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Eric Cheng

The Accidental Conservationist

I had no plans to become a conservationist, in any form, and the path that took me there was simultaneously serendipitous and inevitable.

Useful baby stuff

I've been asked a lot recently by friends for product recommendations for useful baby things (our son is now 18 months old).

The 360 photographers of Rio 2016

The state of 360 capture is such that you can currently almost always find the photographer in the shot, even in high-profile, brand-name pictures. These are from the 360 photos coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics by Getty Images in the Oculus 360 Photos app. There are so few photographers shooting in 360 at the Olympics that they ...

Rolling cart for Oculus Rift VR setup

A lot of my friends are Mac users who are setting up dedicated Windows machines to run VR setups like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. Many of them are trying to figure out where to put an extra desktop computer and all of the accessories necessary to accommodate a VR headset...

How to get centered, straight horizons in your home-made 360 photos

I take a lot of aerial drone panoramas, and I always have to stretch the sky (Content-Aware Scale and Fillare magic!) and paint a bit at the very top to get my horizons centered.

Recommended cameras for shooting 360 “VR” photos and videos (and tripods to hold them up)

Now that Facebook supports 360 photos, I (and others) are being asked repeatedly what cameras to use, and how to hold them.

Editing 360 Photos & Injecting Metadata

When you upload a 360 photo or panorama, Facebook automatically processes the photo and presents it in an interactive viewer. To recognize such photos upon upload, Facebook looks for camera-specific metadata...

How to stop spam emails from Amazon third-party sellers

Our family orders something from Amazon at least once a week. Increasingly, we order items from Amazon third-party sellers, many of whom honor Amazon Prime shipping and are almost indistinguishable to the common buyer throughout the entire purchase and delivery workflow. We have very few problems with third-party sellers, but there is one major difference between buying something ...

TSA gave my MacBook Pro to another passenger at LAX, and now it’s gone

I lost my $2,800 Apple MacBook Pro by following standard TSA security protocols at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). I look back on the series of events that led to the lost computer with incredulity...