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Colorado Coin (COLO) – A Corporeal CryptoCoin

Colorado Coin (COLO) – A Corporeal CryptoCoin

I built a thing this weekend.  Its an experimental ERC20 token for organizating local communities. Dogfooded at Boulder Blockchain How it works. ColoradoCoins can be physically created by printing the above image. mint()ing some coins (see below) and placing them into a YouveGotETH QR Code. physically affixing the ColoradoCoin image to the sticker printed in #1. The QR Code Read the article >>
Startup CTO : The primacy of the network & Web 3.0

Startup CTO : The primacy of the network & Web 3.0

Theres a new episode of Startup CTO out today. It is a cross post from Vincent Horn's new podcast, Crypto-Mind.  With permission, I've reposted it from  Crypto-Mind podcast.  This podcast is about contemplating deeply the societal, spiritual, network implications of the networked Web 3.0 world. This episode is all about networks.  Specifically, What's it mean to be a part of the network? Read the article >>
Side Project Report: Wild Game Hunter VR

Side Project Report: Wild Game Hunter VR

Just in case you thought I went full on Patchouli Boulder Hippy when I announced the MeditationVR game a few weeks ago; I have a *new game* launching today to show off. And it's almost the opposite thematically from the first one! It's called "Wild Game Hunter VR", and it's kind of like those Hunting games you can play in bars (but its in 360 degrees and you can teleport, so it's better). There Read the article >>
Bridge Mixed Reality Headset

Bridge Mixed Reality Headset

Bridge is the first Mixed Reality Headset to hit the market at less than a $500 price point.  It's also the latest project I contributed to at Occipital.  I'm exceedingly proud of it.  Check out the video below to learn about what Mixed Reality is and how Bridge enables it (video is 4 minutes long): You can learn more at bridge.occipital.com or @ me on twitter.   Read the article >>
4 Black Mirror Episodes to understand Mixed Reality

4 Black Mirror Episodes to understand Mixed Reality

I just finished season 3 of Black Mirror on Netflix.  Black Mirror debued a few years ago, as kind of a "Twilight Zone"  for the 21st century; and this season does not disappoint. Some of the themes and plots are far fetched, but the use of digital effects to show the potential of VR and MR technologies are really on point.  I recommend the following 4 episodes to understand Mixed Reality: Read the article >>
VR Space Mini Golf

VR Space Mini Golf

Had a VR Hackathon today with some friends who have an HTC Vive.  We built a VR Physics Puzzle Game. It’s pretty incredible what you can do with Unity and SteamVR in a day.

Demo below:

 

Slack EmojiBot

Slack EmojiBot

Couldn't sleep last night, so I started futzing with an experiment I've been noodling on.  It's called Slack EmojiBot and I built it last night. It's a bot that adds custom emojis your slack team; inline in Slack. 🤔👌 No more putzing around in your web browser. Supports all of the below inline in slack. 👇 Searching google images. 📷 Uploading images to slack's (IMHO hard Read the article >>
Noble Adblocker

Noble Adblocker

I built a little adblocker that turns ads into bitcoin solitations.  It's the consumer-centric version of adblock-to-bitcoin. Click the button below to try it. Here are some side by side comparisons of web pages with / without Noble Adblocker installed:     Click the button below to try it. Read the article >>