Brandon Jones
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Brandon Jones
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WebGPU/WebXR/WebGL Dev @ Google. He/Him
"The downfall of modern civilization." - Joystiq

Personal site: https://toji.dev
I would simply giggle myself to sleep if the Texas maps got overturned but the California maps stick because of how each were handled.
a woman walking down a sidewalk next to a car with the website vayagif.com at the bottom of the image
Alt: A woman, here playing the part of Texas Republicans, stepping on a rake and whacking herself in the face.
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Really? Hadn't tried that yet. That's a shame.
November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Quest controllers feel a bit better in the hand to me, and the Galaxy XR triggers and buttons don't feel quite as nice, but they'd be great for most existing games. Shame that they're so expensive most users will never get them.
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I got the prescription inserts and really like them!

I found my glasses don't fit in the headband. (They are fairly wide.) If your glasses were smaller they could probably fit with one of the larger forehead spacers, but Samsung does warn that may affect the eye tracking.
November 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Amusingly janky! UPS said delivery was between 9 and 11. Gave me a link to track the truck. At 10:30 it was across the street! Then the truck drove away and 5 minutes later I got an email saying "Your package will be late. No idea when." Delivered at 3:00. 😆 Logistics is hard.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Now that I can compare with the shipped device I can see that the WebXR input profiles asset for the controllers I prepared earlier is offset a bit. I'll get that fixed sometime this week.
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Almost certainly lawyers from company X saying "*all* company X products *must* display our standard privacy policy" and the app devs responding "But... It's literally just a stop watch" and losing that fight. 🙄
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
a man with a wig on his head is standing in front of a screen .
Alt: By Grabthar's Hammer, what a series!
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"I bet that blue key would open the blue door."

Shut up. You see this fire hydrant? This is custom built to match the environment! This represents a day (or more!) of some artist's life. Allow me to admire it for a bit, okay?

(Proceeds to smack it with a bat to see if it's part of the physics sim)
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
After originally saying I'd get them Nov 3rd, then Nov 6th, then *Jan 8th*, now apparently my Galaxy XR controllers have shipped and will get to me Monday? 🤨
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Haven't seen any OS captured, I recall hearing at least one reporter say they saw a very Steam-Deck-like UI. Upload VR said they used Chrome with it in a Linux mode. Also saw a comment from Valve saying they want to make it easy to pull up a browser any time. No mention of WebXR.
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Given the current implementation state, and the fact that it is an ARM device, I suspect that the WebXR backend for Android (used by Galaxy XR) will be the easiest/fastest route for Chrome.
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
In www.uploadvr.com/valve-steam-... they mention using Chrome in the Linux desktop. The headset also apparently runs Android APKs? So I'm sure there's going to be multiple routes to run Chrome, WebXR is an unknown. Given that it's OpenXR-based, though, I think it wouldn't be too hard?
Steam Frame Hands-On: UploadVR's Impressions Of Valve's New Headset
UploadVR's Ian Hamilton and David Heaney went hands-on with Steam Frame at Valve HQ, trying both standalone use and PC VR.
www.uploadvr.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Not necessarily? It's definitely not aiming for the highest end hardware (ie: Not trying to compete with Apple Vision Pro), and it's sidestepping a few things that were becoming standard to focus on their stated "streaming first" use case. It'll be interesting to see how that works for them.
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Specific things that stand out to me:

- Monochrome passthrough
- No hand tracking
- Eye tracking but not face tracking
- Controller layout to match gamepads, not other headsets
- Quest 3-like LCD screen
November 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM