Gaurav D Kale
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Gaurav D Kale
@gauravdkale.bsky.social
I build things

Currently focused on:
indexstream.org - Media server
universalverify.com - ID & age verification tools

Earlier:
digitalbacon.io - 3D website builder
sliceofmusic.com - XR saber-like game

Former Startup CTO & Amazon Engineer

私は日本語が下手です
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Sharing my most recent game sliceofmusic.com, a beat saber-like game that supports hand tracking and even works on the Apple Vision Pro

Runs in the browser so go try it out with your headset and let me know what you think :)

#applevisionpro #webxr #threejs #digitalbacon
Down to just 3 letters needed to connect to the local media server regardless of IP address. Unfortunately browsers give the scary self-signed certificate warning, but local-first focus is what my users want, and it's just a one time thing to accept

I'm coming for you Plex! You users will be mine 😈
October 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Apparently I've been living under a rock. When did TypeScript become so much more favored than JavaScript? I left Java-land to get away from strongly typed languages. And what the hell, we all left JSP pages and server-side rendering over a decade ago, and suddenly that's now the norm again?
October 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In light of the Tea app security disaster, I just wanted to share how ID verification SHOULD be done. Using digital credentials and selective disclosure (e.g. I only share that I'm over 21 to buy alcohol, not my whole ID).

Here's a library I made that simplifies it all: github.com/universal-ve...
GitHub - universal-verify/id-verifier: Library to simplify digital id verification
Library to simplify digital id verification. Contribute to universal-verify/id-verifier development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Reposted by Gaurav D Kale
VR Vet Simulator? 👀
This was a fun setup to test my finger posing system on dynamic physics-based objects for Hand Physics Lab 🙌
November 21, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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Here are over 150GB of free sound effects, royalty-free and commercially usable on your #gamedev projects sonniss.com/gameaudiogdc
November 18, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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A quick and dirty example of an indirect transform system that uses the drag gesture and a mode to switch between movement, rotation, and scaling.
stepinto.vision/labs/lab-014...
November 16, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Reposted by Gaurav D Kale
Check out my latest immersive travel experience for the Apple Vision Pro! ᯅ

How many monkeys can you find in the trees? 🐒

escapevr.com/mayan-ruins-...
Ancient Mayan Ruins: VR Travel Video (8K 3D VR180)
Escape into the Mexican jungle through an immersive VR 180 3D travel experience to mysterious ancient Mayan ruins.
escapevr.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Curious what everyone’s reason is for not deleting their Twitter account, or why they are deleting it. Why did you personally move to Blue Sky?

I myself came here because all the other VR folks did, but haven’t deleted Twitter out of uncertainty for things that grow too fast
November 14, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Reposted by Gaurav D Kale
You know how I love an arbitrary milestone! I just published my 50th post on Step Into Vision 🎉

#visionOS #AppleVisionPro #SpatialComputing

stepinto.vision
November 14, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Hand Tracking Benchmark finds for #applevisionpro #quest3

Quest 3 is buttery smooth in selecting things with the tracked pointer (the cursor). AVP is quite spastic

AVP hand tracking range feels larger, and the Quest has a hard time with fast movements originating from outside its tracking range
November 14, 2024 at 2:00 AM
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What I've been working on the last year or so

medium.com/@mattmiesnie...
“Cinematic” Reality
Photorealistic isn’t enough
medium.com
November 11, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Want to give a quick shout out to Kanri. I'm doing too many projects these days and needed a simple Kanban board to help organize. Found it last night and it has all the necessary basics and most importantly for me no internet required since it runs locally

www.kanriapp.com
Kanri - Your Personal Offline Kanban Board App
Kanri is the last personal Kanban app you need. Fully offline, free and open source. It respects your privacy while providing a modern and simple experience.
www.kanriapp.com
November 13, 2024 at 4:02 AM
Hello #opensource folks, any recommendations on project management software? Specifically for someone juggling too many projects and open source initiatives at the same time on their own? Not interested in anything cloud or docker based, just a simple local app that works even when I'm offline
a man in a suit is talking to another man in a blue shirt while standing in front of a door .
Alt: Kramer from Seinfeld is yelling to Jerry that it's too much
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Sharing my most recent game sliceofmusic.com, a beat saber-like game that supports hand tracking and even works on the Apple Vision Pro

Runs in the browser so go try it out with your headset and let me know what you think :)

#applevisionpro #webxr #threejs #digitalbacon
November 11, 2024 at 1:28 AM