57 min
Industry news, COVID, and Virtual Events Xtended Realities
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- Technology
Arkit - :45 https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/22/apple-announces-arkit-4/ Apple AR glasses - 6:50 https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/19/apple-glass-details-leaked-will-cost-499-and-work-with-prescriptions Oculus Go dead - 18:00 https://uploadvr.com/oculus-go-gone/ No more 3DOF Success of HL:Alyx - 24:50 At least 500,000 https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/820648379/half-life-alyx-and-the-promise-of-virtual-reality#:~:text=But%20just%20how%20many%20people,for%20a%20VR%20exclusive%20title. Star Wars Squadrons - 26:10 Full VR support! Industry impact of covid - 27:09 The work from home shift, and how tech companies were already well-suited to making the change We’ve covered virtual production before https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/icvr-xtended-realities/xtended-realities/e/64617153 Most steam players ever - 34:45 https://uploadvr.com/steam-hardware-survey-2-million/ Mobile gaming doing better than ever before More offices using virtual offices: https://spatial.io/#features AI-enabled semi-autonomous food delivery robots - 36:05 https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/15391/uber-buying-postmates-will-drive-3-technology-innovations Virtual Events Shit: Fortnite - 37:30 Travis Scott: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/entertainment/travis-scott-fortnite-concert/index.html Marshmello - 37:50 https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234980/fortnite-marshmello-concert-viewer-numbers Christopher Nolan movies (Inception, Batman Begins, The Prestige) Where is Fortnite going with Party Royale Island? John Legend https://go.wave.watch/johnlegend https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/john-legend-to-perform-songs-from-new-album-bigger-love-during-first-ever-virtual-live-concert/ar-BB15QmM0 Lindsey Stirling https://youtu.be/mK5Jb1vgrgw WaveXR Virtual Burning Man - 40:35 https://burningman.org/culture/virtual-brc-2020/ Portal submissions through Kindling, new internal app: https://edm.com/news/burning-man-project-kindling LIB Festival - 39:10 https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=lib+festival+2020&docid=608011852511907714&mid=A6074FB6F3EC09EFD981A6074FB6F3EC09EFD981&view=detail&FORM=VIRE What it did well and not so well Used Vita Motus: https://vitamotus.com/dgtl-lib/ Red Dead Redemption 2 for meetings: https://mashable.com/article/red-dead-redemption-2-coronavirus-meeting-work-from-home-social-distancing/ Lightning Round - 48:30
Arkit - :45 https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/22/apple-announces-arkit-4/ Apple AR glasses - 6:50 https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/19/apple-glass-details-leaked-will-cost-499-and-work-with-prescriptions Oculus Go dead - 18:00 https://uploadvr.com/oculus-go-gone/ No more 3DOF Success of HL:Alyx - 24:50 At least 500,000 https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/820648379/half-life-alyx-and-the-promise-of-virtual-reality#:~:text=But%20just%20how%20many%20people,for%20a%20VR%20exclusive%20title. Star Wars Squadrons - 26:10 Full VR support! Industry impact of covid - 27:09 The work from home shift, and how tech companies were already well-suited to making the change We’ve covered virtual production before https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/icvr-xtended-realities/xtended-realities/e/64617153 Most steam players ever - 34:45 https://uploadvr.com/steam-hardware-survey-2-million/ Mobile gaming doing better than ever before More offices using virtual offices: https://spatial.io/#features AI-enabled semi-autonomous food delivery robots - 36:05 https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/15391/uber-buying-postmates-will-drive-3-technology-innovations Virtual Events Shit: Fortnite - 37:30 Travis Scott: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/entertainment/travis-scott-fortnite-concert/index.html Marshmello - 37:50 https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234980/fortnite-marshmello-concert-viewer-numbers Christopher Nolan movies (Inception, Batman Begins, The Prestige) Where is Fortnite going with Party Royale Island? John Legend https://go.wave.watch/johnlegend https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/john-legend-to-perform-songs-from-new-album-bigger-love-during-first-ever-virtual-live-concert/ar-BB15QmM0 Lindsey Stirling https://youtu.be/mK5Jb1vgrgw WaveXR Virtual Burning Man - 40:35 https://burningman.org/culture/virtual-brc-2020/ Portal submissions through Kindling, new internal app: https://edm.com/news/burning-man-project-kindling LIB Festival - 39:10 https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=lib+festival+2020&docid=608011852511907714&mid=A6074FB6F3EC09EFD981A6074FB6F3EC09EFD981&view=detail&FORM=VIRE What it did well and not so well Used Vita Motus: https://vitamotus.com/dgtl-lib/ Red Dead Redemption 2 for meetings: https://mashable.com/article/red-dead-redemption-2-coronavirus-meeting-work-from-home-social-distancing/ Lightning Round - 48:30
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