Amazon to spend $2.5M on university competition to build “socialbotâ€
Microsoft reorganizes to create a dedicated AI division
Google opens up its machine learning tricks to all
Google launches its Daydream VR development tools out of beta
WordPress on AWS EC2 with RDS Database
Install Cyanogenmod on Nexus 10
Wrap3 is Released
Test drive MODO & MARI and win great prizes!
Apportable
[Apportable] allows compiling iOS Objective-C and packages to run on Android. Unfortunately, Appportable [has been acquired] and the technology is no longer maintained.
Sprite Builder
Git Ignore Changes
Sometimes you have a committed file and you intentionally want to ignore changes to it.
git update-index --assume-unchanged [...]
And later return back to normal.
git update-index --no-assume-unchanged [...]
3ds Max Education Version
The education version of [3ds Max] is free. The [pro subscription] for 3ds Max is $185 per month!
Sculptris
[Sculptris] provides a nice way of sculpting and painting without worrying about subdivision levels. Pixologic [acquired Sculptris] and opened a new place for the [forums].
Razer launches zVentures, a new $30M fund for IoT, robotics, VR and gaming startups
This electric bus can handle a day’s worth of transit on one charge
Mamalade Licensing
[Marmalade will be turning off the license server] and discontinuing some parts of the game engine. Make sure you upgrade to the latest version to keep your perpetual paid license.
GameDev Community Discussions
The [Gamedev Community Discussions] are available to ask questions about Unity, VR, Blender, and Unreal. The top tutorials are: [The Complete Blender Creator Course], [The Complete Unity Developer Course], [The Unreal Engine Developer Course], and [Make VR Games in Unity with C#].
Corona Plugin For RazerSDK
I created a Corona Plugin for the Razer SDK. Corona Simulator is free and can build on Mac and Windows. The plugin uses the JAR format. [Corona Plugin Razer SDK] The plugin went live in the [marketplace].
Marmalade Plugin For RazerSDK
I created a Marmalade Plugin for the Razer SDK. I use Visual Studio 2015 to build Marmalade projects on Windows. The plugin uses the JAR format. [Marmalade Plugin Razer SDK]
Realistic Snow Ground Creation in UE4
APPLE CAMPUS 2 September 2016
Goosebumps VR: That feeling when a giant praying mantis is chasing you …
Brad Peebler Will Be Leaving The Foundry
Via the community forums, Brad Peebler (from the weekly Modocast podcast) let the community know that he’ll be [leaving] The Foundry to pursue indie projects. Brad suggested he might take his podcast show on the road, so we’ll see… Maybe even some retro Brad training…
Creating Lab-Sized Blackholes
Jeff Steinhauer is about to [publish a paper about creating lab-sized black holes]. The experiment measures sound resistance as streams of particles are being jammed into a cold-tiny space.
Legacy JDK6 on Mac (El Capitan)
This download link appears once when running Android Studio on the Mac running El Capitan, [Download Java for OS X 2015-001].
Looks like there’s a new default location for the Android SDK.
/Users/tgraupmann/Library/Android/sdk