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trevordevon Show HN: Hacking on a VR desktop inside of a VR desktop [video]

Cool! I love seeing tools like this. I've also done a bit of research into VR desktop experiences https://twitter.com/trevorjbaron/status/1197043776197251074 mainly built using webGL + other web tech and running on Quest.

trevordevon Ask HN: Go-to web stack today?

I did 4 months ago, I loved it at first but when I tried to use it in a more complex use case during hackathon I ended up hitting some weird compile bugs with it and decided to go back to webpack. Maybe ill try it again once it matures a bit more.

trevordevon Ask HN: Go-to web stack today?

Front end: Typescript, Vue, Bootstrap

Backend: Node, Typescript, Express, TypeORM, Postgres, SocketIO, PugJS, BabylonJS

Webpack for bundling

Digital Ocean or Azure for Ubuntu vm hosting

I feel having the same language for front/back end really reduces mental overhead.

trevordevon Launch HN: Supermedium (YC W18) – A full VR browser for web-based VR content

Yep, its seems like theres a lot of directions the web can go in and I like the more experimental concepts shown in your videos. Looking forward to see how lensVR will turn out.

trevordevon Launch HN: Supermedium (YC W18) – A full VR browser for web-based VR content

Hey Billy, I think I chatted with you over Skype a little while ago :). From what I've seen your team's teams effort seem the most inline with what I'm wanting but there are a couple things I haven't yet seen from lensVR:

- Desktop support (I have a Vive and I think you mentioned its only available for gearVR right now)

- Multitasking, all the images on your twitter seem to only have one site at once

- Fallback to 2D site (If Im in a webVR version of reddit and I click an unknown url I need to be able to multitask on that site even if it doesn't have 3D support)

Since I have yet to find a vendor heading towards support for these things, currently Im using a fork of firefox where I just hacked out a bunch of security settings. Right now it lets me load iframes and pull content from them into webVR but it was just a quick way to get it working as I'd prefer if each separate tab could draw to its own layer and then be composed with other tabs (Im hoping this is part of WebXR standard but it sounds like it wont be there for a long time).

If you have anything else to share with me or if you have any additional questions for me, Id be happy to answer. I would LOVE to get a browser I could target so I can stop worrying about building my own browser and focus on my web apps.

Thanks!

trevordevon Launch HN: Supermedium (YC W18) – A full VR browser for web-based VR content

Dang, sorry to hear that. I've seen those projects in the past but the problem I have with those is that they seem to only support web 2D multitasking using browser APIs. Here's hoping you reconsider in the future. Thanks

trevordevon Launch HN: Supermedium (YC W18) – A full VR browser for web-based VR content

This project looks awesome. Do you know if you have any plans to push some wild/experimental webVR features into this? I am desperately looking for a browser that will support:

- webVR multitasking (>1 tab rendering to display a time)

- tab content sharing

- obtaining textures from html elements to project into VR

so I can watch twitch in WebVR while browsing Reddit in VR. So far I have a sketchy fork of Firefox that somewhat works but I'd love for something more stable to recommend to people. What I want is described in more detail here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JzxKqir57c4RnpHhpH8nED8C...

Let me know if you have any thoughts. Thanks.

trevordevon NW.js based operating system

Looks cool, I started making an electron based desktop environment like this a while ago but didn't see it through https://github.com/TrevorDev/niftyOS

trevordevon Ask HN: What is everyone currently working on?

Building a multitasking webvr environment at niftykick.com

Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3xZ1G291Ks

Starting to see some developer and beta user interest :)

trevordevon WebVR Experiments

I have a vive and what I don't understand is why I need to use chromium or nightly firefox to view this content when it is out on official mobile builds. Does anyone know why this hasn't made it into official desktop builds yet?

trevordevon What are you working on?

A mix of site's public api's, rss feeds and webcrawling

trevordevon What are you working on?

A news aggregation/dashboard that does not show you reposts. I love it so much I use it everyday.

http://niftykick.com

I am working on a webVR project similar to super mario maker but in 3D

http://niftykick.com/niftyWorld

trevordevon An Even Easier Introduction to CUDA

Anyone know why the CUDA toolkit is 1.2GB? It seems extremely large to get started with. In comparison Vulkan which is only 130mb.

trevordevon Show HN: Ball falls on the teapot in WebGL

Possibly the physics of the world is based on change in time between rendering. If the rendering time is slightly longer/shorter the collision calculations may cause this non-deterministic action.

trevordevon Show HN: The Startup Magic 8 Ball

I just tried to order one but got a 404 error.

trevordevon Announcing TypeScript 1.7

Typescript has became my favorite language. The option of having types when you need them is great and the addition of async/await make working with promises a lot nicer. Ever since I've been able to use experimental features and get es6 support with typescript I've never looked back. The only thing lacking now is the tooling. The atom-typescript plugin is the best I've found but I would love to see better integration with other editors. Can't wait to see what comes to typescript next!

trevordevon Atom 1.2

I really enjoy typescript and I really enjoy the cutting edge features. Atom editor is the only editor that has the typescript plugin that works with the latest features of typescript. I hate the performance of atom but it is worth the tooling.

trevordevon In-N-Out Files Lawsuit Against Food Delivery Startup DoorDash

I am not a fan of DoorDash's business techniques. DoorDash sent a flyer to my house false advertising a coupon code. I spent half an hour creating an order only to realize that the coupon they sent me was different from what the flyer said. When I called to complain they acknowledged their error but said they wouldn't do anything and that I should just place an order anyways.

trevordevon DoorDash Wants to Own the Last Mile

I don't want this company anywhere near the last mile to me. DoorDash sent a flyer to my house false advertising a coupon code. I spent half an hour creating an order only to realize that the coupon they sent me was different from what the flyer said. When I called to complain they acknowledged their error but said they wouldn't do anything and that I should just place an order anyways.

trevordevon AmazonFresh rolls out mandatory $299/year ‘Prime Fresh’ grocery membership

2 months ago trying to use amazon fresh told me I needed to be a prime member to use it. I signed up for a year of prime for the sole purpose of using amazon fresh and I was very happy. Now 2 months in they are forcing me to pay another 200$. This may be my fault for not reading my prime subscription terms but I feel tricked into buying prime. I will be trying out instacart in the future.

trevordevon Physicists finally explain why your earphones are always tangled

Looks like they used string theory.

trevordevon Ask HN: What web languages and frameworks would you recommend learning today?

agreed but I prefer to use the same language for front and back end to reduce the context switch cost when working on both ends.

trevordevon Ask HN: What web languages and frameworks would you recommend learning today?

1) I don't think any of those tools are dying, people are just sharing that other tools will work better in certain situations and each tool has it's place. I'm a fan of nodejs but I have found the dynamic typing and poor performance of JavaScript can hinder my recommendation when building a large, performance critical app.

2) The languages/frameworks I would recommend depends on what you want to build. The large amount of JavaScript libraries and its ability to work in the browser make me highly favour javascript and I have found that typescript provides a nice layer on top to provide sane typing and code auto completion for many of my needs. However, Typescript tools and the language still feel underdeveloped. I would use node to handle web requests and offload "heavier" work to c/rust/go if needed

3) I used to use c/c++ for a lot of my personal project but I have found tasks like managing memory can add unneeded complexity to the majority of my tasks. C still has it's place when certain requirements must be met.

trevordevon Ask HN: What projects are you working on?

1) http://trevorb.cloudapp.net:3000/ personal dashboard to read hackernews/reddit/web comics without seeing the same post twice (I swear I can waste time 10x more efficiently)

2) http://trevorb.cloudapp.net:3001/ mmo type game exploring webgl, socketio and just experimenting

trevordevon How a Handgun Works: 1911 .45

High caliber post. I'm curious about the manufacturing process and rate of firing error. There were a lot of moving parts and it would seem difficult to ensure that the gun won't get jammed or have other issues.

trevordevon Am I Being Tracked

It looks like i am not being tracked but i am curious to how many people actually are.

trevordevon Show HN: Let's Chat, a self-hosted chat app for small teams

I setup lets chat at a small start up I was at about 2 years and it worked very well then and im happy that it looks even better now. Will definitely consider it in the future.

trevordevon Show HN: NiftyFeed – Quick hacker news headlines

Here is a android hacker news app I made to quickly get updates

Let me know your feedback

Features:

- Flashes HN headlines word by word to using Rapid Serial Visual Presentation.

- Tap a headline to view its link

- After a headline is read it won't be displayed again so only new content will be shown

trevordevon How are you using three js?

http://ponderout.cloudapp.net:3000/brainFlow

Move with arrows jump with z

trevordevon BitPay and PayPal

BitPay sponsored angel-hack Seattle that I participated in this summer. Their developer api was horrible and poorly documented wasting everyone time. I was in one of the few groups that got it to work. When asking when we would find out who won the 5 bitcoin prize for best use of it we were told to contact bitpay. I contacted them multiple times and support told me to to contact their CEO who ended up not responding to my emails. I will not use bitpay in the future.