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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

15 days

Leaving some flowers here - follow me on the other places. Links in bio

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

5 years

What utter nonsense. VR will continue to grow every year until it becomes ubiquitous - there is no Year Of #VR

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5 years

2020 is VR's make-or-break year

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4 years

A lot of #VR controllers

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7 years

Sun's out, must be garden time #Caturday

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9 months

Excited to start my new role as Snr Partner Relations Manager @ Unity today! Looking forward to working with studios across all the platforms to create, build and find success at launch and beyond 😎

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7 years

This tweet goes out to all the indie #VR devs who are making something unique, something that doesn’t have known IP associated with it, something that doesn’t involve shooting things, something fresh and new yet struggles to get funding behind it. Keep fighting the good fight 🙌

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3 years

Be wary of "firsts" with immersive tech, as this clip reminds us.

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3 years

Metaverse Walmart? Nah mate I'm going to the 90s VR Sainsbury's. cc @sainsburyarch you might like this old @BBCNWT clip

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7 months

9 yrs ago today the Samsung GearVR was launched… we’ve come a long way baby

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5 years

5+ years, 40+ VR headset headshots

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2 years

Oo Oo Oooo it’s my turn to do the thing! #XRJobs #VR

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4 years

Oh good we’re having the argument where hardcore #VR gamers don’t get sick with free movement Vs. making experiences comfortable for all users again. Just. Because. You. Don’t. Get. Sick. Doesn’t. Mean. Others. Won’t. Shut. Up.

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2 years

9 years ago the Oculus Rift DK1s arrived in the studio. The rest is… being written

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9 years

Evolution of Oculus Rift VR greatness

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2 years

One of our B2B partners visited the HTC Vive Slough office and managed to take some comparison photos of the Vive XR Elite (PVT units, not final retail) alongside the Meta Quest Pro (I was going to do this next week but he beat me to it 😅)

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3 years

BBC Countryfile is on with the #VR section. WTF is up with that frame rate? They should be able to capture and replay much better than that for TV, unless it is terrible perf in the 1st place? 🤔

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

6 years

Tried photogrammetrying the cat... seems to have work... oh my god!

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5 years

This is how you #VR #MR right, right? @tiltbrush @htcvive #VivePro

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4 years

Gonna need a bigger TV cabinet, the #PS5 is massive!

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6 years

To all the naysayers re: #VR . This week we signed our 3rd project of the year (18/19), hired a new designer, received amazing new hardware, confirmation of more hardware shipping, demoed our new experiences to delighted users, sold full solutions and had a lot of fun doing so

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4 years

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6 years

Visual history of #VR input controllers #3DoF #6DoF (not shown: Quest and Focus 6DoF)

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

4 years

Finally... LiDAR for iPhone #AppleEvent

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

5 years

11 Oculus Quests delivered to the studio...

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

3 years

And my new friends on the Logitech Immersive Team have sent me a compatible K830, so I can finally check out Infinite Office and tracked keyboard support on Oculus Quest 2 #VR

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VR Sam W

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3 years

📢🔥we’ve sold more copies of Loco Dojo Unleashed on Quest in <3 weeks than we have Oculus Rift Store 🦀🎉

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4 years

Oh hai @clipdropapp is pretty cool

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VR Sam W

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2 years

Very happy to start today as Content Partnerships Lead @htcvive @Viveport working with @MariaRaindance and @JoshNaylor @Hero_Kvatch & @ZeenaAlobaidi ! Time to build the future #VR

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@vr_sam

5 years

#AR and #VR are both off the Gartner Emerging Tech Hype Cycle in 2019 now, so let’s all agree never to use that chart again in another talk slide

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@vr_sam

8 years

Started to compile list of #WomenInVR here: #VR

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9 months

I wrote some words thinking about 10+ years of VR and my personal feelings. We’ll get there.

Thoughts on VR after 10+ years

As I sit here writing this, I’m tired. But we’ll get to why so in a bit.

vr-sam.medium.com

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

5 years

Samsung stopping GearVR support and Google dropping Daydream VR support is a natural process of technology advances but the BBC closing their VR lab is a sad day but the learnings live on. What these three things do NOt mean though is “VR is dead”

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@vr_sam

7 years

The crane walkers grazed idly in the morning light, undisturbed in the shadow of the volcano @simonstalenhag #naples #italy

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@vr_sam

4 years

“Pay only $3,000 to be listed in the Top 10 Most Innovative VR/AR Companies 2021” list! I think you mean the Top 10 Companies Who Paid to be in This List list no?

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@vr_sam

9 months

VR[Sam]’s dead! No he’s not, he’s resting… but! today is my last day at HTC Vive as Content Partnerships Lead on the Viveport team. It’s been a great time this past year working to launch 100+ #VR games & experiences on a new storefront alongside the Vive XR Elite hardware.

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9 years

So grandma's done #OculusRift DK1, DK2 and now GearVR. Bring on commercial launch!

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5 years

I’ve reached peak #VR T-shirt

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2 years

@ThereSheRides @mollymcghee Guess where my cats sit 🤔

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2 years

If you’ve only ever attended a show but never exhibited, you’ve never fully experienced the madness that is the day before…

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@vr_sam

4 years

Two #VR training companies have raised $45m these past two weeks… yeah man, VR’s dead

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9 years

All teh VRz

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

2 years

What a lovely evening chatting with @jeriellsworth about all things immersive and games industry

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

5 years

Oculus Stories, Google Spotlight, High Fidelity, Jaunt... all bailed on VR because of VC overhype, data analyst over-predictions, lack of rapid returns... find a workable, profitable sector and maximise. Slow and stable, the snail wins the race. Less sexy but whatever, we’re here

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

6 years

Now this is a Throne of Go 😂 #VR

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

3 years

This is it. This is what we've been working towards since mid-2018. Today is a great day for the studio and am super proud of our lil team pulling this together to get here. Thank you to those who supported us on the way to enable us to reach another great platform milestone.

Loco Dojo Unleashed 😜⛩

@locodojogame

3 years

Follow. Play. Support! Available for Oculus Quest & Quest 2 #VR Website: Trailer: BUY NOW: Discord: Twitter: Facebook:

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

7 years

Any journalists looking for a positive #VR story can speak to me about how @MakeRealVR just had it’s best financial year ever in 10 yrs and 2017-18 is looking to beat that already, thanks to immersive technology adoption across all verticals

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

2 years

Time for a new VR HMD selfie… crisp and clear full colour passthrough makes this really easy even without my glasses

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

2 years

There’s a content team with a strategy behind this email ready to speak with #VR devs looking to bring their existing and new titles to HTC Vive XR Elite - hand/eye/face-tracked, passthrough and/or mixed reality especially interesting - get in touch content[at]viveport[dot]com

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

4 years

This is my VR account, I’m white & British but all I can say is #BlackLivesMatter everywhere and fuck racists, stop police brutality, protest is a right. You don’t need a headset to empathise and see this needs to change *now*

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@vr_sam

5 years

Am apparently 12th most influential person in #VR globally and have had dev kits for months but don’t know if am allowed to talk about the experience or not despite influencers posting stuff so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ here’s a VRelfie or two anyway

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@vr_sam

4 years

Happy 4th birthday @Oculus Rift CV1 #VR

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5 years

OK that was super, super crisp - amazing resolution and fine detail. And best of all the eye tracking worked with my glasses on still and very responsive. #Varjo #VR

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@vr_sam

3 years

About to sign the biggest value client single contract to date 🦾 will keep some of the team busy for a couple of years

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5 years

<<IT'S HAPPENING.gif>>

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3 years

Always saddens me when I see organisations paying over-the-top prices for 360º video being called VR, when they could have had something so much more immersive and impactful

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4 years

Proof you can still buy #VR headsets

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@vr_sam

5 years

I believe we have accidentally invited death into the studio - this will be the thing that kills us all 😬

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@vr_sam

8 years

100+ amazing #WomenInVR on the list:

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@vr_sam

2 years

📢 🧵After 9+ glorious years at @MakeRealLtd , today is my last official working day at the studio! I will be starting a very exciting new role within #VR early October but am sad to be leaving a now-30+ strong team of lovely, awesome, amazing people.

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@vr_sam

5 years

First pint of beer poured in #VR @oculus @OculusGaming thanks to Dave at @PelhamArmsLewes @abyssbrewing

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@vr_sam

4 years

If you must do #AmazonPrimeDay , use to donate towards your favourite charity and use your savings to shop local, or just skip that and shop local completely instead

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@vr_sam

6 years

It really is the Year of Standalone #VR . The @htcvive #ViveFocus has arrived - so light, so comfy!

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@vr_sam

5 years

Minor refresh to the #VR display and thanks to iPhone 11 Pro Max wide-angle lens, can fit them all in easily 😎

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@vr_sam

7 years

There is *zero* chance the kids are getting anywhere near this at Christmas, lol #JediChallenge #AR

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@vr_sam

7 years

It’s bad enough people are starting to use #XR and calling it #ExtendedReality but now they’re labelling it as #ER It’s 𝑥R if anything as it’s a variable. Or we just stop confusing people further and stick to #AR or #VR ?

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@vr_sam

3 years

7 years ago! Our first #VR experience published to the public

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@vr_sam

8 months

Playing some VR at Unity… guess the game

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@vr_sam

4 years

Nope. Revoke my #VR card or whatever man but seriously, fuck off with yet more guns and up-close-and-personal killing in VR games. Do not want. (Yes I know it’s what the pancake gamers want and we have to hit mainstream somehow). <Insert Jurassic Park Jeff Goldblum quote here>

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@vr_sam

5 years

I finally plucked up courage to try out a haptic exo-glove (my fear is a bug in the software would snap my fingers back 😂). Pretty cool

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@vr_sam

2 years

@ID_AA_Carmack Would be great if auto-updates to apps happened and could be triggered by the mobile app when it says one is available rather than telling you do it in headset

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@vr_sam

5 years

Actually, those green panels were annoying me - begone! #VR headsets: Top shelf: Oculus DK1 > DK2 > CV1 > Quest. Vive VK1 > Pre > Pro > Focus. 2nd Row: Gear VRs > Oculus Go. Pico Neo. Acer WMR > Samsung WMR. 3rd Row: Dead Mobile VR HMDs. OSVR. Fove. Pico G2

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@vr_sam

6 years

Heads up VR... er, Headz! As part of the studio move in a few weeks, I'm going to be sorting through 5 years of VR hardware we've accumulated and selling a load off, so if you're looking to build up / complete / extend your VR hardware history shelves, keep yer peepers peeled

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@vr_sam

4 years

Now would be a great time for @GoogleARVR to release Google Earth #VR on @oculus Quest

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@vr_sam

7 years

If your article about #VR includes a header image stock photo of someone wearing a cheap mobile headset with their hands outreached, as if interacting with something, you lose -10 Credibility Points.

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

7 months

Happy Friday #VR fam - this one’s for Jon

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@vr_sam

1 year

Yes you can still wear your hat with Vive XR Elite

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@vr_sam

2 years

Starting a new job when remote is a bit weird - shut lid on old company laptop, open lid on new company laptop. New job started

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@vr_sam

4 years

We’ve got some new projects kicking off and are looking for 2x 3D artists and 2x Unity developers to join the remote studio team - freelance contract initially, likely lead to perm later this year

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@vr_sam

1 year

Nice to wake up and see VR still isn’t dead

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@vr_sam

7 years

The cats haven’t realised there’s a freaking shark in the kitchen! @curiscope #sharkit

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@vr_sam

2 years

A number of people I show VR to were once interested but faded away in 2017-18 are amazed at standalone & that it doesn't have to be tethered to PC now... need more awareness to bring them back into the fold as they become super-engaged again. "I didn't realise *that's* VR now!"

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@vr_sam

7 years

Seems appropriate to re-share the ever growing list of amazing women working in VR/AR I curate:

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VR Sam W

@vr_sam

6 years

/drumroll been keeping a lid on this for a while now! Exciting times ahead

Good Morning Web3 🌅

@gmw3_

6 years

Brighton-based @MakeRealVR secures new investment to continue their expansion:

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@vr_sam

3 years

I’m 40+, I have no idea who Billie Ellish is. Just heard one of her tracks. Lots of autotune. Appreciate need big names for VR IP but can Beat Saber (with no mods now) reach out to some proper classic OG electronica musicians please. I have money & want to play but so far… meh

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@vr_sam

7 years

I need a kickass woman in #VR who can appear on a panel late September to talk about the challenges of using VR for marketing! DM me if able

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2 years

How it started How it’s going (2016 #CastAR ) ( @tiltfive )

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4 years

@AntonHand Sad thing is these children are probably legally adults

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@vr_sam

9 years

We've been showcasing our construction site manager health & safety VR training simulator #MadeWithUnity http://t.co/ui5T87gQ9H

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@vr_sam

7 years

There are no #VR Experts. At best there are Specialists. Do not trust anyone willing to accept that former label

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@vr_sam

6 years

5 years ago today I quit job in London working Testronic Labs/Zynga on San Francisco hours to escape city & join plucky little local team @MakeRealVR initially just to deliver a construction site training product. Luckily they let me run wild with #VR & haven’t been happier since

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@vr_sam

4 years

Mega new #XR project confirmed 🎉🍾

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4 years

@PhyshStycc Welcome

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@vr_sam

5 years

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@vr_sam

6 years

Updating my #VR talks opening sections - it’s been a while as have got another nine HMD selfies to add

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@vr_sam

8 years

We did it! @Radial_G is officially out as a full title on Oculus Store and Steam. No more Early Access, no more Kickstarter stress, just 🍾🍻🍿

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@vr_sam

5 years

I’ve been asked why I don’t go to award ceremonies and it’s simply because I believe that the people directly involved with the creation of the experiences up for nominations should get the chance to reap the rewards of all their hard work rather than the senior management team🥂

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@vr_sam

7 years

Too many people focused on how #VR can make money. One strength is how it can *save* money, which still ends up with companies having +money

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8 years

OK computer

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1 year

8 years ago I tried HTC Vive for the 1st time at EGX Rezzed, and felt presence for the first time in VR. 8 years later, I’m the one giving the demos of the new toys

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@vr_sam

8 months

@fakehistoryhunt My Mum’s house in Slovenia had something similar to this but was a bench / seat with more bricks / space for heat to be absorbed

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