VR Sense Lab: "We build glasses for your VR headset in your VR headset." Right now, if users don’t wear contact lenses with their VR headsets, they are expected to somehow squeeze their glasses inside the unit. This can become uncomfortable when your temples come under sustained pressure from headset straps or the nose pads … Continue reading VR Prescription Lenses
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1st/2nd generation Apple TV streams
Quick-tip: I've been struggling with a second-generation Apple TV for several years, and in the last couple of years, it's taken longer to start playing a movie or show once I've hit "play". The last couple of weeks it's gotten to the point where it basically doesn't start playing at all. I found a fix: … Continue reading 1st/2nd generation Apple TV streams
BDD: putting values before roles
Liz Keogh: "RIP As a… I want… So that…" As devs, all we have are those narratives – the “As a <role>, I want <a feature>, so that <some benefit achieved>”. So we need to work out which of the benefits add up to the value we're aiming for. That helps us work out which … Continue reading BDD: putting values before roles
Virtual machines and time drift
VMWare: "Timekeeping in VMWare Virtual Machines" Because virtual machines work by time-sharing host physical hardware, they cannot exactly duplicate the timing activity of physical machines. VMware® virtual machines use several techniques to minimize and conceal differences in timing performance, but the differences can still sometimes cause timekeeping inaccuracies and other problems in software running in … Continue reading Virtual machines and time drift