Alex Coulombe
@ibrews.bsky.social
architect turned XR-chitect crafting virtual spaces and the spectacles within | CEO, Agile Lens: Immersive Design, XR strike force | Unreal Engine Authorized Instructor & Toolmaker | Theatre is cool
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Alex Coulombe
@ibrews.bsky.social
· Jan 2
I'm excited for 2025.
We've always been a bootstrapped service company, but for me, 2025 will be about taking some of the hyper-custom solutions we've been building at @agilelens.bsky.social that have matured and now expanding and scaling them for a wide range of new audiences and users.
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We've always been a bootstrapped service company, but for me, 2025 will be about taking some of the hyper-custom solutions we've been building at @agilelens.bsky.social that have matured and now expanding and scaling them for a wide range of new audiences and users.
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Yeaaaaaa I’m a little embarrassed how many times I’ve bought two of something important because of my certainty I was going to lose the first one.
I even got a passport card as a backup for my passport, then lost both within a day of each other 🤦
I even got a passport card as a backup for my passport, then lost both within a day of each other 🤦
Confused whether you have ADHD or Autism? Take this test:
If you have the same wallet you’ve owned since you were 10, you have Autism
If you have 2 wallets of the same type and one stays in a drawer in case you lose the other one, you have ADHD
If you have the same wallet you’ve owned since you were 10, you have Autism
If you have 2 wallets of the same type and one stays in a drawer in case you lose the other one, you have ADHD
December 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yeaaaaaa I’m a little embarrassed how many times I’ve bought two of something important because of my certainty I was going to lose the first one.
I even got a passport card as a backup for my passport, then lost both within a day of each other 🤦
I even got a passport card as a backup for my passport, then lost both within a day of each other 🤦
For those who saw the show last year the updates this year include:
1) drastically improved audio quality
2) stellar new sound design and music from composer Katherine Beggs
3) higher res livestream with new camera controls
4) full archival recordings of the shows that we’ll be playing back for Xmas
1) drastically improved audio quality
2) stellar new sound design and music from composer Katherine Beggs
3) higher res livestream with new camera controls
4) full archival recordings of the shows that we’ll be playing back for Xmas
If you have access to a VR headset, I encourage you to experience what these guys are doing with A Christmas Carol. The evolution of this show over the years is remarkable and the performances are top shelf!
Another show now!! Come one come all — don’t even worry about a ticket you can just hop right into the app to enter the live experience:
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
For those who saw the show last year the updates this year include:
1) drastically improved audio quality
2) stellar new sound design and music from composer Katherine Beggs
3) higher res livestream with new camera controls
4) full archival recordings of the shows that we’ll be playing back for Xmas
1) drastically improved audio quality
2) stellar new sound design and music from composer Katherine Beggs
3) higher res livestream with new camera controls
4) full archival recordings of the shows that we’ll be playing back for Xmas
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If you have access to a VR headset, I encourage you to experience what these guys are doing with A Christmas Carol. The evolution of this show over the years is remarkable and the performances are top shelf!
Another show now!! Come one come all — don’t even worry about a ticket you can just hop right into the app to enter the live experience:
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
December 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If you have access to a VR headset, I encourage you to experience what these guys are doing with A Christmas Carol. The evolution of this show over the years is remarkable and the performances are top shelf!
Another show now!! Come one come all — don’t even worry about a ticket you can just hop right into the app to enter the live experience:
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Another show now!! Come one come all — don’t even worry about a ticket you can just hop right into the app to enter the live experience:
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
www.oculus.com/experiences/...
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Our next A Christmas Carol VR live show is in 30 minutes!
Got a Meta Quest?
Come haunt Scrooge with us.
xmascarolvr.com
Got a Meta Quest?
Come haunt Scrooge with us.
xmascarolvr.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Our next A Christmas Carol VR live show is in 30 minutes!
Got a Meta Quest?
Come haunt Scrooge with us.
xmascarolvr.com
Got a Meta Quest?
Come haunt Scrooge with us.
xmascarolvr.com
After spending 3 full days with a dozen or so members of Apple’s visionOS team, I can safely say they are COMMITTED to this ecosystem, eager to help devs, and have a long and exciting roadmap ahead.
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
After spending 3 full days with a dozen or so members of Apple’s visionOS team, I can safely say they are COMMITTED to this ecosystem, eager to help devs, and have a long and exciting roadmap ahead.
We’re at Apple NYC this week !
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We’re at Apple NYC this week !
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Finally my game is out tomorrow, so I'll have time to dust off my monitor! 🎄
What an insane journey this has been - and what a kick start to Christmas! 🎅
store.steampowered.com/app/3030650/... #art #gaming #steam #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #Christmas #November #BlackFriday
What an insane journey this has been - and what a kick start to Christmas! 🎅
store.steampowered.com/app/3030650/... #art #gaming #steam #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #Christmas #November #BlackFriday
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Finally my game is out tomorrow, so I'll have time to dust off my monitor! 🎄
What an insane journey this has been - and what a kick start to Christmas! 🎅
store.steampowered.com/app/3030650/... #art #gaming #steam #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #Christmas #November #BlackFriday
What an insane journey this has been - and what a kick start to Christmas! 🎅
store.steampowered.com/app/3030650/... #art #gaming #steam #indiedev #gamedev #indiegames #Christmas #November #BlackFriday
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Just posted the meetup page today & our December 4 Unreal NYC event is half full !
Run, don't walk, to sign up here: www.meetup.com/unrealengine...
Hosted @svanyc.bsky.social
Food & swag @epicgames.alt.store.ap.brid.gy
Andrew Delgado, Journey
Yu-Jun Yeh, Agile Lens
Ajinkya Hukerikar, Zero Density
Run, don't walk, to sign up here: www.meetup.com/unrealengine...
Hosted @svanyc.bsky.social
Food & swag @epicgames.alt.store.ap.brid.gy
Andrew Delgado, Journey
Yu-Jun Yeh, Agile Lens
Ajinkya Hukerikar, Zero Density
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Just posted the meetup page today & our December 4 Unreal NYC event is half full !
Run, don't walk, to sign up here: www.meetup.com/unrealengine...
Hosted @svanyc.bsky.social
Food & swag @epicgames.alt.store.ap.brid.gy
Andrew Delgado, Journey
Yu-Jun Yeh, Agile Lens
Ajinkya Hukerikar, Zero Density
Run, don't walk, to sign up here: www.meetup.com/unrealengine...
Hosted @svanyc.bsky.social
Food & swag @epicgames.alt.store.ap.brid.gy
Andrew Delgado, Journey
Yu-Jun Yeh, Agile Lens
Ajinkya Hukerikar, Zero Density
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Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
It’s cool Meta is giving $100 off promo codes out, but weird that at checkout it says “this code is no longer valid” — the email says good thru December 31st.
I mean a refurbished Quest 3S for $169.99 would be an absolutely insane deal.
I mean a refurbished Quest 3S for $169.99 would be an absolutely insane deal.
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s cool Meta is giving $100 off promo codes out, but weird that at checkout it says “this code is no longer valid” — the email says good thru December 31st.
I mean a refurbished Quest 3S for $169.99 would be an absolutely insane deal.
I mean a refurbished Quest 3S for $169.99 would be an absolutely insane deal.
We’re off to Vancouver to teach some Unreal Engine !!
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
We’re off to Vancouver to teach some Unreal Engine !!
Today has been an absolutely crazy day across many many things work and personal and will take up at least 3 pages of my biography someday.
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Today has been an absolutely crazy day across many many things work and personal and will take up at least 3 pages of my biography someday.
wish us luck!!
give us those steam frames nom nom nom
give us those steam frames nom nom nom
November 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
wish us luck!!
give us those steam frames nom nom nom
give us those steam frames nom nom nom
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Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Hardware
The Steam Hardware family officially expands in early 2026.
steampowered.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Announcing: New @steampowered.com Hardware, coming in 2026:
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
Steam Controller
Steam Machine
Steam Frame.
Watch our jazzy announcement video and wishlist now: steampowered.com/hardware
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This echoes the conservative counterargument to union rights a century ago, the so-called "liberty of contract."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This echoes the conservative counterargument to union rights a century ago, the so-called "liberty of contract."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
As FDR's Interior Secretary Harold Ickes noted, that kind of "liberty" merely gave helpless individuals the freedom to "drive a bargain with a great corporation."
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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This is just fantastic read from @notus.com. Democracy is indeed a letter to the editor www.notus.org/perspectives...
The Washington Post Got 21,000 Emails After It Didn't Endorse. I Read Them All.
Reading and editing letters gave me a theory about what is wrong with America — and how it could be fixed.
www.notus.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is just fantastic read from @notus.com. Democracy is indeed a letter to the editor www.notus.org/perspectives...
Just got sent a pretty wild job offer I’m looking to pass along. Without revealing too much, they want a “world-class engine/rendering programmer and wizard who knows Unreal Engine like the back of their hand.” Full time. Remote.
This you? DM me.
This you? DM me.
November 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Just got sent a pretty wild job offer I’m looking to pass along. Without revealing too much, they want a “world-class engine/rendering programmer and wizard who knows Unreal Engine like the back of their hand.” Full time. Remote.
This you? DM me.
This you? DM me.
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This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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How Zohran Mamdani Beat Back New York’s Elite and Was Elected Mayor
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n...
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Once more, for old times’ sake
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Once more, for old times’ sake
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Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC