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Years ago, I envisioned mapping virtual worlds into 1 connected ecosystem. The foundation of the @vworldsmuseum™. With SVanLoon, the #Teleportal is now a framework for #mapping the #metaverse, envisioned at @ARealityEvent & now realized. #metaversemap @auradeluxe @EvoHeyning more soon

Gamers already hate Gen AI with a savage rage so this will probably provoke literal pitchforks

AWE 2026 is expanding into a 4-day experience built around the people and solutions driving the XR ecosystem forward. Plan ahead — four days of workshops, sessions, expo tracks & side events. See the full schedule: hubs.li/Q044BV7m0

@AureaAward update, #teleportal map of virtual world platforms, @ARealityEvent announcement, @vworldsmuseum blog, #meta is not the #Metaverse article on @ArInsider = #metaisnotthemetaverse #XR #interoperability #mapofthemetaverse #mappingvirtualworlds #vr virtualworlds.museum/blog/aurea-awa…

What an incredible celebration of innovation at the  #AUREAAward #6 hosted by @mackoneofficial at Europa-Park Resort! From inspiring keynotes to groundbreaking award winners, the energy was electrifying. Don't miss out on the magic, watch the aftermovie now! #Innovation #VR #XR

WOOOO we just won the AUREA Award for Interaction from MACKOne! What an awesome community to be part of

What makes #AUREAAward so special is not only the programme, the awards and the unique location, but also the community itself. Tonight, we open the kitchens of our Don Quichotte restaurant for a Networking Kitchen Party! @mackoneofficial

Meta is Not the Metaverse: An Open Letter to the Tech Press #AR #VR #AI arinsider.co/2026/01/29/met…

In the metaverse hype cycle, its rise to prominence followed Meta's name change and big investments. But that created a misguided correlation between the company and the concept. Should they be decoupled? arinsider.co/2026/01/29/met…

In a couple years this technique will run in realtime and be useable to animate avatars. What do you think? Thank you @Escapation for creating this avatar image that I then animated with @Kling_ai using a video of myself.

The word "algorithm" comes from the name of 9th-century Persian mathematician al-Khwarizmi, whose Latinized name "algorismi" was used to refer to his systematic methods of calculation.

I have an opinion on the Meta layoffs that is contrary with most of the VR industry and much of the media, but strongly held. This is not a disaster. They still employ the largest team working on VR by about an order of magnitude. Nobody else is even close. The "Meta is abandoning VR" narrative is obviously false, 10% layoffs is basically six months of normal churn concentrated into 60 days, strictly numbers wise. The majority of the 1,500 jobs cut in Reality Labs (out of 15,000) were roles working on first-party content, internally developed games that competed directly with third party developers. I think this is a good decision, and I thought the same back when I was still at Oculus. Change always sucks because people lose their jobs in the process, but in a world of limited resources, Meta heavily subsidizing their own (with money, marketing, placement, etc) at the expense of core technical progress and platform stability doesn't make sense. Crowding out the rest of the entire ecosystem, even less so. Every developer big and small, even the hyper-efficient ones, have had an extremely hard time competing with games developed by Meta-owned teams with budgets and teams that spend vastly in excess of earning potential. People will point out that these teams did an awesome job and got awesome reviews from critics and customers alike - yes, and fucked up though it is, that makes the problem even worse! Some people will say "they should have just funded those developers as external studios rather than acquiring them, then!". Yes, I agree, but hindsight is 20/20. Do you think Oculus expected to only sell 700 copies of Rock Band VR after spending eight figures to make sure it was ready and awesome for Rift CV1 launch, to the point of bundling the guitar adapter with every single headset? Of course not, but sometimes you learn what the world actually wants from you the hard way. TL;DR, I feel really bad for the people impacted, but this is a good thing thing for the long-term health of the industry, especially the ongoing incentives. (Nobody at Meta knows I am making this post)

I'm adding chatbots to Substrata that you can easily add to your land parcels. They can chat, gesture, tell users about your parcel etc..

Slash or Pass? Gerard Butler reveals which real-life disasters he has ACTUALLY survived. #greenland

@ObsoleteSony I loved that place!

PlayStation Store at the Sony Metreon complex in San Francisco, 1999.

The first 3D graph Map of the #Metaverse = The @vworldsmuseum Teleportal virtualworldsmuseum.com/teleportal/ #virtual #worlds #map

Happy New Year all 🥳 looking FWD to sharing more in this platform. What would you like to read about? A) virtual worlds museum. B) Techno, electronic music, DJ culture. OR C) AI research and links?

Love this: @Cajsa's top ten favorite @SecondLife images from 2025, leveraging virtual world screenshots as an art medium. Join my New World Notes Patreon to read for free! 👇🏼 patreon.com/posts/14711796…

scenes from the the Timothée Chalamet museum (the tourist office in crema, italy)

#VR Design Manifesto AKA holodeck program guidelines [a work in progress] - no fail states - minimize user frustration - maximize user empowerment - maximize user awe - allow user to set their own goals - don't put words in user's mouth - don't push the user around

Submissions for The VR Community Awards 2025 are now open! The VRCAs return, showcasing the creativity and diversity of the VRChat community through 35 categories, covering everything from Avatars and Worlds to Communities and Events. 14 additional Curator awards ensure recognition based on quality and creativity, not just popularity! The VRCAs are not officially affiliated with VRChat.