qiufan chen was a tech entrepreneur in the vr field no less before writing a perfect novel for our present day. “waste tide” was released in china back in 2013 and just this year appeared in english as well as in german translation. the novel reads like a documentary with a james bond type international thriller…
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show #185: space opera [with catherynne]
catherynne m. valente was in the house/basement in sansar. she has written a whole bunch of books in the fantasy and speculative fiction genre. drax only read one so far: “space opera” is indeed so awesome that we forgot to cover awe and any other vr news. and we feel good about it too! enjoy:…
show #181: charlie fink on the future of realities
we have a real futurist on the show today! we talk enterprise use of ar/vr/mr/xr and address lackluster consumer adaption of the tech we love so much. note: charlie fink is also a fan of user-created content so the hour is full of all various angles on the subject… enjoy: more stuff to read below: the…
show #179: jessica outlaw on the dark sides of vr
jessica outlaw from the extended mind is on the show today. too long don’t listen? well: vr is a cesspool and you should burn the headset if you have one… NOT! fabulous nuanced conversation about some real concerns and how we may be able to fix them [should we choose to prioritize!] enjoy: and…
show #174: kelvind & a deep dive into the social of vr
kelvind kramer is a long time dabbler in virtual worlds and a deep thinker among those who enjoy digital universes of meditated as well as immersive exposure. not a silicon valley insider but rather a ham radio operator and fisherman among so many other things his thoughts on why people “play” different gender, age and…
show #172: kent bye is in the house!
kent bye is – as he describes himself – the “missing link” between academic and consumer vr and we thank him for it. it has been years since draxtor appeared on episode 47 of the voices of vr podcast & kent has moved to expand to artificial intelligence and writing a book. deep conversation, a…
show #170: jeremy bailenson on vr
jeremy bailenson, founding director of stanford’s virtual human interaction lab and professor of communication at the university made it into 114 harvest’s basement to talk the future of vr as he lays it out in his recently published book “experience on demand”. enjoy the conversation and join the discussion in the comments: some contextual links:…
show #168: shyla the super gecko
the first sansar edition of the podcast [bi-weekly live stream on fridays] is featuring shyla the super gecko: in the physical world she has been diagnosed with a multitude of disabilities that leave her chair-bound for most of the day. To control her chronic pain she has been given braces as well as medication. She…
show #148: hifi is happening
today we are checking in with high fidelity >>> what is happening, where they at, etc? we learn that there is a feature where you can clone yourself multiple times and play back a recording of yourself and drive people quite mad. please enjoy this slightly avantgarde programming [and if you want to skip ahead…
show #147: fantasy faire 2017
the amazing fantasy faire – a relay for life fundraiser – is happening right now in second life & they have already raised over L$ 5 million to aid the american cancer society to find a cure for cancer. we discuss the connection of creativity, good causes, virtual worlds, we discuss how much more than…
show 143: vr in germany [part 4:zdf digital]
a team of second life/sansar folks were in frankfurt while the american colleagues partied at svvr 2017 and our sl friends mingled in-world at vwbpe over discussions about education in vws…were we jealous that we could not be at these other events? no because it was super interesting to be here in germany, where things…
show #142: the trough
fascinating convo, all over the place in a good way, with larry rosenthal and maxwell graf. if you care about the past, present and future of vr you better listen all the way through: more stuff to feed your vr hungry mind: larry rosenthal is our guest! the hype cycle explained… our guest maxwell graf!…
show #141: rerun coz congratz!
we are so busy at the drax empire that we could not put together a fresh show for you guys this week but does it matter when we have such a terrific rerun with guest eric fassbender from atmosphaeres – makers of immersive audio/video? some more info: check out eric’s offerings below [licensing includes over…
show #140: gdc the week after
we talk with sam watts from makereal3d gdc, vrdc, looking from the outside [in this case brighton in the uk] in [the valley!] and of course we will dissect the official sansar promo video! enjoy: more stuff to read up on and look at while you listen: new sansar vid, this time it is OFFICIAL…
show #137: what second life means to us
it is rez day and reflection time = on february 20th drax turns 10 and jo turns 8. and the special guest who comes in mid show clocks in at 3 years of virtual age..what a n00b despite his influence. but we won’t reveal who he is, you gotta listen: and some context for you…
show #134: michelle on sundance vr
as we go to air the sundance film festival is about to conclude with one more day of parties, films and yes: vr! our guest today is a successful indie media maker/singer/gamer michelle osorio and she went there – as she has done for the past 15 years – and she puts in her two…
show #133: sansar anxiety [getting stronger…]
what do you fear about sansar, the next gen virtual world they are cooking up over at linden lab? and what are yout hopes? and why on earth do we host this show on a day where most people [especially americans] have enough anxiety about the future of the REAL world? enjoy this recording of our…
show #132: marc canter
happy 2017 dear listeners and we start the year after our winter break with a heavy-hitter of a show: silicon valley guru and enfant terrible of the tech world marc canter is our guest, we talk sansar media blitz and we look at second life pages. enjoy! and now your obligatory reading material regarding the…
show #131: the state of the [virtual] world
our year end panel: 6 diverse members of the global sl family, talking over each other with drax rambling in between, ca 90 minutes: our christmas gift to faithful listeners! enjoy: now read on and happy holidays: our guest nadine artful our guest cube inada aka larry rosenthal oh my Gif. https://t.co/s75WJXaZHc — Larry Rosenthal…
show #130: vr in germany [part3: sara]
today we talk to next gen vr enthusiast sara lisa vogl from vr nerds about staying in vr for 48 hours, making lucid dreams virtually a reality & bringing ca-style vr hubs to amsterdam, berlin and god knows where next… that and jo and drax talk politics. what more/less do you want? enjoy: your weekly reading…
show #129: trump + vr = ?
in our new beautiful authoritarian world how will the proliferation of vr tech impact our lives? come out of your dreamworld for just an hour and enjoy aral balkan give you a dose of real reality about big data and all that jazz: more to read now: our guest aral balkan from ind.ie –…
show #127: vr in germany [part1: cospaces]
yes there is a vr startup in good ol’ germany [maybe even more than one?] and we visited their hq in munich. interesting to note that far away from silicon valley we find a ethos that is very reminiscent of the early second life promise… [btw if this topic is not enough sl = at…
show #125: the last sim standing
we are doing a visual tour through the new time portal sim, perfect for radio where sound matters, right? we discuss sim closures and the end of everything virtual world: ain’t that great? and now for the written facts: need visuals for this podcast? then watch this: insilico is no more…. the only memory of…
show #109: wainbrave bernal
a show about how vr was hyped in 1989, a show with a sl pioneer and his idea on learning in virtual environments, a show that is great and pretty much an hour long. take a listen [and sorry for the mediocre audio – was a noisy recording venue]: reading material below: our guest wainbrave…
show 80: minecraft [rerun]
a great conversation with teacher mirek hancl who uses minecraft in the classroom. that success could have belonged to sl we think, but why is mc so successful in edu circles? enjoy this last rerun before season 3 hits the aggregators: – mirek hancl teaches minecraft [he appears in “virtualize it!” from spiegel tv] – binnen…
show 79: harry potter in sl vr [rerun]
last rerun before season 3 hits the drax files radio hour & jo yardley will be back. today a conversation with about mischief managed, a harry potter roleplaying operation in second life. enjoy: – our new sponsors from avazines – they also have brightmetallic and toxic candy in their portfolio… – our featured guests corwin lacourte…
show #69: the young person’s guide to svvr 2015
two days of goggle [NOT just google by any meands] madness in san jose: svvr2015 aka the vrexpo on 40k square meters at the san jose convention center wrapped tuesday night. drax & assistant were there for one day & got a good sense of the state of vr in 2015: if you have the…
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