Denny Unger @Cloudhead

Krafton is now an 'AI-first company,' will spend $70 million on a GPU cluster to 'serve as the foundation for accelerating the implementation of agentic AI' The new strategy represents "a complete reorganization of the company's operational development system, placing AI at the center of problem solving."

Oh look, even more GROSS. It will be interesting watching the systemic backtrack as the bubble bursts, the fomo quiets, and the cultural zeitgeist around anti-human, unaligned AI usage peaks.

Gross.

Apple Reportedly "Pauses" Vision Air To Prioritize Smart Glasses With Display Bloomberg's Mark Gurman claims Apple has moved staff off the cheaper and lighter Vision headset project to prioritize shipping smart glasses with a display sooner.

The end result of not including VR developers/studios/titles (the domain experts of the last decade). A VR device pretending to be an AR device with no incentives, market, or cohesive strategy to bring XR expertise into a future Apple XR landscape. Tail chasing at its worst.

I suffer from vergence issues, always have. I tend to get headaches, which you know, sucks as a developer and all. Lol.

This is insane.

This weekend was a great time to reconsider a number of streaming services (& alternatives) and save some cash. I'm not sure where the inspiration came from...

Got my Covid consolation prize today :) #bigscreenbeyond2

Sadly Covid hit me ahead of connect but the Cloudhead team is still there! Catch the below folks if you're around & have a great Connect!

➡️ Jo Dunlop 🚀Meta Connect🚀 (CBO)
➡️ J. Tyler McCulloch (Game Director)
➡️ Anna Shane (Senior Producer)
➡️ Mike Wuetherick (Technical Director)

Some of the wealthiest people I know don't dress "rich". They dress down if anything.

YouTube video by The Diary Of A CEO The AI Safety Expert: These Are The Only 5 Jobs That Will Remain In 2030! - Dr. Roman Yampolskiy

A sobering interview with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy regarding AI safety (or lack thereof) & some VERY near future impacts/predictions. A good primer for those who don't understand the deeper existential outcomes. And a stark warning to those pursuing Super Intelligence.
youtu.be/UclrVWafRAI?...

Eeesh...I mean, I've been through periods of "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all" but this is getting ridiculous!

Correction, he would have first destroyed a burgoning aeronautics industry full of talent, hopes and dreams, then bought and trained 10,000 monkeys, their caretakers, their food and facilities, etc, in the hopes they would eventually build a flying machine.

People...its simple:

1. There's only 2 modalities; VR & AR (MR will be thrown away when devices lose that distinction).
2. Reality is malleable, users will move between these 2 modalities based on wants/needs in-the-moment.
3. Both are complimentary mediums, one no less important than the other.

Awesome! This team landed so many fundamentals in VR. So happy it's coming to Steam and don't miss out! 💕

Co-op action hit Dungeons of Eternity reaches Steam in two weeks with upgraded visuals, and it's joined by a major content update.

Details here: www.uploadvr.com/dungeons-of-...

P.S. yes I'm being facetious. Of course they wouldn't do that, nor will they contribute to an UBI AI utopia once all human outputs are rendered useless. And given the current trajectory, neither will the governments of -insert country here-.

So...if Universal Basic Income is the antidote to "strong AI" & robotics taking over all human activities, lets do an experiment! Of the small handful of corporations looking to control this space; would you be willing to pay users to use your current models? Its basically the same social agreement.

This. lol.

Mixed Reality's Best Laser Tag-style Multiplayer Gets Better Spatial Stability, New Enemies & More Spatial Ops (2024) is a bit like laser tag for Quest, letting you set up barriers and squad up with your friends for everything from room-scale to arena-scale mixed reality shootouts. Now, developer Resolution Games released an update today that brings more stability to co-located gameplay, more enemies, support for bHaptics gear, and more. Called ‘Pulse […]

www.roadtovr.com/spa...

This is cool but can someone tell me why I want to see my dirty dishes in the sink while I play? Reskinning my home entirely in a spatially aware way is always going to be cooler imho. Everything else just feels gimmicky.

UploadVR (@uploadvr) on Threads Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth gave an update on the progress of the long-delayed Quest 3 'Augments' persistent mini-apps feature:...

"Augments" won't really be a thing until we're wearing all-day peripherals (or close to it). And even then, as utilitarian/necessary spatial widgets are for MR/AR, they just aren't that sexy imho.

We remain on alert but so happy to be home!

9 days ago my family (& 2 sets of grandparents) evacuated due to wildfire. It was a deeply destabilizing & humbling experience. The return order came yesterday. Grateful to the fire fighters in ways I can't describe.

In the midst of that we went to NIN! Thanks to Trent Reznor & NIN for the levity.

Oh look everybody...it's an asshole.

But does it carve away all the unused geo, or is just a gigantic unoptimized mess?

If you are new to VR or have friends new to VR please do us a solid and check out Meta's "Best Curated Bundles" where our beloved Pistol Whip is married with the brilliant Super Hot. Honestly a match made in heaven :) Ends Sept 8th.

www.meta.com/experie...

Quest's Leaked Theater Environment Suggests Meta Could Be Gunning for Social VR's 'Bigscreen' Meta announced in January it was working on a home theater environment for Horizon OS, which would let Quest users view content on a massive screen in a proper theater setting. Now, a leaked prototype...

www.roadtovr.com/quest-theate...

I feel like the "theater space" is a well established trope bringing folks comfort, nostalgia, spectacle, etc. Nailing that means walking a more traditional/grounded presentation. This futuristic "couches-in-the-round", seems like its missing the consumer mark.

On this Canada day, I just want to say how grateful I am to raise my family in this diverse & beautiful country. When the world presents chaos & uncertainty, Canada represents safety, ethics, reason, & calm amongst the storm. Its not perfect, but comparatively, its damn close! Happy Canada day!

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