Archive for the 'Software' Category

Head tracking for desktop VR

More than a year ago, I posted about some cool touch screen YouTube video’s. Ok, sometimes I am a nerd and I can really enjoy these innovations. A friend of mine pointed out the work of Johnny Lee. See this video, I like what he did.

The End of Microsoft Windows?

A few days ago, I installed Ubuntu 7.10 on my ASUS A6JA laptop. Within minutes everything was up and running. I am utterly impressed by the compiz effects of the user interface. Ubuntu can read and write my Windows NTFS partitions and with Open Office I can work my Microsoft Office documents. Also very convenient: I can install all the add-ons in Firefox that I am used to. And… all for free! Why do I need Microsoft Windows any longer? I truly can’t think of any reason right now…

Compiz Desktop Cube

Edit: I even managed to run Windows XP Pro with Virtualbox 1.5.2 within Ubuntu…

(Sorry, enough nerd-stuff for now… ;))

OpenTTD

Incredible! Remember the Microprose game “Transport Tycoon Deluxe” (originally written by Chris Sawyer)? Without a doubt this was one of the best games I’ve played ever. Just before this Christmas, I found out there is OpenTTD. It is modeled after the original game and enhances the game experience dramatically. Be careful! The improvements are great and the look & feel of the game is just as good as the original. TTD was highly addictive, OpenTTD is worse! What a great initiative!! You’ll need to have the original game installed. If you don’t have it, try to find the original here and after installing download and install OpenTTD on top. But again, be very very careful. This is addictive!! Enjoy!