jacki morie – head of the ansible project to help astronauts overcome issues of isolation in space – is our guest today. want oculus connect news? next week [with analysis and guests from the ground]! first: transforming human interaction with tech that works right now… read on dear listener: created reality? for real? fb supports 360…
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show #85: vrla redux
the vrla summer expo was big and full of gear that thousands of nerds salivated over on august 29th in the los angeles convention center. does the fact that the huffington post and other media reported on the event mean vr has arrived in the mainstream or do we need palmer luckey on the cover of…
show #84: virtual theatre? yes…and more!
a smorgasbord [is that swedish?] of topics today = a brandnew virtual world that works on all platforms and the world premiere of vr theatre. that and guest kitty witchin on sl advertisement and if it works: reading material: our guest kitty o’toole who loves the arcade for shopaholics the arcade is a must: loz hyde…
show #81: sansar anxiety
season 3 of the podcast is here and the next generation virtual world linden lab is building [working title “project sansar”] may or may not cause anxiety in second life users. our panel discusses emotions and speculates about the future of the metaverse. enjoy: sponsor spotlight: cube republic makes fabulous thingies the [infamous?] qz article that…
show #74: happy birthday second life
happy birthday second life: 12 years old & counting while old vw rivals are littering the side of the road. but it is a new day with new competition [and a next gen vw in the works] so we have danger linden, senior director of product & troy linden, senior producer on the show to…
show #73: always in season [rerun]
the fabulous jackie olive joins us for this evergreen interview, director of “always in season”, a documentary about the history of lynching in the united states. what does this have to do with second life or virtual reality you ask? well, if vr is indeed an “empathy machine” [as nonny dela pena puts it] we…
show #66: fantasy faire
…and we taped live from the massive operation called fantasy faire 2015 which benefits relay for life and runs through this weekend. go there after you listened to the show [which also features bill glover from bright canopy]: and a few things to read up on are below as per usual: – bright canopy is…
show #64: pathfinder
john “pathfinder” lester formerly linden was creating communities for people with disabilities at harvard medical school when 3d persistent virtual worlds and vr headsets were still a dream and/or simply way to expensive to ever get into the hands of the average user. in the early days at the lab he was instrumental in explaining a concept…
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