Shawn Whiting
@ShawnCWhiting
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Building something new. Previously @RecRoom, Pluto, Convrge (YC Fellowship). Go Hokies! 🦃
Austin, TX
Joined October 2012
After an amazing 8+ years at Rec Room I've left to start something new. Rec Room is the best team I've ever worked with ❤️ I learned an incredible amount from everyone there and made friends for life. It was a wild roller coaster ride and I couldn't be more proud of what we built
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We (Hello Patient) are hiring in Austin. We're building the AI front desk for healthcare. Hiring: * Full stack engineers * Solutions Lead * Conversational Designers * Customer Success Managers * Account Executives * BDRs I'll pay for you to relocate here
As a response to socialism, Miami will replace NYC as the finance capital and Austin will replace SF as the tech capital.
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Hey folks - my team at Apple is hiring in Seattle. Come join the Personas team! https://t.co/IGyZYR4AM2
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 Rec Room is launching on Nintendo Switch™ November 6th - don’t forget to pre-register at https://t.co/jEKQtNpQRF for your FREE headphones!
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Impressive platform numbers & news by @recroom 💥💥 - over 127M lifetime players (@FortniteGame has over 600M) - more than 5M creators (@Roblox has close to 3M; I know, not the same process but still) @Nintendo #NintendoSwitch release before EOY 👏👏⚡️⚡️
A Rec Con 2024 keynote recap - 127 million+ lifetime players - 9 billion+ total room visits - we've seen 5 million+ creators build rooms and items in the past year - we've paid out over 10 million dollars to creators continued...
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@Alex__VR I knew someone during the pandemic who started making worlds in Rec Room. 3 months later they was making nearly $13,000 per month from their bedroom in West Virginia before graduating Highschool… f*cking wild
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Avatar Studio / creator made items are already starting to hit the Store! These alien antennae by creator Peanut were my first purchase 👽❤️ @ink_overflow
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- Rec Room is coming to Nintendo Switch! Working with Nintendo on exact ship date. Before end of year - Crescendo is coming to Quest and double shot is now a supported feature 🏹 also shipping before end of year
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- Run the Block is our next RRO. It's a parkour festival in Rec City. Coming in Nov. Made with RRStudio and Rooms 2.0 so it's fully clonable and remixable. - Avatar Studio is allowing creators to publish their own cross room / official store avatar items https://t.co/ax8FCXRqVm
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A Rec Con 2024 keynote recap - 127 million+ lifetime players - 9 billion+ total room visits - we've seen 5 million+ creators build rooms and items in the past year - we've paid out over 10 million dollars to creators continued...
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Something new is coming really really Soon™… we can’t wait for you to join in the fun!
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My #35mm photos I took at last nights SXSW VR MEETUP at our VIEWER READY studio. Special thanks to @ShawnRecRoom and everyone in the photos who came by! A great Meetup as always<3 (THREAD)
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Come and get a Rec Room update hot off the press! 🔥 Full-Body Avatars will be launching in beta by March 2024 🚀 Check out our new dev blog with the latest on what to expect 👇 https://t.co/sAA1bxkG28
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Happy birthday to the immortal Professor Tolkien — may the hair on his toes never fall out! In annual tribute to one of the greatest geniuses of all time, here’s a collection of wisdom from his characters…
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