{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6958298e6446068fdc43e837/695829c46c77c8cb7a7ba8ae?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Working with Code: How Does a Graphics Coder Do His Job?","description":"<p>For this mini-season on coding, Slate’s own Greg Lavallee is talking to the people who write the software that makes your digital life possible. </p><p>In this episode, Greg sits down with Omar Shehata, a graphics programmer at Cesium, a 3D mapping company. Omar has always been a storyteller and he sees his job coding as an extension of that. He talks about working on the first 3D renderings of the Egyptian Pyramids,  how to understand a 4D object and what it’s like to code something so visual. </p><p> </p>","author_name":"Slate Podcasts"}