Joost 'LocalJoost' van Schaik
@localjoost.bsky.social
Senior Lead Unity developer @ Augmedit Mixed Reality architect WinDev/DevTech MVP Fields XR apps for Magic Leap 2, Meta Quest, Spectacles, HoloLens 2, Android Phones Works with Unity, MRTK, C#, Azure .NET, Windows Avid gardener https://localjoost.github.io
My #WalktheWorld #MR app died mid 2025 when Microsoft decommissioned the Bing Elevation API. Found a way to revive it using different APIs - leaner & faster. Walk the World 6.0.2.0 landed in Microsoft Store again yesterday, HoloLens 2 1st. More platforms coming. apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p6sv...
This is an amazing archival montage documenting AR culture of HoloLens 1 & 2. Michael Hoffman says, "On the Microsoft HoloLens team, I had this idea to tell the HoloLens story in photos, so started collecting every image I could find, over 1,600." Lots of history here! picmotif.com/u/hoff/tribu...
Store-less XR devices based on Android (like #MetaLense2) can't update via a store. New post: using Device Owner + RealityCollective #ServiceFramework to silently self-update an app, zero taps. Demo + source included. localjoost.github.io/App-update-s...
App update service for store-less XR devices based on Android (like MetaLense 2)
A while back, I wrote about a ServiceFramework Service to help update Magic Leap 2 MRTK3 apps. Magic Leap 2 has no store, so I built a little service that checks a JSON file online for a newer version...
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Recently the MetaLense 2 came to my attention. This is a fully-fledged Mixed Reality device from P&C Solution in Seoul. It seems to be getting fair use in Korea, but is nearly unknown elsewhere localjoost.github.io/Playing-arou.... Iwrote down my experiences and how it compares to the HoloLens 2.
Playing around with the P&C MetaLense 2 - a Mixed Reality device from Korea
Long before the announced EOL of HoloLens 2, I was on the lookout for alternative devices. The writing was on the wall after January 2023, when a lot of the staff involved was laid off and Microsoft s...
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Although #Snap #Spectacles are clearly targeted towards consumers, I'm sure many enterprises are keeping an eye on it. I tried to integrate #Microsoft #Entra Device Code Flow, which allows authentication for use of secure services on #Azure. It works! See localjoost.github.io/Microsoft-En...
Microsoft Entra authentication using Device Code Flow for Snap Spectacles
While Snap Spectacles are clearly targeted towards consumers, and Snap have partnered with Supabase as a preferred cloud backend, there are of course always nitwits who are going against the grain and...
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Why are people who give the harshest unfiltered honest feedback get almost invariably extremely pissed off at even the slightest critique themselves?
TIL you should not short circuit a Aqara T1 no neutral switch, when you plan to use them more than once. Fortunately the fuse box in the utility closet prevented worse than mere fried electronics. And I did it twice.🤦€50 down the drain. I wasn't fully awake apparently. This is not my day.
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Microsoft has released PowerToys v0.97.0 with a new CursorWrap utility designed to improve mouse navigation on multi-monitor setups, alongside extensive fixes and feature updates.
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Well I'll be bucketed. #Northernlights over #Amersfoort! Visible from my first floor front window! It even shines trough the cloud. I must say it takes a camera to really see it but still
Someone once said that if David Bowie would die, the world would fall apart. Quite prescient and pretty much spot on, I would venture to say, 10 years after the fact.
#Unity moves fast and break things, in this case my #MRTK3 demo on #Apple #VisionPro on slightly higher versions - as happens often. I spent some (okay, a bit too much) time on trying to find out why, and came up with a solution making the app run again localjoost.github.io/MRTK3-apps-o...
About last night... participating in a citizen science project sometimes tells you things you'd rather not know #fireworks #pollution #particlematter
Good luck to anyone working on the #ER / #SEH (Spoedeisende Eerste Hulp), the #firebrigade or the #police in the Netherlands tonight. I fear it's going to be the mother of all #NewYearsEve. I also hope from here on things will be better.
@richcampbell.bsky.social ref Aussie whisky: met a guy from Sullivan's Cove at a whisky tasting here in Amersfoort ages ago. Organized by well-known liquor shop here. Was hooked immediately. He shipped cask strength for a very reasonable price, like in the €80 per 0.7l range if I recall correctly
Using UIKit made creating buttons in Lens Studio so much easier compared to using plain Spectacles Interaction Kit... but we lost a few things, like fine grained behavior control, and sound effects. I show you how to bring those to UIKit buttons. localjoost.github.io/Controlling-...
Controlling a Lens Studio UIKit button’s Interactable behavior
In ye olden days - in Lens Studio time units, this is about 8 weeks ago - we used a PinchButton from the Spectacles Interaction Kit to create a button on some kind of menu. This was - and still is - a...
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If you are at #UnitedXR next week - I will not be there, but my friend @jbmcculloch.bsky.social and his colleagues *will* be there, *with* Snap #Spectacles. If you have not tried them out yet, this is your chance and you should really take that chance
Dear #FedEx, your chat bot is so stupid and limited that I think it is a net negative to your value as a courier
The latest version of Visual Studio brings instant startup, improved debugging and diagnostics, and deeper GitHub Copilot integration. #VS2026 enhances productivity across every stage of development with modern UI updates and tighter .NET and Azure connections. Learn more: msft.it/63321tTtbH
@richcampbell.bsky.social maybe your crack shot aunts life can be filmed as "crocodile Dundee's NZ niece" 😂. I LOL'd at the boar story
Having a car with voice control and kids in the rear with that particular sense of teenage humour must be a recipe for insanity if not disaster 😂
RIP Jane #Goodall. Science lost a great mind, humanity - and its close relatives - a great and kind person.
Boom! Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here! The world’s most popular IDE just got an upgrade. Read this post by the one and only @madskristensen.net I can already tell you it compiles and edits Mixed Reality app *just fine* ;) devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio...
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here! - Visual Studio Blog
Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here – and it marks one of the most ambitious steps forward we’ve taken with the IDE. This release brings AI woven directly into the developer workflow, performance impr...
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Annoying behavior by Dutch charities: calling me on the phone, profusely thanking me for supporting, then starting a long story... I stop them after 30 seconds saying "can we skip forward to the part where you start begging for more money?" I hate those scripted call centres
