Unity researcher voxelized his living room into billions of millimeter-scale voxels, stunned Stanford VR audience
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-03
Robert Scoble highlights Greg Madison, a Unity researcher (Unity powers 60% of all video games), who turned his entire living room — pillows included — into billions of millimeter-scale voxels and presented the lessons at Stanford's VR event.
Key points:
- VR feels "more real" when layered onto physical objects, making even mundane items like pillows more fun;
- Madison, a former professional magician, now studies how face-worn devices can turn living rooms into "magic";
- Scoble argues everyone will soon wear such a device, calling it a genuinely mind-blowing look at the future.
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