Author: tim
RASPBIAN
The Raspberry PI organization hosts [RASPBIAN] which comes pre-installed with plenty of software for education, programming and general use. It has Python, Scratch, Sonic Pi, Java, Mathematica and more. [Noobs] is a tool that can flash an SD card to install Raspbian. The SD card organization has a [SD Card Formatter] tool to format the SD card.
Reminder: On RPI2 with Raspbian, the default user is pi with the password raspberry.
PI STORE SHUTDOWN
The Raspberry PI store was [discontinued] after regulation made selling paid content difficult.
Minecraft PI
The first iteration of [Minecraft PI Edition] became available in 2012. It’s completely free to use and customize. Sadly discontinued.
Build a Motion Sensing Security Camera with a Raspberry Pi and Windows IoT
Lifehacker posted an example project – [Build a Motion Sensing Security Camera with a Raspberry Pi and Windows IoT].
Tesla Unveils Model 3
Xamarin Goes Free
Now that the Xamarin and Microsoft deal is complete, [Xamarin will be part of Visual Studio]. The Xamarin yearly subscription will no longer be required to do Android development native in Visual Studio.
OSVR
The [OSVR RenderManager] comes with helper apps including an EXE to disable direct mode. When OSVR is in DirectMode, the headset no longer appears in the display list as a monitor.
C:\Program Files\Sensics\osvrRenderManager0.6.41\DisableOSVRDirectMode.exe
Project BreadWinner
Microsoft Build 2016 Coverage
Techcrunch covers the [Microsoft Build 2016 Conference]. XBOX retail units can be used as dev kits while Microsoft is investing in bots and machine learning.
VR Katana PVP Duels – Raw Data
Razer Ripsaw game capture card
Razer launched a new product today, the [Razer Ripsaw].
Parrot Bebop Drone
The Parrot [Bebop Drone] has a 14MP fisheye camera.
CrazyTalk 8 Tutorial – Basic Lip Sync Editing
Live Weather and Traffic
This [homebuilt aircraft kit] uses a Raspberry PI 2 to morph into a weather and traffic receiver.
Allegorithmic Substance Store
Allegorithmic [introduces] the [Substance Store]. It’s a centralized place to fight HDR lighting, art packs, and substances!
Installing a Video Card in the Razer Core (External GPU)
Star Trek Continues
[Star Trek Continues] is a fan-based Indie Go Go campaign to complete season 5 of the original Star Trek. Their site hosts the first 5 episodes for free.
Unity VR Chooser
Unity standalone builds have a monitor/resolution chooser and now it’s time to think about a [VR Chooser].
IBM Watson Developer Cloud Unity SDK
With [IBM Watson Developer Cloud Unity SDK], you can now configure your Unity application to understand speech, talk with your users, and understand the intent of a user in natural language.
EVE Valkyrie
EVE Valkyrie is an upcoming VR game.
ADR1FT
ADR1FT is an upcoming VR game.
Real-time Motion Capture
The GDC 2016 keynote showed off a live motion capture demo for Hellblade.
Xamarin Android Binding AAR (Java 1.7) support
I ran into a binding issue on Android with Xamarin and Java 1.7 [Xamarin Android Binding AAR (Java 1.7) support]. We’ll see what the gurus have to say.
Also the property to set the [ProgressBar color appears to be missing].
Substance Painter 2
Allegorithmic released [Substance Painter 2] as a paid upgrade in their 18 month release cycle. Check out the latest features. Try 30 days for free.