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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...

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

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.

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