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An Overview of Sprint 6 and What Happened to Sprint 5
Development News
So we dropped off the face of the Earth for a bit didn’t we? Holoseat development isn’t completely frozen, but life has seriously gotten in the way since mid September. Sprint 4 got us to SyndCon, but Sprint…
Demos, Panels, and Podcasts – Holoseat at SyndCon 2016
Events
We are back from SyndCon 2016 and what a con it was! All of our preparations and the wonderful support of our fellow guild mates paid off in spades. We could not have asked for results, which just…
The Science Behind Holoseat (or, Why Holoseat Works)
In the news
I saw what could be called a snarky link over on Reddit the other day – Scientists find, if exercise is intrinsically rewarding – it’s enjoyable or reduces stress – people will respond automatically to their cue and…
Holoseat is Heading Back to SyndCon
Events
2016 marks my third year attending SyndCon, a private gaming convention for members of the oldest online gaming guild – The Syndicate. Bryan Christian, Holoseat co-developer and Model B co-founder, was the person who invited me to join…
Windows System Tray App
Development News
Just wanted to go ahead and post that if all goes well I should have a preliminary version of the Windows System Tray application up in SVN this weekend. It allows you to specify the key to be…
A Victim of Our Own Success
Development News
It turns out my last update was nine months ago. Oops! The reasons for this include the fact that the nearly complete V0.2 prototype worked so well that I completely forgot to keep working on the design (and…
Assembly has begun!
Development News
Friday afternoon the last of the parts arrived ahead of schedule. You can see them in the image below. Check out the Assembly Instructions to follow along and build your own prototype. With parts in hand, I spent…
Bill of Materials drafted, let’s order some parts
Development News
So, after completing the v0.2 Detailed Design I turned my attention to the BOM. Since this is still development prototype, I wanted to source components which can be bread boarded using a prototype shield and mini-breadboard. The previous…