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Meta is smartly capturing the MR developer market like they captured the web developer market with React. In terms of Vision vs Quest - I wonder if there will

by _akhe 2y ago

Meta is smartly capturing the MR developer market like they captured the web developer market with React. In terms of Vision vs Quest - I wonder if there will be a "React Native" parallel that allows developers to write React for both Vision and Quest apps. A lot of the developer market comes down to languages: Python for AI/ML, Obj-C (Swift) for iOS, Java (Kotlin) for Android - but JavaScript always seems to weasle its way into these native platforms and a lot of companies end up just writing React for anything front-end.

ImHereToVote 2y ago
Making any multiplatform real-time 3D for Apple is such a pain. Even simply using Xcode is a nightmare.
- _akhe 2y ago
  Agree with you there! I don't particularly love Facebook and haven't even used it since 2009, but I can't deny how world-changing React has been for not only front-end (in terms of state management etc.) but also for building cross-platform native UIs on various platforms like TVs and mobile devices - and being able to do it with a (mostly) common codebase. I probably would have never built for iOS if I had to use Xcode and their entire ecosystem, luckily in RN you usually just need to install their command line tools and never open the software.
  - forgotmypwlol 2y ago
    If you use Expo, you don’t even have to do that.
    - _akhe 2y ago
      Expo was amazing for my first foray into React Native (https://github.com/bennyschmidt/daily-tarot https://github.com/bennyschmidt/daily-tarot) I eventually ran into some limitations (accessing Camera Roll back then, also in-app purchases back then) that forced me to have to use more native stuff. I bet it's come a long way though since then.
gorbypark 2y ago
There is react native for VisionOS already and the react team has hinted at react native for Quests/VR in the past..
- _akhe 2y ago
  I didn't know, thanks for letting me know! Just found this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@callstack/react-native-visionos https://www.npmjs.com/package/@callstack/react-native-vision... > This is a full fork of [React Native] with changes needed to support visionOS. Awesome.

by _akhe 2y ago

ImHereToVote 2y ago

Making any multiplatform real-time 3D for Apple is such a pain. Even simply using Xcode is a nightmare.

_akhe 2y ago
Agree with you there! I don't particularly love Facebook and haven't even used it since 2009, but I can't deny how world-changing React has been for not only front-end (in terms of state management etc.) but also for building cross-platform native UIs on various platforms like TVs and mobile devices - and being able to do it with a (mostly) common codebase. I probably would have never built for iOS if I had to use Xcode and their entire ecosystem, luckily in RN you usually just need to install their command line tools and never open the software.
- forgotmypwlol 2y ago
  If you use Expo, you don’t even have to do that.
  - _akhe 2y ago
    Expo was amazing for my first foray into React Native (https://github.com/bennyschmidt/daily-tarot https://github.com/bennyschmidt/daily-tarot) I eventually ran into some limitations (accessing Camera Roll back then, also in-app purchases back then) that forced me to have to use more native stuff. I bet it's come a long way though since then.

gorbypark 2y ago

There is react native for VisionOS already and the react team has hinted at react native for Quests/VR in the past..

_akhe 2y ago
I didn't know, thanks for letting me know! Just found this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@callstack/react-native-visionos https://www.npmjs.com/package/@callstack/react-native-vision... > This is a full fork of [React Native] with changes needed to support visionOS. Awesome.