Becoming Dauntless: Week of Oct 28, 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
This isn’t real but is a great example of what the future of the metaverse could be (by Jesser722 on the VisionPro SubReddit).
Watch the full video here.
Updates and Wins
Dauntless XR shipped the final stories that enable users to sign up for free trials of Katana XR (coming soon!). No gatekeeping, no demo with the sales team are required, just sign up and try creating XR content yourself.
Katana Pro Sign In Page
Industry News
Walmart is doing XR product placement and affiliate sales a la Roblox. Anything that allows for monetization AND utility helps with new tech adoption, and we're excited to see this in action.
HTC VIVE and The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office partnered up to create a holodeck-like experience to allow crime scene investigators to recreate crime scenes in VR to aid in investigations, without disturbing the IRL crime scene. CSI: Miami could never *whips sunglasses off*
Recently Played >
What our founders listened to this week.
Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment on audiobook
From 2023 but still relevant. I had voice-to-text read me “Why AI Will Save the World” blog post by Marc Andreesen. It’s an optimistic view of the future, not a utopian one.
Overheard on Slack
Enter the chat. What our devs are talking about this week…
“Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding boo. Ok. Ping, boom Star Wars ←This is how I felt like I sounded talking to the patent lawyer” [GIF redacted]
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