Hello Everyone! 👋👓 📢 Today, I am very excited to announce a new chapter in my career. I’ve made the big decision to join Meta as a Developer Advocate 🎉 to support developers and products as well, all in an effort to help build the future of computing. Many of you know that I’ve been creating YouTube content specifically for XR over the last 5 years. For the first 3 years, it was a side hobby, but then I quit my developer job to focus 100% of my time on YouTube. I also launched Learn XR, where I’ve taught and continue to teach people around the world about VR and AR development. Honestly, it’s been a dream come true, and that part of my life isn’t changing. With my acceptance of the position at Meta, you'll see me more at events and on Meta-owned channels, continuing to support you in building for XR and beyond. 💡𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙄’𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙏𝙪𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩? Absolutely not. I’ll keep creating content for years to come, that’s part of who I am. I love learning new tools, SDKs, programming languages / features, and sharing that knowledge with all of you. I’ll continue sharing on YouTube, X, Instagram, and other social platforms because I truly believe there will always be a need to help developers overcome barriers through educational content. 💡𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙣-𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩? Absolutely. I’ll be shifting my focus from hardware to purely development, which is how I started on YouTube. I made tons of AR Foundation and XR Toolkit videos that were hardware-agnostic, and I think that’s what made my channel so helpful to many of you. Moving forward, I’ll focus on XR tools within game engines, AI, and programming tips, as those apply to pretty much any device on the market. 💡𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙙 𝙄 𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙩𝙖? Ever since I started making XR content, I saw so much interest from so many different devs in building XR experiences, but the cost of entry into XR was incredibly high. XR devices were practically unreachable for indie developers or hobbyists. Meta has been lowering those barriers with more accessible hardware and tools. Their ability to move fast as a company, create amazing products, and pivot to make XR practical has been truly inspiring. In talking with the team, they really care about developer success. Your success will enable the future. You're going to build the cool and exciting experiences that will bring all the people to come back day after day. And, I'm excited to help you do it. This is a decision that took me half a year to make a reality. While I’ve loved working as a solo creator, I soon realized that to make a bigger impact, I needed to pivot. In my mind, this change will allow me to help even more people, not only through videos but also by participating in many future in-person events. I’ll continue making plenty of XR content (which I love), though probably not as much at first since I’m going through onboarding. But as I get more familiar with my new Dev Advocate role, I’ll gradually bring it back to a regular schedule while adding more content on Meta channels as well. I’m super excited about the 👓 FUTURE! and I can’t wait to keep helping you bring your ideas to reality! Best, Dilmer #developers #meta #xr