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Jake Steinerman
@jak3.bsky.social
Developer Advocate @Meta Reality Labs
🚨 Special announcement - Our $1.5 MILLION VR developer competition is now live! 🚨

Join In > https://start-developer-competition.devpost.com/
#VirtualReality
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If there's one thing I love, its a good hackathon.

Devs getting together, focusing on a goal, and building magic in just a matter of days.

If you're coming out for Unity Unite 2025, or are near Barcelona, join the SensAI Hack!

👉 https://sensaihack.com/barcelona/
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wow - @Meta Ray-Ban Display and the Meta Neural Band have been selected as one of 2025's "Best Inventions" by Time!

https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318319/meta-ray-ban-display/?filters=wearable-technology
October 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This VR game lets you turn any space into a lasertag arena

dev: @trev3d.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Announcing the Immersive Web SDK (IWSDK)! Now developers can leverage the capabilities of the Meta Quest, all from a browser-based experience.

👐 Hand Tracking & Controller Support
😎 Support for mixed reality passthrough
🔊 Spatial Audio
🧑‍💻 Built on top of Three.js

A ton more: https://bit.ly/47kPsDx
October 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
3 new templates for Horizon Worlds just dropped!

🎢 Sim Tycoon
😍 Custom UI
🗺️ New User Experience (NUX)

https://communityforums.atmeta.com/discussions/product-news-/three-new-templates-to-power-your-next-world/1345634

What other samples do you want to see?
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
You can now copy & paste the real world, with hyper-realistic detail. All with just a $299 headset.

Introducing Hyperscape.

This is the first step toward our vision for photorealism and the future of human connection, as a profound new way to feel like you’re physically there.
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
PIXEL PUSHERS EMERGENCY POD!

We recap #MetaConnect, deep dive into all the new hardware & announcements, and I apparently used the same sweaty new Oakleys that Mark wore on his run with Diplo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNrq8cOltS0
September 24, 2025 at 1:54 AM
He built and grew Hololens, Xbox Live and ecosystems at EA. And now he's leading the developer ecosystem @Meta. We got Dan McCulloch on this week's episode of Pixel Pushers!

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT4NsEyy7Yw
September 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Meta just announced that anyone will soon be able to add fully-embodied conversational LLM NPCs into their worlds, totally for free.
September 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM