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A healthy skeptical look at the state and near future of VR from someone who is not…

By | February 16, 2014

A healthy skeptical look at the state and near future of VR from someone who is not an insider  – thus not drinking the VR coolaid nor being affected by the Job's-like reality distortion field. I am not necessarily agreeing with everything he says, but I think there are quite a few valid points being… Read More »

Interesting review, I think Sebastien raises a lot of valid points concerning VR…

By | January 14, 2014

Interesting review, I think Sebastien raises a lot of valid points concerning VR game implementation. However, I feel that some of the issues in that game are really self-inflicted wounds, such as touching objects pushing the avatar away from them  sounds like a really silly physics simulation/collision detection bug. I guess some of it is… Read More »

Is Europe only for the rich now?

By | November 27, 2013

So, according to the UK PM, Europe is for the rich only if you want to work abroad. Really lovely. Not 🙁 From the article:"In the longer term, Mr Cameron says he wants to impose restrictions on freedom of movement in the EU, with new member states having to reach a certain income per head… Read More »

Hiring programmers using GitHub profiles

By | November 20, 2013

I knew that headhunters and agencies use your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and what not (and often in a very clueless manner!), but this practice is new for me. On the surface, it makes sense to look at the candidate's code, to see what they can do – it is right there, in public, right? James… Read More »

Statistics Done Wrong

By | October 30, 2013

An excellent free book on statistics (or rather how not to use it) http://www.refsmmat.com/statistics/ #blog #statistics  ? Statistics Done Wrong — Statistics Done Wrong The woefully complete guide¶. by Alex Reinhart. If you’re a practicing scientist, you probably use statistics to analyze your data. From basic t tests and standard error calculations to Cox proportional… Read More »