Founder, Phantom Animation. Former Apple, Valve, HoloLens, EA. Board @ SecondStory Rep
Redmond, WA
Joined July 2018
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This situation sucks. The tech that Garry and team built is really impressive. I hope people come to see the potential in the project rather than getting stuck on one artistic choice
s&box is free for the weekend.. I already know you hate it and you hate me for having fun making it, but now you can give it a try for free and find out exactly why you hate it so much.. store.steampowered.com/app/5…
Interesting stats on digital arts and live arts. But what about digital live arts?
The recent posts about DLSS 5 reminds me of a principle Glenn Entis used to talk about back at EA: the "Zombie Line", which was kind of a corollary of the "Uncanny Valley"
Once the visual realism is better than the animation, you get the impression of an animated corpse: it looks right, but moves wrong. Your brain instinctively picks up on this and rejects it as unnatural. You crossed the 'Zombie Line'
After 25 years in games and XR I've started something new.
Phantom Animation is a studio for live animated performances. Not a recording, not a film, not a game — theatre that happens once and is never the same twice.
phantomanimation.com
Having a full circle moment; having fun developing using an API standard I helped draft a small piece of and (in one instance) implement.
If you’re in the Seattle area, come see our production of The Cake at SecondStory! Proud to be working with this talented cast and crew. secondstoryrep.org/product-p…
I believe AR/VR will eventually see broad adoption, but it won’t be games that drive the demand. It will be productivity, just like it was for all the other major computing platforms, and games will follow after.
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There will be dedicated gaming VR headsets that target improved gaming experiences, like the Switch is to the iPhone in the mobile space today. But those won’t be what ushers in the mixed reality future that many are pursuing.