Norman Chan

so, @SaysDanica and i have something to announce!

HL3 rumor mill be damned, this is what I was talking about: roadtovr.com/samsung-androi…

Hands-on: Samsung‘s Android XR Headset is a Curious Combo of Quest & Vision Pro, With One Stand-out Advantage Read our hands-on 👉 roadtovr.com/samsung-androi…

Figmin XR is coming to #AppleVisionPro! 🥳 With HD graphics, environment reflections, 8k shadows, eye tracking controls and a brand new renderer it's truly our next-gen release! Coming to you December 18 Preorder today! (Link in comments) 😊

Mr. Thorough, aka @nchan, has a must watch breakdown for XREAL One Series over on @testedcom youtu.be/iNXCP0HBqSE?si…

find me at nchan.bsky.social

The 2024 Halloween Costume Contest is... After much consideration, we're thrilled to announce that the Grand Prize goes to Mikey & Shelley @karrver for their extraordinary creation, "The Dark Knight Returns: Batman!!!" Congratulations! Thanks to @ImmortalMasks for sponsoring.

Upgradeable storage in the new Mac Mini is a big deal. @Apple deserves credit for not soldering or pairing the storage module to the logic board for the sake of making a quick buck. youtube.com/shorts/8vax1fS…

@kylebrussell @hmltn focus: mirrored widescreen desktop distractions: floating visionOS apps all around the periphery

@nchan @hmltn Think I agree, actually fitting context I can work with into my field of view vs overloading me with distractions if I use the space

NEW Mac Virtual Display with ultra-wide screen is AWESOME 🤩

NEW: Apple is exploring a push into smart glasses with an internal study of products currently on the market, setting the stage for the company to follow Meta into an increasingly popular category. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Mac Virtual Display’s Wide AND UltraWide modes in action! (visionOS 2.2 developer beta) They even add a slight curve to the regular aspect ratio mode which is nice

Editors, are you interested in an incredible learning - and entertainment - experience? Elisabet Ronaldsdottir, ACE and I have done an editing commentary for the original "John Wick" movie that you can sync with the theatrical re-release (out today and this Wednesday) or with a DVD or streaming version. The commentary is 100 minutes long (going into the credits). There are many fascinating behind-the-scenes revelations (like how Desperate Housewives made the film possible!) You can download the file here: drive.google.com/file/d/1q-skOD… And if you find it valuable or entertaining or hopefully both, you can pay me through my Venmo: @artofthecut or my PayPal: steve@veralith.com and I will share it equitably with @ericedottie.

We’re big fans of little things, even when those little things are in fact very big. Take, for example, these miniatures we made for #BladeRunner2049, Denis Villeneuve’s 2017 sci-fi film set against the neon-glow of a rain-drenched Los Angeles. #WetaWorkshop #miniatures #scifi

The Michigan “I Voted” sticker is interesting. Go vote today and get your own.

@Azadux how that view frustrum expands and compresses with lens focal length is so important to mentally visualize

@nchan Exactly. It’s super relevant in a 3D photography context

Gaussian splatting is so good at capturing context. For me, it has changed my approach to volumetric photography. For me with photogrammetry, it was very much either object-based, space based, or facade-based, always with the subject’s bounds being very clearly defined during capture But with splats, I can think more frustum-based, composing a scene with a foreground, background, and subject, and shooting it. It gives me back the freedom I had with traditional photography

ikea besta drawer instructions have been wrong for 9 years and it's still not fixed. this would never happen with LEGO reddit.com/r/IKEA/comment…

mAh is short for milliamp-hour. There are two uses of “mAh”—the casual use, where it represents energy capacity, and the correct use where it represents charge capacity. ifix.gd/3YdANXb — #iFixit