VR as seen in ‘Kiss Me First’
This miniseries from 2018 was less an exercise in future speculation than it was an exploration of cyberbullying. There’s a […]
Creating an automated workflow with PipeDream
Let me walk through creating a workflow in PipeDream to track watched TV time in Trakt through RescueTime. I use
VR as seen in “The Peripheral”
In this short lived 2022 sci-fi TV show, we get a picture of two types of VR. One traditional display-based
Virtual Reality in Popular Fiction
I’m doing a blog series on VR/AR/XR in pop culture and sci-fi media. I plan to look at interesting points
AVP: Apple Vision Pro or Alien vs. Predator
I keep seeing people abbreviate Apple Vision Pro as AVP – but I already think of AVP as Alien vs.
Second Screens With a 10 Foot UI
When we talk about the “second screen”, typically one would think of using your phone/tablet/laptop while watching a TV. At
Tech Rings at CES – Become The Mandarin of Data Nerds
In the Marvel comics, one of Iron Man’s common enemies is The Mandarin. This villain is a warlord and criminal
Slack Catch Up Feature Uses Tinder-Style Swipeable Cards
Slack’s product team noticed that users would often triage their messages on the mobile app before actually responding on the
Samsung Ballie not WALL-E
It’s that time of year: CES. In 2024 we are seeing a resurgence of robots, taking advantage of multi-modal inputs
Object Detection on Holiday Film: The Holdovers
Inspired by the holidays, I decided to play more with clothing detection in the movie The Holdovers. In addition to
More Object Detection on Summer Movies
Inspired by my previous experiments with fashion detection on movie frames, I got a little creative and played with some
Object Detection with Hunger Games Prequel Scenes
With the recent release of the The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, I wanted to test out