As a creative technologist, I am always looking for new and innovative tools to help me bring my ideas to life. Recently, I had the pleasure of exploring Stable Diffusion, a deep learning, text-to-image model that was released in 2022. I was initially drawn to this tool for the latest Peter Gabriel competition, but I quickly realized that there was
Wait! What? “I simply assumed everyone saw the same black nothingness when they closed their eyes, and that the majority of language associated with mental imagery (picturing your happy place or counting sheep) was metaphorical rather than literal.” I hope this post is read by someone who can’t draw a mental picture and that they can have the same
This course included design/prototyping/evaluation methods, game development, user needs, social applications, future potential and broader implications of XR. However, two key topics did stand out that I wish to highlight here: The Four Realms of an Experience The ultimate user experience will hit a ‘sweet spot’ directly in the middle of the four realms illustrated below. It’s not just watching