Alex Coulombe

The past month: SF, Atlanta, Rome, NYC … and now I’m back in SF ! Tomorrow is Android Insiders Day followed by the Android Dev Summit. Big thanks to Google for covering my travel as a GDE (Google Developer Expert). Let’s go AndroidXR !

hi, i made a screen recorder !!! it's called Screenie and it's out now ❣️ it follows your mouse and zooms where you click, smooths your cursor, has pretty backgrounds, blurs private stuff and a lot more. no account needed and everything stays on your mac <3 try 4 free at screenie.cam

Brazilians beat back fascism by... voting harder? Organized offline and online around an election, using a mix of strategies aimed at both turnout and persuasion. Showed up in large numbers, and despite some very wealthy interests arrayed against them, succeeded? Huh. Pretty neat how that works.

I couldn’t bring my wife to Rome on this trip but I did build her app idea for setting off fireworks and that made her happy.

On my way to Atlanta for Augmented Enterprise Summit and this is my first interaction. This is going to be a good trip.

I’ll be in Atlanta next week for Augmented Enterprise Summit !

Tomorrow in NYC! Join us. givebutter.com/xr-friends-p...

some shots of Meta Connect and beyond!

Finish VR’s biggest week in years with a listen to @nchan.bsky.social @scottstein.bsky.social & @ibrews.bsky.social talking Meta VR Glasses. open.substack.com/pub/goodvr/p...

Podcast idea: interviews entirely focused on the key people who helped you out. The teacher who encouraged you. The uncle who gave you words to live by. The former boss who connected you to a new opportunity. A little acknowledgment that no one gets there alone. Call it Stepping Stones.

Don’t leave them alone in Gaza. Hammam is a volunteer nurse caring for the wounded daily. His family is homeless, has lost everything. They’re starving & craving food. His brother is ill with epilepsy & needs urgent treatment Any donation helps with food & medical care. chuffed.org/project/1844...

Lumen works in Vision Pro ??

not what this app is supposed to do but yes it's oddly satisfying.

Ever notice that there's a lot of folks at Apple who are part of the "Vision Products" team? Not the Vision Product team. Not the Vision Pro team. Vision Products. Plural. That's pretty cool.

Has anyone tried selling avatars as “tickets” to specific worlds that contain an interactive experience? Wouldn’t this be a better model of ticketing plays in VR? @ibrews.bsky.social @frooxius.bsky.social @dtupper.com

This went a little different than his nightly interviews with Sean Hannity.

I'm teaching a FREE Unreal Engine session over Zoom on Wednesday! More info: alexcoulombepresents.com/newsletter/2...

“Just about a week after signing a controversial contract with the UK's national health service, Palantir Technologies Inc. launched an influencer marketing campaign to counter criticism of the patient data platform it's building…” 1/5/24 finance.yahoo.com/news/nhs-pro...

Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.

Tonight we have #UnrealNYC in partnership with Manhattan Neighborhood Network. Big thanks to Marcela Bragagnolo for organizing and hope to see you there. There will be lab computers to play with, talks to see, demos to enjoy, and food/drink ! Event link: luma.com/nzulvcue

Republicans just approved a budget blueprint that does far more than fund the war with Iran. Buried inside the $95 billion package is $10 billion to implement new nationwide voting restrictions demanded by Trump.

apple vision pro shadow puppet update

I wrote a thing about Unreal Fest. Sorry you have to go to LinkedIn to read it: www.linkedin.com/pulse/unreal...

what if someone opened their eyes but instead of eyes it was just two more faces?

all good vibes at Unreal Chicago chapter meetup last night

Would be darkly hilarious if this kills Perforce, who is a huge sponsor with a giant booth here at Unreal Fest. lore.org

Wow, Epic says early access to UE6 is targeting end of 2027 but they aren’t planning any new UE5 releases after 5.8 (shipping today). That would mean no new release for at least 18 months, whereas historically we’ve gotten a new release about once every 6 months. Are you surprised ?

Part of the @agilelens.bsky.social crew arriving in Chicago ! Going to check out a Second City show tonight, take some meetings around the city Monday and Tuesday, then Tuesday evening kicks off #UnrealFest. Let us know if you’re in town!

I call it UnRealityKit. It's a UE5 + RealityKit bridge for Apple Vision Pro. All those things you can't do in Unreal Engine for AVP due to Metal: eye tracking, standard gesture controls, room lighting & reflections, volumes, fully utilizing the M2/M5 chip... all possible now.