Thomas Ratliff

It's #PitchYaGame time! 🎉 Party Crashers is an asymmetric VR party game that's all about bringing everyone into the fun 📱Friends can join from any web connected device 🥽One headset, endless multiplayer fun 🪩 Think Mario Party or Jackbox games... but in VR!

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QuestCameraKit just crossed 400 stars 🌟 on GitHub 🐙 with almost 100 forks🍴 This is more than any Oculus or Meta Quest GitHub sample🤯 Devs are clearly interested in camera access and the new use cases that come with it, and we are continuing to make it more easy to build with it! Check it out here: github.com/xrdevrob/Quest…

@hthieblot This sounds awesome. Just moved to sf recently and would love to check it out!

Demo days are boring. This Friday evening, we're trying something new. We're calling it a festival — it’ll feel like a World’s Fair. > boxing humanoids > food trucks > elevator robots > autonomous mini factories > voice-controlled arms > talking toys > farming drones > whoop bci for your brain > jarvis glasses w/ pcbs for you to build > self correcting eyeglasses > baymax irl > music studio 4 multiplayer garageband > ai air traffic control dashboard > 4 dimensional 3D printer (6 axis) > drone security for your home > cotton candy, matcha, DJs Comment for an invite.

@AndyFidel_ 👋🏼 I'm working on a VR party where friends can join on their mobile phones on the web! x.com/devtom7/status…

Looking to expand my network! Who’s building social gaming experiences? Love to connect! 🎮 🚀 ☑ Fortnite ☑ Horizon Worlds ☑ Minecraft ☑ Roblox ☑ Rec Room ☑ Spectacles ☑ Spatial ☑ Zepeto ☑ Viverse ☑ VRChat I’m especially interested in folks making: ☑ Social games ☑ Mobile-first experiences ☑ WebXR ☑ Shared AR ☑ Social VR ☑ Immersive brand experiences I’d love to hear what you’re building! Drop your favorite builder’s name below 😊

Just moved. Who else building cool VR stuff out here?

@Sacb0y Ah for camera access that was released a couple months ago with other samples: developers.meta.com/horizon/docume… The reflections/lighting aspect of the video is just something I had made with it. I'm hoping it gets added as an official feature at some point

@devtom7 Is there a reason there isn't an API or sample for this sort of thing? Like security concerns or something? This would be super useful for blending in objects in the space.

Some more camera based reflection and lighting testing. You can see my desk and monitors being reflected in the helmet, definitely adds another layer of realism #MetaQuest3 #MixedReality #Passthrough #MR #XR #MadeWithUnity

@Sacb0y Not publicly. This is just a test I made using Unity

@devtom7 Does this have an example anywhere?

One feature I'd love to see with the new camera access is dynamic reflection data generation Here's a rough attempt... now to figure out how to smooth those seams #MetaQuest3 #MixedReality #Passthrough #MR #XR #MadeWithUnity

Sneak peek at our latest experiment: exploring the fusion of Meta’s Environment Depth API with the Passthrough camera feed, aligned and processed in real-time using a custom compute shader pipeline. #MixedReality #MetaQuest #Unity3D #XR

You can now check out the camera shaders I've been experimenting with!

Another fun camera shader idea 👾 #MetaQuest3 #MixedReality #Passthrough #MR #XR #MadeWithUnity

@xrdevrob Ooh that would be awesome, I'd love to!

@devtom7 Tbh the repo lacks good shader samples. If you're interested to contribute, I'd be more than happy to have you contribute a shader sample scene for QuestCameraKit! :)

Messing around with this today and oh man, this opens up so much for shaders in MR. And this is barely even scratching the surface of what's possible... #MetaQuest3 #MixedReality #Passthrough #MR #XR #MadeWithUnity

@xrdevrob Ha, no that shader is what I used for reference to make these!

@devtom7 This looks much better than my crappy frosted glass shader in my samples😅

📢Playtesters wanted! 🪩 I'm opening up Party Crashers for a week starting today, and would love to hear your feedback on the current state of the game: meta.com/s/4t0ez9g78 More info in the Party Crashers Discord: discord.gg/nnpZQq4rb5 #madewithunity #unity3d #IndieGameDev #VR #MetaQuest3

🚨 Party Crashers Open Beta Alert! 🚨 I'll be opening up Party Crashers through the Meta app store for a full week starting next weekend🗓️2/8-2/15 🎉 Jump in, play, and share your feedback to shape the future of Party Crashers. 👉Join the Discord for more info on how to participate: discord.gg/nnpZQq4rb5 #madewithunity #unity3d #IndieGameDev #VR #MetaQuest3

@LucaColonnello Thanks! Will take a look at optimizing for mobile

@devtom7 Looks nice in the video but it’s quite buggy on mobile. Nice hero banner though!

New year, new portfolio site! dev-tom.com

Made a big push on some build size optimizations for Party Crasher's web app that I'm pretty proud of. 3 seconds is all it takes now to load in browser on your phone. No app to download, no account signup, no bs. Just jump right in with your friends!