The hottest VR Substack posts right now

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TITAA #51: Tool People & People Tools

Things I Think Are Awesome • 157 implied HN points • 01 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI VR Games NLP Tools
  1. Non-human tools with personality are becoming more common, especially with AI support.
  2. Large Language Models (LLMs) are being explored for creativity and role-playing, showing potential to improve creative output when working together.
  3. Real human behavior can sometimes view humans as disposable tools, with ongoing layoffs in industries like tech and games.

TITAA #50: Slow Grey Mares Stuck at Exit 8

Things I Think Are Awesome • 196 implied HN points • 31 Dec 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Folklore AI Art Animation VR Poetry
  1. The post discusses the Welsh tradition of Mari Lwyd, a skeletal horse pranking people during New Year's Eve.
  2. Mari Lwyd is associated with village mummers in south Wales in the 1800s and is constructed of a horse's skull and a white sheet.
  3. The post also covers various AI art tools, including an AI animation artist called NiceAunties and AI-generated SVG from images.

VR Agent

Have You Played? • 98 implied HN points • 09 Jan 24
🕹 Technology VR Gaming Entertainment Virtual reality
  1. VR Agent is an attendant-free arcade VR game where players shoot enemies and dodge using a VR headset attached to a toy gun.
  2. Despite its unique hardware design, VR Agent provides a comfortable and natural VR experience with new control mechanisms.
  3. VR arcade experiences like VR Agent and Ultra Moto VR showcase the potential for immersive, convenient, and attendant-free gaming, paving the way for the future of arcade entertainment.

How Generative AI will Transform the Virtual Reality Industry

Rod’s Blog • 39 implied HN points • 20 Feb 24
🕹 Technology AI VR Generative AI Virtual reality Artificial Intelligence
  1. Generative AI is a powerful technology for creating immersive and personalized VR experiences.
  2. Generative AI techniques like GANs, VAEs, and transformers can automate content creation, adaptation, and interaction in VR.
  3. Using generative AI in VR can lead to more diverse content, personalized experiences, and natural interaction, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction.
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TITAA #48: Magic Mirrors and Radios

Things I Think Are Awesome • 117 implied HN points • 31 Oct 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Literature TV Poetry Games VR
  1. Jean Cocteau's film Orpheus explores themes of inspiration and creativity through tech signals and mirror portals.
  2. Mirrors serve as symbols and characters in Cocteau's film, representing death and reflection.
  3. The post also includes recommendations for AI/art creativity, narrative research, and TV shows like Our Flag Means Death and The Terror.

A digital board game on your dinner table

Worldish • 35 implied HN points • 16 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AR VR TikTok Gaming
  1. Play an AR board game with holographic images on your table with people in the same room or remotely.
  2. Watch improv actors in VR interact as animated characters, a trend where anyone can be an animated character.
  3. Explore face-tracking capabilities in VRChat allowing avatars to be controlled in real time by real people.

Killer Frequency

Have You Played? • 19 implied HN points • 04 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Gaming VR Immersive experiences
  1. The game Killer Frequency is a first-person horror adventure where you play a DJ helping people escape a serial killer.
  2. The puzzles in the game vary in difficulty from easy to ambiguous solutions, impacting the gameplay experience.
  3. VR can enhance immersion in games like Killer Frequency but may also have drawbacks like discomfort and scariness.

The Mouse and the Cat

The Intersection • 19 implied HN points • 09 Jun 23
🕹 Technology VR Computing Augmented reality Innovation Spatial Computing
  1. In order to succeed, it's more important to be smart than fast. The tale of the mouse outsmarting the ox in the Zodiac race exemplifies this.
  2. Apple's Vision Pro launch marks their entry into spatial computing, but they are not the pioneers in personal or mobile computing.
  3. Apple aims to dominate individual interface access, while Meta focuses on connections and monetizing data. Both have different business focuses and target markets.

Eye of the Temple

Have You Played? • 19 implied HN points • 16 May 23
🕹 Technology VR Game design
  1. Eye of the Temple is a VR adventure game with innovative movement mechanics, keeping players within a limited physical space while exploring virtually.
  2. The game lacks fun due to limited story and gameplay elements, such as repetitive puzzles and lack of engaging characters.
  3. VR game design challenges include balancing immersion, comfort, and gameplay mechanics to create an enjoyable experience for players.

Cool/wow

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 15 Sep 15
🕹 Technology Internet VR Customer Service
  1. The future of the Internet might change due to ad-blockers potentially making it cleaner but threatening the web's infrastructure
  2. Virtual Reality is on the horizon, with experts predicting possibilities straight out of science fiction within the next decade
  3. Insights from a nine-month stint in Uber's customer service provide revealing perspectives about the company

Apple Vision Pro - Indie Hardware PT 2

Product Lost by @hipcityreg • 0 implied HN points • 02 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Hardware Software VR AR AI
  1. Apple unveiled the Vision Pro headset with impressive features like eye-tracking and a focus on spatial computing.
  2. Apple is emphasizing its shift to creating its own hardware and chips, aiming to be deeply integrated into users' lives.
  3. The tech industry is seeing a rise in new hardware experiments, particularly driven by a desire to innovate in AI and create new forms of software.

The Spatial Web is Coming — Part 2

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 11 Oct 22
🕹 Technology AR VR AI IOT
  1. The Spatial Web integrates AR, VR, AI, IOT, and Distributed Ledger innovation to blend real and virtual worlds.
  2. Smart Technologies include Smart Spaces, Smart Assets, Smart Contracts, Smart Accounts, Smart IDs, and Smart Payments.
  3. These technologies enable programmable spaces, ownership verification, secure transactions, self-sovereign identity, and automated payments in the Web 3.0 ecosystem.

The Spatial Web is Coming — Part 1

Spatial Web AI by Denise Holt • 0 implied HN points • 10 Oct 22
🕹 Technology AI AR VR IOT Blockchain
  1. The Spatial Web involves the convergence of technologies like AR, VR, AI, and IoT in a unified network for a seamless experience.
  2. Many Web3 technologies lack a common language protocol, causing them to be isolated and not fully interconnected.
  3. For the future Spatial Web browsing experience, a unique protocol like HSTP is needed to connect physical and virtual entities for a smarter, more integrated world.

IT'S ALIVE!

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 28 Jul 16
🕹 Technology VR Apps Social media Hacking Data Privacy
  1. Virtual reality may not be effectively increasing empathy for refugees as initially claimed in some cases.
  2. Musical.ly, an app popular among teens, allows users to share short clips of themselves lip-syncing to music, leading to some turning it into lucrative careers.
  3. Companies often use cute marketing tactics to appear more friendly and trustworthy, potentially influencing people to share data or use their services.