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Epic Mega Grant application submitted πŸ™

The people of Japan are incredible. Lost an iPhone in a Taxi first day and it turned up at a police station. Then last night my iWatch Ultra fell off collapsing the stroller in pouring rain. 3 hours later I find it tucked against some bricks. I'm amazed... Thank you Japan!

Time to pay my respects πŸ™πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

Not a bad spot for the hangover πŸ˜‰πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

Harajuku hits harder at night πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

Good night Shinjuku! 🍻

And now the expected tourist at a temple in Japan photos:

My son wanted Astro Bot on the wall so I did my best

Good morning Shinjuku! β˜•οΈπŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

Walking around Hibiya park in Tokyo ☺️

Walking around Nikko in Japan πŸ₯²

Nikko is an amazing place ❀️

Stumbled upon the Konami esports building! First class starts June! So amazing we are now in a world where you can pursue academics and esport. 🀯

Lost my iPhone X I developed with in 2017 ARkit days. Somehow appropriate Tokyo swallowed it up. I was here with that exact device my first time in Japan playing with early AR and building the Follow Me Dragon app. RIP I will miss you dearly!!! ❀️

My Threads account had my Apple Vision Pro guide removed after I posted a popular post on Meta's XR AI reshuffle. Still no response. Never been so annoyed.

Passed out in the afternoon from jet lag but it was a beautiful morning in Tokyo ❀️

Might be getting a bit excited to go back πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅

I did the Ghibli α―…

The sad System Shock 2 VR news reflects my overall take from last year:

Meta's VP of Engineering and Product XR tech has been promoted to VP of GenAI... πŸ€”πŸ‘€

Horizon is a "vibe coding" platform once Meta accelerates AI tooling. πŸ€”

Apple Vision Pro Chief taking over Siri- XR AI is likely to be core to Apple Intelligence! This is not a small thing!

VR industry has a must read GDC post here from Chris Pruett as we move ahead into the evolving F2P Mobile XR App store transformation. developers.meta.com/horizon/blog...

Big step when you can finally see your Unreal Engine Vision OS tech working on Test Flight. πŸ™ α―…

I wonder if Insomniac returning titles to the Meta Store might be related to that rumored "Avalanche" XR streaming service for high end VR gaming?

Spending 3+ hours up late into the morning stubbornly trying to fix a bug you end up knocking out first try in the morning is peak indie dev. πŸ’€

Again as I mentioned last year- it is a pivot out of a Switch style console model into a F2P Mobile XR app storefront. Now we have clarity and the communication is welcome.

LEGO store had a massive line out the door wrapping around the building in London 🀯 Really wonderful city!

Still love my old Oculus bag for travel. Has a little pouch I keep controllers in and is now looking like vintage VR merch πŸ˜‚

London's park is so beautiful.

UE5 Tip! - Sometimes your map bake bug is corrupt _BuildData and you need to fully delete it before firing off Lightmass Swarm. Save yourself the agony I spent fixing sublevels updating content from 5.4 to 5.5 😭

Anyone else remember the Quest XR gaming era? πŸ’€

Remember when I mentioned last year we would be moving out of a Switch for VR console model into a Mobile XR Platform of F2P and "lifestyle" apps?

Owlchemy Labs shifting their strategy as we enter a new era of competing mobile XR app stores. Absolute must read for everyone in the VR industry. www.gamedeveloper.com/extended-rea...

Will Valve Deckard run HL Alyx and high end flat without a PC? That would be a fantastic gaming device πŸš€

A store built on a proprietary engine platform with a "need for mobile success" seems like a complex scenario for Unity and Unreal content.

VR developer isn't an option when signing up for Meta Connect 2025 🫠

With the Meta's grant system only accepting non gaming lifestyle apps- Are there Mobile App Store style content sections incoming? Will the Meta Horizon store shift into explicit catagory sections for lifestyle, gaming, and more like a Mobile iOS/Android platform?

Controllers moving peripheral and Hand Tracking as the default input system of Mobile XR Platforms? With Meta's Horizon OS, Google's Android XR and Apple's Vision OS all pushing this direction do packed in controllers survive? www.patentlyapple.com/2025/02/appl...