Gareth James

Technical Evangelist, Entrepreneur, Developer and HoloLens geek

[Troy Hunt @troyhunt]

Felt really sad waking up and seeing “RIP Kevin” in my timeline. I doubt there is a more well known name in our industry but if he’s unfamiliar to you (or you haven’t read this book), go and grab “Ghost in the Wires” which is an exceptional read.

Kevin started regularly coming to the Gold Coast about 6 years ago. I first met him here just after I’d gotten a boat and thought it would be a great idea to take him and my kids on a ride to a pretty secluded island. We had an awesome trip over, moored just off the beach then sat at a little cafe having lunch. When we went to leave, the tide had dropped and the boat was sitting half way up the beach, going nowhere. And a storm was coming. We ended up spending hours sitting in the cafe into the night while we played Jenga and he taught the kids card tricks. Eventually, late and dark with the storm still raging, we headed home anyway navigating through the pitch dark via the flashing red and green beacons. We came home drenched and according to Kevin, elated anyway at an awesome day out 😊

I never stranded Kevin anywhere again, but we did do more boat trips in the years to follow. The stories this guy had were nuts; obviously the hacking, but changing identities, being on the run, getting locked up and perhaps what hit the most, solitary confinement. It was a crazy time he found himself in (“Kevin might whistle nuclear launch codes into the telephone”), and he paid a hefty price. But he also later made a hell of an honest career out of it and became highly entertaining, and highly in demand. He was polarising, but there’s no arguing he earned his way to the top.

You kinda hope that when you pass on, that’s not the end of it insofar as you’ve made a lasting difference. We’ll still be talking about Kevin for decades to come, and there’s no arguing that he helped shaped the industry to become what it is today. A colourful character and friend, RIP Kevin.

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[Jeff Teper @jeffteper]

Azure Communication Services for #MicrosoftTeams now GA! Build and integrate great experiences. 💜🧰

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[ALIENWARE @Alienware]

has followed you!

[András Velvárt @vbandi]

"We're not slowing down. We're not stopping. We're charging ahead" - @jbmcculloch, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Mixed Reality

[René Schulte @rschu]

TODAY! In 2 hours! #MRDevDays

Looking forward to follow Jesse's keynote online and see more amazing @MxdRealityDev content. 🚀

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

GPT-3 can now make changes to existing content, not just predict what comes next. Released in the API today: https://t.co/cDOWJwQeZI

[Greg Madisᯅn @GregMadison]

Psst ... You don't really need thousands of distracting virtual screens, just a smart one to get sh!t done. #Passthrough #Productivity #Egosystem #MadeWithUnity

[Lucas Rizzotto @_LucasRizzotto]

The importance of avatars in the Metaverse is highly overrated.

Unique Interactions that connect people emotionally matter most.

[Linus LinusMediaGroup @linusgsebastian]

If my pfp is ever a hexagon you can unfollow. I won't even be mad.

[Carrie Able @CarrieAble]

@iBrews @UnrealEngine is the class open for the public?

[Gareth James @comblox]

Nice to see these things are now starting to be thought about, not an ideal solution for everyone, but steps along the way, well done

[Pocket Virtuality @PocketVirtual]

Protecting your intellectual property is as important as ever. That's why we harnessed the power of Hololens 2 to create a customizable privacy filter that can hide anything you need. Take a look!

[René Schulte @rschu]

WOW! Microsoft is buying Activision for $68.7 billion!

https://t.co/XYlQPB0ZxT

[Alastair Low (Lowtek Games) MASUKU OUT NOW @Wallmasterr]

I'm gona be a guest on the Retro Gaming Revival livestream on Jan 18th at 8pm
https://t.co/vkyRiPF01q
#gamedev #nesdev #nes #dreamcast #indiegamedev #retro #game #homebrew

[Alex Kipman @akipman]

Qualcomm and Microsoft to launch custom chips for gen-x glasses - #proud [)-) https://t.co/xnuxYGYPvq #MixedReality #HoloLens #HoloLens2 #VirtualReality #AugmentedReality #Azure

[Alex Kipman @akipman]

I am registered ... are you [)-)?

[Alex Kipman @akipman]

#TeaserAlert: check out the 'cameo' in this video🤔 [)-) https://t.co/oc7gGpB2ie

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

Work email inbox: 7

Personal email inbox: 394

Old personal email inbox that for some reason you still check: 19,264

[Microsoft @Microsoft]

You, last year: I hate working from home.

Today: I will not go back to the office. I will not.

[Gareth James @comblox]

@sean_ong @htcvive Hey Sean, just got the first of ours in as well. Looking forward to seeing what you guys have done. First impressions on Focus3 ? I'm really liking it, good fit for our enterprise clients, well thought out design @htcvive I'm impressed

[René Schulte @rschu]

NEW HoloLens 2 Industrial Edition 🎉

Microsoft just announced a new version of the @HoloLens 2 built to support highly-regulated environments meeting various standards for clean rooms, pharma, etc. 🥼

2 year warranty with rapid replacement. 👏

#SpatialComputing #HoloLens #MR