Nils Daumann

Programmer, hobby game dev, @verotruesocial and @rayne_3d developer.
Experienced with Graphics APIs and iOS.

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@Shane__Willett @bmfshow Kids do find it useful though and in a couple years they will be adult users. In my opinion, it is better for the medium this way, than the other day around. (Obviously it would be great to also have more adult users already)

[GRAB @GrabVR]

🚀 GRAB is officially out on the Meta Horizon Store! 🎉

Download FREE right now ⬇️
https://t.co/uf0NIn7WYV

Then climb, jump, and swing through 100,000s of user-created levels! Or create your own!

#GRABVR

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@micha3lmac55 I don't know 🤷

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@Samson143VR @Lunayian Awesome :D Turns out that setting up those destinations a long time ago had some value ;)

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@coo8970 @SideQuestVR Probably not.

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

I just released what might be the biggest GRAB update ever! Players are now able to animate their own levels. Available NOW on #AppLab #Steam and #Pico. Get it through @SideQuestVR https://t.co/CVpRzsWGMZ

#vr #Oculus #oculusstart #gamedev #indiedev #Meta #Metaverse

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@SideQuestVR #oculusstart #meta #Quest3 #indiedev

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@RJdoesVR @MrPotam @CMDannCA Technically you should be able to do whatever you want in fully immersive mode, if not, that's unity being weird. But the limits are definitely there for volume stuff, which don't even allow you to use metal directly, but some weird layer on top.

[Modulate @modulate_ai]

📣 We're excited to announce Modulate has partnered with @SlinDev to bring #ToxMod to GRAB, the multiplayer VR parkour game! We're excited to see ToxMod's positive impact.

▶️ Read more here: https://t.co/wiMGqMNKlE

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@ThePlanetariYUM @TimSweeneyEpic As a developer I already can do whatever I want with it :) And fortunately EU laws are now requiring apple to offer some of that freedom to everyone. I doubt that Apple would call macOS a substandard experience. But I paid for my iPhone so I can use apps that use their frameworks

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@jbverschoor @TimSweeneyEpic Actually if you use Unreal on EGS you still only pay 12%.
But if I release my game on EGS for iOS using apples new terms I would now also have to pay the 50ct install fee on top of that to apple. Which may be acceptable for a game that costs 10€, but is unsustainable for f2p.

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@coo8970 that's https://t.co/YvZG7e9TD1

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

GRAB just reached a new milestone: 200,000 levels have been created by the community!

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@neelbedekar Is there any documentation on how to implement dynamic resolution for GPU level 5 natively? The way I found to figure out if resolution needs to be reduced is XR_META_performance_metrics, but it states: "The application should not change its behavior based on the counter reads."

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

Not sure what's happening, but I like where GRAB player numbers are going :) (that said, they used to be better in early 2022) #MetaQuest2 #picoxr #oculus #oculusstart #applab #vr

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@SadlyItsBradley Makes sense. The first half of 2022 was great for VR and then they raised the price for Quest 2 and nobody bought headsets anymore. Since the price drop and Q3 announcement my player numbers have been increasing again. I expect the next quarters numbers to look better.

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@benz145 Hand occlusion is pretty simple if you have good depth data. And in a $3500 device I’d hope they have good sensors for that 🤷‍♂️

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@citrakya @UploadVR The difference with this is that nobody needs to be in denial about the children anymore and instead meta can tell developer if someone is a child or not. This will also make it easier to separate them from older players or just mute them automatically.

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@hmltn I guess average times could be interesting? My players play an average of 40 minutes every day. Median is at 22 minutes.

[Nils Daumann @SlinDev]

@hmltn About 10k new users over the last 30 days. Generally numbers have been down noticeably since easter but have started recovering a little.