Ryan D

Bootstrapped to nearly $500m in annual revenue. Now CEO and Co-Founder of Black Box VR, the world's first virtual reality gym experience.

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

I'm moving my Twitter account to my other handle, @VR. Please follow me there!

I'm going to be posting a lot more about startups, wealth building, flying, fitness, and virtual reality. I might even have some fun stories from founding https://t.co/iGiIxvLFMX. :)

Thank you!

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

@martin_casado Especially VR worlds with realistic NPCs and stories written on the fly as you play.

[CuddlySalmon @nptacek]

@icreatelife AR and VR + AI is going to change everything

https://t.co/lQ2C3ZpYsk

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Percentage of 12th graders who have a driver’s license, who’ve ever tried alcohol, who ever go on dates, and who worked for pay at any point during the last school year. https://t.co/QPbE87wEal

[Meta Horizon Developers @MetaHorizonDevs]

We just heard from Meta 3rd Party Games Director @c_pruett how the VR & MR ecosystems are evolving today and tomorrow. With new opportunities for developers and over $1.5B spent on games & apps in the Meta Quest Store, what gets you most excited about building for VR?

#MetaGDC

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

When you add a dinner party to your calendar, someday soon AI could see who is invited, connect with their personal chatbots, find recipes all will like, order the ingredients, start the oven, and provide instructions.

[Charly Wargnier @DataChaz]

Woot! @OpenAI is rolling out #ChatGPT plugins!

Have a look at the first plugins, created by:

- Expedia
- FiscalNote
- Instacart
- KAYAK
- Klarna
- Milo
- OpenTable
- Shopify
- Slack
- Speak
- Wolfram
- Zapier

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[Hugo Swart @HugoSwart_G]

Welcome to the #Snapdragon Spaces Pathfinder Program, @exrciser! Excited to see how we can work together and move #XR forward in the wellness space. 🤝

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

People with “founder mentality” can’t rest once a problem or opportunity is identified. They take on personal responsibility without complaint, learn & recruit skills as needed, and deliver results despite politics. There is unlimited global demand for founder mentality.

@naval

[CIX 🦾 @cixliv]

REK Combat and Respawning WIP! @REKfitness

Had me sweating!

(Had to repost thanks to Twitter edits)

We at #GDC2023!

@oivanmotta @BartronPolygon

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

Game changing for VR fitness.

[Shen Ye @shen]

Have been asked a few questions about the new VIVE self tracking tracker, so here's a thread 🧵!

We're announcing it at GDC as a developer preview, with launch later in Q3.

It's fully self tracking, so doesn't need external sensors or a headset to see it. 👀 (1/x)

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

Insightful article from one of the industry’s top experts.

“Beyond gaming we will start seeing new content types gain popularity such as fitness and wellbeing, live event streaming like sports and concerts, and improved social experiences.”

[Hugo Swart @HugoSwart_G]

There’s a lot of exciting possibilities on the horizon for the #XR industry, so I decided to put together my thoughts on what we can expect in the near future and beyond. #TeamQualcomm

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

@Qualcomm @HugoSwart_QCOM “Beyond gaming we will start seeing new content types gain popularity such as fitness and wellbeing, live event streaming like sports and concerts, and improved social experiences.”

Well said.

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

@skeeva @htcvive How is the tracking quality of the new trackers?

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

Absolutely amazing. This will take VR fitness mainstream!

[Shen Ye @shen]

Proud of this new Tracker. Has been in the works for over a year.
AFAIK it's the first self tracking tracker, and first positional tracking tracker for AIO.

[Skeeva @skeeva]

I'm beyond impressed with @htcvive innovation. Thin, lightweight standalone Vive XR Elite, optional eye & face tracking, fully self tracking body trackers, incredible PC #VR streaming, color mixed reality, diopters, hot swap batteries & so much more! 🤯 This is the future 🔥

[Victor M @victormustar]

I just made my own Star Wars clip using AI (text-to-video)!

[Ryan D @RyanDeLucaVR]

This is absolutely huge for VR fitness!

Thank you, @htcvive and @AGraylin. 😍

[Alvin Wang Graylin @AGraylin]

New #Vive Self-Tracking #Trackers will bring object and full body tracking to Vive #Focus3 & #XRElite and third party HMDs! 😮😎 🕺🏻💃👍 details here: https://t.co/jx4NdoC2H0 #XR #VR @htcvive

[Mike Matthews @muscleforlife]

Without regular exercise—and strength training in particular—health and vitality inevitably decay.

And your health and vitality aren't just "parts of your life"—they quite literally ARE your life.

By refusing to spend a few hours per week on your fitness, then, you're basically saying, "I don't care about my life."

[Luke Sophinos @lukesophinos]

A companies founders will make or break the business.

Although their percentage of ownership will decrease over time, if they do it right, the value of that ownership will grow substantially.

Here are my 10 ideal founding team characteristics 🧵