Reality ahead of schedule

Technical guy for XR, Games and Real-Time 3D, Software Dev. Infrastructure & Team Creation. This XR stuff is the future! he/him

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

Being flown on an Intel plane was a huge perk to getting out to the other offices and back in a day. A sad day indeed.

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

I was really rooting for Intel to finally get its act together and manufacture a reasonably competitive GPUs. Even though the Xe graphics architecture was a bit entry level, it at least seemed a nominal success. When Intel got AMD's Raja Koduri as the new GFX guy - I had hopes

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

Well Raja's out now https://t.co/k1mK7AQ6wS Intel never seems able to spend more than a few years attempting to break into the GPU market. This is their third time and I don't have my hopes up for this one either. That and they are shutting down the Intel shuttle service ☹️

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

Wow - Epic is really going to revolutionize the way that MoCap data is captured/processed. See their MetaHuman/Real-Time Facial Animation Demo from their GDC presentation: This will really streamline things https://t.co/ASJLKpHT0L

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

Those historical, last-ditch we-are-losing weapons, full of hope and desperation, were always amazing. Always loved the Nebelwerfer. Battlefield introduced me to the Fliegerfaust. But today I learned about the Einstossflammenwerfer 46.... Holy Hell!

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

Apple Delays AR Glasses, Plans Cheaper Mixed-Reality Headset - yes it's challenging - but given their track record I expect them to make a good go at it.
https://t.co/tUQN3hBXK8

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

I've watched a number of companies go off to design their own XR headsets - only to realize that it's a *really* challenging effort. There's a reason a lot of companies go for Qualcomm's XR chipset - not to mention that it comes with it's own OpenXR software stack and SDK.

[Steve Lukas @slukas]

It’s amazing what you can do with the right team 😊😊😊 shoutout to the @Snapdragon Spaces Technical Dev Rel & Studios teams for their support this weekend at @mitrealityhack

Thank you for the feedback Maryam!

[UploadVR @UploadVR]

Unity's new XR Hands package lets developers add OpenXR hand tracking instead of using headset-specific SDKs.

https://t.co/B6tn8jrlAb

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

@omershapira @TimSweeneyEpic Some of the shiniest examples of the transition from 50's style rock into hard rock came out of the YBs - especially the Beck/Page - Page years. The harbinger of an excellent decade of rock.

[Stanford VR @StanfordVR]

Say goodbye to conference rooms. We studied 100s of people in small groups over months in 192 panoramic or closed worlds. Large, open spaces improved nonverbal behavior, restorativeness and group cohesion.

In VR space is free (and beneficial).

https://t.co/zZZHwbPnzU

[John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack]

There is a class of people who don’t think AR glasses should give you superpowers of vision and hearing because it brings up “privacy issues”. The companies that take that position are going to lose.

[Tim Sweeney @TimSweeneyEpic]

The metaverse debate in a nutshell:

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

Interesting article on "Identifying Users by Their Hand Tracking Data in Augmented and Virtual Reality" had a small sample size but 95% accurate. Be interesting to see how this folds into other privacy concerns like eye and mouth (yes fer real) tracking https://t.co/9L2IbEvWEx

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

@n1ckfg So there's a bunch of AR/VR/MR HMD's coming out Oct-Feb - some are really nice headsets. Some individual AR headsets, some dedicated VR ones plus some that are MR - Qualcomm is coming out with a wireless HMD dev-kit in month or so, so that should be a trend.

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

A few years ago @Qualcomm decided to go all in on developing dedicated AR/VR hardware. The Oculus Quest is just the most successful of those. Just the first of many, many you'll see in the next year... here's an XR1 product
https://t.co/WfL9vxWOJt

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

RIP Stadia
A message about Stadia and our long term streaming strategy https://t.co/WTQb5DXdS4

[Patently Apple @PatentlyApple]

Apple won 43 Patents today covering an HMD with a Direct Retinal Projector System and Reflective Holographic Combiner & more https://t.co/ZImjhOwEbn

[Reality ahead of schedule @RonFosner]

Disney Patents Virtual World Simulator that doesn’t require an HMD. But it seems pretty darn similar to the CAVE tech Carolina Cruz-Neira @cnntweet et. al. invented in '92. https://t.co/RyUckp9G0b

[Skyshow TV @Skyshow_TV]

The @SpaceX @Inspiration4x launch, endlessly flowing from the pad all the way to orbit.

Composite of multiple tracking telescopes using new techniques to bring out the faintest colors and finest details--in 10K resolution.

#EndlessInspiration

[SIMD Crawford 🟣 @omershapira]

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Subtlety wins.