AR in 2026 Year In Review Presentation (Part 1: AR Challenges)

Last month at MicroLED and ARVR Connect, I gave a "Master Class" on the conference's first day. I tried to cram about 2 hours of content into a 1-hour presentation. I presented on the trends I saw in optical see-through (OST) AR in 2026. With the conference's permission to use the video, I decided to turn my presentation into a series of articles.

TMS9918, The First Sprite Chip – Presentation at VCF SouthWest

Last week, I gave a presentation at The Vintage Computer Festival Southwest (VCF SouthWest) about the development of the TMS9918 (and related devices), which I helped define, design, simulate, and debug from September 1977 through mid-1978. In addition to the presentation, I participated in a one-hour question-and-answer session hosted by Matthew Hagarty. Matthew has developed a series of FPGA-based 9918 emulators, the latest of which is pin-compatible except for providing R, G, and B output rather than composite video.