James Donovan

Coachella from a product designers perspective donovandynamics.com/journal/…

I’ve published 20+ articles about my design framework. Read more at donovandynamics.com/journal

The Flow Factor: Designing Momentum Into Your Experience donovandynamics.com/journal/…

Designing with information in mind helps to clarify complex experiences. Designing for clarity is shaped by the structure of meaning. donovandynamics.com/journal/…

I’ve been working on a design framework for systems thinking. donovandynamics.com/journal/…

As a product designer, @ChatGPTapp still has a long way to go in terms of interpreting @figma wireframes. When people say AI is equivalent to a mid level engineer, I would level 4o below a new grad in terms of practical execution.

Having built AI tools with the latest models, my takeaway is that these models are equivalent to extremely-educated highly-motivated novices. #R1 reasons it’s way out of finishing complex, #Llama politely gives up and tells you to try python, #LLaVa gets easily distracted.

Apple announced Vision Pro. The VR community guessed many of the features, price, and form factor: no controllers, external battery, and LiDAR. The surprises were spacial audio, a convincing bi-directional pass through, and unity integration at launch. Very excited for this!

This week @nvidia announced Nueralangelo, a 3D reconstruction algorithm that blends insta-NeRF and photogrammetry. Excited to try this out

Restricting access of social media to people over the age of consent is common sense. Benefits are marginal, risks severe. We wouldn’t let a young person see an R rated movie alone, so why would they be allowed to read Reddit or post on Insta? amp.theguardian.com/us-news/…

Now that we’ve shared globally the latest advancements in LLMs and other generative models, even if America stops, other foreign powers will advance at any cost. We should be pushing the gas not the break. techcrunch.com/2023/03/28/11…

We must continue the development of artificial intelligence at all costs, lest lose American dominance. To pause development for six months is to concede to conscienceless copies.

I have been working on a project inspired by the @USCShoahFdn, creating virtual memorials based on real places like the #Armenian memorial in Montebello CA. It's a fully immersive AR VR experience. #Metaverse

Interesting example of NeRF (Neural Radiance Field) algorithm in a more production ready environment. nvlabs.github.io/instant-ngp…

Working on new pairings inspired by the lights off the Santa Monica pier

Unlocking the mind bloomberg.com/news/features/…