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The “Homunculus argument” is a fallacy often used to explain vision. No, your retinas are not projecting an image into your brain! Chris Eppstein and I got into this (and my story of speaking at my life-changing first big front end conf ever, CSS Dev Conf) on the Non Breaking Space Show. Check it out as a podcast or a screencast. Now, on to the news!

— Rachel Nabors, Editor

☝️ Here's a cool new tool to test out! Haiku wants to empower you to build awesome animations without worrying about the code. Import Sketch or SVG, animate to your heart's content, and deliver straight to your web app.
- Ivana McConnell, Features Editor

[News] [Rendering] The Mozilla Gfx Team looks into how browsers render graphics today.

[News] [Game Dev] Korean game companies have been building out HTML5-based MMORPGs. I knew this day would come!

[Game Dev] [AI] Neural networks blend pre-scripted animations into incredibly lifelike animations for video games.

[Tutorial] [JavaScript] How to create a favorite animation with anime-js.

[CSS] [JavaScript] How to create an event for CSS's position: sticky with Intersection Observer. I love this new API.

[Studio Animation] [After Effects] [Tutorial] The quick and dirty way to bring your 2D characters to life in AfterEffects.

[Tooling] [Article] This post on popular motion design tool Principle provides 3 good tips to making animations quickly and easily.

[News] [Legal] What happens when one person’s animation is used to promote another’s music—without permission.

[WebVR] [Inspiration] “Think of WebVR as the ‘responsive design’ of VR.” From the LCD Soundsystem and Google VR team up. If you're thinking about getting into Web VR try out The Complete Guide For Web VR and immersive experiences or Essential WebVR resources.

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