Thoughts on Digital Life

Since starting at Capgemini, six weeks ago, I've been diving into Virtual Reality once again. I had experienced it at an employer before, working for Oculus Rift at the time. I also had my reservations because, being a designer, I thought the quality was too poor. Here's how Virtual Reality has been part of my life as a designer. QuickTime It all started somewhere in the 2000's when QuickTime started with 360 Panorama photo's leading to my first VR experience. It wasn't with goggles of any kind. It was a photo or maybe also a video that was created so you could drag your mouse and watch the surroundings. At the time that was pretty impessive and its a shame Apple has ended support for QuickTime for Windows. QuickTime has been a big part of my career in the past. Oculus Rift I moved over to the Oculus Rift. There were some technical guys who ordered it and experience with it. I created some models to be used on the Oculus. I haven't seen the Oculus ...

Just as we are all getting ready for the most festive time of the year - I'd like to look back at 2015 and look forward to 2016. I've done so every year on Facebook. But as Facebook is getting less personal and stuffed with promotional adverts I decided to use my blog. Lets start with the three themes of 2015. 2015 1. Living Video 2015 for me was all about background videos. AirBnB started a trend by using a video in the background of its header. Over the past year it has been described as 'living video', 'experience video', 'backdrop video' and more. 90% of clients have asked for it last year. So for me, this was the trend of 2015. I really wish people would look beyond the "living video" in 2016. 2. Social presence Another thing of the past year was social media. Where companies needed to get a website over the past years - because "the Yellow Pages just don't work anymore - you have to be online!" - they now seem to...