Calvin Rien

@drktbl.bsky.social

Unity 3D developer. VR/AR/MR/Mobile stuff. Occasionally I watch superhero movies or anime. He/him pfp from KC Green

America is now a joke country where citizens are arrested to cover up for the president’s lies on social media. We’ve replaced DEI with incompetence and protecting the egos of mediocre white men.

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So I did my first Develop: Brighton, and I'm realizing I took zero pictures of the sites around Brighton, or any of the people I met, but I have hundreds of pictures of powerpoint presentations. 🤦‍♂️ Ah well. Getting down to Brighton is easy from Horsham, so I can do the touristy stuff another day.

A photo of a presentation slide that says Develop: Brighton and someone behind a lectern rambling.

I’ve been working on an app, but got deep into the weeds about trying to simulate sunbeams and shadows in XR. I think we underestimate the importance of occlusion, lighting and shadows in mixed reality Meta Quest apps.

MICROSOFT: We're laying off 3,000+ Xbox employees SONY: We're not making physical discs or physical memory cards or physical controllers and GTA will cost $325 NINTENDO: Star Fox is real now and will call you on your birthday

Morning all. An ice cream van stands on a foggy beach in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Saturday July 7th 2012. Photographer Darren Staples.

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I’m trying my best not to care about the World Cup, but I’m really relieved that USA is out now, and decisively. Next, let’s get Argentina out of there. 🤞

Tried looking up how much I spent on 16 GB of RAM for my router build just over a year ago to see if I could transplant it into the Steam Machine and it was like looking at menu prices at a diner from the 1940s.

An order showing 16 gigs of laptop ram costing 41.99

Ever fantasized about hiking in a mountain forest, running up to a precipice and taking flight, swooping over and into the tree crowns to feel the leaves and branches slapping against you? Then - Your fantasy got a bit weird there at the end - I've got a video for you (sound on) #ProcGen #GameDev