Foster Kitten, December 2020

Michael, Michael and Andy start off this week’s episode with the intersection of AR & VR in performances and games.  Apple does a nice AR tie in with it’s For All Mankind AppleTV+, and the Royal Shakespeare Company plans for a VR show in March where the audience can guide Puck from their remote viewing link.  After taking a look at the uncannily good MetaHuman technology from Epic Games, the trio immerse themselves in a version of Edvard Munch’s painting, and then moving along to Van Gogh in Activeworlds and LEGO.

A side-by-side video showcases the creative reuse of Disney animators.  And, of course, the feline filter.  An attorney participating in a Zoom hearing is visually represented as a cat, and as you might expect, hilarity ensues.

For this week’s moment of zen, frozen clothing as percussion instruments.  Given that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, there’s still a few more weeks of winter to come, so perhaps the Frozen Clothes Band will make another encore appearance.    

Selected Links

TechCrunch article: Apple launches a new AR experience tied to ‘For All Mankind’ — https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/11/for-all-mankind-time-capsule 

For All Mankind — https://tv.apple.com/us/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7?itscg=10000&itsct=atv-0-tv_ovp-carousel-apl-200528 

BBC article: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage virtual reality show — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-55969712 

Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of Dream — https://dream.online

@GamesAtWork_Biz ! https://t.co/E4s6s0wOnR— Ian Hughes/epredator (@epredator) February 10, 2021

Uncanny Valley — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley 

Games At Work episode 197 Looking for AR — https://gamesatwork.biz/2018/04/09/episode-197-looking-for-ar/

A Fantastic Animated Version of Edvard Munch’s Painting ‘The Scream’ Set to a Pink Floyd Soundtrack — https://laughingsquid.com/animated-edvard-munch-the-scream/ 

Activeworlds — https://www.activeworlds.com/index.php 

Nerdist article: Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night Is the Newest LEGO Set — https://nerdist.com/article/vincent-van-gogh-starry-night-lego-set/ 

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