LaMeyer and Welkhoff Talk XR Ventures
In this interview the founders of the WXR Venture Fund, Amy LaMeyer and Martina Welkhoff, discuss how companies can play a part in developing the culture of XR as well as concerns like privacy, emotional safety, and accessibility.
npm install all-of-poly
Thanks to work by Sara Viera and others in the Poimandres collective, a new "dev-first" asset market is taking shape. Assets will be available via the npm install command and Lewy Blue recently revealed that he's scraping public models from the Poly service so there will be a large selection of models at launch.
Export Hands From Unity
The WebXR Export for Unity project is picking up steam with the addition of support for hand models via the WebXR Input Profiles library. Oren has put together a demo scene for people interested in the experience.
Put Your Brush To Work
Brushwork is an experimental experience in which to channel your inner Bob Ross. Import a reference image and then while away the hours putting paint on canvas.
Active Theory Plays The Field
Coming off of their recent success with the Secret Sky event, creative experience creators Active Theory are hosting "The Field" for the Wall Street Journal's The Future of Everything Festival.
"Keep Hands Inside Car At All Times"
WebXR spec editor Brandon Jones announced that XR Dinosaurs now has hand support. Be careful though, the mastodon doesn't appreciate some hand gestures.
Another Weekly Enters The Field
Long-time reporter on XR and the tech that surrounds it Cathy Hackl launched a new series on Forbes to focus on "the metaverse". Perhaps she can help Epic and Apple with a definition.