VR at Grace Hopper 2015

Posted on October 15, 2015 by misslivirose 1 Comment

I was excited to have the opportunity to present two VR-related talks at the 2015 Grace Hopper Conference in Houston, Texas. With a personal goal of getting as many people interested in taking the plunge into the virtual and augmented reality industry, I was excited to share my initial thoughts and feelings on Inclusive VR […]

Sticker Shooter: A Simple Leap Motion VR Test

Posted on September 23, 2015March 10, 2016 by misslivirose Leave a comment

I bought a Leap Motion several months ago, and in the haste and excitement of ordering it, I bought the version without the developer VR mount. Last week, though, I finally got a chance to sit down and play with it and created a basic “Sticker Shooter” app that uses Leap Motion gesture controls to shoot objects […]

Quick & Easy: My Strategy for UI in Unity 5

Posted on June 13, 2015June 13, 2015 by misslivirose Leave a comment

I’ve been working on a new project, AllegroVR, where I combine my love of virtual reality, computer science, and music composition to bring you a mobile VR app that lets you make a lot of noise music by gazing at various things in your environment and initializing a sound clip attached to it. Right now, one […]

KittenVR: Testing out Collisons

Posted on May 23, 2015 by misslivirose Leave a comment

Last week, I introduced KittenVR – a living development experiment where I attempt to document as much of my virtual reality development experiments as possible. I am a Unity n00b and VR fan girl, and my hope with this project is to inspire other aspiring developers to feel confident jumping into their own VR applications, […]

Goodbye, USA!

Posted on May 10, 2015 by misslivirose Leave a comment

And hello, San Francisco International Terminal G! Okay, so I guess that’s still the USA for now – but it won’t be for long! Today, I’m heading off on my first international trip in 2 years to Hungary, for JS Conf Budapest, where I’ll be sharing my addiction love of virtual reality with a talk […]

I’m on a mission to overcome my “repeat beginner” status

Posted on July 7, 2014 by misslivirose 2 Comments

A recurring theme that I’ve seen popping up frequently in development-centric forums that I visit regularly is the problem of the “expert beginner”. Erik Dietrich does an excellent job describing this in his blog, and while I think he makes many valid points, I would argue that there is a third path that an advanced beginner […]

Working with Background Music: A Reflection

Posted on July 3, 2014 by misslivirose 1 Comment

People often find it crazy that I tend to work in silence. If I’m just reading up on things online or researching, I’ll often put on a TV show in the background (I’m currently working my way through Archer) but if I’m working from home or programming, my default is to sit quietly and listen […]

We live in the Misinformation Age

Posted on June 2, 2014 by misslivirose Leave a comment

Thanks to indexing sites like Google, free and instant-access encyclopedias like Wikipedia, and a limitless amount of data that can be shared instantly, we are living in the start of the era of the Information Age, characterized by the prevalence of technology and computers in virtually every aspect of our day-to-day lives. That said, not […]

Designing Office for iPad

Posted on May 27, 2014 by misslivirose Leave a comment

Designing Office for iPad A really good overview of the way that the Office for iPad team worked from scenarios to build an awesome experience of a classic Windows application on a non-Windows device.

Making Connections: Is it harder to sell ourselves?

Posted on May 5, 2014 by misslivirose 2 Comments

I rarely go a week without meeting someone new – sometimes, it’s at a conference where I am meeting hundreds of people at various booths, other times, it’s just meeting a friend of a friend at a dinner out – and the majority of the time, when I have to introduce myself, I can pop […]

The Matrix is my Office

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