally. one of the big advantages of Apple Silicon
- Reposted by NormHorizon OS v83 PTC includes the evolved Quest system UI that Meta teased at Connect, as well as scene understanding for slanted ceilings and inner walls. Details here: www.uploadvr.com/quest-v83-pt...
- Apple Vision Pro personas are actually Gaussian Splats, as revealed by this @scottstein.bsky.social story: www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
- my joints hurt just looking at this photo
- Reposted by NormABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
- stacked!
- Reposted by NormSamsung Galaxy XR comes in little pedestal in box like Vision Pro. Has light shields, extra fit thing, charger and battery pack, polishing cloth, manual
- we didn't get briefed or get hands-on time with Galaxy XR, but the comp to me feels more like Quest Pro than Vision Pro.
- in an alternate timeline we would have the quest pro 2 by (probably running on a snapdragon XR2+ gen2) and i think it would've been pretty great
