This week's topics: Oculus Rift demos launch at select Best Buy stores in the U.S. as well as a limited number of consumer units (beating the delivery of some pre-orders), Live Nation is launching hundreds of concerts and events through partnerships with Hulu and NextVR, HTC announces a $100M virtual reality accelerator/incubator program, augmented reality smart glasses that could help restore sight are launched, a new crowd funded mobile-powered headset called Marvel aims to replace your computer, new research says 12% of Americans will purchase a VR product within the next 6 months, and more... Special thanks to this week's guests: Ryan Bell: Founder of Summit Live and VRSalon Chadwick Turner: Founder of CircleVR Jonathan Nafarrete: Editor-in-chief, co-founder of VRScout Our podcast is the audio from a weekly live, participatory video show - every Thursday @ 7PM PST/10PM EST. Join us live here: http://www.VRScout.com/podcast Special thanks to @JoeWilsonTV for the voiceover magic

010 - VRScout Report: Discover the Best in Virtual Reality - 5/5

A weekly news wrap-up of the most important stories in virtual reality and augmented reality, featuring a rotating roundtable of VR/AR revolutionaries and hosted by Malia Probst. Join us LIVE every Thursday evening for the participatory video show and audio recording at 7PM PST/10PM EST at www.vrscout.com/podcast - podcast version released every Sunday evening.

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In this week’s episode we talk with Tenderclaws' co-founder and game lead, Samantha Gorman, about their upcoming project, TendAR, which includes an AR pet fish that uses computer vision to feed on people's emotions and the world around it. We discuss how Gorman overcomes AR obstacles by strategizing how to make players return to their app and how they are gamifying short play sessions into a long-form AR narrative.  @samanthaKgorman http://tenderclaws.com/ Hosted by Malia Probst http://www.VRScout.com/podcast Special thanks to @JoeWilsonTV for the voiceover magic

104 - AR Narratives w/ Samantha Gorman, Co-Founder of Tenderclaws: the VRScout Report // Discover the Best in VR and AR - 11/29

This week we interviewed Ray Soto, director of emerging tech at USA TODAY NETWORK. We discussed how their team expand interactive VR and create a cross platform distribution system documenting editorial stories. Ray Soto walks us through how their team captures locations volumetrically, what their workflow is like, and how they explored new ways of creating content. Hosted by Malia Probst http://www.VRScout.com/podcast Special thanks to @JoeWilsonTV for the voiceover magic

103 - Ray Soto - Director of Emerging Tech at USA TODAY NETWORK: the VRScout Report // Discover the Best in VR and AR - 11/13

In this week’s episode we talk with London-based technologist and conceptual artist Rachel Ara, creator of the Transubstantiation of Knowledge. The augmented reality art was part of a larger installation at the V&A; Research Institute, a site-specific mixed-reality work which explored the hidden stories behind the Santa Chiara Chapel in the museum’s Medieval and Renaissance Galleries - https://www.2ra.co/ Hosted by Malia Probst http://www.VRScout.com/podcast Special thanks to @JoeWilsonTV for the voiceover magic

102 - Augmented Art in Museums w/ Rachel Ara, conceptual artist: the VRScout Report // Discover the Best in VR and AR - 10/23

We make a fun return to the studio this week where host Malia Probst is joined by a room full of Scouts-- Jonathan, Kyle, and Andy. We talk all things OC5, the *just* announced Oculus Quest, and first impressions of the highly-anticipated Two Bit Circus-- an immersive funhouse in downtown Los Angeles. Join us to listen to details of hands-on experience with the Oculus Quest-- the next VR gamechanger! Hosted by Malia Probst http://www.VRScout.com/podcast Special thanks to @JoeWilsonTV for the voiceover magic

101 - The Oculus Connect 5 Wrapup and More // VRScout Report: Discover the Best in VR and AR - 10/1

This week’s episode features Jake Sally (Director of Immersive Development at RYOT), Evette Vargas (CEO of Digital-Reign, Creator/Executive Producer of TV, Film, and Immersive Storytelling), and Jonny Ahdout (Director of Development at Within) in a live recording of our panel discussion at the latest installation of VRScout's monthly mixer series. We talk about the differences between writing for traditional media and immersive media, some writing processes and tools used by VR/AR creators, how writers are thinking about the spectrum of interactivity, how social interaction can be brought into the narrative, and much more... Are you are interested in developing immersive content, including Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality or Mixed Reality? Do you have a script or an idea that you’d like to develop? Apply to the XR Alliance by 9/30/2018! http://thexralliance.com/ Hosted by Malia Probst http://www.VRScout.com/podcast Special thanks to @JoeWilsonTV for the voiceover magic

010 - VRScout Report: Discover the Best in Virtual Reality - 5/5

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