We Ditched Sales Demos Because Everyone Hates Them

But First…Cool if Real

Reskin my kitchen to look like….Watch the full video here.

This isn’t real but is a great example of what the future of the metaverse could be (by Jesser722 on the VisionPro SubReddit).

Updates and Wins

• Dauntless XR shipped the final stories that enable users to sign up for free trials of Katana XR (coming soon!). No gatekeeping, no demo with the sales team are required, just sign up and try creating XR content yourself.

Industry News

• Walmart is doing XR product placement and affiliate sales a la Roblox. Anything that allows for monetization AND utility helps with new tech adoption, and we're excited to see this in action.

• HTC VIVE and The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office partnered up to create a holodeck-like experience to allow crime scene investigators to recreate crime scenes in VR to aid in investigations, without disturbing the IRL crime scene. CSI: Miami could never whips sunglasses off

Recently Played >

What our founders listened to this week. A little out of left field this week.

• Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment on audiobook

• From 2023 but still relevant. I had voice-to-text read me “Why AI Will Save the World” blog post by Marc Andreesen. It’s an optimistic view of the future, not a utopian one.

Overhead on Slack

Enter the chat. What our devs are talking about…

• “Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding boo. Ok. Ping, boom Star Wars ←This is how I felt like I sounded talking to the patent lawyer” [GIF redacted]

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