Becoming Dauntless: Week of Dec 2, 2024
Updates, wins, and asks at our startup, Dauntless XR. Plus our perspective on industry news and the occasional spicy take.
But First…Cool if Real
You can join a multi-user XR session from different headset lines (ie a Vision Pro and a Quest 3!
Figmin XR on UploadVR.com
This is real! And what being hardware agnostic means. We take this capability for granted today - how weird would it be if all of a sudden you could only work on a Google doc with someone if you both joined from a Google Pixel? Well, that's how a lot of XR apps are developed today. It takes a lot of upfront effort to build a hardware agnostic XR app, but Figmin did it (and so did Dauntless XR )
Katana XR Content Creation App coming soon!
Industry News
XR Today is predicting more mixed reality, more XR content creator tools ~ cough ~ Katana ~ cough ~, and a mainstream moment for headsets in 2025.
Recently Played >
What our founders listened to this week.
Overheard on Slack
Enter the chat. What our devs are talking about…
“At least 50% of the notifications are not useful” - looking at you, LinkedIn. I don't care that someone I went to high school with liked a post 10 days ago.
“Triggering people = caring” - when brawls break out in our comments section.
“Someone at WeWork came up to me and asked if I was the [former] CTO from OpenAI. Having basic knowledge of AI goes a long way in today’s world. WTF would OpenAI’s CTO be doing at a WeWork in Houston?” - I've never been so flattered by such an awkward exchange.
Added to Cart
Because sometimes retail therapy IS the answer:
Between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we are resting our wallets this week.
Ok, just one thing: Main Street Millionaire by Codie A. Sanchez
Ok, one more: What If? by Randall Munroe
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