{"id":669,"date":"2020-09-08T16:54:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/?p=669"},"modified":"2020-09-08T16:54:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:54:05","slug":"commence-launch-sequence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fletcherstudios.net\/blog1\/2020\/09\/08\/commence-launch-sequence\/","title":{"rendered":"Commence Launch sequence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, last week – as I’m busy planning a family camping trip with our neighbors; as sort of a ‘end of summer \/ welcome school & fall’ getaway, I get an email that kinda slammed the brakes on everything:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I totally forgot I applied to this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This will be happening EXACTLY when we are supposed to be camping. Wife, 2 kids, Neighbors & their kids in the next campsite. Marshmallows over the fire. nature hikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

$#!+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So; after a brief conference with the missus, she decides that Launch Pad aside, she really wants to go camping (even if it is <\/strong>for just one night) and wants to give me a little free time so I can focus on this with no distraction. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been applying to this for the past 2 or 3 years; and OF COURSE I get it THIS <\/em><\/strong>year. Any other year, they would have flown me out to San Jose, free hotel, food, the works. I went out for Oculus Connect 5 a couple of years ago and it was simply amazing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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such a good time<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

OH well – I will certainly take what I can get.This is too much of an opportunity, even if it is from the comfort of my desk (thank goodness my wife grabbed a couple of the high tech industrial chairs from her office when they were throwing them away – my back feels SO much better) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even more exciting is that Oculus is sending us all a Quest <\/a>for further development work; and I have been desperately wanting one for the longest time. It’ll be a pain in the ass to wrangle my game onto it (as I have just the tiniest amount of Android dev experience) BUT – if I can get this to work and the world doesn’t end; demoing my game will be several measures easier, since I won’t have to lug around a whole PC, VR headset, speakers, etc. OR… I could bring BOTH and be able to demo even more; since I usually end up with a line in front of my booth… Hmm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the meantime.. I’m joining the Discord channel they set up and their online hub and chatting with people – I got to share info about the Playmaker Slack, nice to add to our ranks of ‘non-coders’ Now I just need to network my @$$ off to see if there is any grant $$ to be had out there…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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