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Danish Design and Architecture

By yusthaus

We visited Denmark for Christmas and had the opportunity to visit some of the recent and notable architecture and exhibits. At the new Danish Architecture Center building a video entitled The Danish Model (below) explained how and why design is integral to Danish culture and society. Denmark’s view on design and architecture has made it … Continued

10 Takeaways From XRDC and XR Immersive 2018

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On Friday October 26th 2018, I presented our IKEA AR project at XD Immersive, and on Tuesday October 30th I presented our SFMOMA AR project at XRDC. I met a bunch of interesting people and heard some intriguing presentations. The following are some things I learned about the current state of the industry. Lowe’s is … Continued

2018 Speaking Engagements

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I will be speaking at two AR/VR conferences in October of 2018. One is XRDC, a spinoff from the Game Developer Conference, will be held on October 29th and 30th. I will be speaking about bringing mixed reality to the Magritte exhibition at SFMOMA. The other engagement is XD Immersive, which emerged from the UX … Continued

SFMOMA Magritte: The Fifth Season Opens

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As part of working on the Magritte: The Fifth Season interpretive gallery I was able to attend a number of openings and witness the successful launch of the exhibition first hand. Watching the different types of audiences from older collectors to young members engage the digital experiences never got old. The show generated a fair … Continued

IKEA ARKit at WWDC 2017

By yusthaus

It was exciting to see the IKEA ARKit prototype I led the development of be shown live on-stage at WWDC 2017. The final version of the app was built by a company in Europe, but many of the design choices the frog team made during the design and development of the prototype app prior to … Continued

NY to SF

By yusthaus

I was hired by frog SF in the middle of 2014, after living in NYC for eight years and starting our family it was time to move. We took two weeks to drive across  NY, NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, WI, MN, SD, WY, CO, UT, NV and CA visiting friends and family along the … Continued

Leap Motion Landing Simulator

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Unified Field was part of the developer preview program for the Leap Motion Controller and we considered using it for the Kennedy Space Center Exhibit. The official Leap Controller didn’t launch until the Summer of 2013 around the time the museum opened, so we weren’t able to use it there. Since then I created a demo by hooking it up to the … Continued

Meeting Col. Chris Hadfield

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I was honored to meet Col. Chris Hadfield at the Union Square Barnes and Noble book signing event for his new book “An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth” on November 1st, 2013, my friend Mike Edwards came along as well. He was the astronaut that covered Space Oddity by David Bowe while aboard the International Space … Continued

Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit Launch

By yusthaus

I was fortunate to be on-site during the opening of the Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. 40 former astronauts who represented crew members from all of Atlantis’ missions were also in attendance in addition to about 1000 guests. The picture below is a view of the upper floor of the … Continued