Today, while freelancing for Oculus Rift I met a disabled guy. He was an awesome, super smart, and happy guy. Oculus Rift is a little side job for me where I give for a few hours a week
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Don’t Ignore Them
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for some product demos to interested people. However, today I saw this guy in a wheelchair and he had an exciting view onto the VR glasses. You really saw his eyes shining while having a sad facial expression. His look expressed a fascination for the Oculus Rift and sadness because of he though he is not able to test it. -
Augmented Reality? At least 2-5 Years To Go!
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In the last days, a few news have been published which make augmented reality technology
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Finding a Partner or Starting Solo?
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Today I came up with a strange comparison. Having a training partner in the gym and having a business partner in a company. I thought about it for a while and I came to the conclusion that in the end, it’s both the same.
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Why Banning Technology is Stupid
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Last Saturday I read the article “You’re Fired” which was published in the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. Steven Hill the author of the article is of the opinion that we should forbid certain technologies.
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3 Reasons against Commercial Blogging Platforms
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Why you should self-host your Blog
I love to blog and I do it daily. Blogging is a great way to write about things I am interested in and exciting things that happen to me. I published my first blog post on Medium on July 12th, 2015. And since some day in December, I am blogging daily here on my own blog mariusschober.com.
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Programmers will become the new Blue-Collar Workers
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Is programming a blue-collar job? A few days ago I discovered an article which was published on WIRED. The Author stated that “the next big blue-collar job is coding”. How is such a statement possible in a world where great developers are paid a yearly salary of $120,000 and more?
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Break your Morning Routine = Break your whole Day
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Woke Up Late – A Mistake?
Today I woke up late. With late I mean 8.30AM. My morning was totally unproductive, my noon as well. Right now I am sitting at my desk and I try to reflect what might have been the problem. One thing I just realized is that I woke up pretty late today. Might this be the reason for an unproductive morning? Maybe.
In general, I have very good experiences with the habit of waking up early. I think that my days are more productive the earlier I get up and the more sports I do.
Today I woke up late and I postponed my gym training until late in the evening. By breaking your morning routine your break your day.
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The Very Dark Side of Virtual Reality (VR)
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Virtual reality is finally available to the mass market. The Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR are already on the shelves of all consumer electronic stores. You are probably very fascinated if you have ever tried a VR headset. You can think of many different use cases: from gaming to education, a virtual doctor, 3D modeling and more. But there is also a very dark side of VR.
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My new Learning Method to Learn Russian and French
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Last year I implemented some great habits into my life. Today I can say that every day I am going for a morning run, write a blog article, create a vlog, read around 90 minutes, and many more. So just a few days ago I decided to add a new habit. I decided to finally become fluent in Russian and French.
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Which Device will kill the Smartphone and the PC?
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The Ultimate Smartphone and PC Killer
Are you also disappointed by all recent product launches? The technical differences between $250 smartphones and $900 smartphones are only marginal. There are plenty of smartphones for less than $400 who have super fast octa-core processors, 6GB of RAM, fingerprint sensors, and high definition displays.
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