Tim McGuinness

Co-Founder & CEO of @Zenostech
Prev 2x VR League World Finalist with @TeamGravityVR
Building the future of live virtual events & entertainment

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@cixliv @0x_Vivek Building sized mecha fights when???

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

As much as I love VR, I do agree with Cix here that Quest will die on the hill of "I know best" from people that really did not in-fact know best..

[CIX 🦾 @cixliv]

The Quest platform will die. But before it dies people need to know whom to blame. It’s time to put the execs on blast:

Let’s start with @boztank a man who entered the VR space like a retarded elephant falling into a boutique coffee shop. Falling over and over onto various cups and plates shouting “the data says” as he clumsily breaks everything while Zuck pats him on the head for being his only friend.

Let’s thank @c_pruett whom treated 3rd party devs like an SS agent for doing anything that Meta *might* do in 10 years. Chris while being the head of content, secretly ran his own game studio promoting his games. A man who has a profile picture of a someone drowning because interacting with him is the feeling of dread before you off yourself.

Let’s thank AJ Glasser for acting like the witch in Snow White for creating a VR dev blacklist for anyone who questioned Meta’s decisions. Treating the dev store as her own personal toxic clique.

Let’s thank Alex Schultz for his smooth brain renaming of Oculus to various forms of corporate slop like “Meta Horizon Worlds Quest”.

Last but not least let’s thank the highly unethical “journalists” like @Heaney555 who would act as a propaganda mouthpiece of Boz and Meta. Regurgitating Meta talking points like dictator state media. Attacking any developers whom spoke ill of his God.

Thanks guys, I hope those whom pick up the pieces of VR aren’t as lame as you were.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@mattworkman Give it 12 months, people will start getting tired of the 100% pure vs tainted sentiment and opposition will begin to fade as better games are made faster due to pipeline improvements.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

Wish people would delve below surface level statements around AI games this week.

I generally disagree on nuking the AI label as per @mattworkman & @TimSweeneyEpic but it's one of two realistic solutions.

Putting aside good or bad for the moment the facts remain:
- AI use in SOME facets of game production going forward is 90% or higher
- This does not automatically = "AI slop"
- Many uses of AI aren't obvious/known therefor not self-reported
- Consumer information is important, BUT with the current AI label:

a) It's not enforced at all
b) It's an honor system that cannot be validated
c) Developers are incentivized to not self-report
d) There's no clear definition
e) There is no distinction between "I used chat gpt to help me write an import tool for blender" vs "This entire game is AI generated" - consumers are treating this as a binary checkbox

Argument for deleting the label is a bit heavy handed but the only other option is a more nuanced system that considers the above and is actually enforced (very difficult & very subjective).

People that are arguing over consumer rights component here are missing the forest for the trees.

The current system is largely inaccurate and will be increasingly unreliable going forwards.

[Matt Workman @mattworkman]

Steam and all digital marketplaces need to drop the “Made with AI” label. It doesn’t matter any more.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@mattworkman The point at which the time difference matters or you and spending enough credits you will simply build a multi gpu gen rig.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@mattworkman @DrFriesOfficial This is the sort of data most AI gen solutions output, have worked with stuff like this from the biggest players like Sony etc and it's the same.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@SpatialBiggs If I remember correctly it was Denny (Cloudhead and self professed old guard) who said how these games and locomotion were bad for VR/needed to avoid being promoted/wouldn't work (pre GT)

Account/tweets deleted now but thread: https://t.co/ZJTMVCCHMK

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@DennyCloudhead @LemmingVR @Tuism @triqona @nimSony Also happens to be the exact locomotion system for one of the most played games on Sidequest, App Lab and the basis for movement in the highest retention competitive multiplayer title in VR's history with Echo Arena.

I think we have seen enough to indicate that it can work well.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@SgtPepper901 @RJdoesVR @AntonHand Meta CTO having a mini implosion over being called out for treating 3rd party devs in the ecosystem like shit (objectively true)

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@cixliv It really does, you guys have found such a great starting point for this - honestly foresee it being a staple in the industry going forwards

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@cixliv @PalmerLuckey @joerogan @rek @ashleevance That's sick man good work

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@iBrews

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@AntonHand Praying for @BigscreenVR to pick up the mantle - controller form factor is largely a solved problem with Quest. We just need a good quality one for lighthouse + finger tracking.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@cixliv @Techmeme @alexeheath @boztank Please add "Meta Co-Chief Product Officer (unpaid)" to your list of LinkedIn job title

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@iBrews That is the plan yes! 🫠

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@TheArtGun Yep, I'm tired chief

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@AtomBombBody Honestly, the most exciting possible thing this year is Valve trolling Meta with a Frame release announcement the day of connect again.

Don't think we're missing much at home really.

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@cixliv @ashleevance @rek Killing it man, cant wait to see this in person at some point!

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@mattworkman Blender foundation truly is a blessing for the entire game and media industry

[Tim McGuinness @VRJsy]

@cixliv Real question IMO though is what happens next, once everything can be faked what is digital content even at that point.

Assuming they win (which they will) whats the ecosystem online look like when AI slop reigns supreme.