Senior Lead Unity developer @ Augmedit Mixed Reality architect WinDev/DevTech MVP Fields XR apps for Magic Leap 2, Meta Quest, Spectacles, HoloLens 2, Android Phones Works with Unity, MRTK, C#, Azure .NET, Windows Avid gardener https://localjoost.github.iohttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mtiwjfxkdk2kMy #WalktheWorld #MR app died mid 2025 when Microsoft decommissioned the Bing Elevation API. Found a way to revive it using different APIs - leaner & faster. Walk the World 6.0.2.0 landed in Microsoft Store again yesterday, HoloLens 2 1st. More platforms coming. https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9p6svqqcp2sq20 Aug 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtiwjfxkdk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3msnbcdkdvc23#zeppelin over the Netherlands 😕09 Aug 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnbcdkdvc23https://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3ms42bnfbic2fStore-less XR devices based on Android (like #MetaLense2) can't update via a store. New post: using Device Owner + RealityCollective #ServiceFramework to silently self-update an app, zero taps. Demo + source included. https://localjoost.github.io/App-update-service-for-store-less-XR-devices-based-on-Android-(like-MetaLense-2)/02 Aug 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms42bnfbic2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mreq4sgpek2wRecently the MetaLense 2 came to my attention. This is a fully-fledged Mixed Reality device from P&C Solution in Seoul. It seems to be getting fair use in Korea, but is nearly unknown elsewhere https://localjoost.github.io/Playing-around-with-the-P&C-MetaLense-2-a-Mixed-Reality-device-from-Korea/. Iwrote down my experiences and how it compares to the HoloLens 2.24 Jul 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mreq4sgpek2whttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mqp7bk2unc2j'nuff said #MVPBuzz15 Jul 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp7bk2unc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3moga3gpqkc22#AWE2026 keynote has started https://www.youtube.com/live/bsqQG4iiK2Y16 Jun 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3moga3gpqkc22https://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mmyowj2bzk2nYay! Finally my custom built rig is on a 26200 #Windows build29 May 2026 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyowj2bzk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mlnjt3qhck2zSquirrel on fire China squirrel Surfer squirrel [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnjt3qhck2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mlbavoacq22k07 May 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbavoacq22khttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mhky55ndvc2mAlthough #Snap #Spectacles are clearly targeted towards consumers, I'm sure many enterprises are keeping an eye on it. I tried to integrate #Microsoft #Entra Device Code Flow, which allows authentication for use of secure services on #Azure. It works! See https://localjoost.github.io/Microsoft-Entra-authentication-using-Device-Code-Flow-for-Snap-Spectacles/21 Mar 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhky55ndvc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mf7xx3shcs2rWhy are people who give the harshest unfiltered honest feedback get almost invariably extremely pissed off at even the slightest critique themselves?19 Feb 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7xx3shcs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mdno42ni6s2oTIL you should not short circuit a Aqara T1 no neutral switch, when you plan to use them more than once. Fortunately the fuse box in the utility closet prevented worse than mere fried electronics. And I did it twice.🤦€50 down the drain. I wasn't fully awake apparently. This is not my day.30 Jan 2026 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdno42ni6s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mcsnv7toj22gWell I'll be bucketed. #Northernlights over #Amersfoort! Visible from my first floor front window! It even shines trough the cloud. I must say it takes a camera to really see it but still19 Jan 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsnv7toj22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mc2bhfi5oc2cSomeone once said that if David Bowie would die, the world would fall apart. Quite prescient and pretty much spot on, I would venture to say, 10 years after the fact.10 Jan 2026 05:24 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc2bhfi5oc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mbmlnznu3s2j#Unity moves fast and break things, in this case my #MRTK3 demo on #Apple #VisionPro on slightly higher versions - as happens often. I spent some (okay, a bit too much) time on trying to find out why, and came up with a solution making the app run again https://localjoost.github.io/MRTK3-apps-on-Apple-Vision-Pro-fixing-the-stuck-to-your-head-issue-(and-more)/04 Jan 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbmlnznu3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mbdws5tzl22iAbout last night... participating in a citizen science project sometimes tells you things you'd rather not know #fireworks #pollution #particlematter01 Jan 2026 08:14 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbdws5tzl22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mbbmxw76yc23Good luck to anyone working on the #ER / #SEH (Spoedeisende Eerste Hulp), the #firebrigade or the #police in the Netherlands tonight. I fear it's going to be the mother of all #NewYearsEve. I also hope from here on things will be better.31 Dec 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbbmxw76yc23https://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3mavadvnw722x@richcampbell.bsky.social ref Aussie whisky: met a guy from Sullivan's Cove at a whisky tasting here in Amersfoort ages ago. Organized by well-known liquor shop here. Was hooked immediately. He shipped cask strength for a very reasonable price, like in the €80 per 0.7l range if I recall correctly26 Dec 2025 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mavadvnw722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3manbrj7hc22xUsing UIKit made creating buttons in Lens Studio so much easier compared to using plain Spectacles Interaction Kit... but we lost a few things, like fine grained behavior control, and sound effects. I show you how to bring those to UIKit buttons. https://localjoost.github.io/Controlling-a-Lens-Studio-UIKit-button's-Interactable-behavior/23 Dec 2025 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3manbrj7hc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3m7cis54l2223If you are at #UnitedXR next week - I will not be there, but my friend @jbmcculloch.bsky.social and his colleagues *will* be there, *with* Snap #Spectacles. If you have not tried them out yet, this is your chance and you should really take that chance06 Dec 2025 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7cis54l2223https://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3m6zc6v3d322wDear #FedEx, your chat bot is so stupid and limited that I think it is a net negative to your value as a courier02 Dec 2025 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6zc6v3d322whttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3m6d7j7bays2q@richcampbell.bsky.social maybe your crack shot aunts life can be filmed as "crocodile Dundee's NZ niece" 😂. I LOL'd at the boar story23 Nov 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6d7j7bays2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3m5hihgpfu22tHaving a car with voice control and kids in the rear with that particular sense of teenage humour must be a recipe for insanity if not disaster 😂12 Nov 2025 20:28 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5hihgpfu22thttps://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3m25wzkkf4225RIP Jane #Goodall. Science lost a great mind, humanity - and its close relatives - a great and kind person.01 Oct 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25wzkkf4225https://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3lygau5jisc25Boom! Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here! The world’s most popular IDE just got an upgrade. Read this post by the one and only @madskristensen.net I can already tell you it compiles and edits Mixed Reality app *just fine* ;) https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/visual-studio-2026-insiders-is-here/09 Sep 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lygau5jisc25https://bsky.app/profile/localjoost.bsky.social/post/3ly44jjyusk2rAnnoying behavior by Dutch charities: calling me on the phone, profusely thanking me for supporting, then starting a long story... I stop them after 30 seconds saying "can we skip forward to the part where you start begging for more money?" I hate those scripted call centres05 Sep 2025 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:tavvboyvjpy7a35nn4dudyt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly44jjyusk2r