Roger Küng

CEO and co-founder of Holonautic

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

Implementing networking with hand tracking through the new avatar system of #Oculus makes the experience immediately more expressive and immersive (networked physics helps too 😉)

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@bozoid @QuestWithMatt Its a shame that the studio behind it is closing down (survios), it seems they couldn't be saved by either flat or VR

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@tovanbo @QuestWithMatt Congrats on the release!

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

I have been working on a turn base poker combat game the last few weeks and a playable version is finally available on itch (made in #bevy). It can be played in the browser directly and feedback would be highly appreciated!

https://t.co/k5UnKcmJJS

#gamedev #indiedev

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@verociity @bmfshow All us developers wanted was a section for applab games, not a merge of the two stores.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@EricPresidentVR You want your controllers to be wired to the headset? That sounds very inconvenient.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@daddy_muphasa @NathieVR Not unless you have a dev kit from Sony.

You can apply for one.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@ArmedJ0y As a gamedev, I really like how valve enforces rules which allows us to continue to produce premium titles which can be sold at reasonable prices.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@AndyMorphs Thank you for worrying about us. It has indeed changed a lot. We are about to release our next game (beta starting this week), and really hope we manage to find a way that people can find it 😅.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@bozoid @NathieVR Playing Civ 7 when it comes to the headset?

I see myself out…

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@MikaMobile Finally!

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@GAMERTAGVR I would suggest Mr Gamertag rather than Gamertag MR ☺️

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@benz145 I have seen many VR folks over at Bluesky, but haven’t found all of them yet.

Hope it’s that and not that the interest in VR news is going lower, we barely have Christmas behind us.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@Heaney555 That is indeed not certain, then let’s assume they get 0%. Then still the reality labs part only grew revenue by 12% in 2024, this is not enough to be considered worth while to focus on for meta. So they have to shift strategy and focus on a segment with more growth potential.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@Heaney555 Calculations are based on their last investor presentation and the leak of the number of ray bans sold.

If you track the public numbers of reality labs you can see that the quest total revenue (including store etc.) appears to have decline since a while.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@Heaney555 Retention numbers and ray band glasses have growth, quest had roughly a 12% decline last year (based on my estimates).

If quest is already declining with such a low cost device, and absolute hits like Batman, meta seems to have lost interest.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@Lunayian @James_Abev You mean because they put horizon world into the quest app instead of making it a separate app?

Or because they have to compromise the visuals to be able to support VR at the same time?

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@UploadVR He doesn't even mention VR or the Quest in his memo? Only Horizon Worlds... on mobile?

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

I made a thing, and it’s called Fling a Ding (working title 😅).

It’s a physics based Highscore chaser, which my friends tell me is slightly addictive and made for mobile!

Please check it out on itch: https://t.co/4g2eJxsLvW

And let me know what think!

#gamedev #indiedev

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@rejotalin @halfof333Ai @PicturesFoIder Heavily depends where in Europe.

[Roger Küng @Aranir_Swift]

@_LucasRizzotto @Heaney555 Sometimes it feels like you are the only person that can actually read XR news.