Both Fandango & Bigscreen have 3D movie rentals. For every dollar, 60-80% goes to studios.
Unlike Fandango, Facebook is forcing us to pay them 30% IAP fee, or get kicked off the store.
We rent the exact same movies for the exact same price as Fandango!
Aug 18, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Let's talk about how Facebook is screwing us in VR.
A major use case of @BigscreenVR is like the "iTunes of VR": we offer 3D movie rentals for $4.99.
Digital Video distributors like @BigscreenVR give movie studios 60-80% of each transaction.
Oculus also has movie rental features, and similarly pays movie studios a % of each transaction.
However, Facebook is forcing Bigscreen to pay 30% for every movie rental sale we make.
Jul 7, 2020 • 5 tweets • 6 min read
I got incredibly lucky: with a rare morning with no fog in San Francisco, I was able to photograph Comet #NEOWISE from the Golden Gate Bridge
It peaks today at Magnitude +1 brightness and will be visible to the naked eye for the next week.
All proceeds donated to the Lee Initiative to help restaurant workers in need #COVIDー19
Over the past decade, I've tried (and failed) many times to capture galaxies and nebulae. Astrophotography is a highly technical and punishing hobby.
1/ Here's why Oculus Quest is the "iPhone of VR" and why it matters so much
2/ Today, VR headsets SUCK. They each have bad tradeoffs that lead to an unpleasant user experience. The future of VR are Standalone headsets:
1/ What people don't understand about Apple's advantage in creating a world-class AR headset (versus HoloLens or MagicLeap):
Apple is shipping the core pieces of an AR headset today to hundreds of millions of users
2/ Every iPhone now has a depth sensor.
Apple will ship nearly 100 million depth sensors in 2018/2019. They have successfully miniaturized (with a low cost BOM) the fundamental sensor for inside-out positional tracking of any headmounted VR/AR device
Jan 11, 2018 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Just a couple years ago, achieving this fidelity of facial & body mocap would cost a studio millions of dollars
Today all you need are commodity body trackers and an iPhoneX (facial)
Some awesome VR tech at @siggraph 2018 this week, including @KNLstudio's face/body mocap and Pinscreen's photorealistic avatars, both relying on the iPhone X
Oct 8, 2017 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I'm skeptical of VR companies trying to build the metaverse.
We already have a metaverse: the Internet. It's made up of MANY apps/platforms
A single company building and owning the whole metaverse? That sounds horrible and dystopian. Can we not?
Sep 16, 2017 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Apple has a strong advantage in AR already: developers
Developers are a leading indicator of "killer apps" and platform dominance
Jul 14, 2017 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
This is the most exciting thing we've done in 3 years @BigscreenVR check it out 👉
You don’t need a DSLR or telescope to see Comet #NEOWISE.
