February 18, 2024 - News Post

Today’s comic is best viewed on the Apple Vision Pro. (There’s nothing special that happens on my site, I just assume that’s the best way to see it.)

As someone who has been working in the VR/AR/XR space for the last decade, I have been waiting a long time to see what Apple would bring to the table. I must say, I wasn’t disappointed.

Having been fortunate enough to give one of these a try, I was incredibly impressed with the fidelity and responsiveness. While the passthrough wasn’t quite perfect (likely a limitation of the cameras and not the screen), the view was good enough to be useful and productive inside of the headset for extended use. Any of the VR content or objects floating in 3d space were flawless and crystal clear. The app store was a little barren, but I expect to see a wide variety of productivity and creative apps in the near future. More thoughts on this to come after more use.

Oh, and hello! Welcome to my second comic is a row.

Since I have no idea whether I’ll make it to three, I should probably get this newspost up to date with all the things I failed to whine about while I was away.

Here is an abridged list of personal events/activities I neglected to cover since last February:

• Packed and prepped to move out West (of Hawaii)
• Moved East (of Hawaii) instead
• Worked too much
• Got sick
• Had sick family
• Had more sick family
• Worked less
• Had a blast at the Game Developers Conference (GDC)
• Got sick again
• Had a tree fall on house during tragic Maui fires
• Spent some time with my wife
• This line is here to check if you are reading this
• Windows updated my desktop and wiped its C drive
• Windows updated my laptop and wiped its C drive
• Bought a Mac
• Started making an app in Unity for fun
• Paid attention to Unity news
• Switched app to Godot
• Worked too much again
• Got sick again
• Stopped making an app
• Went hiking a bit
• Got a puppy
• Got puppy toys
• Got myself toys
• Unpacked from my move
• Made a comic
• Made a second comic
• You are here

Honestly, a mostly normal year. Oddly busy, though.

Speaking of odd things being busy, I see you guys have all been commenting on my site all year round. I should probably check that more often. To everyone who inexplicably kept these comments alive while I was away: Thank you.

To everyone else: What were you doing that was so great?

-Jeff