James Hobin

Level 28 Computer Wizard─☆*:・ﾟ at @PTCRealityLab, formerly at @MozillaIoT | he/him

[PTC Reality Lab @PTC_RealityLab]

We are hiring to build the industrial Metaverse. If you are a web developer and the 2D nature of your job starts to be a bit boring, we want you on our team. If you like to think outside of the (2D Desktop paradigm) box, we have a Job for you.

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

Dusted off and ported some code from a Processing sketch by pre-2012-era me. Unclear whether it was derived wholly from Wikipedia but that's highschoolers for you. Bonus bell pepper!

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

Happy Fractal Flame Friday! Make your own by clicking and dragging around https://t.co/RrdSnuPdze

[Sara Alfageeh @SaraAlfageeh]

With identity hidden, Aiza joins the army to become a Knight. With mismatched friends at her side and a one-armed mentor, she looks for a different ending to the stories being told.
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A graphic novel by @Nadia_Shammas_ and I.
SQUIRE is out for pre-order.
https://t.co/J8KCVBTFfv

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

A great overview of the work we're doing in the Reality Lab! Reminder that almost all of this is open source for your own experiments 🪄

[PTC Reality Lab @PTC_RealityLab]

A decentralized and distributed #Metaverse requires independent tools and applications – from robot control to posture analysis to tutoring – all of which coexist in the same 3D environment.

Our vision for the #Metaverse, a thread 🧵

[Design & Technology Association @DTassoc]

Read the comic book put together by @PTC_RealityLab , a visual tool which shows their vision for #SpatialComputing and #DigitalTwin. Virtual Spatial Sensors combined with Spatial #Programming allow for precise emergency event coordination.

https://t.co/cvCSVjyn6z

@DT_Chat

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

@gfodor @BenHouston3D @PTC_RealityLab @threejs @webmixedreality Thanks for the pointer, looks like some cool work! Going to check it out in more detail for sure

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

@BenHouston3D @PTC_RealityLab @threejs That project was a major inspiration! After trying several other approaches we realized that similar message passing can be done with iframes and webworkers.

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

@BenHouston3D @PTC_RealityLab @threejs I believe that's correct, although there's some fiddly bits around overlapping iframes that I'm not sure about. @BenReynoldsDev might know more about than I do. My next project is to look into this!

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

@BenHouston3D @PTC_RealityLab @threejs Our approach is close to the latter. Each iframe uses a fake WebGL context which batches up commands that are then sent to the container for execution. This is not an ideal solution but it fulfills our goal of researching spatial interactions. Hoping to put a blog post out soon!

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

The latest from my group! I'm very proud of the work we're doing to bring the power of insight, communication, and configuration to everyone.

[PTC Reality Lab @PTC_RealityLab]

A #realtime #Spatial #DigitalTwin that records all motion, calculates all future motion pathways, knows about all #IoT and spatial communication, allows you to continuously discover how to do a better job and foster a dialog across hierarchies and departments. #Metaverse

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

Yuanzhi has been an inspiration to work with! He's already brought some great ideas to the team and I can't wait to see what we come up with next :D

[PTC Reality Lab @PTC_RealityLab]

Meet our new #PTCRealityLab member Yuanzhi Cao @CaoYuanzhi, a master of human-machine interaction and #SpatialComputing 🤖 https://t.co/zDCP5MsgFo

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

With the help of the latest @adafruit adabox I've made my new favorite project! It's an e-ink refrigerator magnet which displays the latest glitched tarot cards from @thelastdeck.

[One More Multiverse @OMMultiverse]

Industrious play tester and Multiverse Discord member, @trashwizz, has been tinkering with sprites sheets, behold:
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The 50 Gallon Hat
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[James Hobin @hobinjk]

Oh hey that's me! It's been a joy working with my team @PTCRealityLab and I can't wait for us to show you what we come up with next!

[PTC Reality Lab @PTC_RealityLab]

Meet James Hobin @hobinjk our Reality Lab Engineering Wizard solving challenges one space at a time! https://t.co/Whpnf3DgDH

[PTC Reality Lab @PTC_RealityLab]

Check out this webinar by our member @afuste with @xrpedagogy talking about #AugmentedReality interfaces for learning Computational Thinking 👾🔸💭 https://t.co/BrujNc8eqK

[PTC @PTC]

Led by @dervali, the @PTCRealityLab is exploring #SpatialComputing in industrial environments and how #AR can provide an intuitive user interface at architectural scale.

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

I finished a very basic version 0.1 of an @MozillaIoT interface for the @PTCRealityLab spatial toolbox edge server! I'm having fun controlling my zwave lamp in AR. If you want to try it out for yourself, start here: https://t.co/v7keeQ2Ohw

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

@chalkers I'm not an expert and I normally wouldn't weigh in here. I just saw that none of the replies to your tweet had any links or sources and felt that at least one reply should provide a bit of knowledge to readers. This is a very difficult time, trust science and be kind.

[James Hobin @hobinjk]

@chalkers Masks work (except on zoom, obviously). Here's an article: https://t.co/rFyQD3Ck8w. Here's a more academic format: https://t.co/grbV6l22U9. The study you're thinking about appears to be the recent Duke study which is specifically referring to a thin polyester neck gaiter