Celebrating 9 Years of The Ghost Howls!

Okay, so August 15th is a thing in Italy. Big holiday vibes, right? But it’s got an extra layer for me—my blog’s b-day! Picture this: August 15th, 2016, I’m staring at my screen, totally clueless, but inspired by Tommaso Di Bartolo. Yeah, the serial entrepreneur dude. My first article was… well, let’s call it a learning experience. Fast forward nine years—how did that happen?

Blogging isn’t all sunshine and rainbows, especially in a niche like VR. The struggle is real, folks. Sometimes, I think about packing it in, but then there’s you—all of you. Your support? It’s kinda like that unexpected hug when you need one most. And hey, knowing my rambles helped someone discover XR tech or secure funding? That’s the stuff that keeps me typing away, even when the coffee runs out.

Big thanks to you! My side gig lets me connect with rad people. Seriously, you XR folks rock my virtual world. This little blog got me wandering around, meeting the community in person—those moments are the real treasure.

So, it’s celebration time! You lovely XR people deserve some coolness, hence this special content drop. Enter “The Reverend” Kyle Riesenbeck. Yeah, him! The big cheese at Upload VR. I’ve low-key idolized him since my XR initiation days—don’t judge. Managed to snag a chat with him for this year’s blog-versary. We ended up gabbing for 50 minutes about reality, journalism, the works. An epic chat! But it’s August, and everyone’s beach-bound, so the full interview’s on hold. Meanwhile, here’s a teaser from Kyle about “those good ol’ VR days”—which technically, we’re still living through, sorta?

Check out the video below—if you can remember where I put it. Anyway! Nine years of blogging madness deserves cake, right? Just… please, not the durian kind!

(Header image by ChatGPT, by the way.)

Oh, and before I forget—there are ads and affiliate links lurking around here. Click ‘em, don’t click ‘em, but if you do, thanks for the commission, buddy. Full disclosure’s somewhere, probably where I put my wallet.

Catch y’all next year? 🥳