Jeff Powers, Cofounder of Occipital and Arcturus Industries joins Azad to discuss active depth cameras, Apple's LiDAR, and his vision of the future of consumer volumetric reconstructions. Topics discussed: - The market for depth cameras in 2014 for consumers, developers. - Why they focused on mobile-first with the Structure sensor. - Google's Tango project not being adopted. - Building a developer friendly ecosystem for 3rd party companies. - A general Perceptual layer in software that can take any input. - The economies of scale with new and niche hardware. - Did Tesla pick the right choice with cameras vs LIDAR? - Building the Room View 3D with Valve - Interesting applications of the Index's dual cameras. - VR eating up AR's use cases in the short term.

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Active Depth Cameras w/ Jeff Powers (Cofounder Occipital, Arcturus Industries) - 101

Petr Legkov, Krzysztof Izdebski, and Azad Balabanian, the three cofounders of the podcast come back together to discuss the last four years of VR, the podcast, and their lives. Topics discussed: - Why/how the podcast started - revisiting old arguments - retrospection on VR industry over 4 years Retrospective on: - locomotion theories - roomscale gaming not being the goal - best value VR headset - European tech glass ceiling - focusing on learning

Episode 100! The original cast retrospective on 4 years of VR - 100

Jessica Outlaw, a culture & behavior researcher and Rebecca Hyman, a mental health therapist to discuss human culture in-and-out of VR, VR marketing demographics, as well as representation in media. Topics discussed: - Building non-violent cultures in VR - VR's target demographics and identities - The unreleased Intel VR HMD's marketing campaign - The border between messing-around vs griefing/harassment - Reddit's subreddit self moderation framework - The basics of culture in a community

Culture and Behavior in Social VR (Jessica Outlaw + Rebecca Hyman) - 99

Cofounder and CEO of Sketchfab, Alban Denoyel joins Azad to talk about all things 3D on the web. Topics discussed: - Why sketchfab was created - Why the large tech companies can't compete against Sketchfab's community - The importance of having downloading/remixing functionality - Why it’s difficult to be build both a community and a store - What’s the point of 3D reality capture?

Sketchfab's omnipresnce in the 3D world (Alban Denoyel, CEO of Sketchfab) - 98

Google Earth, Hololens, and Disney VR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev joins Azad to share his perspective of the 3D/VR industry over the last few decades and make predictions of the near future.

AR Superpowers, VR in the 90's, & Data Privacy (Avi Bar-Zeev, ex-Apple/MS/Disney) - 97

Jesslyn Tannady joins us to talk about CTRL-Labs's advancements in BCI's, finger tracking, and input methods for games and VR/AR. Topics discussed: - CTRL-Kit, finger tracking and intent tracking - Interesting use cases: - Controlling robots in an intuitive way with intent - Typing for VR/AR - using it as a game controller - thoughts on Neuralink

CTRL-kit's Intent-Based Finger Input (Jesslyn Tannady, Tech. Prod. Manager @ CTRL-labs)

Shawn Whiting, the Community Designer at Against Gravity joins Petr and Azad to discuss the origins and the future of one of the most popular games in VR: Rec Room.

Rec Room's Origins and its UGC Future (Shawn Whiting, Community Designer @ Against Gravity) - 95

Leap Motion's open source Project North Star has been fascinating VR/AR enthusiasts for the last year, but due to the scarcity of sourcing the components, finding a fully built kit is quite rare. Noah Zerkin, based out of Shenzhen, China has been focusing on fabricating and building the necessary components to build kits. He joins the podcast to chat about the headset, its advantages, and the challenges of what goes into building one. Video podcast: https://youtu.be/G010rKFJMyY recorded in Feb 2019

Building Leap Motion's "Project North Star" Kits (Noah Zerkin, PM at Noah Labs) - 094

The CEO and CTO of LIV, Dr. Doom and Ruu join us to talk about the past, present, and future of green screen Mixed Reality and livestreaming VR games. Topics discussed: - Origins of green screen Mixed Reality - how did it start? - How is Mixed Reality being today and by whom? - Discord and the importance of building a community for a product - GameChanger API : Adding audience interactivity into a streamer's game - Vtubers and avatar copyright laws - The state of VR streaming on Twitch

Livestreaming Mixed Reality with LIV (Dr Doom & Ruu, Cofounder & CTO) - 093

Tom Emrich, Investor from Super Ventures joins Az to talk about the prevailing trends of AR in 2019. Topics discussed: - Focals by North Smartglasses - XR vs. Spatial Computing - cultural implications of all-day AR glasses - AR Cloud is to AR as the Browser/Search Engines are for the early web - visual personifications of AI assistants in AR (Siri, Alexa) - AR for the world vs AR for your face - Facebook Portal - AR in cars (self driving or not) - Current state of AR investments - How to think about 5G from an AR perspective Sponsored by HaptX, the leading solution for Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality.

Analyzing AR Trends in 2019 (Tom Emrich, Investor at Super Ventures) - 092

StoryUp XR CEO and Chief Storyteller Sarah Hill and Chief Science Officer Dr Jeff Tarrant join us to talk about Healium, an immersive biofeedback system to regulate anxiety. Topics discussed: - VR+EEG's - Measuring states of consciousness - stress management in the workplace Sponsored by HaptX, the leading solution for Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality.

Measuring your mind with Biofeedback in VR (Sarah Hill, CEO and Dr. Jeff Tarrant, CSO of StoryUp XR) - 091

CEO of vrgineers, Marek Polčák joins Petr to discuss their latest VR HMD, the XTAL high resolution, enterprise targeted headset. Topics discussed: - creating custom lenses for ideal optics - limits of display port for high resolution and high refresh rate video transfer - measuring Cognitive Load

Building the XTAL headset (Marek Polčák, CEO of VRgineers) - 090

David Dicko, Co-Founder and CEO of Skylights joins us to talk about VR as an in-flight entertainment (IFE) option for premium international flights. We talk about the current solutions to IFE, the hardware challenges, as well as the business of a being a B2B2C company. Topics discussed: - Challenges of cutting weight and building HMD hardware - How airlines make decisions about in-flight entertainment - 90/10 passive vs active IFE media consumption by passengers - Current IFE solutions and their costs Sponsored by HaptX, the leading solution for Haptic Feedback in Virtual Reality.

VR as In-Flight Entertainment (David Dicko, CEO of Skylights) - 089

Ben Lang, Co-Founder and executive editor of Road to VR joins us to talk about the early days of the VR industry, the founding of his publication, the what's right around the corner in the industry. Topics discussed: - Oculus Quest's target audience and place in current HMD landscape - Minimum spec requirements for PC VR gen 2.0 - Is "perfect Virtual Reality" the bar we need to reach? - Will Valve ever enter the all-in-one VR space? - Magic Leap's target audience

The Past, Present, and the Future of VR (Ben Lang, Executive Editor of Road to VR) - 088

Paul Reynolds, CEO and Co-Founder of Torch 3D, joins us to talk about their design tool called Torch, built to bridge the knowledge gap for designers with web/mobile backgrounds, and letting them dive into the world of Spatial Computing Topics discussed: - Current state of iterative design (or lack their of) in VR/AR - AR input methods, which to focus on right now, and what to plan for - The importance of posting examples and use cases of what can be done with AR

Designing for mobile AR with Torch 3D (Paul Reynolds, CEO) - 087

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