God I love VR so much. Despite everything. This is the only thing I can imagine doing with my time. Making things for this.
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Cyborg Glasses Summer thoughts after listening to @scottstein.bsky.social and @ianhamilton.net on @goodvirtualreality.com
If you haven't had a chance to listen to the Good VR Podcast yet this episode pulls together comments from more than half a dozen episodes featuring professionals sharing their favorite moment of presence in VR. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/6-months-o...
6 Months Of Presence In Good Virtual Reality
VR designers share their favorite moment of presence in a VR headset.
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Scenario where AI degrades the internet and everyone becomes super private hyperlocal seems possible
Free codes are still available to paid subscribers. If you love VR and don’t have Walkabout Mini Golf, Pistol Whip, Banners & Bastions, Acron, or Titans of Space you can access them on your headset and support independent journalism at the same time. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/amplify-go...
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Developers in the Certified Good Virtual Reality Collection shared free codes for paid Good Virtual Reality subscribers to visit their worlds.
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Good Virtual Reality@goodvirtualreality.com · 3d agoThis podcast with Scott Stein may scratch the itch of people who miss the VR Download with a free-form discussion about the social impact of glasses and headsets. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/pervert-gl...
Thought this giant hot dog was advertising for @h3vr2.bsky.social in Times Square. @antonhand.bsky.social
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The deal they offer is "Strap a camera to your head that feeds directly into AI training. In return, you can use the AI output." The whole platform is designed around that, not around user utility.
I’m reminded of what Doug North Cook said for my first podcast. He called all existing headsets cursed objects that have some defining features that essentially curse them even if they give you amazing powers.
elShoggotho@elshoggotho.eurosky.social · 5d agoProblem 1: The industry isn't trying to sell what customers want. They're trying to push on customers what the industry wants to sell, regardless of utility. To adopt a new platform, there has to be massive benefit, and subscription based LLMs for everything clearly don't drive demand.
Agree with a lot of these thoughts generally.
elShoggotho@elshoggotho.eurosky.social · 5d agoProblem 2: Use cases. I know a few things I'd like to do with the tech that are just unsupported. Give me lightweight AR glasses, displaying a full HUD on top of the landscape. Give me navigation, give me translation, give me optional good games and art. Give me a headless desktop for work.
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Good Virtual Reality@goodvirtualreality.com · 5d agoFree codes still available to certified good VR experiences Banners & Bastions, Walkabout Mini Golf, Pistol Whip, Acron: Attack o the Squirrels, and Titans Of Space Plus. Become a paid subscriber, visit some good VR and then pay it forward. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/amplify-go...
Some really thoughtful commentary from @scottstein.bsky.social here about VR headsets and AI glasses. And there’s a quote in here from me! www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
To Get Beyond ‘Pervert Glasses,’ Meta Should Remember the Lessons of VR - CNET
Commentary: You can’t understand what you can’t see – and the social contracts for smart glasses are still nonexistent.
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Hey babe this is why I went to see The Odyssey at Lincoln Square.
Gary Whitta@garywhitta.bsky.social · 6d ago
Deleted Thronefall after completing it. Is there anything similar that can scratch this itch?
Ian@ianhamilton.net · 2w agoI have been obsessing over Thronefall and finally beat the last challenge on the final level to rank #647 on iOS.
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Good Virtual Reality@goodvirtualreality.com · 6d agoVR headsets should be designed specifically to support Space Pirate Arena. It is perhaps the coolest single experience ever designed for pure virtual reality. Conversation with I-Illusions designer Dirk Van Welden now available to paid subscribers. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/space-pira...
We shared some of our reasoning for keeping generative AI out of our creative process with @aftermath.site. Respecting our players' time and attention is at the core of everything we do. If something isn't worth our time to make, it's not worth our players' time to engage with it.
Aftermath@aftermath.site · last wk.All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
Not gonna have this argument very often but if I’m going to have it it’s going to be with someone who has this much varied experience over decades in the space.
Good Virtual Reality@goodvirtualreality.com · last wk.Raven Zachary AR vs. VR potetntial: “I've had some very magical... experiences in VR...but when I think of that as a percentage of my time in headset, those types of experiences are a fraction of my desire to go out into the world and augment my life." www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/raven-zach...
Subreddit at the “a girlfriend might be more affordable than Steam Frame” stage of cope.
Ian@ianhamilton.net · last wk.
Tested publishes a cool video about RoboCop 2 and the comments are immediately a Steam Frame trash fire. My heart goes out to @nchan.bsky.social
Also mentioned in There Will Be Blood and The Maltese Falcon.
Ian@ianhamilton.net · last wk.My hometown mispronounced on Silo!
Caught up on the latest episode and everyone in prison has a cell phone.
Ian@ianhamilton.net · 3w agoThe new Cape Fear is so convoluted and stupid. I hate every character in every way. My watch continues.
Someone needed help packing their lunch. They had frozen meals in the freezer and needed me to read the meals off to them. Then I helped make sure that their kitchen was tidy-checked sink, stove and microwave. 😭 bemyeyes.com?utm_source=a...
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Ian@ianhamilton.net · 2w agoSaw an older woman on the bus wearing the Meta Ray-Ban glasses. Asked her if she takes photos. Never, she said. She has vision issues and uses the Be My Eyes feature. She wishes the frames were lighter.
They got $1.5 million for Firmament on Kickstarter in 2019. What are the economics that prevent a bigger goal for a Myst sequel? Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere and I missed it.
Cyan Worlds@cyan.com · last wk.Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all. Presenting: Project Anglerfish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
Yep! Using ALVR on the AVP. Should play well on any PC with an OpenXR compatible headset
Started work on a PCVR port yesterday for a game I’ve been dreaming of playing in VR. Here’s Metal Gear Solid 2 running on an Apple Vision Pro.