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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP

@tovanbo.bsky.social
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XR Developer of Cubism and Laser Dance. Recovering architect. 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 - he/him 🔗 linktr.ee/tovanbo

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Lee Vermeulen @alientrap.bsky.social · 17h
Prototyped an AR game where you push around a self-balancing robot
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Massive Monster @massivemonster.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📰BIG NEWS! We're creating a games coworking space & investment fund for Melbourne Game Developers! 🤠💸 🧵
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Of course!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also if anyone wants a sticker, I’m carrying some glow-in-the-dark ones of my previous games! #nzgdc
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'll be at #nzgdc in the coming days - if anyone wants to talk XR or try a hallway demo of @laserdancegame.com, let me know!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Un juego que sabe estar callado" [A game that knows how to be quiet] ★★★★⯪ Thanks to Retro Pixels for their great review of Cubism on Steam!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My bad, it was turned off. Should be good now!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
feel free to shoot me a DM here! Just followed you back :)
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Cubism @cubism-vr.com · 17/09/2026
Cubism Steam Frame tip: if you want to switch seats while playing in passthrough, just hit the recenter button to bring the puzzle with you!
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Cubism @cubism-vr.com · 16/09/2026
Cubism Steam Frame tip: If you calibrate the floor height to match a table surface, you can have pieces collide with the table when playing in passthrough! #steamframe #mixedreality
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Big shoutout to @shadowbrain.bsky.social for sharing his custom screenrecording app - made recording this way easier!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The new Cubism trailer was shot directly on Steam Frame, with me awkwardly hunching over a duck-taped tripod camera setup in an attempt to keep the footage stable😅
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sounds cool! There’s already been several research papers published that used Cubism as part of their study (www.cubism-vr.com/presskit/ind...)
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Cubism | Sit back. Relax. Solve puzzles.
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Cubism @cubism-vr.com · 14/09/2026
Steam Frame is launching today, and with it comes a new way to play the Steam version of Cubism! On standalone Frame, you can now play in your own room using passthrough! Try it yourself here👉 tinyurl.com/5a6a4ccs
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Laura Lico @lauraivylico.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
From September 8th, 2015. One of my animation tests for Quill’s first-pass rig. Seems fitting for today. 😢 Goodbye, little girl.
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Ashley @ashleysays.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Chefs kiss
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
yes please ✋
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
ICYMI, @zimtok5.com streamed some of the new @laserdancegame.com levels yesterday! Check it out here⬇️ www.youtube.com/live/qUcCC-i...
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Today is Going GREAT.
YouTube video by Zimtok5
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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 19/08/2026
wurdweb just re-released on iPhones & iPads!! (It left Apple Arcade last month.) Word puzzles with Sunday morning vibes. With different game modes, daily / weekly / monthly puzzles, and much more. Made by @aran.sokpop.co & I. Get it on the App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/wurdw...
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The ✨Mimic Update✨ is now live for Laser Dance! Six new challenging levels with a new green laser that only moves when you move 🕺 Try it here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vdkur3p
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UploadVR @uploadvr.com · 13/08/2026
An update for Laser Dance released today which brings six new levels to the game and introduces a new green laser that only moves when you move. Details here: www.uploadvr.com/laser-dance-...
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The ✨Mimic Update✨ is now live for Laser Dance! Six new challenging levels with a new green laser that only moves when you move 🕺 Try it here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vdkur3p
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
if you have a Quest 3 happy to send you a key if you want to give Laser Dance another go - it's come a long way since the first prototype back in 2022 :)
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Found it in this shopping mall: maps.app.goo.gl/Kig3LtejNDbm...
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Yup its just an occlusion shader on the controller model - same technique as on Quest
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
And Cubism recently got verified for standalone Frame as well!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Here's what passthrough gameplay looks like in @cubism-vr.com on standalone Steam Frame. #steamframe #steamvr
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
for 404 media, i wrote about video game clones—who makes them, how they make them, and where the line gets drawn between inspiration and cloning
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Whats the next conference you’ll go to? It’s been a while!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Back at Develop Brighton this year, so time for a new hotelroom playtest of @laserdancegame.com If you want to chat about VR/MR development, come find me at the conference!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Yup I’ll be around there then as well!
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I’ll be there tomorrow and half of Wednesday, would be great to say hi!
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Bastiaan Olij @mux213.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The Godot XR Community is having another XR game jam starting the 21st of September! itch.io/jam/godot-xr...
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Godot XR Game Jam - Sep 2026
A game jam from 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-04 hosted by Godot XR Community & Bastiaan Olij. Welcome to the sixth Godot XR Game jam This game jam is organized by the Godot XR Community and offers a fun oppo...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/07/2026
Diniece and I are racing to make buses fast and reliable, so we talked about how we're cutting bus commutes by 6 minutes while racing in MarioKart.
Mayor Mamdani loses to Diniece in Mario Kart. How are we making bus rides six minutes faster? 
A bus can get stuck in traffic, stuck at a light, or stuck at a bus stop. So we’re adding red bus-only lanes. We have the buses talking to the traffic lights, so they stay green until the bus crosses the intersection. And we’re opening all doors, so no more yelling “back door” at your driver. 
We’re upgrading 175 bus routes. That’s 70% of all bus routes in New York City. Because slow buses are not viable. We’re making the bus fast and reliable.
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Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com · 10/07/2026
Laser Dance is a very good game to introduce people to mixed reality on Quest 3. Not captured, my brother and brother-in-law swearing at each other over earning the best times 😅
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 07/07/2026
Bluesky this morning:
Tintin and Snowy in a parade where everyone is cheering. (Still from Tintin in America)
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𓆏 Now on vinyl | A Short Hike: Piano Collection @stumpyfrog.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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guillaume @guillaumepauli.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
one of our silly little next game with @cumulet.itch.io ✦ and it's all about blobs and the universe #cumulet #belgiangames #indiegames #blob
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Pepijn Willekens 🌸 Plum Road Tea Dream releasing now! @pepijnwillekens.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🌅 🌅 🌅 Release Date Announcement 🌅 🌅 🌅 After 4 years Plum Road Tea Dream will be releasing on Steam on the 27th of July! Here’s our brand new trailer for a little sneak peak ✨ Wishlist the game on Steam, play the Demo and know that the release is around the corner! Excitinggggggg 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
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miles morkri @milesmorkri.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
i'm working 9:5
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
"... an undeniable maserpiece." Huge thanks to Mogura VR for the kind words and for coming by the Laser Dance booth at BitSummit! www.moguravr.com/laser-dance-...
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Transform your everyday life into a scene from a spy movie! The MR game 'Laser Dance' is an undeniable masterpiece [Experience Report]
Have you ever seen a spy movie where the protagonist weaves their way through a corridor lined with lasers? I& […]
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
🗨 "I think we should be talking about life expectancy, education, health, a whole range of metrics" @zackpolanski.bsky.social on why we need to move beyond GDP growth as the main measure of how well our society is doing.
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Zi @majormcdoom.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Every game needs a Go Pro view.
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Frooxius @frooxius.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The upcoming launch of Steam Frame is actually making me more and more anxious. A lot of our users want to use it with @resonite.com and we regularly keep getting questions about it, but we still haven't heard about a dev-kit. I'd love for us to support it day 1, but we might not.
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Irish Cycling Campaign @irishcyclingcmpn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Our new membership campaign launches this week! Check out our beautiful artwork - a collaboration between top Irish creatives- Branding + Logo @publichouse.ie Concept + design @unthink_ie Illustration @cathyhogan_ Motion design @sinister_imposter More info at www.irishcyclingcampaign.ie?p=9608
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Shahriar Shahrabi | شهریار شهرابی @ircss.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
5 years ago we set out to find a game system to engage people with cultural heritage. Now, over 350+ cultural sites brought to over a half million players later, I put down the lessons we learned making Puzzling Places medium.com/realities-io...
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Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Lil @cubism-vr.com easter egg in the latest @mkbhd.com video in his coverage of Project Aura!
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Dylan, on life in your 80’s, is incredible. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/o...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
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