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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 14h

Halls of History: The Veiled Study won the U.S. Grand Prize at Tripo AI's #Tripothon S1 during SF Tech Week. Check out the launch video 👇 #gamedev #indiedev #sftechweek #edtech #conversationalai #hallsofhistory

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Halls of History took U.S. Top 1 at the #Tripothon S1 tonight. 🤯 I have a lot more to say about it, and I will tomorrow. After many long nights and an all-day event, tonight is for sharing some thanks. #GameDev #ConversationalAI #WebXR #IndieDev #GaussianSplatting

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

1/ Halls of History Updates 👉 The Keeper now judges with Bloom's taxonomy & #TripoAI object gen is now a gameplay mechanic! #GameDev #ConversationalAI #GameBasedLearning #HallsOfHistory #Valoquent

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1/ Halls of History is now playable at HallsofHistory.online It's an immersive conversational mystery game that runs entirely in your browser. You explore a 3D world of halls hung with living portraits of historical figures, and you talk with them with your own voice. #GameDev #ConversationalAI

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A week at #SIGGRAPH2026 just convinced me I can build anything I imagine, completely solo. The proof started at Appy Hour, where I presented Valoquent.

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

1/ I'm presenting at Appy Hour during #SIGGRAPH2026 where we'll explore the next generation of mobile app technology and on-the-go media. My contribution 'Valoquent: Real-Time Video Conversation with History as an Adaptive Learning Instrument' explores combining various new technologies -

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

1/ I recently tried a "wellbeing chatbot" (aka therapy chatbot). One of the first things it did was send me this push notification: "Just thinking of you, Annette. No pressure — I'll be here whenever you're ready. ❤️" That single line was enough to decide I wouldn't use it.

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

1/ My first solo-authored research paper was published yesterday (!!), ahead of my #SIGGRAPH2026 Appy Hour presentation this July: “Valoquent: Real-Time Video Conversation with History as an Adaptive Learning Instrument.”

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

1/ You know it's Monday when you build Breakout into your dashboard just to make your to-do list go away... Tapestry is my local dashboard I've been using and building with every day.

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

1/If you use LLMs every day, you are probably building a personal wiki without realizing it. If you're not, here is the case for starting one. Every chat is you reasoning out loud. Your decisions, your whys, the way you think. What survives goes to whoever owns your preferred model, not to you.

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Valoquent turns real-time conversation with historical figures into a format where you learn about their life and ideas while learning the craft of quality conversation at the same time. Built on research in dialogue, learning science and embodied interaction. Now live @ Valoquent.com

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Valoquent V2.0 launches today on the App Store. Conversation is a craft. Now you can practice it. Valoquent makes substantive conversation available around the subjects, questions, and historical figures ordinary life rarely puts within reach. Start a conversation 👇

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Conversation is the highest‑leverage skill humans have. Nobody scores it. HistorAI, now as Valoquent. V2.0 just shipped to TestFlight with new architecture, grounded in 30+ studies on conversation, learning, music, and trust. Early Access @ www.valoquent.com #valoquent #aieducation #publicspeaking

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

1/ AI is making us dumber by making things too easy. A randomized controlled trial published last year found something uncomfortable:

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Lantern Works @lanternworks.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

1/ The AI industry assumes more realistic characters are better. The science tells a different story. Research 👉 lanternworks.dev/lab-notes/re... Thoughts 👇

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