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Sam Birley

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Director of Technology @ Magnopus | Formerly Creative Assembly | Views Mine | He/Him

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Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · Oct 19

Hey, I'm Sam 👋

You might know me from Magnopus or the games industry.

Things I like to talk about:
🌐 Spatial Web, OKO, and CSP
🌠 Realtime rendering
🥦 Fractals
🐣 Navigating being a good dad
🧑‍💻 General engineering nerdiness

Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · May 8

The term 'digital twin' is not well defined, and is sometimes misappropriated as a result.

|It should really be reserved for scenarios where information flows bidirectionally across the physical and digital divide.

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Digital Copies, Digital Twins and Digital Simulations: What’s the Difference, and Why It Matters — Magnopus

Digital copies, simulations, and digital twins may sound similar, but they serve very different purposes. In this article, Sam Birley, Technical Director at Magnopus, breaks down what each term really...

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Magnopus @magnopus.bsky.social · Nov 1

Super proud to be a part of this unique cross-reality experience, Remix: The Prelude, with Epic Games and AEON Point!

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Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · Oct 27

How did it go?

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Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · Oct 26

If you need it, here's a relatively straightforward guide to rolling your own Gaussian Splat renderer in UE5.

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How we wrote a GPU-based Gaussian Splats viewer in Unreal with Niagara — Magnopus

Our journey of writing a fully functional Gaussian Splat viewer for Unreal Engine 5, starting right from the ground up.

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Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · Oct 22

@magnopus.bsky.social yay! You're here 🤗

Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · Oct 20

Why do C++ programmers always break their keyboards?

Because it's a strongly typed language 🥁

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Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · Oct 19

Here's an article if you are interested in learning more about my thoughts on the spatial web, OKO or the Connected Spaces Platform.

www.magnopus.com/blog/from-pa...

From pages to spaces: the internet's evolution and a new era of interoperability — Magnopus

In this article, Director of Technology Sam Birley, delves into the evolution of the internet and how Magnopus’ Connected Spaces Platform (CSP) and OKO are shaping its future .

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Sam Birley @evilsmeevil.bsky.social · Oct 19