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Rick Skarbez

@rickskarbez.bsky.social

349 followers 468 following 116 posts

Virtual reality, board games, sports and cats. Originally from the US of A, now residing in Naarm (Melbourne Australia). Never let a computer tell me shit.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In case you have not seen the good news, we've published the key dates for the IEEE VR 2026 papers track: (Mandatory) Abstracts will be due 24 August AoE, with full submissions due one week later 31 August. Please consider submitting your VR-related work and joining us in Melbourne early next year!

A screenshot of the IEEE VR 2027 website, with key dates for papers highlighted: August 24 AoE for abstracts, August 31 AoE for full submissions.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tony Toni Toné (Karl-)Anthony

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

CERTIFIED ELITE BALL KNOWER. (Jimmy Butler would be day-to-day with anger management issues.)

82 - 0 (113 points)

PG - James Harden (2020s BKN)
SG - Julius Erving (1970s PHI)
SF - Jimmy Butler (2010s MIN)
PF - Giannis Antetokounmpo (2020s MIL)
C - Wilt Chamberlain (1960s PHI)

Does Jimmy punch all 4 of his teammates over the course of the season? Probably!

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Getting there...

PG - Luka Doncic (2020s LAL)
SG - David Thompson (1970s DEN)
SF - Antawn Jamison (2000s GSW)
PF - Pascal Siakam (2020s TOR)
C - Wilt Chamberlain (1960s GSW)

79-3 on HoopIQ mode.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Took a quick trip down memory lane with a crate of games that made the trip to Australia. A couple were just things I found late in packing or otherwise couldn't be bothered with before the big move, but several are Certified Bops.

Stacks of video games, primarily Gamecube, Playstation 1 / 2, Xbox eras.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Yup, that's what's top of mind on this app right now, the oeuvre of Hitchcock.

Trending:
1. Noir Films
2. Election Concerns
3. NRA Criticism
4. Liverpool FC
5. Tariffs

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Very excited to be co-CI on this awarded ARC Discovery Project investigating whether and how knowledge gained from VR experiences corresponds to knowledge gained from their "real" "equivalents". Let me know if you're interested in collaborating, especially at #IEEEVR 2026! #VRresearch

ARC grant announcement: "This project aims to investigate the idea that virtual reality (VR) is an ‘empathy machine’ that can simulate the experiences of other people and thereby give us knowledge of what it is like to have those experiences. The project expects to advance our understanding of this issue by bringing together philosophical work on ‘what it is like’ knowledge and work in psychology on immersive VR. Expected outcomes include a theory of how VR can give us degrees of ‘what it is like’ knowledge, and a normative analysis of what can go wrong when we try to use VR to understand other people. This should provide significant benefits, including guidelines for the ethical use of these 'empathy machines', and practical advice on improving their accuracy."

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Oh dear. I think I might have just realized that I have a Type.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

First I can recall is Number Munchers on a ][gs. nom nom nom

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Days since last novel iteration of the Torment Nexus: 0

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I had fun today.

A laptop covered in stickers relating to, among other things, Aesop Rock, Midwest Emo, the New York Mets, Adult Swim, The National, the mountain goats, and German idealism.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Going to my happy place.

A stack of books on a desk:
"The Question Concerning Technology" by Martin Heidegger
"Non-things" by Byung-Chul Han
"Against Method" by Paul Feyerabend
"The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Thomas Kuhn
"The Whale and the Reactor" by Langdon Winner
"Where the Action Is" by Paul Dourish
"Rules of Play" by Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Question: Can computing technologies ever be Things? Should we aspire to make them so? What would need to change about our relations?

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 23/10/2023

Off to IEEE VIS for the first time. Please feel free to share suggestions, or if you’ll be there too, say hello!

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

I am bad at skeets all I want to do is post the bloody image

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

🎶These are a few of my favorite things 🎶

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

Hello Bluesky! I’m Rick. I’m an American living in Melbourne. I’m a virtual reality researcher and computer science lecturer who loves board games, sports, and cats. Sometimes I look like this.

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