EPISODE 014 SHOW NOTES:

Episode 14 of XR Connections features an interview with Tom Buchanan, Co-Founder and Chief of Product for the haptic glove maker Contact CI. Tom discusses his experience as a participant of the XR-focused MIT Reality Hack, his team's award-winning  immersive Impact Journalism project, Rising Tide, haptic technology, the Varjo XR-1 Mixed Reality Headset, Contact CI's Maestro gloves and recent advancements in hand-tracking.

Tom Buchanan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIT Reality Hack

Discord Voice and Text Chat App

Rising Tide MIT Reality Hack Project

Rising Tide Team Members:

Liam Broza LifeScope Lab, Carlos Calva, Clair Chuff, Grace Ma

Varjo XR-1

Varjo XR-1 and Volvo

Contact CI / Maestro Haptic Glove

Cincinatti VR Meetup

Vectre XR Development Studio

Cincy Inno / American Inno Network

Ultraleap, Leap Motion Tracking and Haptics

Valve Index Controllers

HandTracking/Oculus Quest

NReal Glasses

MagicLeap

Acknowledgements:

Call Recording: Skype

Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X

Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

Episode 13 features an interview with Terry Proto, Co-Founder and CEO of Virtual Reality Marketing and Ubereal Agency. Terry is both helping brands find trustworthy XR development partners and helping XR creators find more clients and recurring business. We discuss Virtual Reality Marketing’s searchable database of over 2500 XR creators, the importance of XR case studies, the challenges of beginning an XR project, who Terry follows to keep up on XR developments, XR events of interest, and promising new advances in AR glasses. 

Ubereal Agency

Virtual Reality Marketing Searchable Database of XR Creators

Ubereal Partner Rikard Berglin

Amazon and AR

Oculus Quest

XR Ignite Accelerator

Alan Smithson XR for Business Podcast

Julie Smithson XR for Learning Podcast

Metavrse

Charlie Fink

Charlie Fink’s XR at Forbes

AWE Expo

VRX Conference and Expo

ARtillery Newsletter

XR Intelligence

VR/AR Association

Hololens 2

nReal AR Glasses

Jason McDowall The AR Show

Acknowledgements:

Call Recording: Skype

Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X

Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

Episode 012 presents an overview of leading-edge XR tech and hardware as seen at MIT Reality Hack 2020  in an interview with Thomas Jackson, founder of XR design and development firm Covalent Reality. A volunteer at this year's MIT XR Hackathon, Jackson discusses the Human Bionic Display of the Varjo VR headset, the open source AR platform Project North Star, his favorite Hackathon projects and who he follows to keep up with XR developments.

Thomas Jackson

​Covalent

MIT Hackathon VR Tech:

​Oculus Rift

​Oculus Quest

Vive Pro

​HP Reverb

​Varjo 

MIT Hackathon AR Tech:

MagicLeap

​HoloLens

​Project North Star

​nReal Light

​MIT Hackathon Projects

GhostbustXR 

VSiBL

Ryan Kopinsky

Thomas Jackson's Follow Recommendations:

John Carmack, AI researcher, Consulting CTO Oculus VR

Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist, Oculus

Timmy Ghiurau, Volvo

Jacob Cedulf, Volvo

MIT Hackathon Team

Eswar Anandapadmanaban

Sarah Pillai

Scott Greenwald

Maria Rice

See Also:​

MIT Reality Hack Projects Site

​MIT Reality Hack Outro Video

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Recording: Logic Pro X

Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

EPISODE 011 SHOW NOTES:

Episode 011 features an interview with Dan Zaitsev, who discusses his vision for CatchAR, the community platform he has built for Augmented Reality creators, 2019’s biggest developments for AR creators, his advice for getting started in making AR prototypes and his plans for the future of CatchAR.

SparkAR

​LensStudio

​ARCore

​ARKit

​HoloLens

​MagicLeap

​Aidan Wolf Doodle Lens

Call Recording: Skype

Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X

Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

EPISODE 010 SHOW NOTES:

Episode 010 covers XR in Retail and features an interview with Ed McCabe of Zebra Technologies, who discusses how AR headsets are improving efficiency in warehouses, the use of AR for picking and stocking, how XR is driving immersive brand experiences, and what consumers might expect to see this 2019 Holiday Shopping season. Also discussed are Neil Redding and Tony Parisi’s Near Future of Retail Project and small businesses getting started in AR.

Augmented Reality Experiences Will Save Brick and Mortar Retail by Tom Emrich

SnapChat Lego Wear Store

Near Future of Retail at Medium

Neil Redding, Near Future of Retail, Redding Futures

The Top 10 Technology Trends In Retail: How Tech Will Transform Shopping In 2020 by Bernard Marr at Forbes

How to Afford an Augmented Reality Solution as a Small Business by Nar Poghos

Katelyn Coghlan, Mezmos, The Glimpse Group

Ed McCabe

Zebra Technologies

NFL Next Gen Stats

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Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X

Music: "Christmas Shopping" by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos

Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

Episode 009 features an interview with Kevin Williams, a leading specialist in the digital Out-of-Home entertainment industry. Kevin discusses recent trends and developments  in Location Based Experiences, focusing on Virtual and next generationMixed Reality/Cross Reality attractions, rides and games. From motion simulators to arena-scale VR, Kevin brings a unique perspective to VR/XR, and details the challenges of LBE VR, including  health and hygiene factors, ease of use of equipment  and  wait times and guest onboarding experiences.

​SHOW NOTES:

Kevin Williams

LinkedIn

​kwp @ thestingerreport dot com

​The Out-of-Home Immersive Entertainment Frontier: Expanding Interactive Boundaries in Leisure Facilities  Book by Kevin Williams and Michael Mascioni

​VR Focus Column

​Hughes Rediffusion (now Thales Training and Simulation)

​Star Tours Star Wars Disney Theme Park Flight Simulator

​Location Based Experience Types:

​• Immersive Simulators (Drive Rally/Formula One Car, Control Jet Fighter)

• VR Headset Linked to Motion Bases

• Next Generation Mixed Reality/Cross Reality (E-Sports Networked Competitions

​Cross Reality/XR in LBE: Marriage of Multiple Disciplines and Technologies to Create an Immersive Environment that is Borderless​

​Rise of Theme Park Mixed Reality/Cross Reality: Goal is to make Experience for Guests Effortless:

• Augmented Reality (AR) Mirrored to 3D Projection Mapping

• Navigable Environments with 3D Projection Mapping

​Disney Goofy Paint n Play House  Pioneering 3D Projection Map Theme Park Attraction

​Triotech's Lego Ninjago Theme Park Attraction

Out-of-Home (OOH) Virtual Reality Deployment:

• Stand-Alone Machines - Beat Sabre/VRrsenal, Hologate Driving Simulators

• Location Based Experiences/"Free-Roaming," "Hyper Reality" Arena-Scale VR - The Void (Disney, LucasFilm, Sony), Dreamscape, Sandbox (Star Trek: Discovery), Minority Media (Transformers)

IAAPA Conference

​Dark Rides: "A dark ride or ghost train is an indoor amusement ride on which passengers aboard guided vehicles travel through specially lit scenes that typically contain animation, sound, music and special effects." (Entertainment Designer, 2005)

​Sally Dark Rides

​Disney Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Experience

LAI Virtual Rabbids Ride

Spree Interactive Bumper Car Experience

Pico VR Headset

Vex Solutions VR Experiences

Oculus Quest

HTC Vive Headsets

Samsung Gear VR Headset

Disney Pandora: Land of Avatar Experience

​Resources:

The Stinger Report

Road to VR

​Upload VR

​InterGame

Conferences:

IAAPA

EAG Entertainment, Attractions and Gaming International Expo, London

​Amusement Expo, New Orleans

​CES, Las Vegas

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Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X ​

Music: "Are You There?" by DR. MARS on Spotify

EPISODE 008 SHOW NOTES:

​In Episode 008 Antony Vitillo of The Ghost Howls and Wise Realities discusses how VR changed his life, his experience as the co-founder of a VR startup, the Mixed Reality game HitMotion he’s developing, advice on attending China’s World Conference on VR Industry, VR for physical and mental rehabilitation, and who to follow for XR news and insight. Also discussed: Roy Kachur's XR4Media, Amena Hayat's VR Documentary and the NYVR Meetup on Artificial Intelligence.

​Antony Vitillo:

​LinkedIn

Twitter

​The Ghost Howls

​New Technology Walkers XR Consultants

​Wise Realities  VR for Mental Health

​HitMotion Mixed Reality Game

​World Conference on VR Industry - China

​WCVRI Advice

​Antony's XR Information Recommendations:

​XR for Business:

​Alan Smithson,MetaVRse, XR for Business Podcast

Alice Bonasio, Inside.com AR and VR Newsletter

​Cathy Hackl, Futurist

​Robert Scoble, Infinite Retina

​Location-Based VR:

​Kevin Williams, KWP Limited

​Gaming:

​Virtual Reality Oasis

​Nathie

​Cas and Chary

​Reviews:

​Benjamin Lang Road to VR

​And:

​Charlie Fink XR Consultant, Author, Columnist for Forbes

​Alvin Wang Graylin China President HTC

​Also in this Episode:

​XR4Media  Media-Focused XR News by Roy Kachur, NBCUniversal

​Hugh Seaton Adept Reality VR Training

New York Artificial Intelligence Meetup Group

​GeoPipe

​Amena Hayat The Language of Silence VR Documentary

​Tony Parisi Unity

​Brian August 110 Stories

​The RLab:

​Justin Hendrix

​Adaora Udoji

​Laura Barker

​Ilena Parker

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Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X ​

Music: "Are You There?" by DR. MARS on Spotify

EPISODE 007 SHOW NOTES:

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Episode 007 features an interview with DJ Smith, Chief Creative Officer of the XR startup-focused Glimpse Group. DJ is also the leader of the New York Virtual Reality Meetup (NYVR)  and the discussion includes the origins and growth of NYVR, the impact of the Oculus Quest, how the Glimpse Group is contributing advances in AR and VR  marketing, education and training, and where to turn for XR insights beyond the newsfeed.

DJ Smith

The Glimpse Group

​NYVR

​2012 Palmer Luckey Oculus Kickstarter

​Brian August - 110 Stories AR App

​Jay Van Buren, Chris Gaughan,VR QUEST - Early Adopter

​Alper Guler, Michael Cadoux - QReal

​Acron - VR and Mobile Multiplayer Game

​Oculus Reddit Group

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

​Call Recording: Skype 

Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X ​

Music: "Are You There?" by DR. MARS on Spotify

Episode 006 of XR Connections features an interview with Lukas Roper of Virti, who are creating AR and VR medical training experiences already in use in schools and hospitals. Also discussed are XR Location Based Experiences including the Samsung AT&T 5G AR Fan Experience and Free Roam VR experiences such as Sandbox VR.

SHOW NOTES:

AR and VR LOCATION BASED EXPERIENCES:

Samsung-AT&T 5G Fan Experience - Nexus Studios

Enhancing Locations with Hyper-Accurate AR and 5G by Luke Ritchie of  Nexus Studios on Medium

The Free Roam VR Cage Fight by Charlie Fink on Forbes

​Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Other Celebs Invest $11 Million In LBVR Start Up Sandbox  by Charlie Fink on Forbes

​Sandbox VR

​The Void

​Dreamscape

​VR Studios

​Zero Latency

​Zero Latency YouTube Channel

​XR TRAINING:

​Flexing Your Brain in XR, with Cognitive Design’s Todd Maddox - Alan Smithson's XR for Business Podcast

​Derek Belch (STRIVR) on VR Training for Quarterbacks and Walmart Clerks - Jason McDowall's The AR Show

​VIRTI XR for Medical Training

​Lukas Roper of Virti

​ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

​Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X ​

Music: "Are You There?" by DR. MARS on Spotify

XR Connections Episode 005 features an interview with Emilie Joly, Co-Founder and CEO of apelab, who are bringing XR into the classroom with SpatialStories, a gaming and storytelling toolkit allowing students and teachers to quickly design and develop AR and VR experiences. Also highlighted is the XR InLearning Global Summit, which aims to share best practices in AR and VR in K12 and Higher Education.

XR IN LEARNING:

XR InLearning Global Summit, Boston, October 28, 2019

XR InLearning Site

Hakan Satiroglu, XR Evangelist

APELAB

apelab

Emilie Jolie 

How Kids Are Creating New Spatial Experiences with apelab

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X

Music: "Are You There?" by DR. MARS on Spotify