The Unity Asset Store [signup form] is where an author can request access to go into a UAS daily sale.
Setup For Fuse CC
My new package [Setup For Fuse CC] is now available for sale in the Unity Asset Store.
Google Cardboard VR Numbers
Adario Strange writes [Google reveals Cardboard virtual reality numbers, and VR films are the surprise winner]. The numbers are decent.
Allegorithmic Character Art Contest
Allegorithmic is hosting the [CHARACTER ART CONTEST – THE BEAST] with entries due on April 11th, 2016.
The Perils of Fundraising
[Mark Suster] talks about “The Perils of Fundraising” on Dorm Room Tycoon. Mark talks about the stress of thinking about runway when your project is behind schedule and you need to stay strong to motivate the team. Mark goes into detail about how startups can be successful by focusing on sales and marketing. Mark has some hilarious tales of gorilla marketing.
Connect Myo to Arduino
Valentin Roland appears in [Featured Developer: Connecting Myo to an Arduino Board] on the featured section of the developer blog of Thalmic Labs for the Myo armband. This is some neat tech as you can directly connect the Myo to do some neat electronics.
MediaPlayer Audio Gap
I reproduced an [Android issue] with MediaPlayer where the bug adds gaps to looping audio. I’ll need to do the suggested workaround which is use a SoundPool instead. This is a bug within the Android OS. As usual, created a [repro project].
Microsoft CNTK Machine Learning Toolkit
Techcrunch did an [article] on MSFT moving the CNTK Machine Learning Toolkit from Codeplex to Github, which spiders off to a bunch of deep learning resources and AI history.
Google Deep Learning
Google created a free [deep-learning] course on Udacity that should take about 3 months to complete.
Ultimate Game Music Collection
The [Ultimate Game Music Collection] has 100+ music tracks to produce any genre of game!
Setup For Fuse CC
[Setup For Fuse CC] has been submitted for review in the Unity asset store. The 1.0 release adds support for the Scary Zombie Pack from [Mixamo].
Dorm Room Tycoon – David Cancel
DRT talks with [David Cancel] about a unique approach to product development, investments, and product marketing. David talks about getting products out quickly and let the early feedback from the customers shape the product.
Zano Investigation
Kickstarter commissioned Mark Harris from Seattle to investigate the [Failure of Zano], a successfully funded and backed Kickstarter project for hand-sized drone. The KS campaign raised $2M out of an initial goal of $190k. Unfortunately, Zano lacked the technical competency to deliver their backer rewards.
Traveling through time with ‘Braid’ creator Jonathan Blow
[Jonathan Blow], creator of the game “Braid”, shares his thoughts on indie game development on Engadget.
Texturing Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six Siege using Substance
[Allegorithmic Substances] are the way to go to get consistent and great looking materials.
Android Studio Tutorial For Beginners – How To Build an Android App
Mark Price made an excellent 1-hour tutorial for getting started building your own Java app for Android using Android Studio. It’s a good primer for getting started setting up the app and creating a user interface to do some math logic.
Facebook Clear Cache
If Facebook ever shows the wrong image or video preview, you can use the [Facebook Debug Tool] to clear the cache. Delete the post and scrape again to see the expected image.
Snapdragon Profiler
The Qualcomm developer portal has the [Snapdragon Profiler] for finding performance bottlenecks and troubleshooting issues on Snapdragon devices. The profiler runs on Linux, Mac, and Windows.
Setup For Fuse CC
I started the first step to submitting my new package to the [Unity Asset Store]. I’m in the process of [writing documentation] on my new asset `Setup For Fuse CC`.
Codepad for Code Sharing
[Codepad] is a place for developers to share & save code snippets.
Fixed on Shark Tank
[Fixed] pitched an service on [Shark Tank] that fights parking tickets and moving violations. Hoorah!!!
Mic
[Mic] is a new media news outlet. Best yet, it appears to be ad free.
I first heard about Mic on the [Recode/Decode] podcast that interviewed the CEO, Chris Altchek.
Minecraft in Unity 3D – One-Week Programming Challenge
Shane Beck creates Minecraft in Unity from scratch in a week while screen recording the whole thing.
[Too bad the author doesn’t think the source is good enough to post.]
Andrei Jifcovici wrote:
[BUILD MINECRAFT IN UNITY PART 1],
[BUILD MINECRAFT IN UNITY PART 2: VOXEL CREATION (A FAST AND INEFFICIENT APPROACH)],
[BUILD MINECRAFT IN UNITY PART 3. CLICKING FUNCTIONALITY (A FAST AND INEFFICIENT APPROACH)], and
[BUILD MINECRAFT IN UNITY PART 4: SIMPLE WORLD GENERATION (A FAST AND INEFFICIENT APPROACH)]
as a guide for building Minecraft in Unity.
Machine Learning Via Coursera
Stanford University offers a [Machine Learning Course] with an optional certificate upon completion. The free option gives immediate access to the first week of course materials. The full course is available on scheduled sessions.
From 0 to 1: Machine Learning, NLP & Python-Cut to the Chase
Udemy offers the [From 0 to 1: Machine Learning, NLP & Python-Cut to the Chase] course covers a high-level overview for the types of machine learning algorithms that are available.