The concept of ‘time’ as a resource has come up in several conversations that I’ve been a part of recently, and as a recent discussion led me to think more deeply about time’s role in communication. Last year, I gave a talk at SkillsMatter exploring social technologies and online communication. You can break down technological […]
Content notice: this post discusses death and resolving a loved ones estate Estimates show that 90 percent of Americans are online. We increasingly turn to online services to handle critical parts of our lives, but few platforms provide a way for user information to be safely managed or deleted after a user passes away. In […]
I’m going to start with the disclaimer: this process involves a number of wonky settings on your computer and isn’t something that runs smoothly “out of the box” with a single click, nor is it an officially supported feature of either Hubs or Zoom. However, if you’re interested in upping your video meetings by appearing […]
This post contains spoilers about Animal Crossing: New Horizons The social app that I find myself unexpectedly spending more time in these days (other than Hubs) isn’t a game that I was familiar with prior to a couple of weeks ago. Despite being an avid Nintendo fan since I got my first console at the […]
The conference world has been thrown for a loop with the wide-reaching recommendations for COVID-19 discouraging or prohibiting large gatherings. As the games and VR industry raced towards March, the month where both GDC and SXSW were scheduled to overlap, cancellations have meant that almost everyone has had a change in plans Naturally, VR Twitter […]
When people ask how I’m doing these days, I tend to laugh and say: “Time feels like it is simultaneously moving very slowly, and also very fast.” While there is certainly something to be said for how our perception of time varies, that’s a post for another day. Today, I just want to share an […]
Happy 2020 everyone! It’s been a bit since I’ve posted anything on my blog here, but I’ve done quite a lot of writing since I joined Mozilla in March on the Mozilla Mixed Reality blog. You can catch up on what the team accomplished in 2019 with these links below! We launched a social VR […]
I was invited to give a lightning talk at the W3C Inclusive Design for Immersive Technology workshop about what we’re doing with scene authoring through Spoke for Hubs. As with many of my talks, I think they make better blog posts, and I’m excited to share this one with you today. About Hubs & Spoke […]
It’s October 29th and I’m exhausted. You know that really good feeling when you’ve managed to find the balance of challenging yourself and taking care of yourself? October 2019 has been like that for me. When I look at my calendar, I’ve been reeling with how late in the month it got without notice. At […]
There is a lot of work that can be done to improve accessibility of 3D content on the web. This post discusses a project that explores using image recognition APIs to caption the content of a three.js WebGL scene.
