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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 24/03/2026

Friday night’s aurora!

Personal photo of an aurora (northern lights) occurring in north England. Against a star backdrop, a strong band of green with pillars, and a purple haze typical of a stronger aurora sighting.

Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 21/01/2026

Beyond proud to see Heatly as a case study in the Warm Homes Plan, especially our AR Room Scanner which I worked on! 🎉 You can find us on page 141 amongst some other great companies pushing forward the transition 🍃

A property surveyor uses the Heatly room scanner. The applet is running on an iPad, which is pointed at the corner of a room. An AR overlay marks the border of the room.

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 06/03/2025

Overclockers is having a fun time

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 08/11/2024

Hi Bluesky, I’m Mike, I’m mostly known for my work on @openbrushapp.bsky.social, the free fork of Tilt Brush! Currently I’m working to promote cross platform XR, and will soon release a Unity package that takes full advantage of OpenXR extensions without pesky vendor SDKs 💪 Stay tuned for updates!

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 08/11/2024

Thanks Ben! 👋 Hi, I’m Mike, I’m mostly known for my work on @openbrushapp.bsky.social, the free fork of Tilt Brush! Right now I’m doing a lot of work to promote cross platform XR, and will shortly release a Unity package that takes full advantage of OpenXR, without pesky vendor SDKs 💪 Stay tuned!

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 14/05/2024

App Lab category on @MetaQuestVR🫠

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 26/04/2024

I got Quest Passthrough working with @unity @OpenXR without *any* of Meta’s SDKs, thanks to the new compositor layer package from Unity 🎉 Cross-platform XR is getting easier! Big shout out to @koujaku’s StereoKit for their C# implementation of XR_FB_passthrough 🙏 #openxr

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 20/04/2023

These past few weeks I’ve been working on implementing @glTF3D KHR_animation_pointer in glTFast for @unity. Great to see this format evolve with even more useful capabilities! github.com/atteneder/glTFast/pull/5… #gltf #madewithunity

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 10/02/2023

I’ve had a lot of fun meeting @YorksGamesFest attendees and demoing @openbrushapp this week, thanks for coming by! 🤘

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 13/12/2022

Open Brush has reached 500 stars on @github! Thanks for the support everyone 🥳 github.com/icosa-gallery/open-brush @openbrushapp #opensource

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 24/11/2022

I have been waiting SO long for this, OpenXR passthrough on SteamVR! 🤩 Here's a quick demo of the plugin working with @openbrushapp✨ Excellent work by @rectus_sa! Grab the plugin from their GitHub. It's open source! ❤https://t.co/4t5TKqBfki #openxr #steamvr #openbrush t.co/wAW4ntF0oF

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 22/11/2022

A great sign that @openbrushapp v2 is nearly here is that recent pull requests are mainly tidy-ups and small UX changes 🥳 Not long to wait now! 👀

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 30/09/2022

Super excited to see @unity is finally shipping a cross vendor loader for Android in their latest @OpenXR package! 🥳 Will be coming to @openbrushapp very soon! docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity…

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 12/09/2022

Our Unity XR work on @openbrushapp is merged! 🥳 Big features and new platforms coming to the app soon! #opensource #vr #xr #ar #tiltbrush

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 11/08/2022

Controller testing for the @OpenXR powered version of @openbrushapp is nearly done! Sadly it looks like we'll be dropping support for the Logitech VR Ink, as there's no interaction profile available 😢 @Logitech @SteamVR any chance of getting it supported in the future? 🙏

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 02/08/2022

Something new is coming to Open Brush soon...👀

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 18/07/2022

Open Brush @openbrushapp broke 400 stars on @github! Thank you everyone for showing your support for our evolution of Tilt Brush! 🎉 🥳https://github.com/icosa-gallery/open-brush

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 28/06/2022

Okay, I think it's finally time to bring this branch up to date 🚀 twitter.com/openbrushapp/status/154…

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 27/06/2022

You can tell when you’ve reached the QA phase of your XR work! Side note: anyone got access to a HTC Vive Cosmos? 😇

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 28/04/2022

Oculus finally added experimental support for Unity’s own OpenXR plugin in v39 🥳 hopefully a big win for cross platform features and compatibility!

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 14/03/2022

I’ve been learning about @threejs custom glTF extensions this weekend 🤓 Got some exciting #tiltbrush #openbrush related packages to share soon! ⚡️✨

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 16/12/2021

Is it me or is @oculus/@meta being deliberately unclear claiming that they support their more advanced features via OpenXR? You're required to use the Oculus specific plugin in Unity, instead of the generic OpenXR backend, therefore STILL making cross platform XR difficult. 😠

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 08/06/2021

I can't believe we got this far... thank you to our amazing @IcosaGallery team and all our contributors, be it code, art, financial, feedback, or even just cheering us along! #OpenBrush #TiltBrush #VR #opensource store.steampowered.com/app/1634870/…

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 06/12/2020

Super easy to get the TiltLoader up and running! (Sidenote: this obliterates my pc) twitter.com/mrdoob/status/133503990…

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 04/12/2020

First steps 😂 Progress is progress!

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 14/06/2020

Made a simple version of Stacker using a dot matrix display and #Arduino in a few hours! #MadeInLockdown

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 12/05/2020

Inadvertently turned my museum into a Zelda temple... #AnimalCrossing #ACNH #NintendoSwitch

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 03/04/2020

A few more pics from @VR_Rosie and I's virtual anniversary date! Thank you #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons for giving us the perfect platform to meet up in! twitter.com/VR_Rosie/status/1246153…

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 19/01/2020

More @unity3d #arfoundation fun! This time using plane detection instead of images, was pleasantly surprised with how stable the tracking was! 🐰 by the amazing @VR_Rosie painted in #TiltBrush #AR

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 11/01/2020

Managed to get @VR_Rosie's Tilt Brush gallery up and running in @unity3d #arfoundation! Tracking is smooth and steady despite what this video shows. Thanks for the tip @dibely! #screenshotsaturday #babyyoda #TiltBrush

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 04/01/2020

Built a simple shift register that outputs 0-F on a loop using #Arduino. After purely programming for so long, creating the base circuitry by hand is extremely fun and addictive.. someone needs to stop me building a full computer 👀

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Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev · 07/06/2018