Ever since developing last year’s Holographic Easter Egg Hunt with Microsoft for VRLA, I’ve been interested in creating location-based VR and AR experiences. These are cool projects to me since you can build hardware specific to the experience, design software for one fixed hardware configuration, and really go wild within…

I haven’t written a post in awhile. Over the past 6 months, I’d try to pontificate on the topic of Augmented Reality but some major new development would always occur. I have a bunch of scrapped posts sitting in Google Drive that are now totally irrelevant. Cruising through December, I…

I told you not to do it. But suddenly my 2013 blog post about displaying maps in Unity3D is now my top page of the month. There are lots of Pokemon Go clones being built right now. Well, if you absolutely insist, here’s how I’d go about it. Step 1: Raise tons of money You’re going…

Pokemon Go is a watershed moment in gaming. I’ve never seen a game have this much traction this fast. My neighborhood is filled with wandering players of all demographics, strolling around with phone in hand looking for Pokemon. Since the game’s launch, everyday has looked like Halloween without the costumes.

Microsoft has been holding a series of hackathons for their new HoloLens platform in a number of cities across the US. I couldn’t make it to the original event in Seattle, but managed to compete in HoloHacks Los Angeles at the Creative Technology Center downtown. The event went from Friday…

A few years back I wrote this post on why the Gear VR is the most important wearable in the universe. Since then, Gear VR has grown to have over a million active users a month, developers are earning healthy revenue from VR applications, and an entire industry has spawned…

I recently played The Beginner’s Guide after buying it during the annual Holiday Steam Sale over the break. It’s a quick play through, and an interesting way to tell a story within a game. Without giving too much away, the experience reminded me of a similar event in my young-adulthood–When…

Sort of. — The most entertaining part of the Flappy Bird saga is watching the VC-backed cokeocracy go insane with conspiracy theories and wild speculation about how Dong Nguyen topped the App Store with such a seemingly ridiculous game. Flappy Bird is a worldwide cultural phenomenon regardless of how it got there. It’s easy to see why this is such a shock to the Silicon Valley establishment. Despite millions of dollars gaming start-ups dump into slick production values, user acquisition, and PR, success is not guaranteed. This black swan event shows it’s virtually impossible to eliminate even a reasonable amount of risk in entertainment investments.