#011 - Kathy Bisbee - Brookline Interactive - Public VR Lab - Virtuality Podcast

Welcome to Season 2 of the Virtuality Podcast. We brought Kathy Bisbee on the show to talk about the Brookline Interactive Group and their Public VR Lab. Once a community broadcast group, Kathy has led the transformation into a media center with VR at it's focus. We talk about her projects locally and with the United Nations. 0'00" Brookline interactive group 4'00" Public vr lab 6'15" projects for the United Nations 9'45" Cultural differences in experiencing VR 11'45" Immersive story telling and media literacy 15'00" Hero’s journey 17'15" Agency within an experience 18'50" Difficulties of communicating what VR is like to those who haven't tried it. 20'20" AR experience with local monuments 21'26" possibilities with the freedom trail 23'00" Standardization of distribution in AR 24'00" Location based services 24'48" Creating a community for collaborative creation without economic incentives 27'05" Empowering new creators with the skill set to make their own XR experiences 28'40" Is google cardboard doing VR a disservice? 31'23" VR is on the eve of adoption 31'45" Technology driven adoption versus Consumer first Adoption 33'40" What first demo 34'20" Creator of Rick and Morty, Justin Roiland at VRLA 2017 35'55" VR creatives need to think about what people want 37'40" importance of Location based VR experiences 39'48" VR is a paradigm shift equivalent to the internet 41'00" Public VR lab projects 43'00" Immigration stories told through VR 48'00" Dip in VR adoption makes it a great time to learn 49'30" We need more diversity in VR 50'15" purpose of viveport 52'50" Talk to your community media centers about VR 53'50" Hamilton is just one immigration story, what could more do? 56'31" making the experiences, technology , and VR industry as a whole accessible. Links: Public VR : http://publicvrlab.com Hubweek https://hubweek.org/ Justin Roiland co-creator of Rick and Morty VRLA talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPN5V7ZEcrQ Eyes Wide Open: VR Journalism http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6959518/ The Blu http://store.steampowered.com/app/451520/theBlu/ or https://www.viveport.com/apps/1b591122-7ab7-4c27-9d31-cbaf9ef8e1e1 Ritchie’s plank http://store.steampowered.com/app/517160/Richies_Plank_Experience/ Google Earth http://store.steampowered.com/app/348250/Google_Earth_VR/ Future of storytelling festival https://futureofstorytelling.org/fest Mindtrek VR https://www.mindtrekvr.com Traces http://www.experiencetraces.com Credits: Host: Craig Herndon,http://twitter.com/craigtherndon Produced by Jason Parks http://twitter.com/jasonparksvr Music by Rachel Dziezynski Got comments on the show? Did we miss something? Did we get something wrong? Reach out to us on twitter. http://.twitter.com/virtualitycast