Microsoft had relatively interesting ideas concerning 3D and VR content, then proceeded to do an extremely mediocre execution, simultaneously dumbing everything down while also making it hard to use, and then proceeded to discontinue their software after almost never touching it again for seven years

I have a Reverb G2 (windows mixed reality headset), it is really a good headset and is still competitive with the Quest 3 in several areas for use on PC. The WMR software itself isn't that bad and I think if it had more care and attention put into it it could genuinely have been great. If they had better home options, user created homes, more customization and the ability to fix things in place so you don't accidentally move them, the ability to add (even just user created) minigames and dynamic objects that stay in the world, and (most importantly) the ability to actually invite other people into the space to play with you and launch into other games. They're Microsoft, they were large enough and early enough that I'm sure they could even have gotten game developers on board with some protocol that automatically brings people you're playing with into a multiplayer session of whatever game you start. I think they were onto something with their home system and could have fleshed the software out into something much better than even the modern competition. Of course it's all discontinued now, the latest version of Windows doesn't even support it, I plan to continue to use the old version until it stops getting security patches in 2026 and then switch to Linux where hopefully the open source people will finally fully support using controllers.

shocking: users of open-source reddit alternative like open-source things

They massively changed the UI in 2019, in version 2.8. Hasn't changed much since then though.

If you remember Blender having a bad-looking light grey UI and no support for multiple workspaces, that's the old version.

Blender was also used a bit in Everything Everywhere All At Once

well obviously it's not intended or certified for human consumption. that doesn't answer the question of if it works tho

Played through stray for the first time recently

The game was great, especially for how relatively small the team was, but honestly the reveal of the largest mystery in the game was very underwhelming.

It's still a good game though, I do recommend it.

It's hard to tell if the youtubers are getting more annoying or if its my tastes that are changing. Probably both tbh

not really a joke article because the guy did make it, but it also isn't a product, it was just an 'art project' by the guy

The UI looks the same lol

The layers are the big thing, but its hard to show because the final result looks the same anyways

steam is like 500 MB of ram by itself at least for me rn, so add any game or os stuff on top and it rounds up to a gigabyte

"you now have to spend more money to survive" -> "people are now spending more money" -> "the GDP is going up" -> "the economy is doing well!"

now that republicans don't need to block the deal to decrease Biden's popularity ig

https://xkcd.com/435/

I would say gender is probably centered about around psychology, ranges mostly from sociology to biology, with a just little bit going into chemistry

maybe like

I don't think he was kicked out, he just never got in.

They can't. AI has hallucinations. Google has shown that AI can't even rely on external sources, either.

George Floyd protests had more than that (closer to 8%) and they didn't really change anything.

next up: microsoft announces development of Bethesda's next game will be largely outsourced

I’m just really hoping Trump will piss off republicans in Congress fast enough that they stop supporting him before he can cause any real harm.