How to Effectively Work Remotely in Immersive Media
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How to Effectively Work Remotely in Immersive Media

Working in immersive media can be tough if you aren’t living in a major metropolitan city. Often you can feel excluded and find it tough to work with other companies. One thing that isn’t talked about often enough is how prevalent remote work is in this industry! I know personally I’ve lived in cities that…

Thriving In The Immersive Media Industry
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Thriving In The Immersive Media Industry

In ever-changing industries it can be hard to feel like you have secure footing underneath you. Especially as media technologies seem to completely change every few years, thriving in this space can feel daunting. But how do your favourite artists do it? They almost make it seem easy and like they’re constantly one (or more!)…

ChatGPT for Immersive Developers: Part 2!

ChatGPT for Immersive Developers: Part 2!

As immersive designers and TouchDesigner developers, it’s important to always be looking for ways to streamline our workflow and improve our skills. In our last ChatGPT post, we explored some of the ways that ChatGPT, a programming helper and learning tool, can be useful for those working in these fields. In this post, we’ll delve…

ChatGPT for TouchDesigner & Immersive Developers

ChatGPT for TouchDesigner & Immersive Developers

ChatGPT is an impressive tool that you’ve almost certainly heard about in the news or in blog posts. You’ve also likely seen conversation about it replacing artists, writers, and coders. In this post, I’m going to show you a few ways you can use ChatGPT as a productive helper tool for interactive artists, immersive developers,…

6 Core Competencies for Immersive Designers and Creative Technologists
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6 Core Competencies for Immersive Designers and Creative Technologists

Immersive design and creative technologist roles require you to know quite a lot about multiple skills. This can feel overwhelming and frustrating for veteran pros and new talent. In this post, we’ll cover the 6 core competencies we’ve identified that every immersive design and creative technologist needs to be confident in their work. The Depth…

How to Setup Face Tracking in TouchDesigner
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How to Setup Face Tracking in TouchDesigner

Face tracking in TouchDesigner is one of the most exciting new features to come out recently. This is thanks to the implementation of the NVIDIA RTX face tracking features included in the Maxine SDK. Let’s dive into setting this up! Setting up face tracking in TouchDesigner Setting up face tracking is actually quite easy in…

Streaming YouTube in TouchDesigner
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Streaming YouTube in TouchDesigner

Have you ever wanted to stream YouTube videos or other video platforms directly into TouchDesigner? Previously this was kind of possible, but the performance of the playback wasn’t anything to write home about and it was technically impossible to do any meaningful audio routing. With the latest 2022 updates to TouchDesigner, both of these problems…

Installation Networking – Part 1

Installation Networking – Part 1

It’s tough to operate in the current industry without your devices being network connected. On top of your day-to-day ability to join WiFi networks and connect to devices, interactive and immersive installations require an even deeper knowledge of networking to get things like OSC, UDP, and other networking protocols working! In this series of posts,…