by Neil Christensen | Dec 3, 2017 | AR, Opinions, Thoughts
My Research and Methodology class (CPSC699) has been a great introduction to the requirements and flow of graduate studies. From journals, conferences, scientific posters and thesis proposals, the exposure to academia and some of the requirements of my Masters forced...
by Neil Christensen | Dec 3, 2017 | Opinions, Rendering
My 2012 MacBook Pro started to act up last week and unfortunately, it appears RAM related. If I would have bought the last MacBook Pro version that allowed for swapping out RAM this may not have been a problem. But I didn’t. I decided to jump in whole hog to the...
by Neil Christensen | Nov 6, 2017 | AR, Thoughts, VR
There is a certain magic within the best interactive pieces. For my thesis, I have been focused on the thought of what is viewed as real and virtual when interacting in a physical space with a screen or head-mounted device (HMD). I want to have a ‘wow’...
by Neil Christensen | Oct 12, 2017 | Rendering, Thoughts
I’m more than a little obsessed with Octane rendering and GPU acceleration. Last week I bought an Aorus Gaming Box with a Nvidia GTX 1070 graphics card. I did a lot of R&D to find out if it would work on my MacBook Pro circa 2012 and thanks to the excellent...
by Neil Christensen | Sep 29, 2017 | AR, Software
I have spent several hours using the HoloLens and it is a great piece of technology but it has a couple key flaws that makes me hesitate to use it moving forward. It’s a 2 year old device and in today’s tech world that is an issue as new updates are...
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