emerging product strategist previously leading design of next generation user experiences in xr, neurotech & beyond. info: http://stutts.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3mi6w7ajmhc2xrecently embarked on a challenge to create a short, 2-3 min, believable, live action, prompt-scripted, ai generated film. sharing some learnings & best practices from that experience. read: using gemini veo to create a short 'serious film' — is it possible? https://timstutts.medium.com/using-gemini-veo-to-create-a-short-serious-film-is-it-possible-25d796ad934729 Mar 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi6w7ajmhc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3mfk4sdcidc2aafter maxis-era simcity days, I didn’t find other video games I took seriously for decades. finally in recent years I found two that have had a transformative impact on me: “zelda: tears of the kingdom,” then “nier automata,” which I beat over the weekend — great synopsis here: youtu.be/ytz04GTkMBw https://youtu.be/ytz04GTkMBw23 Feb 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfk4sdcidc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3m7jkvgpdw22gneverending story fans will appreciate this. recently upped my file backup game w/ a system i’ve labeled the southern oracle. purchased two 4tb ssd drives. the one with the white stripe is gate 1. blue is gate 2. the third drive (and last-resort backup) is an hdd raid called mirror gate (not shown).09 Dec 2025 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7jkvgpdw22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3m7cxnwhwpk2vhighlights thread from my art basel miami visit yesterday. kicking it off with beeple’s “regular animals.” was just as creepy/cool as I’d seen it on socials. ai-powered surveillance robots can be purchased at 100k a pop…06 Dec 2025 12:07 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7cxnwhwpk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3m5xeelqsm22hI recently shifted my focus away from product user experience design to work more upstream in my fight for the user. it’s given me a new perspective on the role of design and failed product outcomes as a result of misunderstood user needs. read more on my medium: https://timstutts.medium.com/from-design-to-working-upstream-cef9a66e8d9919 Nov 2025 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5xeelqsm22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3m4yhnryr3k24bought the logitech muse 6DoF pen for drawing on apple vision pro. have only been able to get it working 2D in sketch pro and 3D in doppl. takeaways: ok precision, but latency a real drag. don’t like how pen lacks digital representation / gets occluded by content. buttons nearly imperceptible. pass.06 Nov 2025 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4yhnryr3k24https://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3m3j7sgham222honored to have had interactive data visualization work done with ex-colleagues at IBM featured in this book from MIT Press. It’s hard to believe Watson News Explorer is nearly ten years old now. It was a news aggregator/ entity connector from the pre-fake news era. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049924/atlas-of-macroscopes/19 Oct 2025 02:08 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3j7sgham222https://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lmfs4g42622blistening to this made me think that documentary films recording events in the physical world (true to form) will be the only style of cinema not disrupted by gen ai video. immersive content through VR will further differentiate/augment their experiential value. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/voices-of-vr-podcast-designing-for-virtual-reality/id874947046?i=100070271777109 Apr 2025 20:07 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmfs4g42622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lhmdz4sygs27Had a blast at day 1 of Miami XR 2025 yesterday. Gave the first lightning talk, “Hospital of the Future: A Medical Opportunity Space in XR,” before a packed room full of students, academics and industry leaders at the University of Miami. Day 2 is currently underway: https://xr.miami.edu/miami-xr-2025/index.html07 Feb 2025 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhmdz4sygs27https://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lhhei7w7ls2sdear apple, love my new black mb pro… and black charge cable… but why stop there and leave the charger white? 🤔05 Feb 2025 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhei7w7ls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lhef3kugjk2uenjoying this podcast with @barrythrew.com, executive director at @grayarea.org. talks about the history of this unique arts organization. had the opportunity to volunteer at gray area in 2009, when I lived in SF. nice to get caught up on how it’s evolved since. https://www.inversionart.com/p/the-mo-podcast-episode-29-barry-threw?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web04 Feb 2025 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhef3kugjk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lgympz6vgk23Looking forward to giving a lightning talk for Miami XR 2025, on Thursday February 6, 6pm, in the Shalala Center at University of Miami. The topic is “Hospital of the Future: A Medical Opportunity Space in XR” 👓🏥🌴 xr.miami.edu/miami-xr-2025/ https://xr.miami.edu/miami-xr-2025/30 Jan 2025 23:20 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgympz6vgk23https://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lgwfdhsnd22zopening reception of “entwined” by marshmallow laser feast at bitforms nyc30 Jan 2025 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgwfdhsnd22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lgwf75jsls2zmight be time to replace my keyboard30 Jan 2025 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgwf75jsls2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3ldgkcb3e6s27enjoyed “pushing the limits of icms for tactile feedback talk” by prof charles greenspon last week. shared findings from a study using bci + bionic limbs to recreate tactile feedback for amputees & those w/ spinal cord injury. this slide shows hand touch centers corresponding to areas of brain.16 Dec 2024 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldgkcb3e6s27https://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lcthyx72n22alemercier studio’s (joanie lemercier & juliette bibasse) new commission “lightfall” at superblue for art basel miami is a really wonderful laser projection on mist, featuring spectacular sound design.09 Dec 2024 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcthyx72n22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lcm6dg2qsc22love the energy on here. like twitter circa 2010. can finally scroll again and generally enjoy the content i see. with a fraction of the followers i have on x, i’m still seeing more meaningful engagement w/ what i post here. keep it going, bluesky. keep the division & ad revenue model away. somehow.06 Dec 2024 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcm6dg2qsc22https://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lcksu2fw2c2y89 birds project, a live music / vj performance at the frost planetarium, ended out the opener of filmgate interactive miami last night #artbasel05 Dec 2024 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcksu2fw2c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lcjylsgvrk2dthe vivid unknown by john fitzgerald reimagines the 1982 film koyaanisqatsi through the eyes of a generative ai model. shown opening night of filmgate interactive miami at frost planetarium. #artbasel05 Dec 2024 06:02 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjylsgvrk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lcjyailql22dliquidverse: microcosm & macrocosm, an immersive audiovisual symphony by artist and composer ricardo romaneiro, shown at frost planetarium opening night of filmGate interactive miami #artbasel05 Dec 2024 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcjyailql22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timstutts.bsky.social/post/3lbuvevc7uk2ulove that it’s 2024 and tomorrow’s weather forecast is still being printed on paper. newspapers are displays that update at 0.00001157 fps.26 Nov 2024 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:aqikzhs76rr6vmcvcogdmgct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbuvevc7uk2u