Felix Urbasik (23)
Guys, I can't believe it, open source VRChat is here. It's called @overte and it's actually fast. It supports hundreds of people in a single instance and the editor is actually built into the game. You can hang out with your friends and make worlds together. This is INSANE.
The are working on support for Vulkan to make it even faster. Also VRM models so you can have anime girls, of course.
One thing that becomes apparent on open source conferences is how we often treat projects like products, and how wrong that is. There is the subconcious expectation to be treated like a customer. People say "thing X sucks, thing Y is much better" when actually nobody is competing.
They are not products. Nothing is sold here. It's more of an art form. It feels more like art when you're in person with the people making it.
Gosh. It's FULL here. Can't even see the booths behind all the people. Maybe I'll try and get a seat in the Mobile Linux room.
I could have sworn there was a talk at #FOSDEM about self-modifying code, but I can't find it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
I'm watching a talk about something very important for single user instances like mine. It's live right now!
I decided, fuck it, I'm just going to bring full on soldering tools and a multimeter to #FOSDEM. So if anyone needs to borrow something, send them to me.
I'll be driving to #FOSDEM in my beloved 2015 Renault Zoe EV.
This will be the first time that I take it on a trip longer than its ~130 km range, so I will need charging breaks. Wish me luck 🤞🏻
If anyone attending FOSDEM needs something transported, I'm happy to help within reason.
And now, my most anticipated talk: Linux & VR!
Live right now https://live.fosdem.org/watch/h2215
I'm quite late to the party, but my hotel for #FOSDEM is now booked. I guess it's official now that I'm going.