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Rapidly Exploring Random Tree

April 17, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

Algorithm of the day: Rapidly exploring random trees (RRT) is an algorithm designed to efficiently search non-convex spaces by randomly building a space-filling tree. The tree is constructed incrementally from samples drawn randomly from the search space and is inherently biased to grow towards large unsearched areas of the problem. They easily handle problems with obstacles and differential constraints and have been widely used in autonomous robotic motion planning.

Game dev resources

April 17, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

A decent little collection of graphical code snippets, samples, and tools for graphics developers. Some of which were written by friends of mine – or even myself in a few cases. 🙂

https://github.com/gamedevtech

https://github.com/GameTechDev

Nope Eye

April 17, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

Uncanny valley describes objects that imperfectly resemble actual human beings and provoke uncanny or eeriness in observers.

We need another word that describes things that actually horrify you. Perhaps the terror trough?

Pitching your game

April 17, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

There is no end of guides for game developers and entrepreneurs trying to get their start. For those looking to get some solid tips, this video is pretty representative of the kinds of things you should expect and be ready to talk about when pitching your game idea.

Reporting Backdoor Roth contributions in Turbotax 2020

April 10, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

I previously described how to enter a backdoor Roth IRA using Turbotax. This is how to do that with the latest version of Turbotax – and it’s much more smooth.

https://thefinancebuff.com/how-to-report-backdoor-roth-in-turbotax.html

Rhyming words

April 10, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

Most online rhyming dictionaries are pretty garbage. These two aren’t too bad:

https://www.rhymezone.com/

https://rhymebrain.com/en/

My favorite test word is ‘spaghetti’ – something a Snapple bottle cap said has no rhyming words. They’re wrong. See if you can think of a few first yourself. 🙂

Tokyo Maker Fair 2020

April 4, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

Some really cool ideas and projects at the Tokyo Maker Fair to get your creative juices flowing!

Barcode scratching

April 3, 2021 matt Comments 1 comment

Scratching with Barcode Scanners at the Maker Faire Tokyo 2020

Deep Nostalgia

March 24, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

Much like the moving pictures in Harry Potter, MyHeritage is bringing photos of departed ancestors back to life via some clever use of AI based animation technology called “Deep Nostalgia”.

State of visual effects

March 19, 2021 matt Comments 0 Comment

If the 90’s and 2000’s belonged to the geek – the world now, and will, belong to the designer and creator.

Even 10 years ago, convincing visual effects were relegated to super expensive, high end development houses, programmers with Phd’s, and blockbuster movie budgets. Now, you can achieve things impossible 10 years ago – using a lot of creativity and free tools like Blender. Check out this somewhat frantic talk by Ian Hubert on the crazy and almost free ways he creates effects using free software that were impossible just a few years ago.