From *Last Exit to Springfield*. Imagine the writer’s room discussion over the best wording for the “Robot Workers, 100% Loyal” sign. I bet it raged on for hours.
Hi, I’m Phil Nelson, a writer, developer, and audio-visual maker of stuff. I have been making stuff online for over 25 years. I run RetroStrange and Set Side B. Good to see you.
Blog Archives
Month: October 2016
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You Might Not Need JavaScript
>Examples of common UI elements and interactions with HTML and CSS alone.
**You Might Not Need JavaScript** is doing the lord’s work. Maybe we *don’t* need to replace everything with some flavor of Javascript, huh? Maybe?
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Work: Inside-out 6-DoF Positional tracking for Mobile VR
Last week Occipital announced the VR Dev Kit, and a public preview of our kickass positional tracking inside of Bridge Engine. As part of the launch, I did a lot of stuff! Here’s the video that I wrote, shot, edited, and narrated:
I also designed the system with our in-house 3D team, prototyped it all on our 3D printer (an Ultimaker 2), and am currently helping to kit and ship the orders with Lauren. Being this close to every part of a product is really exciting and scary, but so worth it when it works.
Update: We got featured on TechCrunch!
