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Thomas Van Bouwel
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XR Developer of Cubism and Laser Dance. Recovering architect. 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 - he/him 🔗 http://linktr.ee/tovanbo
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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · May 19
Laser Dance is coming to ✨Early Access✨ later this fall!

More details to follow soon, but be sure to wishlist the game on Meta Quest in the meantime 🙌

➡️ bit.ly/3W0huQf
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Oleg Frolov @volorf.bsky.social · 16m
Wrote an article about math I use to design and develop interactive experiences for AR/VR. I tried to focus on the practical aspects of it and keep it as simple as possible. Hope you will find it helpful!

medium.com/@olegfrolov/...

#uiprogramming #3dmath #spatialdesign #xr #interactiondesign
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official nikk account @nikk.ca · 1d
absolute workhorse of a reaction image from over 100 years ago
elegant woman blasting a suitor in the face with the NO gun
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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 23h
soon you can.

(you'll need to put Thé à la Menthe on yourself though)
@laserdancegame.bsky.social #metaquest
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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · 2d
#nokings
Portland frog brigade
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武政 諒 Ryo Takemasa @ryotakemasa.bsky.social · 4d
Autumn in the Water Mirror (2019)
Art Print: www.inprnt.com/gallery/ryot...
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ameye @ameye.dev · 6d
still chasing that world-space stable outline distortion!
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Pascal Mamassian @mamassian.bsky.social · 26d
A nice shift in perceived colour between central and peripheral vision. The fixated disc looks purple while the others look blue.

The effect presumably comes from the absence of S-cones in the fovea.

From Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt:
arxiv.org/pdf/2509.115...
An array of 9 purple discs on a blue background. Figure from Hinnerk Schulz-Hildebrandt.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 9d
Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
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Kragar @kragar.bsky.social · 10d
The LaForge meme
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Deadly Delivery @deadlydelivery.bsky.social · 11d
Our Open Beta is starting now! Join our discord to get access on SteamVR and Meta Quest. Open now until October 20th, 2025. discord.gg/vxaFQr9jqC

#deadlydelivery #virtualreality #vr #steamvr #metaquest #metaquest3 #VRGaming #IndieDev #IndieGame
Marketing image from the game Deadly Delivery showing a logo for the game, a red, horned monster named Krampus, and the words "Open Beta Starts Now!"
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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 13d
hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 13d
It’s not “partisan” to defend science, evidence, and objective reality.

It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.”

That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked.

2/2
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Ennio Dal Farra @enniodalfarra.bsky.social · 14d
Finalist !!
So proud and happy that our game is finding is audience 🥲
indiexpt.bsky.social Indie X - October 17 to 23 https://www.twitch.tv/rtparena @indiexpt.bsky.social · 14d
Guàishòu 怪兽 is a 2025 finalist by Apophenia 23

Summary: It is a cinematic sidescroller with some action puzzle in which you explore a jungle inhabited by grotesque mutants. You carry a lumen rifle that is a weapon but also a tool to progress in the game.

store.steampowered.com/app/2595470/...
Guaishou 怪兽 on Steam
Guàishòu 怪兽 is a cinematic sidescroller that takes you through the ruins of an abandoned city, home to grotesque mutants and long-buried mysteries. Use you lumen rifle as a tool and a weapon, a torch ...
store.steampowered.com
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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 16d
wizard frog is insane
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 17d
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses? Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.
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Daniel @c418.org · 18d
I don’t know about you but I cancelled my Disney subscription and just changed it to npr
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 19d
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
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Ronan Price @ronanprice.bsky.social · 18d
Meta Ireland faces a face of €100,000 a week from Dutch court if it fails to give users in Netherlands a permanent and simple way to get algorithm-free timeline. A pittance but still…

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/cour...
Court tells Meta to give Dutch users algorithm-free feed option - DutchNews.nl
Meta must allow users in the Netherlands to set a chronological, non-algorithmic feed as the default on Instagram and Facebook, a court in Amsterdam has ruled. The case was brought by digital rights g...
www.dutchnews.nl
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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 21d
The game is currently in QA, so we should be able to announce the specific release date of Early Access soon if all goes well :)
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Dan "Deal Guy" Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 22d
They bought and or towed all these from god knows where with your tax dollars. Looks fun and all, but this is what they're spending money on instead of teachers, trains, helping poor people and curing kids cancer.
aaroninchicago.bsky.social aaron adair @aaroninchicago.bsky.social · 23d
ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?

#Chicago
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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 22d
THE MEME IS REAL
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Fobwashed @stevekim.bsky.social · Aug 13
TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 23d
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
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Triangular Pixels @triangularpixels.com · 25d
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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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 24d
Huge congrats on the early access release!
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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 27d
1/ A quick note on this framing 👇

When people say “gender critical” vs “trans activist” it might sound balanced – but the language itself is doing heavy lifting, and not in a neutral way.

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seenpoliceuk.bsky.social SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 28d
For 6+years non stop, they have demonised every single one of us as predators, paedophiles and child mutilators. There can be no “conversations” with these ghouls.
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