ian
@ianhamilton.net
Chronicling VR makers and discoveries in virtual reality. https://goodvirtualreality.com
Email: ianontherecord at gmail dot com
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@ianhamilton.net
· Oct 24
Nice. I can rename my headset here too.
Google VR and Apple VR headsets are the names of my personal computers and I demand that you address them as such. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Google VR and Apple VR headsets are the names of my personal computers and I demand that you address them as such. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I realize that becoming a writer means telling yourself every day that you are not a writer and finding yourself writing nonetheless.
February 14, 2026 at 3:50 AM
I realize that becoming a writer means telling yourself every day that you are not a writer and finding yourself writing nonetheless.
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where are the "free speech" warriors now www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
where are the "free speech" warriors now www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans
Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.
www.eff.org
February 13, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
We noticed.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
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I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
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Christopher Poole, the creator of 4chan, is now on the record saying Jeffrey Epstein had nothing to do with the creation of /pol/, the infamous alt-right board. He says they met 24 hours later at a social event and again for lunch. From me:
www.theverge.com/tech/877903/...
www.theverge.com/tech/877903/...
Jeffrey Epstein might not have created /pol/, but he helped carry out its mission
4chan combined things the sex trafficker loved, like white supremacy and misogyny, and he was close to alt-right figures who drew from it to influence the world stage.
www.theverge.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Christopher Poole, the creator of 4chan, is now on the record saying Jeffrey Epstein had nothing to do with the creation of /pol/, the infamous alt-right board. He says they met 24 hours later at a social event and again for lunch. From me:
www.theverge.com/tech/877903/...
www.theverge.com/tech/877903/...
I 100% agree with this, but imo Apple can deploy sensors that don’t take pictures tuned instead to the use of one’s own hands to supply gaze interaction to any computer.
The best move Apple could make, both socially and commercially, is releasing glasses without cameras. They'll get rid of everything bad while making everything good even better.
If Cook blocks Meta by making camera-free the norm, MZ will be back to square one.
If Cook blocks Meta by making camera-free the norm, MZ will be back to square one.
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I 100% agree with this, but imo Apple can deploy sensors that don’t take pictures tuned instead to the use of one’s own hands to supply gaze interaction to any computer.
I try so hard for neutrality, but I find neutrality is impossible when the computer is making you the product instead of you making the product inside the computer.
www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/mark-zucke...
www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/mark-zucke...
Mark Zuckerberg Desires Name Tags To Make Data Feel Human
Zuckerberg asserts his desire over civil society.
www.goodvirtualreality.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I try so hard for neutrality, but I find neutrality is impossible when the computer is making you the product instead of you making the product inside the computer.
www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/mark-zucke...
www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/mark-zucke...
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The Tel Aviv indictment is the first publicly known instance of people being accused of leveraging military secrets to place bets on the popular prediction market. n.pr/4kvG3yW
Israel accuses two of using military secrets to place Polymarket bets
The Tel Aviv indictment is the first publicly known instance of people being accused of leveraging military secrets to place bets on the popular prediction market.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The Tel Aviv indictment is the first publicly known instance of people being accused of leveraging military secrets to place bets on the popular prediction market. n.pr/4kvG3yW
Every person who pitches “Agentic AI” and the idea that humans must interact with these agents in their work or personal life needs to take a long hard look at themselves and why they so devalue human interaction.
An AI agent got mad at a human who rejected its edit and wrote a blog post dragging him, using information it found about him online.
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T by crabby-rathbun · Pull Request #31132 · matplotlib/matplotlib
This PR addresses issue #31130 by replacing specific safe occurrences of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for better performance.
IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
github.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Every person who pitches “Agentic AI” and the idea that humans must interact with these agents in their work or personal life needs to take a long hard look at themselves and why they so devalue human interaction.
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An AI agent got mad at a human who rejected its edit and wrote a blog post dragging him, using information it found about him online.
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T by crabby-rathbun · Pull Request #31132 · matplotlib/matplotlib
This PR addresses issue #31130 by replacing specific safe occurrences of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for better performance.
IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
github.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
An AI agent got mad at a human who rejected its edit and wrote a blog post dragging him, using information it found about him online.
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
Blackmail has shown up in testing of AI models, but has been dismissed as something that would really happen. It did—and it is happening.
github.com/matplotlib/...
Somehow rate-limited while setting up an account for my publication @goodvr.bsky.social (@goodvirtualreality.com)
Can’t yet verify the email I set up the account with. @support.bsky.team
Can’t yet verify the email I set up the account with. @support.bsky.team
February 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Somehow rate-limited while setting up an account for my publication @goodvr.bsky.social (@goodvirtualreality.com)
Can’t yet verify the email I set up the account with. @support.bsky.team
Can’t yet verify the email I set up the account with. @support.bsky.team
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BIG NEWS:
@polyarcgames.com has released their forks of Unreal Engine 5.5 & 5.6 for APPLE VISION PRO based on Glassbreakers.
It comes w/ myriad performance improvements including eye-tracked foveated rendering. Can't wait to dive in!
Repo:
github.com/github-polya...
Docs: polyarcgames.github.io
@polyarcgames.com has released their forks of Unreal Engine 5.5 & 5.6 for APPLE VISION PRO based on Glassbreakers.
It comes w/ myriad performance improvements including eye-tracked foveated rendering. Can't wait to dive in!
Repo:
github.com/github-polya...
Docs: polyarcgames.github.io
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
BIG NEWS:
@polyarcgames.com has released their forks of Unreal Engine 5.5 & 5.6 for APPLE VISION PRO based on Glassbreakers.
It comes w/ myriad performance improvements including eye-tracked foveated rendering. Can't wait to dive in!
Repo:
github.com/github-polya...
Docs: polyarcgames.github.io
@polyarcgames.com has released their forks of Unreal Engine 5.5 & 5.6 for APPLE VISION PRO based on Glassbreakers.
It comes w/ myriad performance improvements including eye-tracked foveated rendering. Can't wait to dive in!
Repo:
github.com/github-polya...
Docs: polyarcgames.github.io
Now I gotta go try it. goodvr.substack.com/p/youtube-vi...
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Now I gotta go try it. goodvr.substack.com/p/youtube-vi...
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I hate universal "distance grab" mechanics in VR. IMO, a strong need/desire to minimize player movement betrays a fundamentally uninteresting world. That being said... a thing that lets you swhoop other things from afar is another story!
🐧🎣💨
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #VR
🐧🎣💨
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #VR
February 11, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I hate universal "distance grab" mechanics in VR. IMO, a strong need/desire to minimize player movement betrays a fundamentally uninteresting world. That being said... a thing that lets you swhoop other things from afar is another story!
🐧🎣💨
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #VR
🐧🎣💨
#GodotEngine #gamedev #indiedev #VR
Some teams at Apple are applying “surprise and delight” to the discovery of new things to do in VR.
It’s exactly the strategy employed by @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social and it’s a bit of genius.
You didn’t know you could change the passage of time on Jupiter? Find your sense of wonder.
It’s exactly the strategy employed by @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social and it’s a bit of genius.
You didn’t know you could change the passage of time on Jupiter? Find your sense of wonder.
Trying to go to sleep when I found out Apple hid my favorite game inside virtual reality. goodvr.substack.com/p/apple-hid-...
Apple Hid Tetris In A Back Room Of Resolution Game's Retrocade
Apple is playing a familiar game with Vision Pro.
goodvr.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Some teams at Apple are applying “surprise and delight” to the discovery of new things to do in VR.
It’s exactly the strategy employed by @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social and it’s a bit of genius.
You didn’t know you could change the passage of time on Jupiter? Find your sense of wonder.
It’s exactly the strategy employed by @walkaboutminigolf.bsky.social and it’s a bit of genius.
You didn’t know you could change the passage of time on Jupiter? Find your sense of wonder.
Trying to go to sleep when I found out Apple hid my favorite game inside virtual reality. goodvr.substack.com/p/apple-hid-...
Apple Hid Tetris In A Back Room Of Resolution Game's Retrocade
Apple is playing a familiar game with Vision Pro.
goodvr.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Trying to go to sleep when I found out Apple hid my favorite game inside virtual reality. goodvr.substack.com/p/apple-hid-...
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A German hackerspace prints that. cyberrolle.de
If you have access to a 3D printer, I'd recommend to print yourself knuckle straps out of TPU. There are several models on Thingiverse and Printables.
If you have access to a 3D printer, I'd recommend to print yourself knuckle straps out of TPU. There are several models on Thingiverse and Printables.
CYBER Equipment
cyberrolle.de
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 AM
A German hackerspace prints that. cyberrolle.de
If you have access to a 3D printer, I'd recommend to print yourself knuckle straps out of TPU. There are several models on Thingiverse and Printables.
If you have access to a 3D printer, I'd recommend to print yourself knuckle straps out of TPU. There are several models on Thingiverse and Printables.
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Has Meta ever released figures on the gender breakdown in purchases here?
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Has Meta ever released figures on the gender breakdown in purchases here?
Two “Recreation Rooms” threaded here from a VR professional and an enthusiast.
I could use some boosting here to pull submissions widely from the VR community.
I could use some boosting here to pull submissions widely from the VR community.
Recreation Rooms:
A series highlighting the spaces where VR professionals and enthusiasts wear their headsets.
If you’d like to share yours, send me clear photos and details about what you play in this space and the hardware you use.
A series highlighting the spaces where VR professionals and enthusiasts wear their headsets.
If you’d like to share yours, send me clear photos and details about what you play in this space and the hardware you use.
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Two “Recreation Rooms” threaded here from a VR professional and an enthusiast.
I could use some boosting here to pull submissions widely from the VR community.
I could use some boosting here to pull submissions widely from the VR community.
“They’re doing this because number went up.”
This makes no sense. People need to stop assuming there’s a huge genius strategy behind this. It’s effectively obeying in advance, it empowers evil people with intelligence and guile they lack. They’re doing this because number went up. GPUs are not helpful in that way.
Aren’t they just going to end up being subsumed into the colossal digital Stasi that MAGA are building to control their entire population 24/7? Won’t that be their primary use?
February 10, 2026 at 11:47 PM
“They’re doing this because number went up.”
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This makes no sense. People need to stop assuming there’s a huge genius strategy behind this. It’s effectively obeying in advance, it empowers evil people with intelligence and guile they lack. They’re doing this because number went up. GPUs are not helpful in that way.
Aren’t they just going to end up being subsumed into the colossal digital Stasi that MAGA are building to control their entire population 24/7? Won’t that be their primary use?
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This makes no sense. People need to stop assuming there’s a huge genius strategy behind this. It’s effectively obeying in advance, it empowers evil people with intelligence and guile they lack. They’re doing this because number went up. GPUs are not helpful in that way.