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When I first heard these changes, I seemed to hear a lot of apocalyptic stuff - "They are getting rid of the SDK". Having heard a little bit more, this sounds perfectly reasonable - Altspace need to get rid of the Coherent plugin (that also seems to eat up a lot of processes on Windows). I hope that the overall model for SDK apps / extensions is retained with something else, for me this seems to be by far the best way to develop apps, even if it is extremely challenging, purely because waiting on Microsoft to provide all the tools is a bottleneck, and hosting the content is going to be a challenge. Microsoft really should use the fact that Altspace is web-based for extensions to even push .NET.

The SDK is by far one of the best additions I've seen to a social VR platform so far. If I had a few more requests, dynamic lighting would be up there, and perhaps native integration with the physics engine, but everything else was fine. I'm not an A-Frame user I prefer three.js, but it was extremely fast to get started. I will try to document all the demos/apps I built before shutdown.


And Polymorphism...


Colin inside Ryan "It takes up 50% of my vision!"


Also bear in mind that nearly every developer on the planet seems to have this attitude, where they will put down the codebase of whatever has already been written (especially if it isn't based on one of the big open source frameworks, but even then if it is not their open source framework of choice). The person is trying to make a name for themselves with your client.

Unfortunately, the biggest thing isn't your inexperience (although that contributes), its that they dedicated solid time to solving the problems. Full time beats part time multi-fold, exponentially even. Jumping in and out of an old project can be incredibly time wasting.


Serve the leftover parts for a trypophobic treat!


It wouldn't need to...


Content, Community, Commerce.

  1. Content. At the moment, people are thinking... 3D models, layouts etc. But the big ones are interaction, storytellings, integration and consumption of live web API content. Think Linkedin / Twitter / Reddit / Facebook / Tumblr / Pintereset / Instagram equivalents but for VR. Everything that has an API can be shared. The permutations are endless.

  2. Community. Big events, small events. Significant life events. Births, Weddings, Funerals, Birthdays, Public holidays, festivals, you name it. Bring people together and do something. What do we care about? Who are we? Explore what it means to be human, and what society means.

  3. Commerce. As much as every artist on the planet is anti-material/anti-capitalist, at least attempting to come up with some sort of business model to support the consumption of content will support the people who actually create the content, whether that is tickets to events, promotional merchandise, you name it. Without commerce, the platform will be relegated to being hobbyist (or simply a small part, perhaps marketing, of stuff companies are already doing). I want to see a Microsoft office and lobby in AltspaceVR. Want to hold a Press Conference? Do it in VR. Want to announce new products and features? Do it in VR. Every company should want a shopfront. This should be the new Web 5.0.

I can dream...


Pick a tiny little thing in your life and start cleaning. It could be aspect based (go around and pick up the rubbish). It could be location based (start in one room and start to clear/clean from one side). Don't focus on the big picture, just do a little thing. Once you've done it, do another little thing. Just work on one little thing at a time.

Put on music if it would help. But take tiny little bites, and see what you feel like doing, see what you could do. Build up very slowly, or faster if you're feeling more confident.