SideQuest held layoffs not too long ago.
SideQuest makes third-party software program some house owners of Quest headsets use to load up customized dwelling areas, traditional video games modded for VR assist, and different unofficial content material. The software program depends on a element of the Android ecosystem, ADB, for managing a standalone VR headset from a companion machine. To make use of the characteristic with Meta headsets you additionally must specify you are a developer to put in it.
We confirmed the layoffs with SideQuest CEO Shane Harris throughout a dwell episode of VR Obtain. Harris instructed us the method continues to be ongoing and requested to present us particulars subsequent week.
We not too long ago joined SideQuest’s Banter social software program to find out about their AI technology experiments. What we noticed in there was a formidable proof of idea for voice to 3D object technology, coming just some days earlier than the layoffs.
The broader VR market is present process a shift favoring in-app purchases and free-to-play content material and UploadVR’s Henry Stockdale spoke with dozens of builders concerning the shifting panorama for his or her work.
SideQuest joins a collection of studios letting go staff and shrinking in dimension, different not too long ago reported ones together with Soul Meeting, Quick Journey Video games, nDreams and XR Video games.
We have requested Harris what number of have been let go in complete and could have extra subsequent week as soon as we have verified extra info.
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