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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR

@markschramm.bsky.social

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Director of Engineering @ Creature working on Starship Home; Also Dev @ SUPERHOT VR, Laser Dance; Made Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze & Gravity Lab; DICE & Proto Award Winner DMs always open!

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Oct 22

Hi to all my new (and old) followers!

I am Mark and I have been doing #VR, #AR and #MR stuff since 2012.

Just shipped Starship Home for #MetaQuest3S, but you might know me from "SUPERHOT VR", a Tilt Five launch title called "Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze" or my Quest launch title "Gravity Lab"

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 8d

Hey #gcap and #migw peeps!

Happy to chat about all things VR, AR and Mixed Reality.

I'll be at the agdas, parallels and megadev. If you see me, come say Hi! 🙂

#agdas25 #gcap25 #migw25

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you #NZGDC25 for having me! It's been a blast!

Always happy for people to contact me to chat about #VR #AR and #MixedReality ❤️

And if anyone has photos of my talk, please send them through 🙂

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 16d

I'll be at #NZGDC from Friday. Say Hi! if you see me and want to chat about anything #XR 🙂

Also come to my session Saturday if you want to learn about how we at Creature have built #MixedReality 's best narrative adventure game 🚀🌱🧑‍🚀

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 19d

Come to my #nzgdc talk and learn how we at Creature have designed mixed reality's best narrative adventure :)
www.nzgdc.com/programme#ca...

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 24d

Games for me are a form of creative expression and with the whole genAI thing, I really don't know where this will lead creativity as a whole.
My hope is that it could be a great tool, but it also could be the end for most of us. And I swing wildly between the two from moment to moment.

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 26d

Because I'm a completionist

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 27d

Prices in my screenshot are in Australian dollars

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 27d

How could I not?

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · 28d

What? No way

VR Games Showcase | 🚨 August 12, 9AM PT🚨 @vrgamesshowcase.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 NINTENDO IS RELEASING A SWITCH-COMPATIBLE VIRTUAL BOY 🚨

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The Australian Game Developer Awards (The AGDAs) @agdas.bsky.social · Sep 10

🎉BIG NEWS! 🎉

IGEA celebrates the finalists for the 2025 Australian Game Developer Awards. This years finalists feature hit titles from talented teams. We are certain you can find a few favourites in this list.

Read more, and some exciting news about this years hosts: agdas.com.au/2025-finalis...

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Sep 8

As a kid, I always thought Australia was just a flat, hot desert. Turns out it has some mountains too

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cheapest way to get into VR right now.

UploadVR @uploadvr.com · Sep 2

A lone Microsoft employee released an unofficial SteamVR driver for Windows MR headsets, called Oasis, re-enabling their use on Windows 11:

Windows MR Headsets Revived By 'Oasis' SteamVR Driver

A lone Microsoft employee released an unofficial SteamVR driver for Windows MR headsets, called Oasis, re-enabling their use on Windows 11.

www.uploadvr.com

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Aug 27

Any NZ devs here attending #NZGDC? I'm going and would love to hang out with Kiwi #XR devs.

Also, come to my talk 🙂

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · Apr 2

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Aug 14

Hey Cortana

Windows Central @windowscentral.com · Aug 13

Microsoft's Windows lead has teased the future of Windows will be more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal in the wake of AI, promoting voice as a primary input method for using your PC. www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/wi...

Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface

In a new video, Microsoft CVP and Windows boss Pavan Davuluri has teased that the future of Windows will consist of a truly ambient and multi-modal experience made possible by AI that will redefine…

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jul 19

The led frame itself is made out of four ws2812b panels, a 3d printed grid and a sheet of clear poly carbonate that I spray painted with privacy frost effect paint. The effect is hard to capture, but looks a bit like neon tubes if they were pixels. There is a warm glow and brighter middle.

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jul 19

And it's a bit of a wood working/machining project as well. I used my CNC to build the frames and cover plates. Last pic is the mini PC powering it

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jul 19

The first game I made for it is a 2 player dungeon crawler where you need to collect all rainbows. One player walks, the other shoots and each time you pickup a rainbow, your controls switch over.
Also notice the ammo counter on the arcade stick itself, also ws2812b leds (this time over serial)

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jul 19

My biggest issue was to drive it at a high enough frame rate. Serial was too slow, so now it uses UDP packets.

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jul 19

It's really hard to capture how saturated and bright that led frame is. It's made out of four 16x16 ws2812b panels, each can draw up to 70W (but I limited it to a quarter).

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jul 19

Took a week off and built a new addition to the kids play room / library.
Custom made light frame and arcade stick that runs games on a 32x32 grid, powered by an ESP8266, Arduino Nano and a mini PC. When not in use, it doubles as wall art (folder of gifs) or clock.

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jul 2

Built a bookshelf with some recessed cubbies to create stairs for the kid. Before it was just a boring wardrobe

Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jun 16

Tell me you've been in VR for more than a decade by posting a picture

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Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social · Jun 16

Crystal Cove

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