I've been trying to crack handheld virtual reality. I think I’ve finally got it. Introducing Portal. Portal lets you play unmodified VR content with just a tablet and a phone. This early version of Portal aims to solve some big long-standing pain points for VR devs. A 🧵 👇

Meta's Rayban glasses are good tech, but I'm skeptical it'll go mainstream. AI stigma is increasing & wearing tech like that puts you squarely in the clanker category. I've also never seen a woman wear them, only male tech enthusiasts. Cool tech that's not cool to wear.

I'm super bearish on the internet right now. Doing stuff online isn't cool anymore. Tech companies are now the establishment & it's a race to the bottom with no signs of stopping. I've fully pivoted into doing tech projects for IRL spaces & it's been great. Not turning back.

Content creators need to start making offline content, not online content. Why get paid $100 for 1M views on TikTok if you can get paid $2k for 100 views in the real world through ticket sales? The only way to be truly independent is to not depend on the monopolized internet.

Finally, I can blow up the long-held belief that VR requires a headset. PortalVR, launching today, upgrades Android tablets and phones into fully capable VR devices. They can now deliver full VR experiences *without* a headset. Today marks the dawn of Handheld XR. 👇

the largest internet subway campaign ever happening now vandalizefriend.com

AI is going to have its own Chernobyl in the coming decade and it won't be pretty. Most people in the AI space grossly underestimate how bad the general public's view of AI will get in the coming years, specially if it remains unregulated. Just calling it "friend" isn't a fix.

Wait, I thought OpenAI's business model was selling intelligence & that they were going to replace billions of jobs for pennies on the dollar? If they're spending all this time setting up a little ad side business with Sora then maybe they're not worth what they said they are.