Art vs nationalism on Reddit and time for climate change optimism?
Hello my fellow futurists!
This last weekend my buddy, Fernando, and I took our first win in sailboat racing. This is only our 4th month racing and we're still complete rookies, so the win feels amazing.
If you've never tried sailing, it's perhaps the perfect antidote to todays ever connected world. 10/10 would recommend.
1 life update 👆
I love writing online. I've been at this consistently for over a year now, but I feel like I'm missing something in my mix
Audio
I'm looking to do my first Twitter Spaces on science-fiction, life, the future, politics, whatever. If you are a sci-fi author, sci-fi reader, or just a super interesting person and want to host the space with me, just let me know. I'm planning for late next week for the first one.
Just gonna start experimenting with it. Maybe start a podcast, maybe a YouTube channel, I don't know. Something that incorporates speaking though.
2 crazy things ✌
🎨 art and nationalism in pixels
Reddit ran a fascinating art project over this last April fools weekend. Millions of people were only able to change one pixel at a time every 5 minutes.
What does this say about society? I don't know, but it was an interesting social experiment.
🌐 we will fix climate change
Kurzgesagt (an amazing YouTube science channel) released a timely, optimistic video on climate change.
Right now, amidst the gloom and doom many young people are falling to, this video is worth a watch.
If you don't want to watch it, here's a summary:
The climate situation is dire, but it's not hopeless. We have made some significant strides in the last decade to ward off the worst case scenario predictions. Let's keep at it, and be in an even better spot a decade from now.
3 Metaverse things ✌+👆
⛵ MR helping out maritime operations
I don't usually like to post random companies case studies, but in the case of maritime operations and the HoloLens I'll make an exception.
XR and the Metaverse isn't all games, shopping, and NFTs, though those topics certainly get the buzz. There are very real enterprise use cases not getting enough attention.
XR Today
👷♂️ AR to teach construction
Staying on the 'real-life use case' train for a moment, ASU dropped an interesting article with a handful of solid examples of VR and AR impacting construction education.
"they gave one group of students an augmented reality setup and the other group a computer setup. Both were given the same task of exploring the building to find flaws in the design. He says both groups could identify the flaws, but the group utilizing AR was able to come up with ways to improve the design and correct the flaws."
ASU
🎮 Epic fully releases Unreal 5
Epic is the maker of Fortnite, and more importantly the maker of the Unreal game engine - which many believe will be instrumental in the Metaverse. I'm inclined to agree it will play a significant role.
They just released the latest version of their game engine, and it's stunning.
Expect video games and immersive experiences to get a little more awesome in the coming years.
Want to talk sci-fi with me?
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Have an awesome week and see you next time!
Daniel
Dire scenarios are just predictions - not our sealed fate
Kurzgesagt