The InReality Podcast

By Joe Johnson & Joe Bardi of Marxent

What's The InReality Podcast about?

The In Reality podcast is a weekly deep dive into news from the Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Industries by industry vets & experts.

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Sponsored by marxent.com and hosted by Joe Bardi and Joe Johnson, In Reality is produced bi-weekly and is available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, and marxent.com

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The InReality Podcast episodes:

03.12.2020
S3E2 - LIGHTNING ROUND
In this week's episode, the Joe's get snubbed by a bigshot and Joe J attempts to pass a 3D modeling test.
02.20.2020
S3E1 - The Great Relaunch
In the most triumphant relaunch of the InReality Podcast, our hosts try to find their footing and make some big breakthroughs in well established audio technology.
05.28.2019
The future of retail with Sterling Hawkins
This week, we’re wrapping up Season 2 of the podcast with another very special guest. Sterling Hawkins is a global keynote speaker who focuses on the intersection of emerging technology and big business. Sterling grew up a fifth-generation grocery retailer, which gave...
05.14.2019
The InReality Podcast sits down with Anne Flynn Wear
Today we’ve got a special guest on the pod. Anne Flynn Wear is Associate Editor at Furniture Today, the leading publication covering the furniture industry. Anne has spent the last year documenting the furniture industry’s growing pains as retailers look...
05.09.2019
Valve's Index & Facebook's Quest, the Best of the Best?
Rumors of the death of the VR headset market have been greatly exaggerated. New Virtual Reality HMDs now available for pre-order from Oculus and Valve are poised to offer consumers fresh hardware that builds on existing technology while also taking...
04.23.2019
Augmented Reality SDK Rundown!
This week, we’re taking a deep dive into Augmented Reality Software Development Kits — also known as ARSDKs by the brevity-obsessed. Apple’s ARKit and Google’s ARCore are the most well-known, but there are a significant number of other SDKs on...
04.02.2019
The Latest Crop of Headsets: Winners, Losers, Wasted Opportunities
This week we’re sitting down with our favorite PHD, Doctor Ken Moser, to talk about the latest and greatest in AR & VR hardware to decide whether they are A. the worst thing humans have ever made or B. the...
02.19.2019
St. Pete Tech with Margie Manning
This week, we talk to Margie Manning, a prolific reporter who covers Tampa Bay’s burgeoning startup culture, about the health of St. Pete's tech scene.
01.29.2019
Where are ALL the killer Augmented Reality apps at?
In this episode the Joes explore Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality applications that are already changing the way we shop, train, play, and learn in the wake of CES 2019.
01.10.2019
CES 2019 Reveals The Health of the AR & VR Industry
Was CES the death knell for the Oculus Rift? Is Chinese manufacturing giant Huawei already too late with those AR smart-glasses they announced in November with a street date of “sometime in the next two years”? And if Huawei is...
12.18.2018
Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality 2019: Predictions, Trends, and Wild Speculation
In this episode, we channel our inner Doc Brown and go Back … to the future! One year into the future, to be specific. With 2019 on the doorstop, we’re going to take a crack at predicting as many hot...
12.06.2018
Talking Augmented Reality with Scott Perry of Bob's Discount Furniture & some guy named Tim.
In this episode, we check out Tim Cook’s comments on Augmented Reality from his recent appearance on HBO’s new Axios show. We’re then joined by Scott Perry, Vice President and Executive Director of Digital and Omni-Channel Experience at Bob’s Discount...
12.06.2018
Augmented & Virtual Reality for Holiday Shopping 2018
This week, the Joes are joined by Holly Shively, a reporter covering retail and real estate for the Dayton Daily News. Holly recently published a story titled, “Short on time? Here’s how your holiday shopping experience will be different (and...
12.06.2018
Intel's Augmented Reality Glasses Disappear!
This week, we’re casting our gaze upon Augmented Reality smart glasses. Chip-maker Intel made headlines when it recently canceled its planned AR spectacles. Meanwhile, another household name is jumping into the AR market with their own proposed hardware solution —...
12.06.2018
Fireside chat with Dr. Ken Moser, PhD
For this week’s episode, the Joes are joined by Dr. Ken Moser, PhD, Marxent’s resident expert. What is Ken an expert on? Why, everything. Don’t believe us? Just click the below link as Ken and Joes take a rapid-fire trip...
12.06.2018
The Real Augmented & Virtual Reality News
Following on the wild speculation of the Season 2 premiere, the Joes bring in a fresh catch of AR/VR news, including the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S9, Google releasing ARCore 1.0, IBM’s Watson making the jump to VR, and...
12.06.2018
Baseless Speculation about the Future of Augmented & Virtual Reality
In this week’s episode, we’re talking about what’s to come in 2018, according to a list of predictions graciously provided by Marxent’s resident PhD, Dr. Ken Moser. Will Dr. Ken’s prognostications survive the withering knowitallism of the two Joes? Listen and...
12.06.2018
Oculus Rift Price Drop
In this week’s episode, the Joes are talking about a “limited time” price drop for best known, least successful first-generation VR headset: Facebook’s Oculus Rift. Is this the beginning of a bold resurgence for Facebook’s VR HMD, or just a...
12.06.2018
Hands on w. Apple's ARKit
In this week’s episode, the Joes sit down with Dr. Ken Moser, PhD, a giant in the industry with 7+ years of experience in HMDs, Computer Vision, and a whole slew of other specializations. What’s really in the ARKit’s toolbag,...
12.06.2018
Apple releases ARKit and EVERYTHING CHANGES
In this week’s episode, Joe B. squeals like a fangirl over the latest Apple News — the unveiling of an Augmented Reality Software Development Kit for native AR apps, while Joe J. tries to calm him down.
12.06.2018
Google I/O 2017's Big Reveal
This week we’re looking back at the 2017 Google I/O keynote, which featured news on Alphabet’s plans for Android, AI, Google Home and, of course, Augmented and Virtual Reality. Let’s take a look back … at the future.
12.06.2018
PayPal's Augmented Reality Plans
This week, the topic is Paypal, which has filed a patent that proposes a world where people can interact — monetarily — with anything they can see. The patent, flavorfully titled “Using Augmented Reality to Determine Information” describes a system...
12.06.2018
Amazon's Future: Selling Furniture via Augmented & Virtual Reality
Welcome back to the In Reality podcast, covering all things Augmented & Virtual Reality. In Reality features industry news, commentary, and perspective from AR/VR veterans and experts. In Reality is co-hosted by Marxent’s Joe Johnson and Joe Bardi. Johnson is the Creative Director at Marxent, and has been in...
12.06.2018
Amazon's Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Plans
Welcome back to the In Reality podcast, covering all things Augmented & Virtual Reality. In Reality features industry news, commentary, and perspective from AR/VR veterans and experts. In Reality is co-hosted by Marxent’s Joe Johnson and Joe Bardi. Johnson is the Creative Director at Marxent, and has been in...
12.06.2018
A New Challenger Appears
Welcome back to the In Reality podcast, covering all things Augmented & Virtual Reality. In Reality features industry news, commentary, and perspective from AR/VR veterans and experts. In Reality is co-hosted by Marxent's Joe Johnson and Joe Bardi. Johnson is the Creative Director at Marxent,...
12.03.2018
S2E6 AugmentedRealityTransformingRetail
In this week's InReality the Joe's take a look at Tim Cook's recent appearance on HBO's new news magazine show Axios and what it holds for the future of the Augmented Reality industry and are visited by Scott Perry, Vice...
11.16.2018
S2E5 - Augmented & Virtual Reality in MY Holiday Season? It's more likely than you think.
On this edition of In Reality, we;re joined by Holly Shively, a reporter covering retail and real estate for the Dayton Daily News. Holly recently published a story titled, “Short on time? Here’s how your holiday shopping experience will be...
04.26.2018
S2E4 - Audio Augmented Reality & The Lightning Round - The In Reality Podcast
In this week's episode, the Joe's talk about Audio AR (sort of, mostly?) and some unique, interesting, and totally not-fake AR applications coming up. Enjoy!

What's The InReality Podcast about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

The InReality Podcast episodes:

S3E2 - LIGHTNING ROUND

S3E1 - The Great Relaunch

The future of retail with Sterling Hawkins

The InReality Podcast sits down with Anne Flynn Wear

Valve's Index & Facebook's Quest, the Best of the Best?

Augmented Reality SDK Rundown!

The Latest Crop of Headsets: Winners, Losers, Wasted Opportunities

St. Pete Tech with Margie Manning

Where are ALL the killer Augmented Reality apps at?

CES 2019 Reveals The Health of the AR & VR Industry

Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality 2019: Predictions, Trends, and Wild Speculation

Talking Augmented Reality with Scott Perry of Bob's Discount Furniture & some guy named Tim.

Augmented & Virtual Reality for Holiday Shopping 2018

Intel's Augmented Reality Glasses Disappear!

Fireside chat with Dr. Ken Moser, PhD

The Real Augmented & Virtual Reality News

Baseless Speculation about the Future of Augmented & Virtual Reality

Oculus Rift Price Drop

Hands on w. Apple's ARKit

Apple releases ARKit and EVERYTHING CHANGES

Google I/O 2017's Big Reveal

PayPal's Augmented Reality Plans

Amazon's Future: Selling Furniture via Augmented & Virtual Reality

Amazon's Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Plans

A New Challenger Appears

S2E6 AugmentedRealityTransformingRetail

S2E5 - Augmented & Virtual Reality in MY Holiday Season? It's more likely than you think.

S2E4 - Audio Augmented Reality & The Lightning Round - The In Reality Podcast