Lots of in depth advice about how to make sure you can scale, but here’s an easy one for day one: your primary key starts at 1024, not zero, not one. The only thing that knows this is your “new <T>” flow

For part-time vim fanatics on windows: github.com/fredemmott/c... By default, remaps capslock to escape - unless a game is running.

We are pleased to announce the release of the Best Practices Validation Layer. It addresses a critical need in XR development: catching suboptimal API usage patterns that can lead to inconsistent behavior across different OpenXR runtimes. Learn more: www.khronos.org/blog/new-ope... #OpenXR #XR

Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui !

TIL either hexdump or xxd is endian-sensitive

1/3. Lukewarm take: the lack of PCVR game support for hand tracking is Meta’s fault.

WIP: Reimplementing the look-and-feel of WinUI3 in standard C++23, without a dependency on WinRT, XAML, or msbuild

Slightly snowed under with the spatial entities announcement, OpenXR 1.1.49 also includes the new render models extension which provides access to 3D models of the controllers currently held by the user.

With Meta's upcoming v74 SDK release, the built-in OpenXR path for Unity, UnrealEngine, and Godot will be the recommended path for development. #openxr enables you to build cross-platform and use Meta platform plugins to add unique HorizonOS features […]

[1/5] PCVR journalists: when covering a headset software/firmware update, run the OpenXR Conformance Test Suite. If it fails, the headset/software/firmware *DOES NOT* support OpenXR and users should expect problems. The CTS is freely available on GitHub.

imagine being so well known for killing projects that you have to make a statement assuring developers that you definitely will Not kill your *fourth* XR platform in the last 12 years www.roadtovr.com/google-respo...

magic_args: an ease-of-use first argument parser for C++23 github.com/fredemmott/m...

Just made a public test build of new project, XRFrameTools for Win32/64 apps using @openxr.org : - measures frame intervals and various CPU timings - supports live data and logging with CSV conversion - extended support for D3D11 apps - extended support for NVIDIA GPUs github.com/fredemmott/X...

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I wasn't able to find up-to-date examples for using Google's Skia with D3D12, so I made a new "Hello Skia" repository, with some notes github.com/fredemmott/H...

OpenXR Working Group member, Fred Emmott's latest blog shares 12 tips that will help you avoid common problems, maximize your software’s compatibility, find issues before your users, and simplifying & accelerating debugging. fredemmott.com/blog/2024/11... #openxr

Some lessons learned while working on OpenKneeboard and HTCC, and debugging interactions with other OpenXR API Layers: fredemmott.com/blog/2024/11...