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Augmentation abounds in this edition of Games At Work!  Starting off with a wearable that you wear as a suit, Michael and Michael talk about the amazing Teslasuit, with its haptic feedback system and muscle-memory developing capabilities for learning, and teaching how to move your body.  The next augmentation is from Bose, with the AR Frames, and have the augmented positional audio is used via these glasses to give an even more immersive experience to gameplay.  Michael and Michael “spec”ulate on how the combination of Bose audio technology could be combined with Magic Leap, Hololens or other AR glasses.  Michael R introduces another wearable – the MN8 earbuds from Emotiv which allow the collection of brain data without looking like a cyborg.  Michael M is reminded then of the biometric possibilities of the ear canal, which actually has been a promising way for unique identification for a number of years.

Switching from wearables to software, the co-hosts marvel at the AI and machine learning powered Relonch AI app which puts the power of a Hollywood lighting crew in your phone to make amazing effects effortless.  While not currently available in the US App Store, Michael and Michael hope that it will be available soon.  And for those that want a hard copy of their digital pictures, have a look at the Polaroid Lab, which creates a hard copy picture of your cell phone picture just like the Polaroid camera did.

Selected Links

International Talk Like a Pirate Day — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day 

Teslasuit — https://teslasuit.io 

VentureBeat article: Bose’s AR Frames get a narrative gaming boost — https://venturebeat.com/2019/09/15/boses-ar-frames-get-a-narrative-gaming-boost-from-the-team-behind-that-dragon-cancer/

Bose AR Frames — https://www.bose.com/en_us/products/frames.html 

The Dragon, Cancer — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_Dragon,_Cancer 

Episode 219 — Do You Hear What I Hear — https://gamesatwork.biz/2018/12/10/episode-218-do-you-hear-what-i-hear/ 

Emotiv blog: The Real Future of Work — https://www.emotiv.com/blog/the-real-future-of-work/ 

Gizmodo article: Researchers Think It’s a Good Idea to Secure Your Phone Using the One Thing You Perpetually Lose — https://gizmodo.com/researchers-think-its-a-good-idea-to-secure-your-phone-1838248232 

Wired article: Ears Could Make Better Unique IDs Than Fingerprints — https://www.wired.com/2010/11/ears-biometric-identification/ 

Relonch AI — https://relonch.