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New app can replace third-party options that were jankier to use.

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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

What the fuck? Why would they waste time on this shit?

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 39 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Knowing how valve is it’s probably because someone working at Valve has a Vision Pro and wanted better support for it.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 16 hours ago

I'm sure it will please both of the other people who own a Vision Pro too.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Probably as a learning exercise so they know what developing and shipping for that platform is like.

Given they're currently building a similar product, makes sense to see what the competition is up to

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 5 points 15 hours ago

To use this knowledge in their VR/AR down the line? 

[–] NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 3 points 15 hours ago

It portably wasn’t that hard to do. The ROI of something like this was probably worth it even if only a small amount of people will actually use it.