People call turning 30 a major milestone, and they say the same about turning 40. Here, the milestone means turning 50. Today, March 11, I finally turned 50. For the past 15 years, it has become my birthday routine to watch special programs about the Great East Japan Earthquake, look back on the past, and think about my own future.
I did not write a best-buys entry in 2024, but if I had, it would probably have been the Vision Pro. That personal interest continued, and in 2025 I bought many accessories and related items around XR. So here are my top five best buys of 2025.
Apparently CSS Nite has now reached its 20th anniversary. A reunion event was held in Shibuya, so I went. I had been attending from quite early on, and even if I limit the count to Shift, I spoke there for 15 consecutive years starting in 2007. Incidentally, I have never attended anything called a reunion for elementary, junior high, or high school, so this was my first reunion of any kind.
I have lived while moving back and forth between Windows and macOS, and in the same way I have switched between iOS and Android depending on the period. Right now, my main device is iOS.
For Android, I have a Sony XZs SO-03J that I bought in 2018. I have started wanting to get a device with a more modern Android OS.
The exhibit at LODGE XR Talk Vol.30 finished successfully, and I received various kinds of feedback. On my local machine, I can now give a presentation with Markdown-based web slides while displaying arbitrary information on the Even G1 display. I thought all that remained was to display whatever content I liked.
But once I actually started displaying things, I realized that there seem to be many different types of information that could go there. This time, I will focus on what should be displayed.