CEO @existentvr, the application framework for spatial computing. Previously Meta, @deliveroo, @twitter. https://xitter.cf/t.co/2yHwX25bh0
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Dan Webb retweeted
Startup culture has become far too memetic, especially in Silicon Valley
Great startup ideas are usually contrarian, otherwise, someone would have built it already
How do you stay contrarian when everyone reads the same things, everyone posts the same memes about the Kardeshev scale or whatever, and everyone goes to the same AI meetups?
You can ask 10 people in Silicon Valley what their heretical ideas are and they’ll all say the same predictable things
Dan Webb retweeted
Been one hell of a journey getting this open Beta ready for use: physically interactive, full body, multiplayer, free roam is such a huge web of interconnected challenges. BUT you can head to our website, download the plugin and start building!
existent.com/
Dan Webb retweeted
👀Use @Mixamo avatars with our platform! We've made it really simple to import and use Mixamo characters (or any character that shares the same skeletal structure)
Check out this video from our CEO Dan Webb showing you how easy it is to set up: bit.ly/3RWXvzi
Dan Webb retweeted
🔨⚡️Unleash the Power of Multiplayer Full-Body #VR with @ExistentVR!
- Effortless multiplayer VR
- Precise full-body tracking with @HTCVIVE
- Seamless integration for perfect calibration
- Versatile for training, simulation, healthcare, entertainment
Get ready for BETA!
Dan Webb retweeted
Existent VR Beta for @UnrealEngine coming soon!
🦿 Full body IK system
🩻 Skeleton system
🎯 Calibration and alignment of Virtual and Physical items, world and player
🤝 Physical interaction
🏃 Free roam
👋 Grip authoring
#vr #ar #devtools #epicgames #immersive
Dan Webb retweeted
Rapid prototyping just got a whole lot easier. Imagine dragging, dropping, and BOOM💥—your ideas manifest instantly. Say goodbye to tech headaches and hello to seamless creativity. See how quickly you can iterate, test, and prove your concepts. 🛠️
#VR #UnrealEngine #prototyping
Dan Webb retweeted
@UNDERDOGSgame solves some basic VR embodiement issues with what we call First And A Half Person - a slight separation of the player from the game world, in our case, via mech.
This is the foundational idea behind UNDERDOGS.
It might not be relevant to every VR game, but if you're interested in hearing about the thought process and design decisions that give UNDERDOGS' its sense of weight and immersion, check out Yot's talk:
Dan Webb retweeted
NEW: Throwflame unveils robot dog Thermonator — with flamethrower attached — The Ohio-based firm have announced the $9,420 bot is available for purchase by the general public and government agencies for the first time.
Dan Webb retweeted
reason AI and mobile development get much more love and attention compared to XR related work is simply because there are open-source, readily available and low-cost pathways to becoming a homebrew enthusiast with AI and mobile dev.. More "locked-down" headsets won't change this.
Dan Webb retweeted
Want to know how support works at @vercel ? Tune in now (live): app.sessions.us/session/6110…
Dan Webb retweeted
Zuck should have gone further—
Instead of calling it a "trade-off", he should have come out to say that none of their AR/VR visions would materialize without these AI advancements.
Missed opportunity to authoritatively articulate the symbiosis between AI and spatial tech
Mark Zuckerberg strongly denied Meta's AI focus is a pivot away from AR/VR.
Here's what he said:
uploadvr.com/mark-zuckerberg…
Dan Webb retweeted
MR experiences like this will be very cool once there’s some real context to the gameplay. Building that context is unfortunately very difficult and even harder than normal VR game design.
For that reason I worry about MR being a ‘design distraction’, pulling great devs away from making desperately needed breakthrough VR content while they focus on experimenting with something else.
Video courtesy u/Gloomy_Guide_2135 on Reddit.
Dan Webb retweeted
Software entrepreneurship is mainly about making use of what's already possible. It's opportunistic.
Deep tech entrepreneurship is mostly about making entirely new things possible. It's opportunity-creating.
Dan Webb retweeted
2 categories of people are all-in on VR social/gaming: Gen Alpha, and their parents.
Gen Alpha, the power users of VR. Their parents, LPs in funds investing in VR because they "get it" from watching their kids.
