April 14, 2021

S01|E05 - Sci-Fi with XR (Part 3)

18 minutes

This is the final episode, we talk about our favourite movies with elements of XR in them and discuss the impact of science fiction movies on how the XR technologies evolve. Furthermore, we talk about the new patent Microsoft acquired and touch on how sci-fi can warn or prepare us on upcoming ethical concerns facing our society. Feel free to contact us through any social media listed below, and tell us about your favourite movie you think had an impact on the development of XR technologies.

🎓Sources🎓:

-> TRON: Legacy (2010) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

-> TRON (1982) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3

-> Ready Player One (2018) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677720/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

-> Minority Report (2002) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181689/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

-> The Matrix 4 (2021) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10838180/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

-> Microsoft Goes Full ‘Black Mirror’ with New Patent to Turn Deceased People into AI Chatbots - https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/microsoft-black-mirror-deceased-people-chatbots-1234610894/

-> VR Reunites Mother with Deceased Daughter - https://interestingengineering.com/vr-reunites-mother-with-deceased-daughter

-> The Creative Science Foundation (CSf) - https://creative-science.org

🎵 Podcast Theme music by Joseph McDade 🎵

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By Tiago Martins Andrade