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Matthew Dowd

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11 months

@growing_daniel Wdym, this face was the pinnacle of excitement

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@growing_daniel the design is very human

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I knew someone would do this at WWDC…

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@SnazzyLabs Truly the most dead on arrival product ever

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@ianamurray Oml this movie is going to be so bad.

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@worstdeleted Canned sequel to “What Is A Woman”

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@gabewise “I’m happy to do it for you” Lmaoo

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5 months

What’s the best way to help people share your VR game? Give. Them. A. Camera. We built a system for third person recording that imposes minimal performance constraints and unlocks maximum creativity. QuestCam.

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In VR, a few things will happen naturally and should happen sooner: - Avatars, gameplay, content/assets, and environment will all be decoupled from one another. - Games will become free to play by default. - Average age of a VR world owner will fall dramatically. - Players

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1 year

@theapplehub Me at the same time:

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5 months

I've locked in the decision... QuestCam is now not only free for players... but will also be FREE for developers to have in their game, too! The VR ecosystem is still burgeoning and young (in multiple ways). QuestCam is the solution to make 1,000 more Ugandan Knuckles

Matthew Dowd

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5 months

What’s the best way to help people share your VR game? Give. Them. A. Camera. We built a system for third person recording that imposes minimal performance constraints and unlocks maximum creativity. QuestCam.

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1 year

@ninaturner Tina, don’t we want to incentivize good decisions?

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5 months

Almost every single paid VR game is a tech demo right now.

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2 months

VR right now is a completely open playing field. Pretty much every VR game you hear talked about by traditional developers and the mainstream VR influencer zeitgeist is irrelevant. It excites me that the companies who have been holding VR back are falling for it. The industry

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1 year

@Anc_Aesthetics @mcuban @VivekGRamaswamy Mark did one math problem to get $1600 per student and that’s too complicated ? Vivek’s “plan” is reduced to nothing more than smoke and mirrors pandering with mark’s analysis.

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5 months

Just got a pair of the Meta Raybans... holy shit. These glasses will probably bring a larger net plus to my daily life than Vision Pro. They're very light. Look a little bulky on me, but worth it. Pro tip: turn the Meta AI voice to 1.75x to increase your rate of passive

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I played Population One on Quest 3, and I 100% prefer it over Quest Pro w/ PC Link. Quest 3's graphics for Pop One are easily on par with PC. I don't even know if that's technically accurate, but it feels that way. + higher FOV, higher PPD, untethered... its an easy choice. I

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@samuel_spitz One of my demon mode takes is that YC has created the perception that one needs an accelerator or investors or both to build and ship. Has created a negative gut reaction towards programs like that for me that I mindfully correct.

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8 months

@hrafntho It’s a great ad. If only it worked this well in actual use!

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1 year

@probablyup @appleinsider Spatial camera system.

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3 months

When I put on Vision Pro for the first time I was almost speechless about how low the field of view was.

Apple Vision Report

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3 months

Gurman releases new details on cheaper “Apple Vision” headset prototypes: “Prototypes of the [Apple Vision] have a narrower field of view than the Vision Pro. And the company is considering making the device reliant on a tethered Mac or iPhone.“

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1 year

@MetaQuestVR How about the GTA:SA summoning circle?

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9 months

@TailosiveTech Aren't we all just assuming Humane Ai Pin is dead on arrival?

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8 months

Hand tracking for Fruit Ninja on Vision Pro appears to suck. Like unusable. Anyone else? What does this mean for immersive content?

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This will be bigger than every pay to play VR game of the next 2 years combined.

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8 months

@Acerola_t Great! Generative AI being accepted in the games industry will lead to more, better games being cheaper and more accessible to a larger amount of people.

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2 months

2D UI is way overused in immersive VR. It’s the result of flat UI/UX designers being hired for VR work, not well reasoned design.

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1 year

@LeviGuyan @LukeMiani You should read the full article where Zuck acknowledges potential for Apple to do very well with spatial computing.

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1 year

@yacineMTB People don’t even understand Apps to be “software”… to them, apps are Apps. They don’t want or need to know any more than that.

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Trad VR developers: “VR is an immersive experience that transports you inside the game - it truly feels like you’re in a totally different world, who wouldn’t want that?!?” Also them: “If only this experience were $200 cheaper, THEN everyone would buy it!” IMO general high

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Quest 3S seemingly just got FCC certification, a few weeks ahead of its expected launch at Meta Connect:

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8 months

I think Zuck is right. But Meta is far from the ‘open model’ if Apple is the closed one.

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1 month

QuestCam’s Beta is now available! Recap: QuestCam is a 3rd person video camera for standalone VR. More of your players can now record TikTok and YouTube videos that attract new people to your game. This is the best way for your game to get traction online and have a chance

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QuestCam is coming soon! We're getting ready to ship an early version of QuestCam out - enabling all VR players to record videos for social media. Developers, this is a huge power up to your game's success. Virality is magic and equipping your players with cameras captures

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1 year

Watched Dune in Bigscreen on Quest 3 and had a better experience than when I saw it in AMC theatres.

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1 year

@ianzelbo Fixed it!

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12 days

Yesterday we passed 50,000 player videos made with QuestCam! Here are some of my favorites…

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11 days

The whole "VR is isolating and people will never wear it" shtick is getting old, folks. Far more likely that people spend hours a day wearing big(ger) headsets at home than clunky glasses outside. Small AR/AI glasses that made the right tradeoffs to slim their product

Spectacles

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Dive deeper into the things you love, closer to the people you love, with #Spectacles . Join the Spectacles Developer Program at

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VR devs, if this isn’t happening in your game you’re NGMI

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1 year

@Arumi_kai @tprstly Not to mention how Roblox games that aren’t click baiting content you reference are practically slot machines for kids.

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11 months

That’s it. I’m trimming my eyelashes to get higher Quest 3 FOV. Wish me luck.

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8 months

@spatialreport I’m floored by how good the personas look.

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QuestCam is coming soon! We're getting ready to ship an early version of QuestCam out - enabling all VR players to record videos for social media. Developers, this is a huge power up to your game's success. Virality is magic and equipping your players with cameras captures

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10 months

If Apple can sell 1M $3,500 headsets in 1 year, Meta is in big trouble and their lead is slimmer than I expected. The biggest issue is retention for Meta (still). If 75% of those 20M Quests were in monthly use, it wouldn't be such a travesty.

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10 months

New report from Interface News claims that mass production of the first-generation Vision Pro will begin in December with an initial batch of 400,000 units. Apple is said to have a sales target of ~1M units for 2024.

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I was told to get off TikTok… VR devs, here’s why you should do the opposite! QuestCam makes it easy and performant for players to take 3rd person videos inside your game for social media. Next, we’re letting them livestream to Twitch/TikTok from inside your world with no

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@ThisIsMattDowd You still here? I thought you went to watch Tik Tok 😅

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Matthew Dowd

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1 year

Near retinal resolution verifocal headset prototype from Meta… wow. I’ve never seen a clearer headset, let alone one where you can focus up close to things mere inches from your eyes. Doubtful we’ll see any implementation in product any time soon, but the future is bright!

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1 year

@AviSchiffmann Hijacking the optic nerve is an extreme way to overcome headset friction, but there are plenty of form factors that overcome headset friction without abandoning the current technical approach.

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1 year

@charliehtweets Prove the UK PM’s point speed run.

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5 months

FINAL BUG: SQUASHED QUESTCAM: EMINENT THR VR INDUSTRY: NOT READY

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8 months

@Thrilluwu “Vision Pro has half the processing power as Quest 3” is one I’ve seen a concerning number of times…

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1 year

@anothercohen Him after watching a 10 hour Notion tutorial on creating your personal second-brain digital Wiki

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9 months

@Rahll Interesting choice to not @ me, yet not provide a counterargument or dispute my assertion.

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4 months

@MKBHD @SnazzyLabs Why did I think you were talking about the Rabbit

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8 months

BRIJ: the universal, in-world social feed where players share moments and VR games go viral. Until now, powerful game network effects have been locked in closed platforms like Roblox and RecRoom. BRIJ makes those same benefits accessible to any developer by integrating into

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5 months

Update: we’re making it free for players. QuestCam starts at just $9.99/month for developers to add a complete camera system (streaming next!) to their game. We’re moving quite fast, and the next version of QuestCam will have a remarkable, carefully designed interface.

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5 months

What’s the best way to help people share your VR game? Give. Them. A. Camera. We built a system for third person recording that imposes minimal performance constraints and unlocks maximum creativity. QuestCam.

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I left my Vision Pro in San Francisco and brought my Quest 3 instead for my month away. I have not regretted that decision once.

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5 months

QuestCam is the single best thing you can add to your VR game. When the SDK is out it will be rapid to set up and allow your Quest players to take videos inside your VR world. First games of many are launching it next week.

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1 year

I honestly doubt a sub-$200 Quest headset will encourage significantly greater adoption of VR/MR. People will pay for an experience that is good. Especially when the experience needing to be good is one that could replace their laptop, TV, and monitor setup.

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Say what you will about VR, it is absolutely the most fun platform to talk to users on.

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1 year

Super excited to share what we've been up to for so long at LMNL. A VR-first, lightweight engine with incredible tools for the next era of gaming!

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8 months

@FinnDyrud Yep, Brian’s avatar is insane.

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10 months

@yacineMTB The only other place where stuff happens as quickly is TIkTok - but it's different stuff than what happens on X. Sort of a different universe than the fast real world info on X with other trends and hot topics.

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8 months

I wish this were a joke. @UNDERDOGSgame

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@VisorXR Vision Pro hands on are tomorrow - when will we see a real Visor?

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If Minecraft officially released a made-for-VR version, what would the impact on VR usage be? Plz share thoughts!

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2 years

Would be honored to have you advise and challenge us at @intermetaglobal once in a while @notch ! Lets make it happen and change the world.

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@benz145 Sounds bland as hell

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7 months

If I was in charge of VR at Meta, there is a nonzero chance I'd ban single player-only games from Quest.

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@cixliv Fruit ninja is absolutely horrible on it

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@CandlestickWill @ninaturner A world without sufficient incentive for things to get done results in catastrophic disaster and misery for all.

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3 months

Thefuck?

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@VivekGRamaswamy Clarity to the enemy is the antithesis of good strategy in a situation like this.

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2 months

I think Meta would be better off if they banned all VR developers over the age of 30 for a year or two.

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1 year

Please, Meta... just build a better ecosystem and sell these damn things hard!

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A lot of what's holding VR back right now is the barrier to entry in making worlds.

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@SadlyItsBradley Fresnel lenses 😩

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5 months

Most game devs still charging $10+ for their VR game will be shellshocked when they have to compete on an even discoverability field with free AppLab games from 15 year olds coding after school. Can't wait, it'll force adaptation!

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Matthew Dowd

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Quest 3 laying down mode… I’m pretty impressed with how good the tradeoff of immersion for comfort is. I feel 75% as immersed for 150% the comfort in several games. That’s worth it and will probably account for 1/10 sessions for me at least. Of the ones I’ve tried, these

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@JoannaStern

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@EricPresidentVR Grabbing but not feeling the item you’re grabbing removes yourself from the simulation more than a simplistic pinch.

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1 year

@AviSchiffmann We need a @VCBrags for startup founders publicly sucking themselves off on X.

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@benz145 Thought it was a real pic for a sec

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Beta testers are loving QuestCam!

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There is no room for friction in VR. A huge reason why QuestCam is working & inspiring thousands of new video creators is because it doesn't require them to do anything but click a big red 'record' button. No fiddling with a phone app through the headset, no wires to a PC. Just

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Shipped a big optimization update to QuestCam... and added Vulkan support! VR devs, especially those with younger players, please take advantage of the fact that they want to post about your game. Do this by giving them a QuestCam - Github in this post ->

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QuestCam’s Beta is now available! Recap: QuestCam is a 3rd person video camera for standalone VR. More of your players can now record TikTok and YouTube videos that attract new people to your game. This is the best way for your game to get traction online and have a chance

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@Austen While they're at it, they should negotiate peace between China and Taiwan.

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2 months

Mainstream VR judges games 90% by graphics and physics, and that couldn’t be a worse way of doing it.

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1 year

@AzealiaNews Finally, the take I was waiting for.

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11 months

Y’all, just buy a quest 3

MFFL

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11 months

Report: TNT just agreed to a deal with Cosm. They create special wraparound 8k TVs that are similar to a real life experience. They will open their first site in Dallas next year 🔥🔥🔥 #MFFL

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We need more clubs, live events, movie nights, and stand up shows in social VR worlds.

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Since I started sharing about QuestCam on TikTok, we’ve received so much love from VR’s most promising demographic! Devs - if you want to tap into this without making TikToks yourself, give your players QuestCam to make their own videos!

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@benz145 How (un)comfortable is it? How is passthrough quality?

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4 months

This is a depressing real time butchery of the Ready Player One IP. Wow. Everyone involved should be tarred and feathered.

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4 months

Today, we reveal the first glimpse into the user experience of The Readyverse platform. Leveraging web3, AIGC and metaverse technologies to enable users to choose who they want to be and create the worlds they want to explore. #thereadyverse

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Get ready folks… This massive learning piano is selling for $2,800! … or you could use @PianoVisionApp on a $500 Quest 3? The benefits of MR/VR prove themselves once again.

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@DylanMcD8 Lenticular display

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@arian_ghashghai Seeing a suburban mom out walking her dog stop by to try a VR headset is a sign of the turning tide.

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8 months

@tina__nigro @ShadowTechie @Joybeanns Quest 3 actually has more by-the-book MR capabilities - devs can occlude object behind furniture, etc.

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Matthew Dowd

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5 months

My prediction now is that QuestCam will regularly reach a strong % of the Quest user base quickly upon launch. Developers - if you are planning a game launch within the next 3-5 months and want to reach Quest users, let me know! If you know a developer who needs this, @ them!

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5 months

Now almost 750 members in the QuestCam player server... and 140 in the QuestCam developer server!

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