Monthly Archives: April 2017

Improving Yourself as a Software Developer

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How would you keep improving as a software developer? The obvious answer is improving your technical (programming) skills. However, the component that is often overlooked is improving your soft skills. Soft skills are just as important as your technical skills. Your soft skills are what influences your people skills, social […]

7 Tips to Optimizing for Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4

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Developing for Virtual Reality (VR) is a new and exciting challenge. Developers are faced with the challenges of the human biology, which was not too apparent in traditional games. A few dropped frames here and there might be forgiven, but not for VR. A few frame drops can make the […]

9 Tips to Preventing Motion Sickness When Developing For Virtual Reality 3

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Developing for Virtual Reality (VR) is unlike any other type of software development. Not only do you need to be concerned with the development of the VR experience itself, you also need to make sure it will not make the user sick. If you create something amazing, but no one […]