Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 06/03/2026Lots of in depth advice about how to make sure you can scale, but here’s an easy one for day one: your primary key starts at 1024, not zero, not one. The only thing that knows this is your “new <T>” flow 100
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 20/12/2025For part-time vim fanatics on windows: github.com/fredemmott/c... By default, remaps capslock to escape - unless a game is running.github.comGitHub - fredemmott/capslock: A flexible capslock remapperA flexible capslock remapper. Contribute to fredemmott/capslock development by creating an account on GitHub. 000
Reposted by Fred EmmottOpenXR @openxr.org · 13/11/2025We are pleased to announce the release of the Best Practices Validation Layer. It addresses a critical need in XR development: catching suboptimal API usage patterns that can lead to inconsistent behavior across different OpenXR runtimes. Learn more: www.khronos.org/blog/new-ope... #OpenXR #XR 163
Reposted by Fred EmmottOmar @ocornut.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Funding: if your mid/large business uses Dear ImGui - and maybe you are approaching end of year budget/planning etc. - please consider reaching out (PM/email) so I can help you help Dear ImGui ! 09549
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 30/07/20251/3. Lukewarm take: the lack of PCVR game support for hand tracking is Meta’s fault. 130
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 12/07/2025WIP: Reimplementing the look-and-feel of WinUI3 in standard C++23, without a dependency on WinRT, XAML, or msbuild 110
Reposted by Fred EmmottBastiaan Olij @mux213.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Slightly snowed under with the spatial entities announcement, OpenXR 1.1.49 also includes the new render models extension which provides access to 3D models of the controllers currently held by the user. 171
Reposted by Fred EmmottKhronos Group @thekhronosgroup.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/03/2025With Meta's upcoming v74 SDK release, the built-in OpenXR path for Unity, UnrealEngine, and Godot will be the recommended path for development. #OpenXR enables you to build cross-platform and use Meta platform plugins to add unique HorizonOS features […]fosstodon.orgOriginal post on fosstodon.org 031
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 22/02/2025[1/5] PCVR journalists: when covering a headset software/firmware update, run the OpenXR Conformance Test Suite. If it fails, the headset/software/firmware *DOES NOT* support OpenXR and users should expect problems. The CTS is freely available on GitHub. 153
Reposted by Fred Emmottalice @alice.tf · 22/01/2025imagine being so well known for killing projects that you have to make a statement assuring developers that you definitely will Not kill your *fourth* XR platform in the last 12 years www.roadtovr.com/google-respo...roadtovr.comGoogle Responds to Developer Concerns About Long-term Commitment to Android XRGoogle’s announcement of Android XR last month was largely met with excitement, but there was a notable undercurrent of concern about Google’s long-term commitment to the platform. The company has a s... 24413
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 05/01/2025magic_args: an ease-of-use first argument parser for C++23 github.com/fredemmott/m...github.comGitHub - fredemmott/magic_args: Ease-of-use-first argument parsing for C++23Ease-of-use-first argument parsing for C++23. Contribute to fredemmott/magic_args development by creating an account on GitHub. 010
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 17/12/2024Just made a public test build of new project, XRFrameTools for Win32/64 apps using @openxr.org : - measures frame intervals and various CPU timings - supports live data and logging with CSV conversion - extended support for D3D11 apps - extended support for NVIDIA GPUs github.com/fredemmott/X... 032
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 08/12/2024I wasn't able to find up-to-date examples for using Google's Skia with D3D12, so I made a new "Hello Skia" repository, with some notes github.com/fredemmott/H...github.comGitHub - fredemmott/HelloSkia: Full examples of how to integrate Skia with an applicationFull examples of how to integrate Skia with an application - fredemmott/HelloSkia 000
Reposted by Fred EmmottThe Khronos Group @khronos.org · 27/11/2024OpenXR Working Group member, Fred Emmott's latest blog shares 12 tips that will help you avoid common problems, maximize your software’s compatibility, find issues before your users, and simplifying & accelerating debugging. fredemmott.com/blog/2024/11... #openxr 092
Fred Emmott @fredemmott.com · 25/11/2024Some lessons learned while working on OpenKneeboard and HTCC, and debugging interactions with other OpenXR API Layers: fredemmott.com/blog/2024/11...fredemmott.comBest Practices for OpenXR API Layers on WindowsThere are several re-occurring problems for OpenXR API layers on Windows, and best practices have evolved to address them; these problems are mostly caused by implementation decisions of other softwar... 011
