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Founder and CEO of GOLF+ On a mission to make golf more accessible and inclusive using immersive technology.
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Anyone want to play some MR mini golf? ⛳️
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🎄That Christmas spike is real!! Happy Oculus Quest 2 day!
For reference yesterday was our best sales day ever and today is already 30% bigger with the better half still to come!
Green line is last year’s unit sales by hour.
#VR
🚀🚀🚀
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Kind of funny that Apple’s “closed” ecosystem already has more apps than Meta’s “open” one.
Apple Confirms 1,000+ Vision Pro Native Apps Now Available
Learn more 👉
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Thanks to
@rickmesser
the best
#arkit
mustache app had finally arrived!
If you have an iPhone or iPad with TrueDepth let me know what you think!
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What a wild ride this startup has been.
18 months ago the business had $600k of personally guaranteed debt, no product market fit, and hardly any revenue or cash.
Yesterday we did more in a single day of sales than all of our revenue in 2019 and no more debt.
#VR
saved us.
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PS5 rendering is truly insane.
Can’t wait till this is the baseline in VR.
Stellar camera animation & programming, on top of the superb naturalistic rendering. Ride 4, PS5, full video:
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AR makes where you are a bit better.
VR takes you somewhere better.
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My prediction is in the next 5-10 years 3D game devs will go from being somewhat underpaid to highly sought after as AR / VR takes off.
Similar to Data Scientists over the last 5-10 years.
If you’re in HS or College, or have any interest, start learning Unity or Unreal.
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We might have something in the works.
Ok! One last ask before I do a video. Now that Quest 3 is out there is your game getting a performance/visual boost? Let me know and if you have them send me screenshot comparisons and/or video comparisons! Thanks!
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Comfort solved! No more weight on my face, all on the forehead.
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This is mind blowing.
I so desperately want this tech to work in real-time in VR.
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🤯AI caddy is 🔥
Totally convinced that this is the future of interaction in
#VR
!
Huge shoutout to
@batwood011
and
@SindarinTech
for getting the API ready in record time. The implications here are incredible.
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Finally found a performant way to handle water reflections in
#VR
!
Also, the first full course is coming along ⛳️
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Daily new users.
This year in blue, last year in green. Same sale price / period in both cases.
VR is on a moon mission! 🚀🚀🚀
Tomorrow should be fun!
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People don’t search for “virtual reality” they search for VR.
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We’re moving on from “VR is dead” to “VR is only popular because blah blah blah”
Maybe VR is just cool as shit and people are finally seeing it for themselves!
Simplest explanation is usually the right one.
No One Could Buy A PS5 Or Xbox Series X This Christmas, So They Bought Oculus Quest 2 VR Headsets via
@forbes
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VR avatars are going to be legit.
I worked with the guy in this video back in 2011 on generating a 3D model of a face using the front facing VGA camera on an iPad 2. He’s a magician.
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VR for retired / elderly folks is a massively underrated market / opportunity.
Many of our most active Pro Putt players are over 50, including my dad.
Now he’s playing multiplayer and loving the interactions, especially now with limited social interaction and lots of free time.
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I firmly believe this is how VR moves beyond gaming into a mainstream MUST HAVE technology.
Imagine standing on the court with your friends in VR while this is happening.
Incredible.
An actual Brooklyn Nets game rendered digitally in real-time 🤯
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The hard work is paying off. We just crossed 30k reviews at 4.8 stars!
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I hold these two beliefs firmly:
1. The metaverse and web3 will be revolutionary
2. 99.9% of content related to the metaverse and / or crypto / NFTs is complete BS
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Our YoY November revenue is up for the third year in a row.
VR isn't dead yet!
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10 years from now people are going to look back and be amazed anybody was willing to wear such a bulky, low res, low power VR headset.
The fact we are willing to put up with what’s out there now is a testament to how great it’s going to be when all the friction is gone.
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Vision Pro is the best headset to try.
Quest 3 is the best headset to buy.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
We found a way to get GOLF+ to work with Apple Vision Pro.
Stay tuned!
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About 2.5 million shots hit in GOLF+ yesterday 🤯
It took us a few months to reach 1 million shots after we first launched Pro Putt in mid 2020.
The growth in VR over the last couple years is truly impressive, despite what naysayers think.
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GOLF+ is the exclusive VR gaming partner of the PGA Tour!
Get ready to go head to head against the pros on the same course, same conditions, same tees, same pins!
We’ll put you in the action, competing LIVE alongside your favorite players.
This is BIG!
We are excited to announce that GOLF+ is officially the Exclusive VR Golf Game of the
@PGATOUR
! Coming in Feb 2023, GOLF+ players will be able to experience PGA TOUR events in an entirely new way, starting with the
@WMPhoenixOpen
and
@THEPLAYERSChamp
.
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Huge day for GOLF+!
We’ve teamed up with some incredible athletes to take the business to the next level. We’re united in our vision to grow the game of golf by making it more accessible to everyone!
Thanks
@McIlroyRory
@JordanSpieth
@TomBrady
@StephenCurry30
and
@MikeTrout
!
So proud to announce our recent fundraise from an amazing group of investors joining us on our mission to make the game of golf more accessible to all. Just the beginning of an exciting journey ahead! 🏌️♂️🚀
@JimBreyer
@McIlroyRory
@JordanSpieth
@TomBrady
@StephenCurry30
@MikeTrout
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The big missing piece here is the majority of experiences you can have with a Quest 3 are unavailable on Vision Pro and will continue to be unavailable until there’s a viable low latency 3D input method.
Gaming is still the number one use case for VR and Vision Pro is not a
Apple vision pro will end up selling more Quest 3s
#Quest3
#AppleVisionPro
I fully expect Meta to be making some
Massive changes to Quest 3 to align more with “spatial computing”
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⛳️Our AI caddy, Arthur, joined us at St Andrews and he knows his stuff!
No script, no edits, this is real-time AI powered by
@SindarinTech
and it feels like talking to an extremely knowledgeable human.
Embodied AI is the real deal!
Coming soon to GOLF+
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🤯GOLF+ is the 6th best selling Quest game!
Pretty wild to see us and Walkabout, two golf centric games made by small teams in Austin, ahead of AAA games like Resident Evil 4.
Also love seeing
@VRDesktop
up there consistently.
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Playing around with a frosted glass concept that runs on Quest 2 without performance issues.
Feels pretty good!
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Vision Pro is the best TV in the world, that you can’t use in the dark.
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We started on Pro Putt about two years ago and launched about a year ago.
That was also my first real Unity experience, but quite a bit of prior 3D and dev experience.
I'd say I'm legitimately 10x faster at VR dev now than two years ago. And still gaining speed.
Some lessons:
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Finally I can publicly say…
GOLF+ runs REALLY well on Quest 3, and our next update turns the graphics way up!
Today marks another big step towards mainstream VR. It’s so fun being a small part of creating the future with this amazing community.
TODAY IS THE DAY 📣
#MetaQuest3
is HERE.
🎨 Full-color passthrough
🔮 Breakthrough mixed reality
🤩 500+ immersive apps
All that’s missing is YOU. Order now:
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Tomorrow we release our biggest update of the year!
🏆 GOLF+ Tour goes live!
🌄 Graphics Overhaul
🏌️♂️Physics V2 (built from the ground up and trained on over 200k IRL shots)
🎲Quick Play Game Mode (random settings, random course, 9 holes)
🔥Lots More
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⛳️ We just crossed 2 BILLION shots!
It took 5.5 years to get to 1 billion, and about a year to get from 1 to 2 billion.
Can’t wait to see where we’re at by year 10!
🚀🚀🚀
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The whole “NFTs are just expensive JPEGs” is so ridiculous. What most people don’t realize is a lot of them are PNGs.
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Should we?
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Being married with a kid was my secret weapon.
99% chance I would have given up if not for the desire to show my son his dad doesn’t quit.
being single is one of the best competitive advantages as a startup founder
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Thank you! 🙏
Crazy to think it has been two years since we launched GOLF+
Some fun stats:
📈Over 1M players
🔥1.6B shots hit
🏌️12.8M rounds played
💪20k players with over 100 rounds
🤯200+ players with over 1,000 rounds!
⛳️100+ game updates
And the best is yet to come!
Happy 2nd birthday to
@golfplusvr
! Two years ago today, the full course game was released!
@Rengle820
#MetaQuest
#VR
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If you aren’t bullish on
#VR
, spend some time with devs.
Smartest, most ambitious and genuinely excited group of builders I’ve ever met.
All have fought an uphill battle to put the user experience before all else. It’s rare to find examples in tech where that doesn’t pay off.
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VR would be pretty in poor shape if not for the Quest 2.
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It's time to grow the team! 💪
GOLF+ is hiring. If you love golf, VR and tech, this is the place for you! ⛳️
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VR started off focused on adults that could afford expensive headsets and a PC gaming rig.
The Quest shifted the market much younger given the lower cost.
Soon, we'll shift back to adults.
Most investors don't get this and are over indexing on experiences that are for kids.
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⛳️ Played about 200+ holes of
#VR
golf over the last few days and one thing is clear…
This is going to be AWESOME!!! 💪
First batch of betas going out next week!
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I wonder how long until at least 10% of an airplane’s passengers are using a VR headset during the flight.
Guessing 3-5 years.
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This is going to be a big deal. AR and VR converging quickly.
Mark Zuckerberg just shared a first look at what mixed reality experiences will be like on Project Cambria, our high-end VR headset coming out later this year.
Learn more 👉
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Frosted glass panel running smooth on Quest 2!
Found a technique that lets us do it in a single pass, effectively no performance cost.
#unity3d
#indiedev
#vr
#screenshotsunday
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I’d guess 2-3 million people use VR weekly. Certainly less than 5 million.
I’m betting in the next 5-10 years we’ll see between 10x-100x growth.
Somewhere between 20M and 300M. Huge range, but the low estimate is pretty good.
It’s a massive opportunity.
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Pretty wild that Quest 3 and AVP are MR headsets and neither give devs access to the camera feed.
Imagine how quickly this space will evolve once devs can access the raw pixel data in real-time.
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My parents had a computer in the house in 1992. We used it maybe once a month.
That’s where VR is at the moment.
By 1999 I started working after school to save up enough money to buy my own PC to use daily because the family PC was being used daily by my parents and sister.
"While 26% of teens own a VR device, just 5% use it daily. 48% of teens are either unsure or not interested in the Metaverse"
h/t
@mathewolson
#VirtualReality
#VR
#metaverse
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If you believe in the metaverse, invest in projects that people are using because they’re fun and interesting. Not projects that are selling virtual assets that might go up in value.
Most people are going to use VR because it’s amazing and engaging.
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Over 20% of our new players are buying a Meta Quest headset specifically to play golf.
Pretty wild!
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Most people won’t have space for a full size cinema in their home.
Everyone has space for a headset that features a virtual iMAX theater.
#VR
is the future of media consumption.
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Quite a few people said I was crazy for going all in on VR in 2019.
And I couldn’t show them any real evidence to prove otherwise. The market was far from established.
But sometimes you have a gut feeling and you just have to go for it with maximum effort.
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LiDAR scan of my green with the iPad Pro. 3D millimeter accurate data in seconds.
This is truly incredible technology by
@Apple
that will probably be in millions of pockets with the new iPhone.
The next version of
@GetGolfScope
will be special.
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Always encouraging to see the “VR is dead crowd” getting louder.
Based on the last two years of data there is no better signal!
Over 10x growth vs 2020. 📈
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If you’re excited about the AR / VR device Apple is going to launch, and you want to develop for it:
1. Learn Unity
2. Get a Quest
If not, you’re playing catch up.
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VR companies will be best prepared for an AR headset.
Post hardware, the biggest challenge will be UX.
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Been using Vision Pro and Quest on a daily basis for the last few weeks.
Where the Vision Pro is WAY ahead is in the first 10 seconds after strapping it on. It just works.
With Quest I get a bunch of jumpy UI and almost always have to reset my guardian.
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@Jason
I love playing golf in real life. With work, a wife, kids, friends, etc. I don’t get to play as much as I’d like.
Playing in VR keeps me closer to a game I love and I get to play with friends across the country.
You’re dead wrong.
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About 70% of our new players are on a Quest 2.
A Quest 3s at $300 will be big for VR.
Price is everything right now.
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⛳️ Been waiting my whole life to play Pebble Beach! December 8th is the day!
Soon I’ll be playing daily in
@golfplusvr
with friends across the country.
What a time to be alive!
Also a reminder that GOLF+ is on sale right now. Grab it while it’s on the cheap!
#VR
#Golf
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Apple is the most likely to develop amazing XR hardware.
And the least likely to pioneer an open Metaverse.
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Full Swing is live on Netflix, with a fun portion featuring
@golfplusvr
!
Kind of surreal to be involved in such a cool series, standing alongside a hero,
@McIlroyRory
.
#FullSwing
#Netflix
#VR
#golf
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At some point you will be able to get front row seats to every live concert, every sporting event, every broadway show for a tiny fee. And you’ll be able to sit next to your friends from across the globe. Only in VR.
That’s the killer app.
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According to our data over 80% of our lifetime customers have used their Quest within the last 28 days.
Our first set of players joined over 18 months ago.
That’s pretty incredible retention. Data doesn’t lie.
VR has always had the ‘wow factor’, but retention has been the real challenge (funny enough, many products are the opposite). Very curious to see how it has changed over the last year and what portion of the holiday spike will convert into persistent users.
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Yesterday’s numbers just dropped.
Quest 3 usage is much better than I expected!
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For all the GOLF+ players that aren't in Discord. We sent this message out earlier today.
TLDR: We're going to change our primary focus from speed to quality.
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The Black Friday sales spike is real! This is our first BF and the numbers so far are 🤯
Quest devs, how does Christmas compare?
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For anyone claiming
#VR
is anti-social or isolating...
We just received this message in Discord. These four guys from across the US met up in person in part thanks to
@proputtvr
. How cool is that!?
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🎉 We launched GOLF+ less than two months ago and today we crossed one million rounds of golf!
Since we launched we’ve seen about 100 years of non stop golf from our players. Kind of hard to even wrap my head around that.
Later this week we’ll see 100M shots.
⛳️
@golfplusvr
⛳️
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