Now, I'm not an expert on UK politics by any stretch of the imagination, but this seems like bad news for the Brexit crew.
@mcc The Go was criminally underrated.
Unfortunately the consensus, even from Meta, seems to be that this move will generally allow for higher-end, more specialized hardware at a higher price point from Meta's partners, while the Quest stays the lowest cost option because Meta subsidizes it with sales through the app store. 🫤
@mcc From what I've read it's basically Meta licensing their Quest OS to other hardware makers. "Open ecosystem" feels slightly misleading in that their OS is still closed source. Feels like Windows licensing to laptop makers.
One good thing is that they're getting rid of their two-tier store system where they have their regular store (subject to more strict reviews) and a hidden away "lab" for stuff they didn't seem worthy. It's all getting rolled into the main store.
This GDC talk about Tears of the Kingdom's physics and sound systems is delightful! If you are somewhat familiar with how these things generally work in games there's not much here that'll take you by surprise, but it's presented in a very engaging fashion by people who are obviously passionate about their work. (And I continue to be amazed that this all runs so well on the Switch's limited hardware!)
Every month or so I poke my head into the ex-birdsite to check my DMs, because I would frequently get requests from developers looking for help with some concept in one of the APIs I've helped develop.
Today I checked and I had one (1) legit request for help, who ended up reaching out to me a different way anyway, and numerous invites for me to get in on the ground floor of some "Web3" crypto scam.
Guess that's a sign that I don't need to check those DMs anymore.