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Learning Figma and CoSpaces (#30DaysXR, Day 4?)
I’ve been busy setting up my new MacBook Pro with M1 Pro chip (16GB, 1 TB). I had to upgrade my 2018 MacBook Pro because learning to build XR apps had eaten up all my hard disk space. Unity3D, XCode, Visual Studio for Mac, VRoid, and all the other apps I had to install to make the assets had me down to my final 30 GB of space, and the laptop just couldn’t run fast enough. Folks, XR is an expensive venture! I did not continue with the School of…
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Simple AR Layering with Halo AR App (#30DaysXR, #Day3)
Today, I finally completed a halo using the Halo AR app. It took me a while to figure out how to use it from start to finish (sharing the finished product). There was little or no documentation, but there was a Discord channel for Halo creators, so that helped me a bit. There was one YouTube video on how to create a halo, but it was still rather unclear. If you need some info, contact me. Essentially, here are some instructions that have been left out: You must create the…
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360VR Brief Intro (#30DaysXR, #Day 2)
Alright, another introduction, but this time using 360VR. The software I’m learning to use is CoSpaces. I love it. It has a supportive user community made of educators. [Updated: Jan 20, 2022] My first inroad to CoSpaces was through a friend, Micah, who taught me to build my first Jenga game for a MIT xPRO course I designed. My next project in CoSpaces is to build an escape room. Watch this space!
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After Effects Animation Exercise 1: Flying Plane
Thank you, Louay Zambarakji! Louay is the instructor of a popular and highly rated Udemy course on After Effects. I’m trying to make something regularly, and this is my make for the day.
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Olafur Eliasson: Nuggets from The Art of Design (Netflix Design Series)
Where have I been?!? I just discovered Olafur Eliasson, the great Danish-Icelandic installation artist, by watching the first of the Netflix series, Abstract: The Art of Design. Here are some quotes from the show: Carol Becker, Professor of Arts and Dean of Faculty at Columbia University School of the Arts, about Olafur’s installation, The New York City Waterfalls: He must be so sure of his ideas to take that risk. Her words made me think about my ideas. Am I confident about my vision? How confident am I or do…
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Interactive Augmented Reality (AR) Business Card (#30DaysXR, Day 1)
YouTube is a treasure trove of learning possibilities. My latest and first 2022 learning adventure involved learning to build an AR-enhanced business card. Voila! Here it is. To play in AR mode, scan the QR code. You can download a QR code scanner from your mobile phone’s store (Apple App store or Google Play). Acknowledgements: Much appreciation to Monica of Academic Phoenix Plus for the tutorials. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the world. Create an Interactive Augmented Reality (AR) Business Card (1/2) Create an Interactive Augmented…
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#ProjectXR
I’ve embarked on a journey to learn all I can about Extended Reality: #ProjectXR. Three years ago (October 15, 2018), I had tried to learn about XR in a Coursera course (Getting Started with Augmented Reality, Institut Mines-Télécom), but it didn’t stick until I developed a course on it myself. The course I created for MIT xPRO with Emeritus: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. To dive deeper into XR, I began to learn more about XR and XR app development through targeted search: Self-paced courses/articles *Construct a Virtual Reality Experience,…
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The Joke’s On Them
You’re feeling nervous, aren’t you, boy? With your quiet voice and impeccable style Don’t ever let them steal your joy And your gentle ways To keep ’em from running wild They can kick dirt in your face Dress you down, and tell you that your place Is in the middle, when they hate the way you shine I see you tugging on your shirt Trying to hide inside of it And hide how much it hurts Let ’em laugh while they can Let ’em spin, let ’em scatter in the…
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Neurodiversity, Good leadership, and Being Different
I’ve been communicating with a deaf friend more recently, and I also gleaned a few tweets and LinkedIn posts that really resonated with me. All these made me want to capture them in this blog post. First, about being different. I’ve been fortunate during my formative years to be placed in a school where we were encouraged to be self-directed and excel in whatever we do. But coming over to the USA, I have found that being different in schools and workplaces is not something that is always accepted and…
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A Particular Set of Skills
Liam Neeson’s name was trending on Twitter on June 26. It appears that his movie, Ice Road, is now showing on Netflix, hence the volume of tweets about him. One tweet caught my eye: Liam Neeson in response to the ransom caller in Taken (2009), said: I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very…
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Becoming an Entrepreneurial Instructional Designer: Know What Sets You Apart
This is the age of the side hustle. As a multipassionate and multipotential person, I want to experiment and grow with my different giftings through my side hustle. I have started consulting work as a side gig using my Adobe Captivate, graphic and motion design skills. This doesn’t mean I’m not going to hold a fulltime job. My side hustle is a side hustle; it’s not my main occupation. My next growth phase as an instructional designer (ID)/learning designer is to learn to become more self-directed in securing and working…
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We are More Than Our Resumes
There are some things that resumes may reveal and much more that cannot be revealed. On LinkedIn, I have seen some people foreground their Ivy-League professional certificate obtained after a few weeks, as if they received a four-year undergraduate or two-year graduate degree there; I get it, all in the hopes of catching a recruiter’s eye. This is still very much a credential-obsessed world we live in. Pedigree matters in many organizations. I have also come across people who lie about their positions, having been terminated long past the date…
