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Claire Blackshaw

@evilkimau.bsky.social

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Creative Programmer and VR junkie. Personal Account. Technical Director @ FP ex Adobe / Mm / Sony / Climax among others

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 20d

Wrote a small piece on the new @khronos.org OpenXR generic controller profile I'm excited for and an old story how I once wrote sexist motion controls.
#xr #openxr
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OpenXR's New Controller and Why the People in the Room Matter

TLDROpenXR now has a sensible generic controller profileDigital buttons (menu, primary, secondary)Analogue trigger & gripJoystick axes & touchGrip/Aim pose trackingThis is a boring-but-huge deal: no m...

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 2d

I mean if I was working from lat long I would go. 5 Deg broad resolution as default. This is also why I think timezone is a reasonable filter (even with n/s) issue as it's an existing data format. Just log the upload timezone.
Again not perfect but don't let perfect stop improvement

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 2d

I really wish more sites (YT/Bsky ect...) had filter by region. Like I would prefer verified by region but a loose declare would help so much.
For technical topics I often want a global view but for SO many things I want location specific vibes or discovery.
By Country or TZ either would be huge

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 7d

No such thing as perfect politics
I have fundamental disagreements on nuclear, energy and science but overall under @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party is looking more aligned to my economic and social interests than Labour now
1. Wealth inequality
2. Being decent humans
3. Domestic/Foreign

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 8d

Useful for cache-friendly access patterns (images/voxels), and it lets you do lossy compression by discarding low-entropy details or perform shallow queries, ie LOD.

With a bit of thinking you can see how you can use that in quad/oct trees and a bunch of other places for cool things.

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 8d

Easiest wavelet to explain, Haar transform:
1. Split list of numbers into pairs
2. For each pair, store average and 1st num diff from avg
3. Avg List + Detail list
Same size, but low detail follow by high. You can reconstruct everything easily.

Rinse and repeat until one number: Overall Avg

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 8d

Reading OIT pdf from COD team got me thinking about wavelets and fun ops you can use them for
Hate how some math stuff is hidden behind artificial complexity
Wavelets are not a complicated topic but most the literature is indecipherable at first pass.
#math #gamedev

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 8d

PDF for Adaptive Voxel Based Order Independent Transparency from #SIGGRAPH Advances 25 advances.realtimerendering.com/s2025/conten...

Via @[email protected]
#voxel #gamedev

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 8d

Paused launch crunch for a few days to work on EA trailer so I could submit to #godot showreel last night. Feeling really good about the edit not ready to punish yet but submitted to the showreel. Taking the day.

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 9d

Read up on the effect of 1920s depression on music halls, theatre and luxury spend of the common folk it was way down. Meanwhile drinking went through the roof one of the thing which led to prohibition (effects showed up pre 1920)

Gamers are tightening their belts going for reliable (old) games

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 9d

I think the more important is we are at the end of the growth phase for gaming.
Also the global crisis in wealth inequality esp in developed nations means the luxury spend of the average person is way way down with high end luxury going through the roof. That is a bigger effect than people see

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 9d

Actually YouTube viewtime on TV was all tone low I think 2016-2018 been growing every since I know it's really high right now. TV is still really important see how much weight switch gave to docked mode because cause of % of players always docked

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Jameson Thatcher @sireel.bsky.social · 9d

Lunch Rush is out now: sireel.itch.io/lunch-rush

Make burgers, as fast as you can!

Free to play, in your browser. PC, and mobile browsers are both supported

Lunch Rush by SirEel

Make burgers, as fast as you can

sireel.itch.io

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 11d

If I've been quiet it's because my schedule is insane ATM with code. I see 4am code more often than 8am for last few weeks... Not sustainable but hey hehe I am going to die someday.

a woman wearing sunglasses sits at a desk with books

ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses sits at a desk with books

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Triangular Pixels @triangularpixels.com · 11d

Agent... have you heard? 🕵️‍♀️
Unseen Diplomacy 2 is out in Early Access.
Grab it now on Steam VR and Meta Quest before the guards notice.
🔗https://unseendiplomacy2.com🔗
#spygame #vrgame #earlyaccess #indiegamedev #gamerelease

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 12d

🟧 Pre-hibernation: 30 days (Sept 26 → Oct 26)
🟪 Deepening dark: 56 days (Oct 26 → Dec 21)
🟦 Midwinter: 98 days (Dec 21 → Mar 29)
🟩 Recovery: ~22 days (Mar 29 → Mar 20)

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 12d

Been sharing this with a lot of friends lately. Prepare for winter folks get those good habits in before the darkness sets in.
#winter #sad

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Katie Goode @mrsgame.dev · 15d

#UnseenDiplomacy2 is out now!
Taken ~10yrs from concept to now
2015 Game Jam
2017 started seriously pitching
2018 tech prototype with grant support
2021 @ukgamesfund.bsky.social gameplay prototype
2023 UKGF Content Fund
Jan 2024 fully funded
Sep 2025 Early Access!
www.meta.com/en-gb/experi...

Unseen Diplomacy 2 on Meta Quest

You're a secret agent during a dangerous time, evil-doers are plotting to destroy the world. Complete missions, manage your agents & use Intel to narrow down the plot & save the Earth. Play a real-lif...

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John Campbell @daddygame.dev · 15d

And... out now! Super happy to get this into Early Access where people can actually play it after being under wraps for so long.

Triangular Pixels @triangularpixels.com · 15d

CLASSIFIED no more.
📂 Unseen Diplomacy 2 has entered Early Access - and the world needs you.
💾 Hack, sneak, dodge and escape in the ultimate VR spy-fi adventure.
🔗https://unseendiplomacy2.com🔗
#UnseenDiplomacy2 #VRGaming #SteamGames #IndieGame #earlyaccess #spygame #gaming #gaming #videogame

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 15d

Store link: www.meta.com/en-gb/experi...

Wreckin' Raccoon on Meta Quest

Wreak havoc. Steal snacks. Be The Chaos.

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 15d

Some of my friends at @ndreams.bsky.social put out a new #quest #vr game today about causing chaos as a racoon in a dinner called Wreckin Raccoon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUgF...

Wreckin' Raccoon Official OUT NOW Trailer | Meta Quest VR | #vr #newgame #raccoon

YouTube video by Wreckin' Raccoon

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 15d

Was speaking to a younger dev and they didn't know we use i in looks because iterate
What is your fav old school single letter dirty short names you think people might not know

abc,sd - temp
e - error
i - iterate
ck - check
xyzw - coords

#gamedev #cpp

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 16d

My first degree was in AI and while the ethics are horrid I'm more concerned about the politics than the tech and I worry not enough progressive and technical people engage honestly with it. Which could lead to really bad outcomes. I advocate for non mainline engagement at much as possible ATM

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 16d

Agree on the ethics but I can't scream this enough we need to engage with the subject.
Too complex for a tweet but I'm really concerned by the lack of engagement in the technical side from progressive and diverse voices. We limit it's use to review and non commercial usage.

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Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 16d

That said it does take skill to use. I've spoken to a lot of people, used different models and the skill gap in the user ability to leverage LLM is quite large often. It's limited but using it teaches you how to get more out of it.

Claire Blackshaw @evilkimau.bsky.social · 16d

It's terrible at debugging in the general reasoning through problems sense but throwing a block of changes or code at AI often catch-up typos or slight mistakes. It's also constantly getting better.
Also it can highlight issues, answer questions and reframe things
Flawed but still really useful.

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