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This ink is useless for anyone without a Twitter account. Is there a summary?

wslh 2y ago
""" Andrew Fox @afoxdesign Seriously, Minecraft VR should’ve been a thing years ago. Building stuff with a buddy in fully immersive 3D. How is that not a hit John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack We had it on Oculus Go — I did the initial port, then the Microsoft team did a full integration. I had it working in 6DOF on Quest, but other parts of Meta were negotiating with Microsoft to get some Xbox titles instead, and in the end we got neither. It was a damn shame. """ 6DOF [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_freedom
- tosh 2y ago
  Boz (CTO at Meta) in a reply: > We have tried to make our case to our friends many times! Tell any friends you have at Microsoft!
- muststopmyths 2y ago
  When they came out with HoloLens, Minecraft was the obvious killer app for it. But my mind has long ago stopped boggling at the number of ways Microsoft can find to not do the smart thing. Especially in gaming.
- hackernewds 2y ago
  > We have tried to make our case to our friends many times! Tell any friends you have at Microsoft! - boz
  - bartonfink 2y ago
    Dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41340180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41340180
- bee_rider 2y ago
  I remember playing Minecraft VR ages ago, 2018 maybe? Maybe it was a mod or something, I guess. It wasn’t very good, the game is all about hopping around very fast on waist-high blocks. I don’t normally get any sort of VR sickness but Minecraft was too much for me. Plus the cubes feel awkwardly sized to interact with.
  - BlueTemplar 2y ago
    Yeah, I have tried shortly a Minecraft VR mod on Oculus Rift. (Shortly because I don't care about Minecraft, in fact I think that might have been the first time I even tried it ?) I thought that the official Minecraft VR/AR version had been released years ago ?!?
Arch-TK 2y ago
There's a dead reply (ah, it stopped being dead just as I submitted this) providing a link to a twitter frontend which gives context. Not sure why it's dead but here's the link from that comment: https://xcancel.com/id_aa_carmack/status/1827363452194619692 https://xcancel.com/id_aa_carmack/status/1827363452194619692
- hackernewds 2y ago
  I thought x banned this sort of API usage
- wkat4242 2y ago
  Ah thanks I was looking for the same <3
klabb3 2y ago
Off topic: I think there’s very serious ethical implications with linking to siloed app ecosystems from the open web. There’s a paradox of tolerance hiding here somewhere. The web is significantly worse today than it used to and I think we’re making it worse by allowing these players to exploit the openness of the web for their own gain while rejecting it when it suits them.
- jprete 2y ago
  I get what you mean, but that stops mattering with companies that go into full enshittification mode. Your point only applies when tacit cultural norms have power, not when they're being broken for all the advantage companies (and people) can get.
  - rty32 2y ago
    ...or if there is meaningful competition. Sadly no other product has been able to actually replace Twitter so far.

wslh 2y ago

""" Andrew Fox @afoxdesign Seriously, Minecraft VR should’ve been a thing years ago. Building stuff with a buddy in fully immersive 3D. How is that not a hit John Carmack @ID_AA_Carmack We had it on Oculus Go — I did the initial port, then the Microsoft team did a full integration. I had it working in 6DOF on Quest, but other parts of Meta were negotiating with Microsoft to get some Xbox titles instead, and in the end we got neither. It was a damn shame. """ 6DOF [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_freedom

tosh 2y ago
Boz (CTO at Meta) in a reply: > We have tried to make our case to our friends many times! Tell any friends you have at Microsoft!
muststopmyths 2y ago
When they came out with HoloLens, Minecraft was the obvious killer app for it. But my mind has long ago stopped boggling at the number of ways Microsoft can find to not do the smart thing. Especially in gaming.
hackernewds 2y ago
> We have tried to make our case to our friends many times! Tell any friends you have at Microsoft! - boz
- bartonfink 2y ago
  Dupe. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41340180 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41340180
bee_rider 2y ago
I remember playing Minecraft VR ages ago, 2018 maybe? Maybe it was a mod or something, I guess. It wasn’t very good, the game is all about hopping around very fast on waist-high blocks. I don’t normally get any sort of VR sickness but Minecraft was too much for me. Plus the cubes feel awkwardly sized to interact with.
- BlueTemplar 2y ago
  Yeah, I have tried shortly a Minecraft VR mod on Oculus Rift. (Shortly because I don't care about Minecraft, in fact I think that might have been the first time I even tried it ?) I thought that the official Minecraft VR/AR version had been released years ago ?!?

Arch-TK 2y ago

There's a dead reply (ah, it stopped being dead just as I submitted this) providing a link to a twitter frontend which gives context. Not sure why it's dead but here's the link from that comment: https://xcancel.com/id_aa_carmack/status/1827363452194619692 https://xcancel.com/id_aa_carmack/status/1827363452194619692

hackernewds 2y ago
I thought x banned this sort of API usage
wkat4242 2y ago
Ah thanks I was looking for the same <3

klabb3 2y ago

Off topic: I think there’s very serious ethical implications with linking to siloed app ecosystems from the open web. There’s a paradox of tolerance hiding here somewhere. The web is significantly worse today than it used to and I think we’re making it worse by allowing these players to exploit the openness of the web for their own gain while rejecting it when it suits them.

jprete 2y ago
I get what you mean, but that stops mattering with companies that go into full enshittification mode. Your point only applies when tacit cultural norms have power, not when they're being broken for all the advantage companies (and people) can get.
- rty32 2y ago
  ...or if there is meaningful competition. Sadly no other product has been able to actually replace Twitter so far.