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Bernard François

@brnrd_frncs

Founder of @PreviewLabs, a team specializing in rapid game prototyping, & chairman of @FLEGAvzw & @GameDevCT. Posting about games I play in my spare time.

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Woot - there’s a GTA V mod that allows you to ride around in Los Santos with your ‘smart bike’ connected to your computer. Looks amazing. cyclry.com/the-best-zwift…

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Trying out Minecraft Earth while looking more at my phone than at the world around me. Would be better if the points of interest in the game were spaced out a bit more.

Trying out Minecraft Earth while looking more at my phone than at the world around me. Would be better if the points of interest in the game were spaced out a bit more.
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Honored to be able to share VR prototyping best practices on the first day of the Serious Play conference today, one of the key events in serious games (games for training, behavior change, health, etc.). Registrations still open Serious Play

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This squirrel came to enquire about my progress as I was at a local beach working on a paper about brainstorming and prototyping for VR exposure therapy (to help people with phobias and panic disorder). Luckily I don’t have squirrel-o-phobia :-).

This squirrel came to enquire about my progress as I was at a local beach working on a paper about brainstorming and prototyping for VR exposure therapy (to help people with phobias and panic disorder). Luckily I don’t have squirrel-o-phobia :-).
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Hmm I think there’s an infinite loop in the flight attendant’s logic: “Please remain seated until all other passengers have disembarked the aircraft.”

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The Apple TV-like ARRIS Xi6 TV box that came for free with our Xfinity service can play games - and the remote is surprisingly responsibe. Played GameHouse’s Super Collapse II, Knife Smash, Tetris & Crossy Road! Pity that the only audio in each game is a repeating music loop.

The Apple TV-like <a href="/ARRIS/">ARRIS</a> Xi6 TV box that came for free with our <a href="/Xfinity/">Xfinity</a> service can play games - and the remote is surprisingly responsibe. Played <a href="/GameHouse/">GameHouse</a>’s Super Collapse II, Knife Smash, Tetris &amp; <a href="/CrossyRoad/">Crossy Road</a>! Pity that the only audio in each game is a repeating music loop.
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Coming a long way from 640x800 per eye for the Oculus Rift DK 1 in 2013 to 1440x1600 for the Quest 2 in 2020, Stanford research has put the promise for 10k ppi screens on the horizon - which would be a major advancement in VR. See comments at previewlabs.com/would-a-4k-res…

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"When you start a game company, you don't end up building games yourself; you're building a stage for other people to build games" -@Fer_Contreras, co-presenter at a webinar today, about our experience starting our game companies with Ironhide Games Studio, Nimble Giant Entertainment, PreviewLabs

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First time I see that I can book an electric car as the cheapest option. I thought it would take a few more years to find this, but here we are! Excited to be trying this out next week at Avis Car Rental at Brussels Airport while visiting family and doing meetings for PreviewLabs

First time I see that I can book an electric car as the cheapest option. I thought it would take a few more years to find this, but here we are! Excited to be trying this out next week at <a href="/Avis/">Avis Car Rental</a> at <a href="/BrusselsAirport/">Brussels Airport</a> while visiting family and doing meetings for <a href="/PreviewLabs/">PreviewLabs</a>
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Looking forward to be speaking again at Serious Play, this time in Toronto. One of my talks will be an interactive session with the audience to explore how everyone feels about recent developments in VR and AR.

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I'll be speaking at UZ Gent on Tuesday about the iterative development of prototypes for VR and AR projects in a healthcare context and how this integrates with academic research. Looking forward to meeting everyone at the event! 📅 ow.ly/mhPF50QqEnV

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I spoke at the #XRHorizons event in Healthcare at UZ Gent. Shared insights on XR's role in #healthcare research and #prototyping. It was a pleasure seeing so many people excited about the use of XR in Healthcare in a single room. Thank you #XRValley for organizing this event!

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It was fun trying out the Vision Pro briefly yesterday and sharing some of my first impressions. The actual development work by the team due to start soon!

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Been working on stepping up my company’s content production game and getting a blog post live every 2-3 weeks, and post across our LinkedIn, Facebook and X channels on a weekly basis. Kind of like a new year’s resolution. This is the most recent blog post: