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Transcript of the best acceptance speech EVER c/o @ID_AA_Carmack #Gamedev #VR #oculus #gearvr #IndieDev #BAFTAGames
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Oh hey our new game is officially unveiled at #E32021
Amid Evil #VR!!!
Thanks so much to @DaveOshry of @NewBlood for not blocking me after I spammed him for 18 months to let my team at one of my fav games of all time, Amid Evil by @Indefatigable
New Blood just stealth announced five new games, including Amid Evil VR. trib.al/H2iyYG7
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Christopher Judge is the only acceptable person to play this role.
The Directors for God Of War are strongly considering casting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as "Kratos" in the new adaptation of God of War premiering on Amazon Prime
( source : TMZ )
Community note
Cory Barlog the main driving force of various of the original God of War games, replied below stating he never heard anything about such casting happening.
nitter.app/corybarlog/sta
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Half-Life 3 coming at @thegameawards
New headset/platform.
This week will be fun!
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Looks like we could be getting a @jacquemus edition of the Apple Watch tomorrow instead of Hermes?
Hermes was a fully Jony Ive relationship.
Jacquemus is one of the hottest luxury brands that works with Dua Lipa, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jenner in addition to collabs with Nike
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On the Quest platform, nobody is safe.
I moved my life and family to LA for Meta.
After they acquired @getsupernatural, they killed my completed @Alo fitness app.
They violated our contract behind closed doors, then expected me to be quiet.
I sued them. This is the story. 👇
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LOL where's the AR?!
#Augmentedreality on a smartwatch! It's so cool! It's super intuitive, and you can use it to build and edit your 3D models right on your wrist.
This is the future!
#virtualreality #ar #Wristima #3Dmodeler #AppleWatch
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Not gonna lie, VR devs have me really confused. For years (decades) VR was on the fringe and the masses never gave a shit about it. Suddenly a company takes cues from the market, plays the same game as everyone else - and they’re… bad?
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#VR community, I'm sorry - I tried to get you a VR version of @BattleBitGame - I still think it could be a lot of fun!
Please re-tweet and chime in if you think it's something that you'd want to play - I'm willing to make it a reality if they'll let me.
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With the year winding down, I figured it would be a good time to announce some news:
I’ve been awarded an Epic Mega Grant for my upcoming Climate Crisis-focused #VR game “Innocents in the Fire”.
Massive thanks to @TimSweeneyEpic, @EpicGames and all of the @UnrealEngine folks!
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Oh ya, and here’s some actual combat! @FileCorruptedGM is absolutely killing it on the gameplay side of things!
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I’m getting really close to muting mentions of Apple’s headset, people are dumb.
The Codec Avatars require an afternoon’s worth of processing on a faraway server to become usable and isn’t even a product at this moment.
Apple has it working, and it’s shipping in 6 months.
I prefer Meta's Codec Avatars over Apple's. Especially in motion. I'm unimpressed that the left is all we get for a $3,500 device made by the biggest tech company in the world.
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So @DaveOshry dug up the first email I ever sent him in 2019 about bringing Amid Evil from @Indefatigable to VR.
We're 9 days out until Amid Evil VR officially launches.
Fucking wild!
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Welp... not being able to pick up a 3090 today means my work is going to be fucked for the next little bit.
Can they at least release a new Quadro so I can get my work done?
$10 says AMD will be a paper launch too.
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The VR industry has a problem with where people (who do nothing) take pretty pictures holding ancient headsets and declare themselves to be business leaders, and proclaim to be the most prominent people of our time.
Just sayin'
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Straight up: from the bottom of my frigid little heart, thanks to everyone who helped to make Amid Evil VR possible, and for the kind words today from the fans playing it!
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If you're working on a #VR project and need help with strategy to get it out the door, connection to partners, SMALL funding, mentorship or whatever else I can do as an individual, DM me with some cool looking GIFs, a couple sentences about your project, and a sentence about you!
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My team LOVES #TheMatrix - so we decided to make a short #AR experience in #LensStudio celebrating it, allowing you to become "The One" using @SnapAR.
You can even run it on @Spectacles to REALLY Enter The Matrix!
#AugmentedReality #SnapSpectacles #Keanu #Morpheus #SnapChat
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It's a cute piece of hardware, I love Teenage Engineering - it's completely useless though.
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Let’s be VERY clear.
The active VR developer community is TINY.
90% of that community will be gone in less than 2 years.
Quest doesn’t mean anything if indies can’t get on, and games like Avengers aren’t going to sell units.
Indie devs are going to move onto office jobs. nitter.app/vr_sam/status/11186316…
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I’m kind of shocked at how many VR devs shit all over Crypto, Web3 and Blockchain saying that it’s useless, gimmicky and dumb.
It wasn’t too long ago folks were saying the exact same thing about our space.
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When my new #MacBookPro units arrive, I’ll do some benchmarking in Unreal and Unity against my 10700K/RTX 3090 desktop.
I’ll also *attempt* to get #VR running in some fashion.
Anything you folks want me to test or benchmark?
I’m getting the 16 core and 32 core GPU models
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Met so many people at #AWE, I should introduce myself!
Hey all, my name is Andre Elijah and I'm an Immersive Director working in #XR
My studio builds #AR marketing projects/activations, #VR games, and works with platform companies on fun R&D projects!
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Dear @Apple - THANK YOU FOR GIVING MAC GAMERS AVX2 SUPPORT!!!
Maybe Starfield, Ratchet & Clank, and Alan Wake 2 will work now!
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The further I get into the world of XR, the less I care about XR itself, the tech and the politics of the industry.
I just want to make cool stuff that will hopefully find an audience and stand the test of time.
No gimmicks. No fluff.
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If you're a VR/MR dev affected by the Meta Layoffs, shoot me a DM. My studio is hiring!
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The secret nobody tells you is that Meta funds indies and tell those devs to release on EVERY platform to attract more users to the space. Sure, some AAA games are exclusive but not the indie games! They want awesome devs to have the resources to stay alive.
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18 months of spamming the fuck out of @DaveOshry
24 months of work with @FileCorruptedGM
So happy to have Amid Evil VR announced!
@NewBlood & @Indefatigable have been absolutely amazing to work with!
Can’t wait to release on 4.20!!!
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Just got in the prototype STEM Player by @jugendingenieur + Ye.
I really wish this is the one that shipped since it goes great with the rest of my Teenage Engineering gear!
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The other week, I gave my brother in law a Quest 2 since he’s obsessed with Elite Dangerous and wanted to play it in VR.
He took it to the family cabin where everyone took turns playing Beat Saber, and even the 79 year old neighbour got into it.
What a time to be alive!
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“BUT META IS STEALING GAMES AND MAKING THEM EXCLUSIVES!”
“I DON’T WANT A QUEST TO PLAY GTA IN VR!!!”
When Sony got the exclusive on RE7 VR - nobody got as pissed as they are at Meta right now.
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Meta props up VR with profits from Facebook. Microsoft propped up Xbox with Office profits. Sony did the same for PlayStation with profits from TVs, cameras, Walkman, and whatever else they were selling in the 90s. Why is it a bad strategy now that Meta’s doing it?
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We should be happy that a company is willing to double down, and give us a platform that we can use to reach new audiences, push boundaries and pay our mortgages.
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For people asking: Meta terminated for Breach, not for convenience.
They never told us explicitly what the breaches were, nor did they give us our contractually mandated cure period. Instead they said the project was dead, and they were the ones who breached.
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Should have posted this the other night during #LEAPcon - this is a bunch of us nerds playing around with a multi-user painting app on the @magicleap along with iOS devices in the hotel bar at midnight. Brilliant work by @slukas
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How was I just on stage to accept an Auggie for @Spectacles?! #AWE2021
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Been awake for 28 hours, finished #AWE, locked down the most important project of my career, and just shipped off a proposal I finished at the airport after doing my COVID test and security.
I'm gonna sleep like a baby on the way home!
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It's been one year since Thanos snapped his fingers and wiped out half of Magic Leap.
Tomorrow, a bunch of ex-leapers are going to share their experiences working with quite possibly the most hyped tech company in the world.
Join us!
joinclubhouse.com/event/PADN…
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Keep in mind that Vision Pro was supposed to ship a year earlier, and the hardware was locked the year before that... but I agree!
Now I just pray they give us iPad Virtual Display in Vision OS 2 - so we can stream iPad exclusive apps like Procreate over to a bigger screen.
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It finally arrived!!!! I finally tracked down an OG sealed copy of #DOOM shareware!
Ripped it open to check out those sexy floppy disks!
Bringing it to @oculus #OC5 for @ID_AA_Carmack to hopefully sign.
If it weren’t for both DOOM and Unreal I wouldn’t be where I am today.
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@elonmusk PLEASE make a Tesla that will beat its time! I'll give you my first born! :D nitter.app/NeillBlomkamp/status/8…
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Your view of the #AR space changes when you actually own a lightweight pair of AR glasses.
The things I want to make now that I’ve been using and working with @Spectacles are completely different than when I was messing with Magic Leap and HoloLens.
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Just got the best news anyone working in VR could hope for… this is a great way to start the week!
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I’m hiring!
Looking for a Junior Developer and an Intermediate Developer that know their way around Unity/Unreal/Lens Studio for one year contracts.
We’ve got a bunch of Quest games on the way, in addition to branded projects.
Slide into my DMs with your portfolio and rate!
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Amid Evil VR
Without saying Half-life Alyx or a Resident Evil game, what's the best #VR game of all time?
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WHAT?!!! My pic showed up in a @TechCrunch article about @Spectacles?!!! And my Lens showed up in a CNET article?
I love @SnapAR #LensFest!
techcrunch.com/2021/12/07/at…
cnet.com/tech/computing/usin…
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Really happy to share that we won Best in Mapping using @LightshipAR!
"This application takes mapping to a new level by capturing meshes in spaces and using those captures to see meshes through walls and surfaces."
piped.video/1dA9Ih2IzvI #AR #AugmentedReality
Check out all the Lightship Winter Challenge winners and honorable mentions on our recent blog post: nianticlabs.com/blog/lightsh… @AlexsonChu @FutureHouseStu1 @AndreElijah @thatpatrickguy @meriamber
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As a way to pay for my family and our expenses to live in LA. I quickly rushed to get a job.
During Meta connect @andres told my potential new employer that he "wasn't a fan of mine".
I told my potential employer what had happened.
I got hired.
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Should VR be indie projects for the next 10-20 years, or should research be put in to multiple companies working in the space? Without Meta’s money, several VR companies wouldn’t have the funding to begin or further their work. Magic Leap accelerated many XR careers as well btw.
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Really enjoyed testing the @magicleap 2 this week - @PeggyJ & @rabovitz should be proud of what the team was able to build!
Great optics, thin & light form factor, really comfortable. I was blown away and will get one when they drop!
They've come a long way from ML1!
Got to try out the @magicleap ML2. Was super cool. No pics allowed though 😥
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I then sued Meta.
Once the article went live. I was fired by my job after being told that going against Meta is "a death sentence" to an XR company.
They have since discounted supernatural to $9.99 a month to try to kill all the other XR fitness companies.
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They started giving us tasks that didn't make any sense. Like mocking up 2D designs in Figma instead of just making it (mockups of a mute button).
In tandem they kept threatening us with an ultimatum. "If you don't do this we won't announce you at Meta Connect".
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Just found out that my game, Amid Evil VR is topping the charts… on Torrent sites…
Is this karma for when I was broke and torrented everything?
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Friday and today have been absolutely WILD!
Last Friday I confirmed that my studio has SIX apps and games coming to Quest in the next two years and my Visa was just approved so I’m FINALLY moving to the US!
Time for the real work to begin!
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Someone on Clubhouse just said that Apple will rely on cloud computing for their HMD… and so will the other companies.
When has Apple ever relied on the cloud?! All of their ML tasks run on device.
I’m done with these Clubhouse VR folks.
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Most people will never understand the insane amount of work the people at Apple put into simply presenting this device to the world.
The care and thought that went into the script, onboarding flow and sequencing, even the furniture they have you sit in.
Years of planning.
WOW!
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They spend a fortune on exclusive and non-exclusive content. They price their devices at a loss (following Xbox and PlayStation) and make money on software.
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Guys, after YEARS of watching his keynotes, presentations, interviews, reading his .PLAN files, and watching live streams of his talks in the hallways, I’ve finally met @ID_AA_Carmack at #OC5
My year has been made!
Oh and got the original shareware copy of #DOOM signed!
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Development went great, and my team of absolute rockstar developers crushed every single milestone and deliverable.
Unfortunately I can't show you any of that great work now.
After the supernatural acquisition things started to get difficult.
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Harassing Dave for 18 months to let us bring this game to VR was the best decision of my life!
It’s SO much fun!
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Hi, my name is Andre Elijah and I’m an Unreal Engine developer.
My hobbies include compiling shaders, compiling more shaders, and compiling some shaders!
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All of this leads us to Meta. They released PC headsets, 3dof standalone devices and quickly doubled down on 6dof standalones with the Quest devices.
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Even though it was @alo app and I was right next to their HQ.
They would threaten me, if I tried to speak to them.
As a reminder: I was the one who spear headed that relationship and deal.
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It's me!!!!
We're happy to announce that LOW-FI's prequel/ companion 'AGENCY' is now in development for @MetaQuestVR.
Development is being taken over by @AndreElijah and his studio, who will ensure that it's a best in class experience as well as visual feast!
Follow Andre for more info!
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After this happened they started negotiating ways for me to be quiet.
September 20th they banned me from the Meta campus during connect and my co-workers "because we couldn't come to an agreement in time".
I had 3 other games coming to the Quest.
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I previously worked with Beyonce, and did some game development work for Deadmau5. Would love to chat!
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HTC - they manufactured a device designed by Valve. That device ran on Valve’s software platform. They didn’t invest in worthwhile content or devs nearly enough and now they’re an afterthought.
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August 15th our producer was changed with @andres who was ghosting us.
August 21st @ananddass has a meeting with @Alo where they secretly killed the project (didn't tell us).
August 22nd they told us "meeting went well". Without any further details.
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I’m standing next to @reba in the concession line at the movie theatre.
LA is random.
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