I have been working on building, developing, and prototyping my own modular handheld x86 PC called the CG Deck. After approximately the past 7 and a half months of going from initial concept to functional engineering prototype, I am finally able to officially present the soon coming release of what I have been working tirelessly on over the course of this year! I will also be ramping up and posting more videos of the CG Deck in use, and other related content over the coming days. If you are interested in the project, like the video, leave a comment and subscribe to the channel! I appreciate all of your support so incredibly much, and thank you to everyone that has been following along so far! It means the world to me!

For those who have not seen this project before, the CG Deck is an x86 based modular handheld PC which has the capability of running dual boot operating systems like Windows & Linux. Designed and built to be a device that you actually own down the the firmware. Quick swap out control modules to mix and match control schemes for your specific task. Design and make your own modules, design your own backplates, upgrade or mod the internals, and even make repairs or fixes when or if you need. The CG Deck is more attuned to a platform rather than a traditional device, giving you full capability to repair, upgrade, mod, personalize, etc.

I wanted to create my dream device, something that evolved with me as time passes. Whether I am playing Steam games, or doing retro emulation, doing CAD work in Blender or other 3D software, coding, art & design work, listening to music, home media console use, video editing, hardware tinkering or whatever it is, I wanted to be able to simply be able to do it on a single portable handheld.

Also as a little bit of an update, I am still working on the behind the scenes documentary going over the entire process from the original idea and conceptual drawing, through design iterations, CAD, creating the bill of materials, material sourcing, navigating partnerships with brands and manufacturers, prototyping, assembly, DFM rework, testing & certifications, planning mass production, figuring out the logistics of warehousing and fulfillment, and every step in between all the way though officially releasing and launching the CG Deck and bringing it to market! Because there is so much that has gone into everything (and I am still in the middle of the process doing it all :) ), I will probably post the videos as an episodic series with smaller pieces of content going up between. I will have more information about those videos over the coming weeks, and it will be posted on my personal channel.

After tons of work, we are officially gearing up for an official launch on Kickstarter to help support a full production run of the CG Deck and various modules to bring it to market! The CG Deck will be available both as a DIY Assembly Kit and a Pre-Built ready to use device! I will be sending out more information to everyone on our waitlist over the next couple of days with some new updates & announcements including early bird backer pricing, package/pledge options, and more!

I'm working on a cyberpunk world, and thought to have the usual trope of having constant downpour. But I thought, what about having a very big disk-like structure that hover over ~30% of the world. Outside of which is just barren land. The disk works as a shield against the sun radiation and the structure hanging beneath as a residence for the wealthy people. From that disk, they drizzles almost every few hours. But the water is purified wastewater of the wealthiest. But I'm reconsidering, so does having a normal sky with constant clouds and rain works? What would be best?

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I was thinking about how the concept Meta glasses, come straight out of already existing cyberpunk lore, including my own, when I first sketched my version of meta AI (rayban) glasses 8 years ago when the company first started the development project.

At this time, I had came up with the meta glasses rayban remix (which is an actual product today) while thinking back to the days where I actually sold raybans in the past. I just combined my interests with augmented reality and fashion glasses to predict what Meta glasses actually looks like today. I would argue that this aesthetic is more closely related to cyber-prep than cyber -punk.

But today after fulling embracing a cyber-punk creator identity, I realized that as a cyberpunk content creator and worldbuilder, you tend to have to come up with tech products that exist in the future. This is really no different than how tech corpos think. They come up with a crazy idea, get a research team together and talk to investors. Then in a few years they are billionaires somehow.

I am thinking to myself now, why aren't I doing the same thing? (disclosure: I am 100% fine with playing the character of evil tech corpo for the sake of making money)

Why aren't I taking the inventions I create in my own cyberpunk lore, and actually trying to build some of these things and take this prototype to investors to make a buck?

I would argue that this is a viable path for any sci-fi tech creator., to just actually build the stuff that make cyberpunk cool in the video games and movies.