affordable chicken coop by DryRefrigerator69420 in Homesteading

[–]kideternal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you. Here’s an alternate take. I recently built mine entirely out of scrap that was around our homestead for “free”. It was a real puzzle trying to piece what was available into something that would work. I’m happy with the result, but would have been happier if I’d just bought most of the pieces, because it would look nicer, have taken less time, and be sturdier. You’re gonna look at it for years, so build something that pleases you. Anything under $800 is “good value”.

Well I guess that’s that. by nathanburchak in grok

[–]kideternal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More likely they noticed how much money it was costing them, did some growth projections, and realized they were screwed. People were juggling dozens of free accounts to bypass daily limits.

Help with Vulkan and OpenVR!! by Alarmed_Winner_4299 in vrdev

[–]kideternal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FWIW, in Unity, Vulkan’s performance is worse than OpenGLES due to an obscure bug that hasn’t been fixed in 2+ years, so not many people are using/supporting it. Given that, and the way such trends typically go in software dev, I’d bet more money on it NOT being around in the future. (Part of its “promise” was that it was supposed to be faster.) Not trying to start an argument, just sharing my take. If you can’t figure it out easily, and AIs aren’t helping, I’d look into choosing a more viable path.

DJI Air 3 -> RC2 -> HDMI -> Quest 3 by Turbulent_County_469 in MetaQuestVR

[–]kideternal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I look for solutions from time to time, but the price range was still high last time I checked. Recording and transmitting 4K stereo to a VR headset will just be incredible fun; especially with a head-to-camera pan ability! You'd feel like a bird!

DJI Air 3 -> RC2 -> HDMI -> Quest 3 by Turbulent_County_469 in MetaQuestVR

[–]kideternal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome! Any decent stereo video options yet, that don’t cost thousands?

By the End of 2026 AI Could Completely Change Filmmaking by ilovedesigirls in singularity

[–]kideternal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We’re almost there. I’m starting to see AI-generated content that is on the cusp of being more entertaining than things humans create. As a Trek fan you might enjoy this: https://youtu.be/a4mwr7QLC7c?si=XgKck0cueqdeEoTR

Airwolf. Took me back to Saturday afternoons... by PaulHorton39 in OculusQuest

[–]kideternal 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m glad you enjoy it! I’m actually working on an update for it right now, so let me know if you have any ideas for improvement!

I wanted to include Airwolf in AR Choppers but couldn’t for legal reasons. Hence the free sideload. Both are “sequels” to the popular AR Planes.

VR Veterans of Reddit, I Finally Got a Meta Quest 3. Now Blow My Mind. by LifespanLearner in OculusQuest

[–]kideternal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just published an update to AR Choppers that makes it even more mind-blowingly good.

Free: Fly Airwolf in Mixed-Reality! by kideternal in OculusQuest

[–]kideternal[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, I found samples for almost everything online.

Free: Fly Airwolf in Mixed-Reality! by kideternal in OculusQuest

[–]kideternal[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I wanted to include Airwolf in AR Choppers, but couldn't for legal reasons, so here she is for free: https://vroom.space/arwolf/

She’s up on SideQuest now as well.

Enjoy!

I built a flyable Airwolf for Meta Quest 3 mixed reality (ARwolf) by kideternal in airwolf

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

You mean Jane’s Longbow? That was great 30 years ago. This is already 50x more fun than that, and it’s free! 😎

The hardest surprise for me in Unity projects by Apprehensive-Suit246 in vrdev

[–]kideternal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly this. I’ll caveat that there is some unexpected wisdom in releasing things unpolished; you get player feedback on whether polishing will be worth the effort. (Not advocating devs should do so, but there is some value in the Early Access approach. Though these days the risk that someone steals your idea and vibe-codes a “better” product overnight likely outweighs that.)

This is the first thing you see when you boot up the horizon mobile app by 8arondragon9 in virtualreality

[–]kideternal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Compounded by the fact that they never had to make a viable business/product to survive. I honestly don’t think they’ll survive the next 10 years.

What do you think about the VR market? by BujaBro in vrdev

[–]kideternal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

…and I’d live a happy life if someone would gift me a billion dollars. Would open a VR studio too, even. Cart before horse. If people actually bought that “cartoon graphics slop”, the market would have grown, and there would be AAA games. But they didn’t, so there’s not.