April End of Month Unity Games Engine howto 25/04/19

Andy Clarke from Shropshire Devs will be graciously giving us his talk on basic games creation on the exceptionally popular Unity engine much beloved of Steam and other platforms remember you can do much much more with Unity than just games.

“Recommended by Microsoft for creating mixed reality experiences for the Hololens, Unity has transcended it’s beginnings as a cross-platform game engine.

So whether you are looking to create a 3D game for mobile, or have your sights set on a virtual reality experience for the Oculus Rift, Unity is a tool you’ll want to learn.

One surprise for C# developers getting started with Unity is the level of integration with Visual Studio and how simple it is to add C# code to manipulate their Unity creations.

In this demo led session we’ll go back to basics with Unity, creating a simple 3D game with realistic physics, textures and explosions. We’ll look at the fantastic Visual Studio integration and how cohesively the two editors work together.

Finally we’ll look at a more complex 3D experience and how to use Unity’s networking features to allow different users to interact in a 3D world.

Keeping the best news for last: Unity is royalty free until you’re earning $100,000. So if you like the idea of becoming wildly rich from making immersive 3D experiences, this is the talk for you! ” Andy Clarke

 

As usual this will be run at the Cock Hotel Wellington starting at 19.00

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April mid month Balloon Shakedown and other projects 11/04/19

As the Launch date is getting close this Mid month is going to be heavily biased  to testing folks telemetry setup . If you have a  RTL dongle or similar and want to track the balloon as it races across the country then by all means bring your kit  and test it against the Live telemetry package. Other project talk is on the go as usual!

Bring your Linux gear to the Arleston Inn, Thursday 11/04/19 starting at 19:00

PHP introduction has a full audience

Thanks again  to Mike Bywater from PHP Shropshire for  this well organised talk on Introductory PHP. Covering both the history and the current state of PHP and introducing Frame works like Laravel.  Delivered to a full function room of over 15 people. Want to learn more then maybe get yourself to the next PHP Shropshire meeting

Update you can now download this talk and others here from the PHPH Shropshire GIT

Linux Music @Brum LUG goes down a treat

I’m very happy to hear that Stuart’s talk on Linux Music software went down a treat. It’s the first time that Stuart as delivered his talk outside SLUG and it’s nice to have him made so welcome by those at BLUG. The talk is another in the now regular talk exchange program been promoted by the Birmingham and Shropshire LUGs. Again thanks to everyone for a very productive talk and here’s looking to the next in the series!

March End of Month 28/03/19 Introduction to PHP

Mike Bywater has gratefully stepped in and offered us a talk on Introductory PHP.  From its early beginnings to its current state as  an Object Orientated language. Want to get an overview of how to build your next website with PHP then come to the March mid-month talk, usual venue(Cock Hotel, Wellington) starting at 7pm.Lets see you there!

 

Basic Engine Computers like the 80’s but with out the hassle. Just add ESP8266

Whilst looking for a retro computer project I was infuriated by the price of old “Vintage” computers faulty more expensive than when they still worked. Looking for a build most were just too retro and had no features and others just an FPGA. I figured there should be something based on the ESP but with real graphics. I was going to do my own but instead I found  the Basic Engine which is delightful in terms of simplicity, cost but also usefulness! It’s not a kit but a well described build with supplied Gerbers for the PCB and a Parts List supplied. A well featured basic is available and easy to program .

Now we have the PCBs back from JLC PCB(in less than a week BTW!!) expect some retro goodness soon!

Mid Month Abounded

The Mid month meeting was very productive indeed! We are going to have another panned rerun of last years hot air balloon launch at this year’s Telford Balloon Fiesta followed by a proper launch the weekend of the 1st of June.  Several more have volunteered to help track the balloon after launch and to this aim we are going to make the equipment available at all meetings between now an then in order for those concerned to test their receiver setups.

We need more questions and ideas for the end of Month PHP talk , remember more input the more beneficial the talk. On a similar note please put onthe list any Linux questions you would like answered by a further talk by Lee latter on in the year!!!!!