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Tim McGuinness

Tim McGuinness

@VRJsy

Co-Founder & CEO of @Zenostech Prev 2x VR League World Finalist with @TeamGravityVR Building the future of live virtual events & entertainment

London Beigetreten Nisan 2019
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CIX 🦾@cixliv·
@0x_Vivek The bigger the robots get the more fun it is to watch by far
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CIX 🦾@cixliv·
We worked on a robot today that makes me 100% confident in what we are doing is going to be huge. When you scale the acrobatic humanoids up…. Oh boy does it make it epic. Absolutely jaw dropping.
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As much as I love VR, I do agree with Cix here that Quest will die on the hill of "I know best" from people that really did not in-fact know best..
CIX 🦾@cixliv

The Quest platform will die. But before it dies people need to know whom to blame. It’s time to put the execs on blast: Let’s start with @boztank a man who entered the VR space like a retarded elephant falling into a boutique coffee shop. Falling over and over onto various cups and plates shouting “the data says” as he clumsily breaks everything while Zuck pats him on the head for being his only friend. Let’s thank @c_pruett whom treated 3rd party devs like an SS agent for doing anything that Meta *might* do in 10 years. Chris while being the head of content, secretly ran his own game studio promoting his games. A man who has a profile picture of a someone drowning because interacting with him is the feeling of dread before you off yourself. Let’s thank AJ Glasser for acting like the witch in Snow White for creating a VR dev blacklist for anyone who questioned Meta’s decisions. Treating the dev store as her own personal toxic clique. Let’s thank Alex Schultz for his smooth brain renaming of Oculus to various forms of corporate slop like “Meta Horizon Worlds Quest”. Last but not least let’s thank the highly unethical “journalists” like @Heaney555 who would act as a propaganda mouthpiece of Boz and Meta. Regurgitating Meta talking points like dictator state media. Attacking any developers whom spoke ill of his God. Thanks guys, I hope those whom pick up the pieces of VR aren’t as lame as you were.

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@mattworkman Give it 12 months, people will start getting tired of the 100% pure vs tainted sentiment and opposition will begin to fade as better games are made faster due to pipeline improvements.
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Matt Workman@mattworkman·
Yup! And time to destigmatize it and remove the "Made with AI" label on Steam
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Tim McGuinness@VRJsy·
Wish people would delve below surface level statements around AI games this week. I generally disagree on nuking the AI label as per @mattworkman & @TimSweeneyEpic but it's one of two realistic solutions. Putting aside good or bad for the moment the facts remain: - AI use in SOME facets of game production going forward is 90% or higher - This does not automatically = "AI slop" - Many uses of AI aren't obvious/known therefor not self-reported - Consumer information is important, BUT with the current AI label: a) It's not enforced at all b) It's an honor system that cannot be validated c) Developers are incentivized to not self-report d) There's no clear definition e) There is no distinction between "I used chat gpt to help me write an import tool for blender" vs "This entire game is AI generated" - consumers are treating this as a binary checkbox Argument for deleting the label is a bit heavy handed but the only other option is a more nuanced system that considers the above and is actually enforced (very difficult & very subjective). People that are arguing over consumer rights component here are missing the forest for the trees. The current system is largely inaccurate and will be increasingly unreliable going forwards.
Matt Workman@mattworkman

Steam and all digital marketplaces need to drop the “Made with AI” label. It doesn’t matter any more.

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Tim McGuinness@VRJsy·
@mattworkman The point at which the time difference matters or you and spending enough credits you will simply build a multi gpu gen rig.
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Matt Workman@mattworkman·
@VRJsy Yeah but local is slow. You need like 4-8 nodes on Comfy Cloud to do this work in a timely manner
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Matt Workman@mattworkman·
these gen AI tools when they are matured will be really expensive. I feel like only big studios will be able to afford to use them. And as an artist your job is to use credits efficiently
Mirru 💎@mirrutatep

The reason genAI is cheap and unlimited right now is because it is heavily subsidized by blind and reckless investing… As a business venture it is vastly unprofitable compared to the energy it costs and once the bubble pops the landscape will change

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@mattworkman @DrFriesOfficial This is the sort of data most AI gen solutions output, have worked with stuff like this from the biggest players like Sony etc and it's the same.
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Matt Workman@mattworkman·
@DrFriesOfficial It did a lot very well. I wonder if the concept of retargeting is completely different for 2D gen. I don’t understand the hair and cloth physics are so good
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@SpatialBiggs If I remember correctly it was Denny (Cloudhead and self professed old guard) who said how these games and locomotion were bad for VR/needed to avoid being promoted/wouldn't work (pre GT) Account/tweets deleted now but thread: x.com/VRJsy/status/1…
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@DennyCloudhead @LemmingVR @Tuism @triqona @nimSony Also happens to be the exact locomotion system for one of the most played games on Sidequest, App Lab and the basis for movement in the highest retention competitive multiplayer title in VR's history with Echo Arena. I think we have seen enough to indicate that it can work well.

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Biggs ᯅ@SpatialBiggs·
"Total confirmation bias artificial locomotion doesn't work" - VR Elders
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RJ@RJdoesVR·
anyone else in the VR community just watching this go down with some popcorn?
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@cixliv It really does, you guys have found such a great starting point for this - honestly foresee it being a staple in the industry going forwards
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@AntonHand Praying for @BigscreenVR to pick up the mantle - controller form factor is largely a solved problem with Quest. We just need a good quality one for lighthouse + finger tracking.
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Tim McGuinness@VRJsy·
@iBrews That is the plan yes! 🫠
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Alex Coulombe@iBrews·
A $100k annual fee for an H1B visa virtually eliminates the ability for small companies that require highly specialized and rare talent to compete against larger companies (especially VC-funded ones) who can absorb those extra costs.
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(Nevermind all the money they are spending to fund the war) This should drive every single person alive to incredible rage. They fund and support the war, then vote to stop a ceasefire, so they can benefit? Law is meant to create a system of mutual trust, not this
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🇨🇦TheArtGun™🇨🇦
A single country representing only 4.2% of humans should not get to veto whatever the fuck they want
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Tim McGuinness@VRJsy·
@AtomBombBody Honestly, the most exciting possible thing this year is Valve trolling Meta with a Frame release announcement the day of connect again. Don't think we're missing much at home really.
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AtomBombBody@AtomBombBody·
Didn’t get invited to Meta Connect this year? My only Connect memory might make you feel better - I paid my own way last year (too early in MQCP for an invite), watched the keynote from my hotel room … and shit myself. (Never trust a fart) Sometimes rejection is protection. 🙏
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CIX 🦾
CIX 🦾@cixliv·
I was interviewed by @ashleevance I’m living out a real sci-fi movie over here. The world of fighting robots is having a big inflection point. Soon you will see the vision in my head, and it’s more wild than any sci-fi movie. LETS GO
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@mattworkman Blender foundation truly is a blessing for the entire game and media industry
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Matt Workman@mattworkman·
I've had several brand content meetings this month and this is the first time Blender has been specifically called out as desirable. The times are changing. Anyone know how much it costs a month these days?
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@cixliv Real question IMO though is what happens next, once everything can be faked what is digital content even at that point. Assuming they win (which they will) whats the ecosystem online look like when AI slop reigns supreme.
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CIX 🦾@cixliv·
Boomers are cooked. My mom keeps sending me AI videos with humanoid robots doing random things. Saying "did you see what Elon is doing?" Chilling effect on people doing real stuff.
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