Tagged “vr”

The plan was clear. I went home, told my wife that I would be deeply ignoring her and our baby for the week, and spent twelve hours a day in the headset for four straight days. I’m writing this on Thursday afternoon, having already logged over forty hours. Here are my thoughts.

impressive, not ready yet.

VR progress and other predictions from 2018

Great summary in top comment

1. Medium: text -> images -> video -> 3D graphics -> VR
2. AI: time -> rank -> recommend -> generate
3. UI: click -> scroll -> tap -> swipe -> autoplay

That we get more immersive and more passive

Related: VR Exercise Equivalent ratings. Apparently modded Audioshield is the highest intensity

From Vox explainer of Ready Player One

The word ‘metaverse’ is starting to get grossly overused and lose meaning.

Any mention of FB is inevitably pretty devisive on HN.

“Share a private virtual room with friends. Watch videos, play with 3D objects, or just hang out”

Works impressively well on pancake browsers as well. Found via HN.

Holy shit this is crazy. Rendering for VR is surprisingly different to rendering to a screen - mainly the “check current pose to figure out what to render” part is wild.