Voices of VR Podcast – Designing for Virtual Reality

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07.29.2020

Ethics in XR is a vast topic, and I had a chance to moderate a panel discussion for Games for Change / XR for Change

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07.29.2020 #930: XR for Change Panel on Ethics in XR Ethics in XR is a vast topic, and I had a chance to moderate a panel discussion for Games for Change / XR for Change
07.25.2020 Ethics & Privacy in Mixed Reality Panel for IEEE VR Academics & Researchers The IEEE VR 2020 Conference brought together the academic XR community to share their latest research, and to talk about topics that are of interest
07.20.2020 #928: Play Therapy in VR with Virtual Sandtray & Dr. Jessica Stone Dr. Jessica Stone is a licensed psychologist and registered play therapist who has been experimenting with integrating technologies into her therapeutic practice specializing in working
07.15.2020 #927: Erica Southgate’s Book on VR Pedagogy & Teaching Higher-Order Metacognition Skills Erica Southgate released a book titled Virtual Reality in Curriculum and Pedagogy: Evidence from Secondary on Classrooms May 19, 2020, which covers the theory and
07.10.2020 #926: Invoking Double Consciousness with VR & Psychedelics + Navigating the New Screen Deal Carl H Smith‘s work is at the intersection of VR, psychedelics, and esoteric contemplative practices. He’s the director of the Learning Technology Research Center at
07.08.2020 #925: Cannes XR/Kaleidoscope Development Showcase + Online Exhibitions of Immersive Stories with Tribeca, VeeR, & Positron Cannes XR is a part of the Cannes Marché du Film, which is the business side of the Cannes Film Festival. For the past two
07.06.2020 #924: Tender Claws’ Live Immersive Theater Show “Tempest” Creates a New Fusion of VR Storytelling Tender Claws continues to be one of the most innovative studios pushing forward what’s possible for immersive storytelling in VR by launching a Tempest, which
07.04.2020 #923: Shola Amoo’s “Violence” is a Provacative Exploration of Race, Bias, Perception, & Agency Shola Amoo’s Violence is a provocative virtual reality experience that “re-contextualizes the notions of violence by examining it through the lens of state oppression against
07.02.2020 #922: Lighting, Emotional Performance, & the Grief of Miscarriage in “Minimum Mass” Raqi Syed and Areito Echevarria’s Minimum Mass is an emotional, immersive narrative that explores grief of miscarriage. They apply their visual effects knowledge gained from
06.30.2020 #921: Highlights from CannesXR Showcases by Tribeca, Kaleidoscope Development, VeeR 360, & Positron with Pola Weiss The CannesXR Showcase features over 50 different immersive narrative experiences in the Museum of Other Realities from June 24 to July 3rd, with showcases featuring
06.20.2020 #920: Tetris Effect VR: Experiential Design for Flow States in a Classic Puzzle Game Tetris Effect is one of the most surprising VR games I’ve played in so far. It’s taken a classic 2D puzzler, and re-imagined it into
06.05.2020 #919: Equality and Equity in Emerging Media: Kamal Sinclair’s Making a New Reality Research The Ford Foundation’s JustFilms program with supplemental support from the Sundance Institute commissioned Kamal Sinclair to do an intensive research project called “Making a New
06.05.2020 #918: Philosopher Lewis Gordon on Racism, Moral vs Political Responsibility, and Relational Metaphysics I had a conversation with philosopher Lewis Gordon at the American Philosophical Association Eastern Meeting in January 2019 that really stuck with me. He writes
06.01.2020 #917: Opeyemi Olukemi on Promoting Diversity & Inclusion in XR via Public Media Distribution, Funding, Labs & Residencies Opeyemi Olukemi is the Executive Producer of POV Spark & VP of Interactive at American Documentary, and she is on the forefront of trying to
05.29.2020 #916: Educators in VR Meetups & Virtual Conferences Back in November 2018, Daniel Dyboski-Bryant and Lorelle VanFossen started a regular meetup of Educators in VR within AltSpaceVR. They’ve been meeting consistently for the
05.28.2020 “The Line” is a Sweet Story that Pushes Forward Spatial Storytelling Using Hand Tracking The Line was just released on the Oculus Quest today, and it is a really sweet, immersive story that won the Best VR Immersive Experience
05.28.2020 #914: HP, Microsoft, & Valve’s Collaboration on the HP Reverb G2 HP, Microsoft, & Valve collaborated on the HP Reverb G2, which is opening for pre-orders today for $599 and will start shipping in the Fall.
05.20.2020 #913: All of Microsoft’s AR & AR Announcements from Microsoft Build with Director Greg Sullivan There were not a lot of AR or VR announcements that happened during the main keynotes of Microsoft Build 2020, but there were a number
04.30.2020 #910: VR for Open Innovation with Pioneer of the French XR industry David Nahon David Nahon is a pioneer of the French XR industry who is currently working at Dassault Systèmes’ 3D Experience Lab. I had a chance to
04.30.2020 #908: 22-Year History of Laval Virtual with Founder Simon Richir The first Laval Virtual Conference happened on 3-4 June, 1999 in Laval France, and had a chance to talk with the founder Simon Richir about
04.17.2020 #907: Tribeca Immersive’s Cinema360 Program Starts Virtual Screenings on Oculus TV The Tribeca Film Festival is releasing fifteen 360 videos that were programmed within their Cinema360 program for free via the Oculus TV platform, and they’ll
04.14.2020 #906: “SoundSelf” & The Technodelic Manifesto: Using VR to Transform Consciousness SoundSelf is a technologically-mediated, psychedlic experience (aka “technodelic”) that is being released by Andromeda Media on Wednesday, April 22nd. Developer Robin Arnott has been working
04.13.2020 #905: VRChat: Empowering the Creativity of User-Generated Virtual Worlds & Avatars VRChat is one of the most popular social VR applications out there, and Chief Creator Officer Ron Millar recently told me that they had over
03.12.2020 #904 Sundance New Frontier Recap & Themes with Chief Curator Shari Frilot In my final episode of my coverage from Sundance New Frontier 2020, I speak with chief curator Shari Frilot about some of the themes of
03.12.2020 #903 Sundance New Frontier Behind-the-Scenes with Curator Milo Talwani Milo Talwani (pronouns they/them) is a curator, and creative technologist who oversees the selection process for New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival. They’re also
03.12.2020 #902 Sundance: ‘Metamorphic’ Explores Context-Dependent Embodiment & Social Dynamics with Remixed Quill Art One of the most powerful explorations of embodiment at Sundance New Frontier 2020 was Metamorphic. The creators describe it as exploring the “ephemeral nature of
03.12.2020 #901 Sundance: ‘Animalia Sum’ Blends Humor with a Unique Aesthetic of Photogrammetry-Captured Sculptures ANIMALIA SUM is an animated short VR 360 video / application hybrid with some light, embodied, 3 degree-of-freedom interactions on the Oculus Go. It’s a
03.12.2020 #900 Sundance: Combining Live Theater with Open World Exploration in ‘Anti-Gone’ Anti-Gone is a mixed reality play that features two actors performing in front of a wall that has an open, virtual world projected on it.
03.12.2020 #899 Sundance: Comparing Film to VR in a Series of Film Essays in ‘A Machine for Viewing’ A Machine for Viewing was a series of three film essays that were shown to someone in virtual reality, whose first-person perspective was then projected
03.11.2020 #898 Sundance: Questioning AI of Chomsky Trained with 60 Years of Data in ‘Chomsky vs Chomsky’ Chomsky vs Chomsky: First Encounter is a virtual reality experience where you get to interact with a virtual representation of Noam Chomsky, and essentially ask
03.11.2020 #897 Sundance: Site-Specific AR Installation with Hologram Ghosts in ‘Solastalgia’ Solastalgia is a site-specific augmented reality experience on the HoloLens 2 where you explore the surface of a depopulated planet in ruin, and colonized by
03.11.2020 #896 Sundance: ‘All Kinds of Limbo’ is a Musical Performance for 20 People in Quests. All Kinds of Limbo featured the ability to show a volumetric-captured, virtual reality performance to 20 users within the Oculus Quest. Nubiya Brandon narrates her
03.11.2020 #895 Sundance: ‘Book of Distance’ has Breakthrough Immersive Storytelling Innovations The Book of Distance is one of the best VR narratives or immersive stories I’ve ever seen. Director Randall Okita tells the story of his
03.11.2020 #894 Sundance: Haptic Chair Ride into Outer Space with ‘Living Distance’ Living Distance is a contemporary piece of immersive art from China that casts the audience in the role of a tooth that takes a celestial
03.11.2020 #893 Sundance: Embody The Life Cycle of a Mushroom in ‘Hypha’ Hypha is a VR experience that premiered at Sundance New Frontier 2020 that allos you to embody the full life cycle of a mushroom. You
03.11.2020 #892 Sundance: ‘Persuasion Machines’ is Architectural Storytelling Against Surveillance Capitalism There have been a number of documentaries at Sundance over the past three years that have taken a critical lens the social impacts of technology
03.10.2020 #891 Sundance: Al Jazeera Uses VR & AR to Explore Life After Incarceration in ‘Still Here’ Al Jazeera Contrast is an immersive storytelling and media innovation studio that is interested in telling the stories of the Global South and communities of
03.10.2020 #890 Disney’s VR Production Design Innovations with ‘Myth: A Frozen Tale’ Disney premiered the VR short Myth: A Frozen Tale at the November 7th, 2019 world premiere of Frozen II at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood,
03.09.2020 #889 YouTube VR Update: Google’s Largest Initiative in Virtual Reality Google discontinued their Daydream VR headset and support for Pixel 4 in October 2019, but they still have a number of different initiatives within virtual
03.09.2020 #888 Sundance: ‘Breathe’ Visualizes How Breath Connects Us to Each Other in Social AR Experience Breathe is a Magic Leap, mixed reality experience with four people in shared environment that uses a biometric sensor measuring chest movements in order to
03.09.2020 #887 Sundance: VR in Swimming Pools with AquaticVR Pionner Ballast VR & ‘SPACED OUT’ Spaced Out is an aquatic virtual reality piece that premiered at the swimming pool at Sundance’s Festival Headquarters at the Sheraton Park City Hotel. It
03.09.2020 #886 Sundance: Group Ritual in VR: ‘Atomu’ & the Kikiyu Tribal Mythology on Gender Identity Atomu is a social VR experience that premiered at the Sundance New Frontier Biodigital Theater on Friday, January 24, 2020 by co-creators Shariffa Ali (half-Kenyan,
03.09.2020 #885 Sundance: ‘Scarecrow’ is a 1:1 Immersive Theater VR Piece with Thermal Haptics Scarecrow is an one-on-one immersive theater piece where you engage with an actor in virtual reality. Every person gets the same structure of a story,
01.24.2020 #884 VR for Good: WebXR, Design Challenges of the Wider Web, & the Future of Web Assembly with Trevor Flowers In the final interview of this VR for Good series, I’m featuring the WebXR Device API and how this represents a new open standard that
01.24.2020 #883 ‘Rec Room:’ Social VR World Building Platform on PC, Console, Mobile, & VR Rec Room is one of the most successful social VR platforms, and they’re also on the most platforms including PC VR, Quest, PSVR, PC 2D,
01.24.2020 #882 VR for Good: Kai XR’s Inclusive & Accessible Education Kits Kai Frazier is a history teacher who decided to make a complete pivot into creating accessible and diverse educational content and kits for education. She
01.24.2020 #881 VR for Good: ‘Queerskins’ Embodied Story of Love & Loss told through Artifacts Queerskins VR is an embodied story that explores the range of experiences from love to loss, and the shame, regret, and fears around sexual identity.
01.24.2020 #880 VR for Good: Using Conversational Interfaces in VR to Train Child Welfare Caseworkers One of the most intense interactive storytelling experiences I’ve ever had was the Accenture AVEnueS training application for child welfare caseworkers. I was tasked with
01.24.2020 #879 VR for Good: StoryFile is an Oral History Platform with a Conversational Interface StoryFile is an interactive storytelling platform that allows you to interact with someone as they tell their story. A comprehensive oral history could be as
01.23.2020 #878 VR for Good: ‘Home After War’ Explores the Civilian Impact of IEDs in Iraq Home After War is an Oculus VR for Good piece that focuses on the civilian causalities of mines and improvised explosive devices. It uses photogrammetry

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#930: XR for Change Panel on Ethics in XR

Ethics & Privacy in Mixed Reality Panel for IEEE VR Academics & Researchers

#928: Play Therapy in VR with Virtual Sandtray & Dr. Jessica Stone

#927: Erica Southgate’s Book on VR Pedagogy & Teaching Higher-Order Metacognition Skills

#926: Invoking Double Consciousness with VR & Psychedelics + Navigating the New Screen Deal

#925: Cannes XR/Kaleidoscope Development Showcase + Online Exhibitions of Immersive Stories with Tribeca, VeeR, & Positron

#924: Tender Claws’ Live Immersive Theater Show “Tempest” Creates a New Fusion of VR Storytelling

#923: Shola Amoo’s “Violence” is a Provacative Exploration of Race, Bias, Perception, & Agency

#922: Lighting, Emotional Performance, & the Grief of Miscarriage in “Minimum Mass”

#921: Highlights from CannesXR Showcases by Tribeca, Kaleidoscope Development, VeeR 360, & Positron with Pola Weiss

#920: Tetris Effect VR: Experiential Design for Flow States in a Classic Puzzle Game

#919: Equality and Equity in Emerging Media: Kamal Sinclair’s Making a New Reality Research

#918: Philosopher Lewis Gordon on Racism, Moral vs Political Responsibility, and Relational Metaphysics

#917: Opeyemi Olukemi on Promoting Diversity & Inclusion in XR via Public Media Distribution, Funding, Labs & Residencies

#916: Educators in VR Meetups & Virtual Conferences

“The Line” is a Sweet Story that Pushes Forward Spatial Storytelling Using Hand Tracking

#914: HP, Microsoft, & Valve’s Collaboration on the HP Reverb G2

#913: All of Microsoft’s AR & AR Announcements from Microsoft Build with Director Greg Sullivan

#910: VR for Open Innovation with Pioneer of the French XR industry David Nahon

#908: 22-Year History of Laval Virtual with Founder Simon Richir

#907: Tribeca Immersive’s Cinema360 Program Starts Virtual Screenings on Oculus TV

#906: “SoundSelf” & The Technodelic Manifesto: Using VR to Transform Consciousness

#905: VRChat: Empowering the Creativity of User-Generated Virtual Worlds & Avatars

#904 Sundance New Frontier Recap & Themes with Chief Curator Shari Frilot

#903 Sundance New Frontier Behind-the-Scenes with Curator Milo Talwani

#902 Sundance: ‘Metamorphic’ Explores Context-Dependent Embodiment & Social Dynamics with Remixed Quill Art

#901 Sundance: ‘Animalia Sum’ Blends Humor with a Unique Aesthetic of Photogrammetry-Captured Sculptures

#900 Sundance: Combining Live Theater with Open World Exploration in ‘Anti-Gone’

#899 Sundance: Comparing Film to VR in a Series of Film Essays in ‘A Machine for Viewing’

#898 Sundance: Questioning AI of Chomsky Trained with 60 Years of Data in ‘Chomsky vs Chomsky’

#897 Sundance: Site-Specific AR Installation with Hologram Ghosts in ‘Solastalgia’

#896 Sundance: ‘All Kinds of Limbo’ is a Musical Performance for 20 People in Quests.

#895 Sundance: ‘Book of Distance’ has Breakthrough Immersive Storytelling Innovations

#894 Sundance: Haptic Chair Ride into Outer Space with ‘Living Distance’

#893 Sundance: Embody The Life Cycle of a Mushroom in ‘Hypha’

#892 Sundance: ‘Persuasion Machines’ is Architectural Storytelling Against Surveillance Capitalism

#891 Sundance: Al Jazeera Uses VR & AR to Explore Life After Incarceration in ‘Still Here’

#890 Disney’s VR Production Design Innovations with ‘Myth: A Frozen Tale’

#889 YouTube VR Update: Google’s Largest Initiative in Virtual Reality

#888 Sundance: ‘Breathe’ Visualizes How Breath Connects Us to Each Other in Social AR Experience

#887 Sundance: VR in Swimming Pools with AquaticVR Pionner Ballast VR & ‘SPACED OUT’

#886 Sundance: Group Ritual in VR: ‘Atomu’ & the Kikiyu Tribal Mythology on Gender Identity

#885 Sundance: ‘Scarecrow’ is a 1:1 Immersive Theater VR Piece with Thermal Haptics

#884 VR for Good: WebXR, Design Challenges of the Wider Web, & the Future of Web Assembly with Trevor Flowers

#883 ‘Rec Room:’ Social VR World Building Platform on PC, Console, Mobile, & VR

#882 VR for Good: Kai XR’s Inclusive & Accessible Education Kits

#881 VR for Good: ‘Queerskins’ Embodied Story of Love & Loss told through Artifacts

#880 VR for Good: Using Conversational Interfaces in VR to Train Child Welfare Caseworkers

#879 VR for Good: StoryFile is an Oral History Platform with a Conversational Interface

#878 VR for Good: ‘Home After War’ Explores the Civilian Impact of IEDs in Iraq

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