Becoming Dauntless: Week of Dec 11, 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
Port real-world spaces into the metaverse with an iPhone.
This is a real tool from Varjo. It's a cloud Gaussian splat service, Teleport, for $30/month. Recreate any space in immersive 3D with just an iPhone (tip: you have to use the app, you can upload content you've already created).
Updates and Wins
Katana + Katana Pro was approved for public release. Giving people the ability to create spatial content in 3, 2, 1…
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What our founders listened to this week.
The Technology Podcast: Turning a generative AI loose on a legacy code base might just be the best way to train new developers on complex systems. It’s one of the better uses of generative AI concerning code that I’ve seen so far and it keeps a human on the loop.
The Journal: The US has a shortage of air traffic controllers. It's not just a hiring problem - with all the aircraft, and soon drones, in the air it’s a cognitive load problem for the controllers (both problems we pitched the FAA a fix for but they weren’t interested). Next time you’re sitting on a delayed flight, think of us, and feel free to tell the FAA to give us a call.
Overheard on Slack
Enter the chat. What our devs are talking about…
“…going to go poke the Army bear, brb.”
“I love being reminded what the face of the animal I'm about to eat looks like.”
“Headlines today: the purge IRL and also a social media platform needs uranium.”
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