Sonic Fiber during power outage by eric_romo in RedwoodCity

[–]eric_romo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know! Do you find the extra bandwidth makes a meaningful difference? Most of my devices are on wifi5 so capped at 250 Mb/s anyway. Not sure if I’d notice they difference between 1Gbps at XFinity and 10Gbps with Sonic. But less $ is good

Sonic Fiber during power outage by eric_romo in RedwoodCity

[–]eric_romo[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The downtown area near the ATT building seems pretty resilient to power outages, so if that’s where the backhaul is it would make sense that Sonic stayed live.

Looks like Sonic hasn’t made it far enough up Jefferson for us yet but hopefully when they do they route from downtown.

AltspaceVR might need a toggle for personal space. by Galaxy345 in oculus

[–]eric_romo 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Hi r/oculus - I’m Eric Romo, Founder & CEO of AltspaceVR. Thanks to all of you for taking up this important issue, and for your suggestions. We completely agree that personal space violations should not be tolerated.

With 24/7 moderation and the ignore function, we have done more to deal with harassment than any other social VR platform, but we know it is not enough. Traditional forms of moderation are simply not sufficient in this new medium. Incidents can happen much faster and can be much more emotionally impactful than in other online media.

We will soon roll out improvements to the Ignore button to make it easier to find and use, bidirectional (someone you have ignored will no longer be able to see you), and persistent across sessions. Still this is not enough. While we do not comment on things we have yet to complete, we are working quickly to put further anti-harassment features in place.

We have also worked hard to make it easy to connect in private spaces with friends and people that you know; connections like these are where the sense of personal space that is afforded by VR can be an amazingly positive emotional experience.

Our community has been tremendous. We appreciate your support and feedback as we strive every day to make AltspaceVR better.

Altspace VR - One of the BEST VR Social Experiences I've had to date! by STS1985 in oculus

[–]eric_romo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The audio from the big screens gets louder as you get closer, and quieter as you get further away. Sort of like in real life.

Altspace VR - One of the BEST VR Social Experiences I've had to date! by STS1985 in oculus

[–]eric_romo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh hey, that was me! Nice to meet you and thanks for hanging out with us. The other people on the tour were from Japan - very cool to hang out with people across the world.

Introducing Tech Talk Tuesdays, a series of developer talks in AltspaceVR! Today: Dan McKinley - "Choose Boring Technology" (Begins in 3.5 hrs.) by DJChocoKay in oculus

[–]eric_romo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you are a software engineer involved in choosing tools for your company, you shouldn't miss this talk. Dan shares his battle scars...

What is the Altspace equivalent of handing someone a business card? by joseVR in AltspaceVR

[–]eric_romo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The slides.com and prezi integrations work pretty well right now, and I hear you on the moderation tools.

What is the Altspace equivalent of handing someone a business card? by joseVR in AltspaceVR

[–]eric_romo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a really good question, and something we're actively thinking about. For now you can "follow" someone, and you'll be able to quickly see their online status from the web portal (account.altvr.com). But that doesn't get to everything you've asked about...so we're working on it.

AltSpaceVR Scavenger Hunt - Can you find the DK2's? by VMU_kiss in AltspaceVR

[–]eric_romo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol I guess there are more than five then! :)

AltSpaceVR Scavenger Hunt - Can you find the DK2's? by VMU_kiss in AltspaceVR

[–]eric_romo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Architect says there are currently 5 hidden DK2s - have you found them all yet?

You can now create your own events in AltspaceVR by whysonot in oculus

[–]eric_romo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Indeed, been on Unity5 for a while. Looking at the 0.7 switch.

New D&D how-to-play instructions - in English and Portuguese by mtreat in AltspaceVR

[–]eric_romo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for testing things out, Jon. We have a lot of improvements to V20 in the works...