Christopher Castellaw

YouTube video by Nerd Corner Cyberpunk 2077 VR | RTX 5090 FE – Max Settings | Path Tracing vs Ray Tracing

I've got a new video up offering a side-by-side look at Cyberpunk 2077 with & w/o path tracing running in #VR on a 5090 FE using Luke Ross' mod. Even dropped down to 80fps the game looks gorgeous maxxed out!

I can't wait until dedicated VR titles look this good.

youtu.be/FsXebGjldtY

All of Insomniac’s VR Games Have Been Delisted More digital games lost to time.

What's going on at the Meta store?

First Max Mustard and Richie's Plank Experience are removed, now *everything* from Insomniac has been delisted. Some of what I'd consider to be the best #VR games available are now just...gone.

Sad day for preservationists.

www.howtogeek.com/insomniac-vr...

YouTube video by FGS Top 10 Cozy Games You Should Be Playing RIGHT NOW

The inspirational messages at the end of all his videos helped me through some dark times a few years back & inspired me as I later started my own YT journey, so it was awesome hearing @retr0j.bsky.social call out my suggestion on the latest FGS video!

Thanks for being a massive ledge, Jules!

A graphic depicting the specific colorway that Slime VR has donated for this event. Brought to you by TUBE VR, Slime VR, and Trans Academy.

We hope you're excited for the @tubevrclub.bsky.social x @slimevr.dev x TA event this weekend!
If you didn't see, Slime VR is giving away five 10-point FBT tracking sets for this occassion, & more sets will be given away at specific donation milestones. See y'all soon!✨
🔗bit.ly/slimegiveaway

YouTube video by Nerd Corner PSVR2 Beginner's Guide Compilation: Tips, Tricks, and My Honest Review

After almost a year away, I'm back on YouTube! Just a compilation for now aimed at new PSVR2 owners, but all-new content for Season 2 of the Nerd Corner is on its way soon!

youtu.be/C036E6mAddM

Some pictures from my trip to Mapusa Market in Goa today.

Seeking new writing opportunities, ideally in or around the gaming and/or XR industries.

I have 5+ years of experience both working in & writing about the gaming industry for multiple outlets, as well as experience producing gaming/XR-focused content for YouTube.

Any leads/tips are appreciated!

Nostalgic and a bit sad.

Apple Vision Pro may help move VR hardware forward, but it could set VR gaming back for years.As someone who loves augmented and mixed-reality almost as much... Apple Vision Pro - Good For VR Gamers, Bad For VR Games

Since I decided starting a YouTube channel at 40 would be a great idea, I figure I might as well promote it!

I've got a new video up sharing my thoughts on how Apple Vision Pro could affect the XR and gaming landscape. I love the tech of the Vision Pro, but I'm a bit worried about Apple & XR.

A picture of the interior of a shopping mall in Goa, India.

I noticed the same thing in Goa, India last year. It made me miss the heyday of the mall in the US.

On Twitter in one of my threads someone just said "Threads had 30M signups in one day, Bluesky has lost its chance to become the next Twitter" and he may be right, but what he doesn't know is that people here are like "cool, dodged THAT bullet"

Still from the movie "Aniara" showing a large, flat spaceship floating above the Earth as space elevators ascend toward it on tethers.

It's nowhere near moon-sized, but I really liked the massive spaceship in Aniara.

Dennis Hopper's character in the movie "Speed" making a call on a 1990s portable phone.

Pop quiz, Bluesky:

What was your first social networking site/app?

Friendster for me. 👴🏼

XR NETWORKING THREAD 🚨 If you’re in the industry and want to connect with new people coming in (or vice versa), drop a line here to introduce yourself so people can follow you. RT to spread this list around!

Nerd Corner Hi, I'm Christopher! I'm a gaming writer, voice artist, and XR evangelist who has been in love with VR ever since I first played Dactyl Nightmare on a bulky Virtuality headset as a kid in the 90s. My...

Hi, I'm Christopher!

I'm a news & features writer at Game Rant hoping to eventually write about XR exclusively. I also have a YT channel where I try to cover the wider XR landscape beyond just gaming, and I'm currently scripting a video about the VR arts scene that I can't wait to put together!

Welcome, Robert! Great job with City of Gangsters, I really enjoyed that game.

Tech news and editorial writer here still trying to work up the nerve to finally give writing fiction a shot.

What's been the most surprising/unexpected thing about the day-to-day work of being in Congress? Good or bad.

Yup. I made an account on Threads just now to see what it was all about and immediately came back here lol.

You're stronger than me lol

Introducing the Creator Economy — VRChat

I imagine that definitely plays a role. It's why I'm going to be intrigued to see if VRC shows up in the discussion more once the Creator Economy stuff is fully implemented. Non-tech outlets may actually give VRC a nod in their "metaverse" coverage once there's money on the table.

Also forgot to mention Road to VR alongside UploadVR as one of the sites out there that are putting out fantastic XR coverage free of fluff.

Forgot a few words in the OP: "to make sure I'm not printing inaccurate information"

Most media outlets, non-tech ones in particular, seem to have an aversion to mentioning VRC despite it being arguably the most successful VR social platform.

I almost feel like it's a conscious choice not to bring it up, because otherwise it just means they literally aren't researching their topic.

simply can't be bothered to do the absolute bare minimum of research.

Either way, the result is the same; a steady stream of articles released every few days all making the same inaccurate points based on the same bad data.

Readers deserve far better than poorly-researched, agenda-pushing fluff.

XR coverage. Meanwhile, active platforms like VR Chat, Neos, and even ChillOut VR are never mentioned.

I don't know if outlets specifically choose not to cover the VR platforms people actually use because it would get in the way of their hyperbolic "VR is dead" headlines, or because the writers

but it also illustrates that they're more interested in putting out a clickbait headline than producing a good story about the topic.

Outside of folks selling NFTs and the journalists lining up to talk to them, virtually no one actually uses Decentraland. But you'd never know this from mainstream

With the exception of outlets like UploadVR and a few other XR-focused sites out there, the current state of writing about the "metaverse" and XR in general is abysmal. The fact that nearly all of these articles cite Decentraland as the premiere VR social destination is not just wholly inaccurate,

Lessons From the Catastrophic Failure of the Metaverse Did the “creative class” learn anything from buying into a product that was obviously destined to flop?

When I have to write a story about a game I'm not familiar with, I take the time to gather research from multiple sources to make sure I'm not printing. I don't always get it 100% right, but I make my best effort.

Why are the majority of outlets incapable of doing this w/ VR-focused articles?

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