Nikhil Jacob

Soo after many a months of toil, here it is: a comprehensive beginner friendly 3D centric visionOS course: "Mastering visionOS With RealityKit" It is a WIP that is 75% complete with an early access 40% discount. Grab it before it's done! realityuni.com/courses/vision…

@RoszykAdam Interesting, I was planning something similar - spent 4 years working on the underlying beats/lights used for these. Btw, what site do you use to get these revenue/downloads figure?

This could be a good VisionOS app..

Prompt + Instructions + Tools -> LLM output. You can tune each, for better output. Instructions: Is prioritised over the prompt. Tools: To expose the LLM to other knowledge source e.g. internal databases. Overly simplified, for my Realitykit for visionOS course

What happens when you blend the spirit of Xmas, AI, spatial computing and music. Coming soon, the second half of my RealityKit for visionOS course. To be shipped before Xmas.

Some days are just magic

@tom_krikorian I hear you and can relate completely….the hardest thing is that we are all working under an ‘assumption’

If you read all the rumours, the only thing you can think is that Apple is quietly giving up on the headset. But when you’re deep into the trenches of building for it, you understand that it’s quite the opposite. But let’s be clear, B2C is not having better odds until they release a Vision Air. And for B2B to truly shine with the Vision Pro, we also need more than just a refresh but a design that is more modular to take into account the different use cases for enterprises. A « personal device » that cannot be easily shared is in the way of both B2B & B2C IMHO. I’m pretty sure Apple is aware of all of this. If Apple is indeed shifting focus to glasses and pausing development of both the Vision Air and Pro, it’s going to be very hard for us developers to convince our clients to trust the long-term commitment of Apple in the space if Apple doesn’t send strong signals soon. Hopefully the M5 refresh is enough to calm the minds. The way Apple is keeping things secret and under wraps, but informations keep getting leaked and we get some half-truths from past employees who didn’t have the full picture of things, is honestly exhausting to deal with as a business owner focused mostly on the Vision Pro. And I’m saying all this because I see firsthand the potential of the vision line of products. My business is growing every month, and it’s not going to stop. I’m pretty confident about it with the signals I have right now but it’s far from being a stable business yet.

To quit or not to quit? Here is my new blog article, where I ruminate on the state of the spatial computing industry, and make some plans going forward. "Building A Spatial Computing Business: The Question That Haunts Me" Link: realityuni.com/pages/blog?p=s…

So finally settled into new place with dreamer friendly views. Let’s resume building shall we

@tom_krikorian Or better question, what is one thing it does /is good at, that is wildly different from the basic subscription

@tom_krikorian Mann I’m tempted - quite pricey though, is it reaaallly worth that cost, can it do the work of a junior dev reliably, if you prompt it well?

I should have tried Codex & ChatGPT Pro way sooner, definitely worth the £ 200 a month!

@robprogressive This is misleadin, back then there was no welfare state to fund and today there is, *partly* why taxes have risen. Not taking into account of-course the “optimal tax rate”, which would again be a function of how efficient the government is in spending that tax money.

When income tax was first introduced it was 3% And it was temporary Now it’s up to 45%, & permanent Plus VAT, corp tax, NI, CGT, stamp duty, council tax… all starting to feel like a scam

I created an AI being…(for visionOS) It has a voice, a body and a personality. Meet Elyon, born of stardust, witness of the Big Bang and here to answer the deepest mysteries of the universe. Full tutorial: youtu.be/XjTGxTpwXxs?si…

@theRealityUni Only thing here is the company owns the device in this case, not I. Meaning, can only be used for company purposes, which is what I bought it for really.

@theRealityUni One simple example, I bought the Apple Vision Pro under my company name. Considered 'plant and machinery', a fixed asset (anything used long term). UK government, gives up to £1m tax write-offs (AIA) for such expenses. Meant got a ~£700 discount for AVP, in my scenario

This year went deep learning accounting and personally created the accounts for @theRealityUni (had my accountant review/file it). Inredibly useful: awareness of tax-write offs , sniffing through founder fluff, by going through their balance sheets...all fun things 😉

@tom_krikorian Definitely no, and tbh I don’t understand why they would release another one with just a chip upgrade, without solving the bigger pain points that would make it more appealing for the non-early adopter crowd.

Will you buy the Vision Pro 2, even if it’s only a refresh with an M4/M5? (No design changes, basically.)

And I will be showing you line by line how I created him, wish me luck it’s. 3 hour recording I need to edit.

What happens when you give AI a voice, a body, and some personality? Meet Elyon - an AI being… for human beings. A witness to the Big Bang, a starborn seeker, and now your mystic guide to the deepest mysteries of the universe ✨ And yes - he lives inside the Apple Vision Pro

This has been delayed too long… Had to go off grid due to some life changes, but back on it now.

@RoszykAdam Sweeet, have sent you a DM 🙌

@nikhilCreates A year at least :)

Recently I moved to UK for some time! Anyone can recommend any Vision Pro / VR meet-ups in London or any nearby areas?