Culture An Evening at Sandbox VR ToddMitchell, November 25, 2022July 11, 2024 I was invited to suit up head-to-toe in the latest VR gear and blast zombies with friends. Here’s how it went. Continue Reading
Culture One Game Developer’s Quest for Autism Awareness and Acceptance ToddMitchell, July 28, 2022July 11, 2024 I sat down remotely with Thomas Kildren of Fletcher Studios to discuss his popular upcoming VR project, his challenges as a developer and stay-at-home parent, shifting opinions in the community, and more. Continue Reading
Game Development I’m Hitting Pause on VR Coverage ToddMitchell, October 8, 2021July 11, 2024 For a couple of years now, I’ve had one foot in the door of the VR enthusiast community. It’s gradually dawned on me that this might not be the most responsible position at this point in time. Here’s why I’m making a change. Continue Reading
Game Development Hacked: No Facebook, No Oculus Quest ToddMitchell, August 26, 2021July 11, 2024 Over half of the VR market is controlled by a social media platform with no clear process for human support. What happens when something goes wrong? In this episode, Todd goes over a hack on his Facebook profile that resulted in a bricked Quest headset and nowhere to turn. Here’s… Continue Reading
Culture A Facebook hacker beat my 2FA, bricked my Oculus Quest, and hit the company credit card ToddMitchell, August 20, 2021July 11, 2024 If you haven’t been following the action on Twitter, you may or may not have noticed I vanished from Facebook and Instagram. That was just the beginning. In this post I’ll run you through the timeline, share what I’ve pieced together, and post updates as they unfold. Let me encourage… Continue Reading
Culture AEXLAB CEO Jonathan Ovadia ToddMitchell, April 26, 2021July 11, 2024 Jonathan Ovadia of AEXLAB calls in to discuss the progress and the story behind the studio’s upcoming virtual reality multiplayer competitive shooter, VAIL. He shares insight into a relatively new funding model for games, his team’s vision for a connected, persistent VR experience, and more. Continue Reading
Culture Topgolf with Pro Putt Creator, Ryan Engle ToddMitchell, December 17, 2020July 11, 2024 In this episode of the GameDev Breakdown podcast, Ryan Engle calls in to explain how he started as a soloist with an augmented reality putting prototype and wound up leading a team through the development of the definitive virtual reality Topgolf experience. Continue Reading
Culture XR Developer, Aaron Clifford ToddMitchell, February 18, 2020July 11, 2024 Some devs have all the fun. Aaron Clifford is the head AR/VR developer for KOVR, a new VR division of video production company, KO Group. He’s a FLASH game dev from back in the day–all of us cool kids were–and managed to leverage his experience into cool projects like the… Continue Reading
Game Development Getting Started With Oculus Quest Development ToddMitchell, September 30, 2019July 11, 2024 This time, courtesy of our great supporters at Patreon, we’re talking about getting up and going with development for the Oculus Quest. It’s worth mentioning that Quest development is reasonably flexible with multiple viable paths to follow, so I’ll specify here that I’ll be demonstrating with Unity and Oculus’ own… Continue Reading