https://secretatomics.com/past-work Latest updates from Articles en Wed, 20 May 2026 01:28:19 GMT https://secretatomics.com/past-work/secret-atomics-snap https://secretatomics.com/past-work/secret-atomics-snap Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Secret Atomics creative technology and a full time job at Snap Inc. — interactive installations, AR experiences, and physical computing projects in New York City. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/google-maps-assistant https://secretatomics.com/past-work/google-maps-assistant Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT UX Engineering at Google Maps and Google Assistant (2018–2023): prototyping AR navigation, Area Busyness, Immersive View, and cross-platform user journey demos. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/ios-product-engineer https://secretatomics.com/past-work/ios-product-engineer Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Senior iOS Engineer at Homer Learning shipping educational features with UIKit and CoreAnimation, plus client app development at Noise Derived, Samsung, and more. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object], [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/tips-on-tasks-from-chatgpt-4o https://secretatomics.com/past-work/tips-on-tasks-from-chatgpt-4o Wed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT Using ChatGPT 4o to optimize real-time VisionOS code: RealityKit scene event subscriptions, detached decode tasks, data compression, and multipeer connectivity streaming. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/know-maps-privacy-policy https://secretatomics.com/past-work/know-maps-privacy-policy Tue, 16 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT Privacy policy for Know Maps: how the VisionOS app handles location data, Foursquare API requests, taste profile storage, and user data protection on Apple Vision Pro. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/exploring-data-visualization-on-the-vision-pro https://secretatomics.com/past-work/exploring-data-visualization-on-the-vision-pro Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMT Creating an immersive data visualization on Apple Vision Pro by modeling an LED strip in Blender, animating ShaderGraph materials in RealityKit, and driving hue via code. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/know-maps-a-visionos-place-discovery-app https://secretatomics.com/past-work/know-maps-a-visionos-place-discovery-app Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT Know Maps is a VisionOS app using Foursquare API and ChatGPT to discover places by category, build taste profiles, and display results on an immersive spatial map. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/using-nuitrack-skeleton-tracking-to-drive-a-metahuman-skeleton https://secretatomics.com/past-work/using-nuitrack-skeleton-tracking-to-drive-a-metahuman-skeleton Wed, 25 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT Connecting the Nuitrack UE5 plugin to an Intel RealSense camera, remapping joint names, and correcting A-pose vs T-pose offsets to animate a MetaHuman in real-time. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/creating-a-metahuman-with-an-intel-realsense-depth-camera https://secretatomics.com/past-work/creating-a-metahuman-with-an-intel-realsense-depth-camera Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT How a single Intel RealSense depth image was turned into an Unreal Engine MetaHuman using Capturing Reality photogrammetry, MeshLab cleanup, and Blender retopology. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/modeling-an-led-strip-in-visionos https://secretatomics.com/past-work/modeling-an-led-strip-in-visionos Sat, 24 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Walking through the Blender → Reality Composer Pro → Xcode pipeline for VisionOS: modeling an LED strip, creating custom ShaderGraph materials, and animating hue values. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/streaming-chatgpt-results-to-a-view-using-swifts-asyncsequence https://secretatomics.com/past-work/streaming-chatgpt-results-to-a-view-using-swifts-asyncsequence Sat, 17 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Streaming ChatGPT API responses token-by-token to an iOS SwiftUI text view using URLSession async bytes, JSONDecoder line parsing, and AsyncSequence for live updates. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/the-dilemma-of-using-chatgpt-in-the-interview-process https://secretatomics.com/past-work/the-dilemma-of-using-chatgpt-in-the-interview-process Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMT Three real experiences using ChatGPT during software engineering interviews — preparing system design answers, generating code samples, and ethical considerations. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/measuring-and-visualizing-motion-of-the-body-relative-to-itself https://secretatomics.com/past-work/measuring-and-visualizing-motion-of-the-body-relative-to-itself Sun, 23 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMT Applying General Tau Theory to depth-camera skeleton data — computing tau and tau-dot for joint triangles and visualizing motion perception in real-time in Unreal Engine. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/tips-in-implementing-tensorflow-lite-to-use-movenet-models-in-c https://secretatomics.com/past-work/tips-in-implementing-tensorflow-lite-to-use-movenet-models-in-c Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT Setting up TensorFlow Lite in C++ for MoveNet pose estimation: CMake integration, model loading, interpreter configuration, and extracting 17 body joint coordinates. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/iterating-the-design-of-a-volumetric-display-retrospective-and-v4-plan https://secretatomics.com/past-work/iterating-the-design-of-a-volumetric-display-retrospective-and-v4-plan Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT Retrospective on three volumetric display builds — from LED strip on a drill to Unreal Engine-driven persistence-of-vision sphere — and plans for the next iteration. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/working-across-platforms-and-teams-on-google-maps https://secretatomics.com/past-work/working-across-platforms-and-teams-on-google-maps Sat, 11 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT Five years building 35 end-to-end prototypes at Google Maps: Assistant geo answers, AR exploration, Area Busyness, Immersive View concepts, and Bard integration demos. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/comparing-vr-rendering-models https://secretatomics.com/past-work/comparing-vr-rendering-models Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT Lessons from deploying Oculus Quest environments: forward vs deferred rendering, stereo instanced rendering, GPU profiling, and optimizing draw calls for mobile VR. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/new-years-eve-party https://secretatomics.com/past-work/new-years-eve-party Mon, 02 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT Producing lights and projections for NYE 2022 at Brooklyn Burj: Arduino-driven LED installations, SpriteKit projected visuals, and DJ booth graphics for three event areas. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/rendering-from-unreal-engine-5-to-led-panels-over-a-wireless-connection https://secretatomics.com/past-work/rendering-from-unreal-engine-5-to-led-panels-over-a-wireless-connection Wed, 28 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT Streaming Unreal Engine 5 scene capture to Raspberry Pi LED panels via WiFi using a custom C++ render buffer, nDisplay, and OPC protocol for real-time LED wall output. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/creating-a-youtube-vr-video-in-unreal https://secretatomics.com/past-work/creating-a-youtube-vr-video-in-unreal Tue, 13 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMT Setting up stereoscopic scene capture in Unreal Engine for rendering immersive YouTube VR 360° videos with high-fidelity lighting, materials, and spatial audio. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/rebuilding-a-vr-landscape https://secretatomics.com/past-work/rebuilding-a-vr-landscape Sun, 21 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMT 17 steps to build an Oculus Quest VR landscape: USGS heightmap import, QGIS processing, Quixel materials, hand tracking, teleportation, ocean, fog, and procedural foliage. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/eliminating-collection-view-tearing-with-xcodes-time-profiler-instrument https://secretatomics.com/past-work/eliminating-collection-view-tearing-with-xcodes-time-profiler-instrument Sun, 15 Jul 2018 00:00:00 GMT Diagnosing UICollectionView cell image tearing with Xcode Time Profiler, moving Parse callbacks off the main thread, and achieving smooth 60fps iOS scrolling. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/delivering-interactive-graphics-wirelessly-to-an-led-matrix https://secretatomics.com/past-work/delivering-interactive-graphics-wirelessly-to-an-led-matrix Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Optimizing a pipeline from iOS SceneKit framebuffer to Fadecandy-driven LED matrices over WiFi, covering OPC protocol, pixel mapping, and real-time color correction. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/detecting-gestures-from-the-motion-of-the-body-in-relation-to-itself https://secretatomics.com/past-work/detecting-gestures-from-the-motion-of-the-body-in-relation-to-itself Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Using depth cameras to track skeleton joints and detecting gestures through relative motion signals, Savitzky-Golay smoothing, and Euler line geometry analysis. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/experimenting-with-data-explorers https://secretatomics.com/past-work/experimenting-with-data-explorers Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Building interactive data visualization dashboards in Processing and d3.js to filter large datasets, refine collection questions, and surface patterns for inquiry. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/generating-interactive-particle-systems-in-opencv-and-spritekit https://secretatomics.com/past-work/generating-interactive-particle-systems-in-opencv-and-spritekit Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Capturing infrared video from a homebrew camera, processing frames in OpenCV to extract keypoints, and rendering interactive particle effects with SpriteKit on iOS. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/iterating-the-design-of-a-volumetric-display https://secretatomics.com/past-work/iterating-the-design-of-a-volumetric-display Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Building a DIY cylindrical POV display across three iterations using Teensy, WS2812B LEDs, servo motors, slip rings, and hand-spun steel rods for volumetric effects. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object] https://secretatomics.com/past-work/prototyping-with-tensegrity https://secretatomics.com/past-work/prototyping-with-tensegrity Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT Scaling tensegrity structures from craft-store models to a 12-foot outdoor LED installation using PVC, bungee cord, plexi tubes, and Arduino-driven addressable LED strips. Michael Edgcumbe [object Object]