Desperately trying to survive the IT warzone, stumbling through VR/AR/MR/XR... don't know what to call it anymore. (We're calling it 'spatial computing' now?)
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John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
This isn’t video footage.
It’s a Gaussian splat rendered in real-time, walked by a simulated person filming on a virtual phone: gait, head turns, motion blur, rolling shutter, footsteps.
You can tap to burn the Gaussians it's made of. 🔥
Built with @playcanvas
🧵 👇
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
Kudos to the researchers closing the gap between academic and industrial SLAM.
One of the reasons the team made @meta_aria available to external researchers was to shift attention towards the higher level problems that are unlocked once you take accurate & precise location as a given.
If SLAM tells us where a device is, we can begin to build a shared understanding for the environment, how the world changes, and how it will change with interventions. That's where things get really interesting and where I hope to see more people explore.
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
I’ve been working really hard on something
I am extremely proud of how it’s going, and believe that in the long term, I can turn it into the Final Cut Pro for Spatial and Immersive video
Here is only a little taste. Stay Tuned!
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
Now presenting: StreamXR! 🥽
A Free, Open Source Chrome Extension that gives you the full YouTube Desktop Experience on #SteamFrame !
- Full 360°/180°/2D support
- Full Search, Channel, Comments, Description, Recommended, Home, and Subscriptions pages
- Easy VR UI/UX
Out NOW!
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
A Reddit user named AstroPC has transformed their PSVR2 into a standalone headset by combining adapters with a RedMagic smartphone that serves as a compute puck. Major improvements are in the works (Custom PCB). @SadlyItsBradley @GAMERTAGVR
reddit.com/r/PSVR2onPC/s/kWv…
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
I have released “HoloPrinter” on TestFlight. For those who have a Bambu Labs 3D Printer
With this app, you can slice your models with a fully hand tracked focused UX
During prints, a virtual laser will draw out each layer your IRL printer is manifesting
testflight.apple.com/join/j3…
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
In the near term, I'm far more bullish on the '3D portal' means of making flatscreen games work in VR than shoddy conversations which end up with a 'VR-compatible' version of the game that's more work and less fun (and for many people, uncomfortable) to play in a headset than on a flatscreen.
This is a matter of pragmatism. If every flatscreen game could get the amount of time and investment needed to be thoroughly redesigned to be *great* in VR, then I'd obviously prefer that. The reality is that that's a time consuming, expensive, and very challenging to do right for 95% of games, and the ROI simply isn't there for the developer.
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
We’ll be honest: our spatial video recorder & player launched with… basic controls.
That changes today. Our latest update brings a modern player with scaling, scrubbing, repositioning, a passthrough toggle, and more.
Same spatial videos. Much better controls.
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
i now have an on-device vibecoding setup to build openXR vr apps on my steam frame!
godot even has live editing, so i can make changes to the scene (and i think even code) while the game's running. killer!
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
the Steam Frame works in pitch black thanks to its IR blasters and IR sensitive SLAM cameras
with the default passthrough view, you can see some prettty cool things including:
1. Steam Frame's internals
2. Steam Frame's controller internals
3. Apple Vision Pro's LiDAR pattern
4. iPhone 13 Pro's LiDAR pattern
5. iPhone 13 Pro's FaceID pattern
6. My Asus monitor's proximity sensor
youtu.be/TnF4EwE0sCA
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
I INTERVIEWED BOZ AT META CONNECT! Let me tell you all the incredible story of how this happened, with all my emotional rollercoaster. It has been he craziest thing that has happened to me in my career as a blogger. I promise you’ll have fun reading this. And you will find the words @boztank said to me pretty insightful
skarredghost.com/2026/09/25/…
#VirtualReality #VR #Meta #MetaConnect #technology #blogging
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
Frame's core module is tiny. The issue with form-factor in VR headsets right now isn't so much volume, but weight. You need a large head mount of some sort to hold this little module in front of your eyes in a way that's comfortable.
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
We shipped a new page to explore the FOV & PPD for the Arcturus Vision Camera at arcturus.vision/optics
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
Should you buy the Steam Frame for VRChat? Let me help answer that question with my own on hands review!
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
Half-Life Alyx standalone vs the PC VR version, side by side on Steam Frame.
I still can't quite believe this is running on the headset with no PC. Valve made a native ARM port with foveated rendering and depth reprojection, and your saves sync between both versions through Steam Cloud.
It's not as smooth as PC VR, but it's a mobile chip running Alyx. That's some real magic.
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
github.com/Baywilly/Metal-Ge…
📡 Snake, the mission begins now. The first BETA of Metal Gear Solid VR Standalone is now available to download. From here on, you're on your own. Good luck. 🐍🥽
John 🚀 VR/AR/XR retweeted
I've had Valve's Steam Frame for a week, and the full video is up!
Short version: it's trying to be four devices at once, and most of it already works. Half-Life Alyx runs on the headset with no PC. The streaming is the best I've used out of the box. Linux desktop and SteamOS freedom is amazing. Battery is about an hour. And it costs $1,059.
I tested as much as I could, and it's a lot. So if you're deciding whether to sign up for a reservation before the 17th, this should help.
Curious what you think: youtu.be/_PEq2T_iAs4
