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RIP Rec Room. 2016-2026. A bit of a shame to see another UGC-driven social VR app shut down. Export tools were recently provided to makers, but hoping to see more open source / open standards in XR in the future. My chat with Shawn Whiting reflecting on what happened: voicesofvr.com/1719-rip-rec...

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Rory Mitchell 🇲🇽🇬🇹🇳🇮🇭🇳🇪🇸🇺🇲🤝💪

@rorymitchell.bsky.social

2 June

Ahh damn, forgot it was today. Wanted to make one last paintball run. R.I.P to all the 12 year old German kids cussing me out for lighting them up 🙏 (j/k I was the one getting lit up 🤗)

Stephen Butchko

@stephenbutchko.bsky.social

2 June

It's Just Purples

@itsjustpurples.bsky.social

2 June

it really is the only solution to go open source to keep these things going

Kent Bye (Voices of VR)

@kentbye.com

2 June

Yeah, open source runs counter to the logic of capitalism. But XR & AI are asking for these new paradigms of economic value exchange that we're still trying to figure out. So having open & interoperable worlds starts to look more like the "Metaverse" than these proprietary closed walled gardens.

Utopiah

@benetou.fr

2 June

Could you please link to the Dutch based source of funding for XR you mentioned ~75min in?

Kent Bye (Voices of VR)

@kentbye.com

2 June

The Creative Industries Immersive Impact Coalition (CIIIC): www.ciiic.nl/en My interview with them: voicesofvr.com/1713-ciiics-... Shared Realities: voicesofvr.com/1697-can-imm... Also be sure to check out the IDFA DocLab report that dives into more context: professionals.idfa.nl/stories/idfa...

ciiic.nlCIIICStimulating IX in The Netherlands by providing infrastructure, funding and guidance to the IX community.

Utopiah

@benetou.fr

2 June

Listening on my way to OW2con in Paris. Damn, didn't know the link with Hayden Lee, small (virtual) World :P Definitely makes sense to have the social component given Hayden started github.com/networked-af... too.

github.comGitHub - networked-aframe/networked-aframe: A web framework for building multi-user virtual reality experiences.A web framework for building multi-user virtual reality experiences. - networked-aframe/networked-aframe