Sometimes all I need to turn my mood around is Flight by Hans Zimmer.

The latest episode of the Good VR Podcast goes live on all podcast platforms this Sunday talking with Tender Claws -- the creators behind some of the most memorable experiences in VR. Listen now as a paid subscriber. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/tender-cla...

And like... don't get me wrong, I like GOOD VR hands. The issue is that ACTUALLY GOOD VR hands are much more expensive to execute than people realize, and that cost goes up linearly with the number of objects and interactions in a game.

Hot Take: I think the switch from 'tomato (object) presence' to 'hand presence' in VR has legitimately impaired the development of/market for VR games, due to the baseline volume of resources required to make that actually look GOOD. Non-VR peeps see whacked-out hands and think 'cheap/jank'. But..

I yell “Hail Gabe” at Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz at around 35 minutes into this podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

For All Mankind is a boring show until it isn’t and you’re just crying.

Ooof.

Realizing there's a substantive number of people who think the Steam Frame is going to be able to run PCVR games natively at 'normal' settings. Has baseline hardware literacy, like just what various classes of devices are capable relative to each other, gotten this bad?

For All Mankind + Artemis return to Earth.

Went on the AI XR podcast and found myself shouting “Hail Gabe” somehow.

This podcast completes five days in a row this week of the Good VR podcast hitting the platform of choice. I’ve got two more of these recorded and four more scheduled to record next week with pioneers of the medium. Most of these episodes go out to paid subscribers first.

Don’t know you Smokage, but totally agree with this sentiment. The algorithms are trash and not something we should depend on for promotion. We must raise up one another often.

After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

It's wild how many hours I've spent in VR, and how many different VR games I've played, and yet fucking about in front of a mirror in L.A. Noire remains the absolute pinnacle of my experience with the technology.

This is the content Bluesky needs more of.

Thank you to @tvdinnerdev.bsky.social for joining the Good VR podcast! All my conversations are unrehearsed and head off on tangents from time to time, but talking psychedelic weird VR with Ash was a really fun moment.

The Good VR podcast is ramping up this week with several interviews publishing to your podcast platform of choice. The podcast publishes first to paid subscribers of @goodvirtualreality.com.

Raging around the house angrier and angrier because I can’t find the Nintendo Switch. How the hell could i misplace such a valuable device? It was in the Virtual Boy.

Director commentary in the theater. Spock voice: “Fascinating”

If you're still rocking a PCVR setup, make sure to swing into H3 on Sunday for some holiday goodness. We have an Easter Egg "Hunt".... in more ways that one. :-)

"In VR, we take the weirdness in our minds and make space for one another to look around. This space is vast and ever-growing, and we need each other to call out good VR when we see it." Hell yeah. This article from @ianhamilton.net is hitting hard on the dead parrot that is the metaverse. #pcvr

New meme art from Damo!

Two face-to-face meetings in New York today followed by two podcast recordings. Now For All Mankind.

Absolutely entertained and horrified by the idea of the person next to me playing Beat Saber on a plane. BTW, we need that finger saber guy on Bluesky.

Star Trek figured this out thirty years ago. It's not hard. Even an old, drunk Klingon got it.

Rec Room is dead, Horizon Worlds is on life support and VR travelers who were here before Facebook showed up are weary from the journey. How much VR does the world really want or need?

Should be the first place in the world that has a statement from VRChat on this and I know there’s a lot of VRChat people here, so please consider amplifying my exclusive work here.

Many of the people who were there on day 1 are still here on day 3,650. Older, sure, and maybe a little weary, but still dreaming and always exploring. There is no place they can go but to VR to find what they found back then. VR always will be.

The VR version of the best hobbies are only a decade old and face a tremendous marketing problem. They have to reach fans of the hobby where they play or congregate, adding targeting costs while (as lone devs) simultaneously building core features. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/first-time...

Mother and daughter trying VR for the first time in mixed reality.

This is the most wholesome convention I’ve ever seen and I learned a bunch talking to people who have never worn a VR headset before.

The first on-location reporting from Good VR is from a jigsaw puzzle convention in Atlanta. Tomorrow there’s a VR speed puzzling competition here. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/colocation...

Nearing the front of the line this is what’s behind me.

TSA Pre line LGA airport 3:20 am

Really it was the Steam Deck or the Apple Vision Pro and Dome Keeper calls to me from the Deck. If only there was a VR headset that could solve this conundrum. @plagman.bsky.social

Traveling this weekend to a jigsaw puzzling tournament in Atlanta to see it intersect with VR. There’s only room in my bag for one headset and it is NOT the Apple Vision Pro and I’m incredibly sad about it.

Now put an M5 in the Mac Studio and Mac Mini and let it render the exterior of my VR sim games. My body is ready.

One of VR's best party games was just updated after a gap of more than five years since the last update. www.goodvirtualreality.com/p/excellent-...

Really astounding that this Onion article is 7 years old while describing Zuckerberg’s path to building a personal AI to manage his thinking for him. theonion.com/mark-zuckerb...

[Appreciate repost or referring me to other channels!] My UM team is recruiting DHH adults who have experience using Social VR apps (casual or professional). The study will be remote, last about 1 hour and compensated. Please fill out this form if you are interested: tinyurl.com/mrtjwtbv! Thanks!

is this considered a news dump? dump bad news after bad news? i dont even know anymore www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/t...

Do you have writing that speaks with passion about humanity in virtual reality? I’m here to help.

An article edited and published first by Good Virtual Reality has been covered by 404media. www.404media.co/the-people-l...

🛩️ Compass announced for Quest, PS VR2 & PC VR 🛩️ 🌎 Open-world piloting game 🕊️ Explore uncharted skies, navigate danger & puzzles 💻 From Prison Boss developer, Trebuchet 👀 See more at Creature Feature, May 6 See more at VR Games Showcase: buff.ly/fPzVbIu Wishlist here: buff.ly/PQiaorD

Goodbye Sora life’s too fast

Really enjoyed my conversation with Ian on the Good Virtual Reality podcast - check it out below!

The Good VR podcast is one month old today with more than 1K downloads of conversations with: Avi Bar-Zeev from Disney to Apple Ryan at Golf+ @dnorco.bsky.social @markschramm.bsky.social @tovanbo.bsky.social And a conversation pulled from my 2012 archive with Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe.