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e518 with Michael, Michael and Andy - stories about Atari adjacent AI, a new Emotiv experience, Midjourney video magic, Bondi blue, visionOS persona improvements, the Nex Playground and a whole lot more.

e517 with Michael, Michael and Andy - stories about #Atarino #microcomputing, #AI through movie and television metaphor, #AR #running, #screens and #zombies, #SkyrimGrandma and a whole lot more.

e516 with Michael and Michael - #AI #prompts, #browsers, #ModelCollapse & #automation along with a teeny tiny #PicoMacNano and so much more.

e515 with Andy, Michael and Michael - #Fortnight #DarthVader #NPC, #IO, both from #Google and #OpenAI, #AIHardware, #VisionPro use case, #infrared #ContactLenses, #CarPlayUltra, #Microsoft #GamePass & more

e514 with Michael R and Andy - generative #ads & #LEGO, #AstonMartin x Apple #CarPlayUltra, new #VisionPro #UX, an #InternetRoadtrip, #LeroyJenkins and so much more.

e513 with Michael and Michael - #Clippy + #LLMs, #SocialAI, new old #cars, first person video, #Duck, #Pong & other games, #DigitalTwin, #metaverse and so much more.

e512 with Andy and Michael M on #EInk #monitors, #Agent run companies & towns, winning arguments with #AIAssistants, #pixellating reality and a whole lot more!

e510 with Michael, Andy and Michael - #VibeCoding with the #VisionPro, #eInk, #ePaper, multi and single player #MMORPGs, #Minecraft #London and much more.

e510 with Andy, Michael and Michael - #AI stories ranging from #privacy, #dolphin communication, #OpenSource models for #robots, #GameTransferPhenomenon and much more.

e509 with Michael and Michael - stories and discussion all around #AI, #LLMs, #llamas, generated #Quake, #grokking, #generalization and much more.

e508 with Michael, Andy and Michael - stories and discussion on AI Conversational Swarm Intelligence, the Pokétax game, numerous Nintendo stories and much more.

e507 with Michael, Andy and Michael - stories and discussion on AIs training humans, non-serindipious searching, doomed VR gaming, playlist portability and much more.

e506 with Andy and Michael M - stories and discussion on the attention economy, focus, pirated data used in training LLMs, snarky software and much more.

e505 with Michael and Michael - stories and discussion on AI technical & security challenges, a Metallica augmented concert, Dungeons & Dragons and much more.

e504 with Andy, Michael and Michael - stories and discussion on #vibecoding #AI, #biocomputing, #philosophy, #Digg, #MWC25, #LaserRot and much more.

e503 with Andy, Michael and Michael - stories and discussion on the #DeadInternet, #AI, #recipes, #crowdsourcing #VR, #VirtualWorldsMuseum, #watches such as the #Pixel3, #CasioRingWatch and much more.

e502 with Michael and Michael - stories and discussion on #AI for #career recommendations, game generation, enabled devices such as the #Humane #AIPin and #RabbitR1 and #Agents, as well as #Kindle #eBook #DRM while Andy is in transit to #RubyJam.

e501 with Michael R and Andy - all about outsourcing intelligence to #AI, protecting your #data after #death, #AR #glasses, #Diablo & #Civ game ports, #backdoors and more!

Congratulations to us on hitting the big 5-0-0! The hosts reminisce about past gems and dive into current tech tidbits, from #AI wonders, to #gaming with Mario in (Unreal) 3D.

e499 with Michael and Michael - all about #AI with #DeepSeek, #coldstart, #hallucinations, #BerlinWall, #AttentionEconomy, #IntentionEconomy and a whole lot more!

e498 with Michael, Andy and Michael on #maps, #weather, #games, #gamification, #robots, #LanguageLocalization, #LEGO and a whole lot more!

e497 with Michael, Michael and Andy on #CES2025, #robots, #socks, #AI, #TalkingMoose, #ZaphodBeeblebrox, #LanguageLocalization, #LEGO and a whole lot more!

Andy and Michael discuss the FOSDEM 2025 conference and the open-sourcing of the Moxie toy server. They also explore the use of Clams for water monitoring, Minecraft worlds generated from Open Street Map data, and VR glasses for mice.

e495 with Michael and Michael on personal #planetariums, digital #doppelgängers, #agentic #AI acceleration, and a whole lot more!

e493 with Michael, Michael and Andy on #digital #storage for a century, #AI #datasets, videos & new #Oreo flavors, #hacking digital license plates and #robots, and a whole lot more!

e493 with Andy, Michael & Michael — all things #VR, from #AndroidXR & Project #Moohan to #GorillaTag to the #NFL #Funday crossovers with the #Simpsons and a whole lot more!

e492 with Michael & Michael — #holiday desktop #decorations, #AR, #ImmersiveVideo in sports, user experience and interaction and a whole lot more!

e491 with Michael, Andy & Michael — #AI training data from authors & #Foursquare #OpenSourcePlaces, #SamStones, #VR experiences from #Lapz, #MSFlightSimulator, #GOG like #Elite & #StarWarsTheOldRepublic and a whole lot more!

Photo by Gerald Hartl on Unsplash Published 18 November 2024 e490 with Michael & Michael — #AI, #AR, #VR, #RR (that's #RealReality) and a whole lot more! Michael and Michael start off the show with a discussion on how O2 is employing AI to waste phone scammers time.  Check out the video in the show notes below for how dAIsy, the AI grandma works.  After a quick discussion on Oasis, an AI generated game, the co-hosts then turn to an interview with professor Greg Benson on the future of coding now that natural language processing (NLP) and large language models can interpret user prompts and generate the code required to fulfill the stated need.  Both Michael and Michael agree that there is high value in understanding the underpinnings of coding even where NLP can be a tremendous accelerator, much in the same way that writing algebraic proofs deepen the understanding of algorithms.   Switching to mixed reality, Michael and Michael touch on the subject of watching movies and TV shows together, prompted by the YouTube feature on Quest.  Michael R expands with another article about the Vision Pro music experience from The Weekend, and shares how intimate the experiences can be when the singer is performing directly for you, up close and personal.  Next up, is a story about “Metaversities” in EU and UK schools that remind the cohosts of the Second Life experiences of a video screen in SL.  This spurs Michael M to share what he learned at a recent UNCSA.edu School of Design and Production lunch.  The ;TLDR is that Gen Z (among others) are craving authentic and real experiences not through a lens or a screen.  Following the trend of *R, Michael calls this Real Reality, and in the context of the global entertainment market, this means live performances, such as the crane dance show in Sentosa, Singapore (see video below).  This reminds Michael R of an interview he saw with Robert D Putnam, focused on the importance of building community and engagement as explained in his book Bowling Alone.  The pair then turns to the Verge and Engadget stories discussing Amazon's codename “Amelia” plans to build upon the Echo Frames platform to create augmented reality experiences that can shave seconds off of Amazon delivery drivers' work.  Wrapping up the episode, Michael R gives a quick overview of Tetris Forever and movie professor and adventurer Indiana Jones' latest gameplay. Would you want to ask dAIsy, the AI grandmother call your telemarketers?  What Real Reality (RR) experiences are you craving?  Have your bots

Hard rockin' #GenAI rendition of #CURL, creative #architecture, animation, #avatars and #StarWars inspired #album art and a whole lot more!

e488 with Andy & Michael M — video game #emulation, #AI chat with gardens & articles, watch-based #translation, an #OregonTrail movie and a whole lot more!

This week Andy, Michael, and Michael have a location based show, with discussion on FourSquare, data Privacy, and fast moving robots. #security #privacy #locationBasedServices #disney #foursquare #3dprinting #firstAmendment #amazon

AI engagement etiquette, OpenAI's GPT Store, invisible unicode prompt injection, disappearing Chief Metaverse Officers, digital twin worlds & a whole lot more!

e485 with Michael and Michael — flow, focus & distraction, waking up with Nintendo's Alarmo, Wartke & Fischer's song about Barbara, her rhubarb bar and the barbarians, the disappearing .io domain suffix and a whole lot more!

e484 with Andy, Michael and Michael — social and interpersonal evolution from technology advancements, data ownership, North Carolina and global supply chain impacts from hurricane Helene and a whole lot more!

e483 with Andy, Michael and Michael — framing the evolution of computing and work with a social and human lens. Featuring Meta's Orion and Quest 3S, user experiences with kiosks, iPhone repairability and a whole lot more!

Games at Work podcast e482 with Michael and Michael — visionOS updates, AirPods Pro as hearing aids with social implications, satellites, Doom in a keycap, a kinetic coffee table and a whole lot more!

E481 with Michael and Michael — active listening for targeted advertising, mixed reality color matching, Dungeons & Dragons therapeutics and a whole lot more!

AI powered streaming fake songs, new GenAI text to video, a mycelia motivated robot, Nike+LEGO and a whole lot more!

Andy and Michael dive into advertising, AI, and gaming. They talk about CMG's creepy ad tactics, disabling smart TV tracking, Midjourney's new hardware, and the misuse of AI in music. They wrap up with the latest on Star Wars games, D&D, and VR gaming.

e478 with Michael, Michael and Andy, AI, chatting with novels, symbolism, digital voice replicas on Narrativ.ai and games such as Tramsterdam, #CollageAtlas, #CivVII and much more!

e477 with Michael, Andy and Michael, with quantum mechanics and football offsides calls, compensating creators for GenAI results via ProRata.ai, DoJ findings on Google, Diablo on the web and much more!

e476 with Andy, Michael and Michael, focusing on the reports of Humane AI pin returns, nursing & surgical simulations, Andy's viral blog post, NotchNook, SuperDrive, and even recommend other podcasts not called Games At Work!

e475 with Andy, Michael R and Michael M, focusing on telepresence, neurotechnology, brainwave control, exoskeletons, AI, friend.com, a forever mouse and a whole lot more!

e474 with Andy and Michael R, focusing on robot dogs, hummingbirds with backpacks, drones that could fly indefinitely, swimming with linear algebra and a whole lot more!

E473 with Andy and Michael R, focusing on The Sphere in fabulous Las Vegas, AI, OpenELM, OpenSCAD, cable management, floppy disks, and a whole lot more!

e472 with Andy and Michael R, focusing on Generative Reality, gamification of automotive safety, AI algorithmic price segmentation, drones vs fireworks, the future of Futurama and more!

AI, exoskeleton innovations, ghost jobs, remarkably efficient solar power. The future's so bright, we have to wear Ray Ban Meta shades.

AI threads through a set of old and new games that span text based adventures from Infocom's HHG2G to recent examples like Milton is Trapped, along with a conversation on FinalSpark's Neuroplatform for biocomputing.

Michael R. takes time to give a detailed look at what he learned at this year's WWDC 2024.

Want to be part of an immersive Marvel story? Play Asteroids on a mountainside? Work in a virtual Roblox Ikea store? Well, two snaps up, it's your lucky day! These and other stories are in e468.