June 15, 2022, 11:26 a.m.

Mostly Bits Newsletter - Issue #11

Mostly Bits Newsletter

Tony's Pick

This week I’ve got another Apple TV+ show that’s past it’s cultural moment. For All Mankind is good! In case you didn’t know: it’s an alt-history show that posits a world where the Soviets beat the US to the moon. It’s bit of a juicy soap opera and certainly requires some suspension of disbelief as the seasons progress, but it’s also full of cool space stuff. Season 3 has just started, so you’ve got a back catalog to catch up on.

How do I get a jumpsuit?
How do I get a jumpsuit?

Kyle's Pick

I stumbled on an interview with Kenji Tosaki, a hardware designer at SEGA in the 90s who was in the center of a lot of interesting tech, including the Saturn analog controller, the Virtua Cop light gun, and a VR headset prototype. It was interesting to see how forward-looking they were - they prototyped something very similar to the Wii remote about 10 years before the Wii - but also how few of their experiments reached commercialization.

An alternate future where SEGA VR succeeded and we ascended to jellohood
An alternate future where SEGA VR succeeded and we ascended to jellohood

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