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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 2h

If everyone who saw this gave me five dollars, then I would have $5 times the number of people who saw this.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 20h

That was the Muzak of tech keynotes

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Charlie Chapman @charliemchapman.com · 29/09/2026

So I've been building the Apple native video editing app of my dreams No projects, no libraries, just drop in files, trim, crop, add AI captions, export and get out. On macOS, iOS, iPadOS and Duo And I'm calling it – against my better judgement – Trimothy TestFlight link👇

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 29/09/2026

If Apple ever decides to deprecate Animation Graph, it'll be because I made stuff like this

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 28/09/2026

Setting aside my terrible animation clips, I'm learning a little bit more about Animation Graph. I can use some basic inputs to have Clownbear Gymbro animate between idle, walk, and run. Then I can trigger jumps that will blend (badly) with whatever state he was in at the time.

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Xogot: Godot on iPad and iPhone @xogot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We just announced Xogot Modeler. Inspired by Unity’s ProBuilder, it lets you build levels in your 3D Godot scenes. Create geometry, extrude meshes and more without leaving Xogot. Check out @migueldeicaza.bsky.social's blog post for the full story, with lots of demos: blog.xogot.com/xogot-modeler/

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Xogot Modeler

Earlier this year we introduced the Asset Placer and the Asset Browser, and today we are introducing the Xogot Modeler. This tool helps you prototype levels easily from within the editor, without hav...

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Gabe Smedresman @gabesmed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm hosting a gathering for the NYC immersive experience community on October 13 at the imminently-closing Dead Letter No. 9. Please join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/nyc-immers...

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NYC Immersive Industry Fall Mixer

Come meet & mingle with the movers and shakers of the immersive world as we toast one of our favorite venues one last time!

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 27/09/2026

I don't think I've touched an animation graph since 2018, so I'm a little rusty. Slowly piecing things together in RCP3. ✅ Character USDC file, with skeletal rig ✅ Separate animation files ✅ Animation library component on an entity ✅ Animation graph to blend states

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m₂ @msub2.com · 27/09/2026

#OpenToWork remote SWE roles (full-stack/systems/XR) 5+ yrs: - JS/TS, Python, Rust, Go; - React/Svelte/Next; - Unity/WebXR; - Browser engines (Servo/Chromium/Gecko, Web APIs); - Linux infra + self-hosting; Any leads would be appreciated! linkedin.com/in/daniel-adams-b97ab5116/ | msub2.com

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 27/09/2026

Everyone else is making super impressive stuff with AI agents and 3D tools. I'm just over here making nightmare fuel. Meet Clownbear Gymbro

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 27/09/2026

Clown Bear Gym Bro wants to know why you haven't been working out

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 27/09/2026

RCP3: we can scale nodes along a motion path and our entity will animate to that scale

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 27/09/2026

RCP3: We can rotate nodes in a motion path and our entity will follow animate to match that orientation.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 27/09/2026

RCP3: Motion Path Orbit - Create a sequence - Select a root entity for the sequence - Create a track and select track entity - Add motion path and change shape to Orbit We can adjust nodes, path axis, and even enable entity spin during the orbit.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 27/09/2026

RCP3 Motion Path Basics - Create a sequence - Target a root entity/scene for the sequence - Add a track, select an entity for the track - Add the Motion Path action - Select the last point, then click in the space to add nodes - Transform each node as needed - Optionally, close the path

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 26/09/2026

Felt coffee, might delete later idk

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 26/09/2026

If any of my friends in Columbus see this, some VR Columbus folks are meeting up for coffee this morning. Come join us if you're free When: Sep 26, 2026 at 9 AM) Where: Crimson Coffee (Easton) crimsoncoffee.com/pages/crimso...

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Locations

In October 2020, we were proud to open our first CRIMSON retail store and café in Easton Town Center, on the northeast side of Columbus, Ohio. Gleaming with white tile and light wood accents, CRIMSON...

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 25/09/2026

Reality Composer Pro 3 comes with a new way to check the fans on your MacBook Pro. It's called "baked lighting" and it brought my M3 Max to its knees. I set the quality level to "production" and literally could not even type a keystroke in any app while it was baking 😅

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 25/09/2026

RCP3 has a basic Animation Sequencer, but only a few built-in actions. One of those is Motion Path. We can animate an entity along a path, orbit, or spin. We can adjust the easing of every point along the path. We even have options like "Look Along Path"

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 25/09/2026

Another silly example with DocumentPreviewSession. This time using a USDStage to create a simple bar chart.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 24/09/2026

DocumentPreviewSession from the Spatial Preview Framework is starting to feel a lot like Remote QuickLook. I've tried sending over a variety of file types and they all worked. Image, PDF, Video, Pages File, Excel File, Plain Text, HTML File, and even a Webarchive.

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Ben Houston @ben3d.ca · 24/09/2026

Want to inspect #MaterialX materials in your coding IDE? Try my new #ThreeJS-based MaterialX Viewer extension for VSCode and Cursor: marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemNa... open-vsx.org/extension/be...

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 24/09/2026

I’m mainly bi on Bluesky

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 23/09/2026

Our community has two weekly meetings for visionOS developers. Juan Moya hosts Office Hours on Thursday and I host on Friday. Juan is on vacation this week so I'm hosting both meetings. Try to stop by tomorrow and make fun me for being extra sleepy stepinto.vision/about-office...

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About Office Hours

What is Step Into Vision Office Hours? A regular meeting where visionOS developers and designers can hang out. The idea is to create a place where we can support each other.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 23/09/2026

I meant to ask what the temperature was, but it didn’t come out right

Me asking Siri what time it is outside and Siri answering that it’s 1:25 PM outside

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Henry Stockdale @henrystockdale.com · 23/09/2026

Putting out the reminder that if you have a Steam Frame review unit and are after some games for testing, I have plenty of review codes for Frame Verified games. DM me or email me at henry@futurefriendsgames.com!

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Steam Frame Valve

Alt: Steam Frame gif shows zoomed in shots from multiple angles of Valve's VR headset

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 23/09/2026

Almost done calibrating my gaydar. It’s taken a little longer than most, but I’m getting there

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VR Me Up - VR World Builder @vrmeup.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Had an idea for a terrain tessellation algorithm in Three.js. It's lightweight, fast, and designed for low‑spec hardware. The prototype is already showing some interesting results. Stay tuned for more. #webgl #worldbuilding #indiedev #threejs

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 23/09/2026

Nobody asked, and I doubt anybody cares, but I extended Apple's SpatialPreview sample to include PDF. Unfortunately, DocumentPreviewSession doesn't stream changes from the device back to the Mac app like the USD one does. We can make changes on Mac and see them on headset though.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 22/09/2026

The sample project for the new SpatialPreview framework is pretty good. It has example of document (image) and UDS preview sessions. As a nice bonus, they also use the new USDKit to create a custom USD stage, modify the layout, and play an animation.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 22/09/2026

What the food in my microwave sees

A blurry black-and-white portrait of me wearing glasses, with features indistinct and uncertain in detail.

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HotBloodedHeroine @hotbloodedheroine.petplay.fi · 21/09/2026

some pico 8 music and a music video

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 21/09/2026

OhioXR 2026 is Ohio's first cross-industry XR conference. I'll be doing a session on visionOS development for anyone who is interested in learning about the Apple Vision Pro ecosystem. #OhioXR2026 www.ohioxr.com

Promotional image for the OhioXR conference

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 21/09/2026

Reminder: the first episode of Gravity Golf is available on YouTube. Juan takes us through setting up a new project in Reality Composer Pro 3, connecting to Xcode, creating custom elements like components, systems, and actions. Lots more to come! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VDQ...

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Gravity Golf Episode 01: RCP3 and Xcode Setup

YouTube video by Step Into Vision

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 20/09/2026

RCP3: Preview on device is not perfect, but it can save a lot of time. We can live preview many changes, and we can sync others with a button press. Tip: create an entity with a perspective camera and place it at a good viewpoint. When previewing in immersive mode, you can switch to this camera.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 20/09/2026

Apple is so freaking weird. They just casually drop 3D authoring into the preview app on macOS. I can sign annoying PDFs and render a scene with ray tracing for 3D graphics in the same app.

A 3D scene shown in macOS Preview with ray tracing enabled

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 20/09/2026

RCP3: we can configure an asset to reimport from source automatically. This is pretty helpful when you're quickly iterating on something in Blender or Maya. Set up an export workflow to the same file, and then have RCP3 watch that file.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 20/09/2026

RCP3: We can reimport assets from source files, including variations on the original. Here I imported a file I made in Blender and added it to a scene. Then I duplicated the USDZ, made some changes in Preview. I replaced the assets using Reimport From to see the change across my RCP project.

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Francesco Perchiazzi @francisperchiazzi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What if you could sketch an idea in 3D before complex modelling? Meet XReate: a free, browser-native 3D prototyping tool to build your spatial capabilities. Shape, export (GLB/USDZ), and integrate instantly! Try it here: www.francescoperchiazzi.com/apps/xreate/...

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 17/09/2026

The big takeaway for those working with visionOS these last few years. Reality Composer Pro 3 is a scene authoring tool for RealityKit, not a USD editor like v1 and 2. developer.apple.com/documentatio...

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Migrating older projects to Reality Composer Pro 3 | Apple Developer Documentation

Bring existing Reality Composer Pro 2 projects into the Reality Composer Pro 3 workspace.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 16/09/2026

Apple has a useful guide for migrating from Reality Composer Pro 2 to version 3. It isn't a particularly simple process, but it is possible to convert a complex project in a day or two. developer.apple.com/documentatio...

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Migrating older projects to Reality Composer Pro 3 | Apple Developer Documentation

Bring existing Reality Composer Pro 2 projects into the Reality Composer Pro 3 workspace.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 15/09/2026

Neat things that I kinda want a little bit, but not badly enough to pay that price 💸 M5 Max MacBook Pro iPhone Duo Steam Frame I can only rationalize so much.

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 15/09/2026

Help me share this post around, will ya?

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 14/09/2026

It has been 528 days since I purchased an XR device. I deserve a little treat. New headset?

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 10/09/2026

Using rotation3DLayout, adjust angle, and animating some changes to the custom radial layout. stepinto.vision/labs/lab-069...

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Harshil @harshil.net · 10/09/2026

Hmm this definitely changes how I'm thinking about the iPhone Duo's proportions

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Joseph Simpson @vrhermit.com · 09/09/2026

Building on the custom layouts from Lab 067, we can add some 3D models and use SwiftUI modifiers to control rotation and position. stepinto.vision/labs/lab-068...

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