show #75: hifi

show #75
show #75

you may have guessed it [from the title i am sure] = we are in a different virtual world this week and as such we have on the show today a gaggle of special guests indeed including one philip rosedale in a sit-down interview conducted at an actual physical location.

enjoy an overview of high fidelity, a contender in the race to metaverse supremacy for sure:

and now dive into linkage contextualizing the show:

– draxtor domain running from a macbook air in hifi directory:

draxtor sandwiched in between bitcoin and goth islands
draxtor sandwiched in between bitcoin and goth islands

– taping the show in open source software for shared vr with ctrlaltdavid and jo…

drax village with jo and david and too much complexity not rendered
drax village with jo and david and too much complexity not rendered

– our guests david rowe, ozan serim, chris collins, ryan karpf and philip rosedale

– ozan mentions team fortress avatars as a model for good balance between realism & “fantasy”

ozan rigs draxtor
ozan rigs draxtor

faceshiftmixamo & an asus 3d cam = tools to have a sense of presence in hifi

drax talks to ryan
drax talks to ryan
ryan talks to drax
ryan talks to drax

– big thx to maylee oh for designing the drax & jo avatars

drax falls
drax falls – what does his shirt say?

– chris collins definitively announces “ar & vr will merge!” [while david rowe and jo agree, the exact date is still tbd but hololens demo shows what is possible!]

– high profile advisors for high fidelity:

hifi advisors [pic courtesy high fidelity blog]
hifi advisors [pic courtesy high fidelity blog]
– philip at the place of business [they since moved i was told]:

philip rosedale in real life with physical sun shining
philip rosedale in real life with physical sun shining

– philip & team announcing collaboration with educators [via eduvr]to test their human cell experience in the classroom [made by dynamoid apps]:

philip and the cell
philip and the cell

– philip mentions tiltbrush for vr painting

drax inside cell [biology grade retroactively to be bumped up!]
drax inside cell [biology grade retroactively to be bumped up!]
– good read [even if jo disagrees]: warren spector on vr issues

the drax files radio hour [with jo yardley] is a weekly production of basicdrax entertainment.

the show is supported by leap motion, stitcher, fatewear by damien fate, gizza creations, feroshSL, bright canopy, dwarfins, dutchie, KONA stream, aeros avatars, maven homes, madpea productions, botgirl’s identity circus, ison, kahruvel design, vika creations, humanoid animations, loki eliot, botanical, death row designs, fallen gods incorporated, {what’s next}, abranimations, blue moon enterprises, avacon and landscapes unlimited!

special thanks to justin esparza for the show thumbnail!

music by bd.

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6 Comments Add yours

  1. Erik says:

    Great show, very informative! I am very excited about HiFi, however I was not able to get it up an running yet. I am on Linux. If HiFi-People read this: Please provide a better description on how to compile the software or provide an easy installer for Linux systems.

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