1/ Thread on @Rec Room announcements from @Cameron Brown's RecCon keynote * BIGGEST NEWS: Announced RecRoom Studio way of directly using Unity to create worlds https://recroom.com/studio * Gave an update on stats: 82M+ users * Moderation update * PC app launch * Sneak peak of next RRO

2/ Latest @Rec Room stats: 82M+ users [likely the total # of registered users] Over 500M friends made More than 5B room visits 1M new rooms created per month Paid out 5X more to creators compared to last year 133B lifetime paintballs fired (they don't measure how many hit or not)

3/ RecRoom Studio was biggest announcement, which is links internal maker pen creation w Unity to tweak art or textures, import audio & objects from Blender, no custom scripts or shaders, but works w circuit system. See the video: https://recroom.com/studio https://twitter.com/ShawnRecRoom/status/1573409508071972865…

4/ Sneak peak of next @Rec Room Original: * "Four survivors work together to thwart a player-controller monster & escape its treacherous lair!" * Strong emphasis on collaboration & cooperation mechanics * XP, levels & rewards to unlock * Spooky atmosphere!

5/ The latest @Rec Room Original has had 2.2M+ visits (public launch was on Aug 18 & subscribers got early access). "Awesome new creative tools: gun handles, projectile launcher, respawn points, equip chips, custom UI chips, audio player improvements" https://twitter.com/recroom/status/1560319472115785729…

6/ @Rec Room PC Launched at https://rec.net/download There's some RecRoom-styled PCs in giveaways that you can enter at https://recroom.com/giveaway

7/ @Rec Room seeing huge upgrade in enforcing Code of Conduct by using automated audio moderation in RecRoom Originals. Mostly on-device, but uploaded to cloud when potential code of conduct violating behavior is detected. They're not storing data or using it in private instances.

8/ #RecCon starts today & is happening from Sept 23-25. https://recroom.com/reccon2022 Here's some of the events that @Cameron Brown suggested checking out. The Multidimensional Sentient Living Organisms sounded like an intriguing music experience / event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_tc68FdrO0…

9/ @Rec Room is the most cross-compatible social VR app. Their download page shows how they're on iOS, Android, Quest, Rift, Xbox, PlayStation, Steam, & now PC (presumably outside of Steam's revenue share conditions). And coming soon to @PICO XR: https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/1573035796005007365…

10/ Here's my thread from last year's @Rec Room RecCon https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/1441826635963985921…

11/ @Rec Room's event system is still a bit buggy. It won't let me even try to join until after event starts. I should see a button to join event here, but it wouldn't let me join from my RSVP. I had to go the RecCon room & join from there & missed the @Cameron Brown's keynote intro.

12/ Here's a link to the video of @Cameron Brown's 20-minute #RecCon2022 keynote about @Rec Room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0VAVNXqitc… Here's my Voices of VR interview with @Cameron Brown: https://voicesofvr.com/1027-rec-rooms-origin-story-oral-history-evolution-to-becoming-the-first-vr-unicorn-company/… https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/1470838006948847620…

END/ I've been enjoying playing PvP games in @Rec Room & I'm excited to see a bump in production quality with the latest RecRoom Studio integration with Unity. Support my coverage via Patreon: https://patreon.com/voicesofvr Share & quote retweet this thread https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/1573413033627783169…