Until recently I had no idea that game engines are basically eating the world. Urban planning, architecture, automotive engineering firms, live music and events, filmmaking, etc. have all shifted a lot of their workflows/design processes to Unreal Engine and Unity
The Mandalorian and The Lion King were shot almost exclusively using these tools
Even Hong Kong International Airport uses a "digital twin" built on Unity to simulate changes in passenger volume
May 23, 2020 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
thread of alt calendars and new time machines
people are experimenting with unusual ways of keeping time as the one-size-fits-all industrial schedule loses steam
Circa Solar by @_ted_hunt — a watch that fluctuates with the rhythm of the sun and seasons, includes a clever Mystery of Night feature where the hour hand disappears into the darkness to “enhance an appreciation of unknowing”
