Mike Woods Chooses His Favourite Kit
From sneakers to Surface, Mike Woods, director of immersive content/executive creative director at m ss ng p eces New York, reveals his favourite pieces of tech.
HTC Vive [below], Gear VR, Oculus Rift [above], PlayStation VR
I seemed to reach a kind of career zenith thanks to VR headsets. It’s a genuine love for me. I spend an unhealthy amount of time squirrelled away in the virtual world. As a creative space to play in, it’s maddening, depressing, surprising and exhilarating. Its potential is insane, yet the key to its magic lies tantalisingly out of reach for now. A creative’s dream challenge.
Record collection
As an expat Londoner living in New York, I’ve shipped most of my possessions over to America. The one thing I couldn’t manage, for a bunch of reasons, is my ridiculously large record collection. It has been a cruel separation. There are thousands of records, but I can describe in intimate detail where I was and what I was feeling when I bought every single one of them. Therein lies the power of the addiction, perhaps.
Surface Pro
An observation from this Anglo in New York: the bizarre hold that Apple has over people in the production business. I’m onto my third Microsoft Surface Pro now and it’s a kick-ass little beast of a machine for everything from Steam games to development to day-to-day laptop/tablet functionality. I love it. And no, I don’t want a MacBook Pro.
Amazon Fire TV Stick
Watching TV has never been easier. This puts my YouTube and Flickr accounts on my TV, next to my premium cable apps and enormous film libraries, plus Kodi, streaming, iPhone remote, Alexa voice integration… the list is endless. All on a fully portable USB stick. Bravo.
Visvim
As a 43 year old, I should have grown out of this, but my normal teenage sneaker obsession has matured into a more bizarre infatuation. There’s a truly incredible Japanese company called Visvim that goes to extreme lengths to create the perfect sneaker. They’re part pioneering science, part handmade-influenced design and part incredible comfort. I’ve had one pair since 2003 and they look like new. Sadly, Kanye started wearing them a little while back, so they’re more expensive than is reasonable these days.
Skateboard
There seems to be a pattern developing here. Another youth obsession I’m struggling to let go of. Like many ex-skaters I’m not arsed about extreme sports, more the culture that goes with street skating. This opened me up to music, films and creativity more than anything else could have done when I was an impressionable teen.
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