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I did an interview with Norm Chan at Meta Connect about the Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses and Meta Neural Band. Be sure to watch Chan's full 58-minute Tested.com report including an interview with Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth as his hands-on impressions of the biggest announcement at Meta Connect 2025. You can also see more context in the rough transcript below. This kicks off my Meta Connect 2025 coverage, and I'll be including about a dozen interviews that I did on site that will also be unpacking different news and reactions to Meta's emphasis of AI-driven wearables, and what's happening within the broader XR industry and VR gaming ecosystem. Here's links to all of the interviews that are a part of my Meta Connect 2025 coverage: #1652: Kick-off of Meta Connect Coverage with Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Insights from Norm Chan #1653: XR Analyst Anshel Sag on Meta's AI Glasses Strategy #1654: CNET's Scott Stein's Reflections on Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Implications #1655: Meta Horizon Studio News and Virtual Fashion with Paige Dansinger #1656: Kiira Benz Part 1: "Runnin'" Large-Scale Volumetric Music Video (2019) #1657: Kiira Benz Part 2: "Finding Pandora X" Bringing Immersive Theatre to VRChat (2020) #1658: Kiira Benz Part 3: Immersive Storytelling Career Retrospective (2025) #1659: VR Gaming Career Retrospective of Chicken Waffle's Finn Staber #1660: Enabling JavaScript-Based Native App XR Pipelines with NativeScript, React Native, and Node API with Matt Hargett #1661: State of VR Gaming with Jasmine Uniza's Impact Realities and Flat2VR Studios #1662: Meta Connect Highlights & Meta Horizon News with JDun and JoyReign #1663: ShapesXR Updates & Neural Band Design Implications of Transforming Your Hand into a Mouse #1664: Resolution Games CEO on Apple Vision Pro Launch + Gaze & Pinch HCI Mechanic in Game Room (2024) #1665: Resolution Games' "Battlemarked" Blends Mixed Reality Social Features with Demeo and D&D Gameplay #1666: VRChat CEO Graham Gaylor on Exploring Various UGC Monetization Strategies This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I did an interview with Kiira Benz and Joanna Popper during my remote coverage of Venice Immersive 2020, where her Finding Pandora X project won the Best VR Immersive User Experience award. This is a second in a trilogy of interviews with Benz, and you can check out our conversation about Runnin' and our latest interview conducted at Meta Connect 2025 where we do a bit of career retrospective of her journey into the realm of immersive storytelling. In this conversation, we talk about her immersive theatre production called Finding Pandora X, which she brought into VRChat during the pandemic. Be sure to check out her "The Making of Finding Pandora X Documentary - Virtual Theater" to get even more details on it. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I did an interview with VRChat co-founder and CEO Graham Gaylor at Meta Connect 2025 where we talk about the various different monetization strategies that VRChat has been exploring with their user-generated content platform. VRChat announced layoffs for 30% of their employees back on June 12, 2024, and so this is the first time I've had a chance to interview any of the VRChat executives since then. I used to have a pretty consistent streak of interviewing either VRChat leaders or employees at various VR conferences running from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, but after the pandemic they were not giving as many public interviews. I did however recently cover the VRChat Avatar Marketplace as well as a conversation with VRChat's new Trust and Safety lead Jun Young Ro about his plans to overhaul and modernize VRChat's Trust and Safety processes, especially as users like Harry X were pointing out some gaps in their moderation processes. I had a chance to chat with Gaylor about some of the early decisions in VRChat for making custom avatars easily uploadable since version 0.3.5 on March 16, 2014 when co-founder Jesse Joudrey made his first public contributions to the project. Joudrey elaborated on his vision of what he considered to be "one of the corner stones of virtual reality and any cyberpunk offshoot... Customization. I don't want any limit on who or what I can be in virtual reality." I had dug up these dates and posts in the write up for episode #1408 where I went down a deep rabbit hole of tracing down some of the origin story for VRChat. Gaylor had actually passed along some early emails and documentation of the early days of VRChat for that write-up. The decision to make avatars completely customizable has been part of the magic and success of VRChat. But centralized and controlled identity has traditionally been one of the core pathways for monetization. In a conversation with VRChat community members after the June 2024 layoffs, qDot told me, "You cannot put the asset genie back in the bottle for VRChat. They can't just come up with an asset system that works this sort of centrally-regulated way now. Everyone is used to throwing these assets around, selling them on Gumroad, selling them on Booth." So I had a chance to talk with Gaylor about his paradox of customizable identity being both the secret sauce of VRChat, but also the clearest traditional path for monetization. You can see more context in the rough transcript below. This also happens to wrap up my coverage of Meta Connect 2025, and here's a recap of the different stories and coverage if you'd like to dig into more details of other things that were announced this year. #1652: Kick-off of Meta Connect Coverage with Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Insights from Norm Chan #1653: XR Analyst Anshel Sag on Meta's AI Glasses Strategy #1654: CNET's Scott Stein's Reflections on Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses Implications #1655: Meta Horizon Studio News and Virtual Fashion with Paige Dansinger #1656: Kiira Benz Part 1: "Runnin'" Large-Scale Volumetric Music Video (2019) #1657: Kiira Benz Part 2: "Finding Pandora X" Bringing Immersive Theatre to VRChat (2020) #1658: Kiira Benz Part 3: Immersive Storytelling Career Retrospective (2025) #1659: VR Gaming Career Retrospective of Chicken Waffle's Finn Staber #1660: Enabling JavaScript-Based Native App XR Pipelines with NativeScript, React Native, and Node API with Matt Hargett #1661: State of VR Gaming with Jasmine Uniza's Impact Realities and Flat2VR Studios #1662: Meta Connect Highlights & Meta Horizon News with JDun and JoyReign #1663: ShapesXR Updates & Neural Band Design Implications of Transforming Your Hand into a Mouse #1664: Resolution Games CEO on Apple Vision Pro Launch + Gaze & Pinch HCI Mechanic in Game Room (2024) #1665: Resolution Games' "Battlemarked" Blends Mixed Reality Social Features with Demeo and D&D Gameplay

Cette semaine, Cécile Bastide, pour Dans les Airs, reçoit Léa Lanthier-Lapierre, responsable de la médiation et des communications de la Galerie de l'UQAM, et l'artiste et gamer Jules Mayrand, finissant à la maîtrise en art visuel et médiatique. L'entretien se concentre sur l'exposition de Jules Mayrand, GLHF – GG no RE*, qui explore les mondes virtuels et les jeux vidéo, questionnant leurs dimensions politiques, sociales et esthétiques. Au programme : installation immersive post-apocalyptique et des portraits intimes d'avatars rencontrés dans VR Chat. Comme Jules Mayrand l'affirme : « tout jeu vidéo est politique » et « tout gamer est politique ». Léa Lanthier-Lapierre pense la galerie comme un lieu universitaire dédié à l'art contemporain et à la recherche, soutenant des pratiques interdisciplinaires et accueillant artistes professionnels et étudiants. L'émission évoque également l'exposition Éloges de l'image manquante, dans le cadre de Momenta. Enfin, Jules présente son collectif Post-Place Publique, qui offre des opportunités d'exposition aux artistes émergents hors des cadres institutionnels. Détails pratiques : GLHF – GG no RE*, j'espère que tu vas bien de Jules Mayrand & Éloges de l'image manquante dans le cadre de Momenta avec Raphaël Barontini, Gabrielle Goliath, et Caroline Mauxion – visible jusqu'au 25 octobre 2025

Welcome back to the JacktheDeanHammer Podcast today we did things a little differently and took you into vrchat for the day! Obviously I had my Co-Host DeathCoach on with me this time but in person!! Had some conversations with some great guests and hope you have a great day!!!

[2.5+ HOUR LONG SHOW! JOIN THE PIZZA FUND! $12 level. https://podawful.com/posts/2591] Mersh thinks Aaron Imholte is a "danger to women." He thought Patrick Melton was a "danger to children" until Melton started paying Mersh. He was so jealous of Dr. Disrespect getting a giant Rumble contract that he started LARPing as him in VRCHat with kids, and changed his Twitter name to "GooningOnRumble." Well, it turns out, Mersh has been GOONING ON TUMBLR, and it's become apparent he is a "DANGER TO TEEN GIRLS." The Wayback Machine and a Tumblr data leak proves it, Mersh's old Tumblr account used to be his goon cave for checking out jailbait. COME GET 'EM BOYS! PLUS: Jesse met childslop entertainer BLIPPI back when he was known as Steezy Grossman, and podawful has HIJACKED Mersh's Supertips, causing Mersh to melt down LIVE. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/live/oLMhmtvP9Gg Buy A Shirt: http://awful.tech/ PODAWFUL is an anti-podcast hosted by Jesse P-S

[2.5+ HOUR LONG SHOW! JOIN THE PIZZA FUND! $12 level. https://podawful.com/posts/2591] Mersh thinks Aaron Imholte is a "danger to women." He thought Patrick Melton was a "danger to children" until Melton started paying Mersh. He was so jealous of Dr. Disrespect getting a giant Rumble contract that he started LARPing as him in VRCHat with kids, and changed his Twitter name to "GooningOnRumble." Well, it turns out, Mersh has been GOONING ON TUMBLR, and it's become apparent he is a "DANGER TO TEEN GIRLS." The Wayback Machine and a Tumblr data leak proves it, Mersh's old Tumblr account used to be his goon cave for checking out jailbait. COME GET 'EM BOYS! PLUS: Jesse met childslop entertainer BLIPPI back when he was known as Steezy Grossman, and podawful has HIJACKED Mersh's Supertips, causing Mersh to melt down LIVE. VIDEO: https://youtube.com/live/oLMhmtvP9Gg Buy A Shirt: http://awful.tech/ PODAWFUL is an anti-podcast hosted by Jesse P-S

I spoke with hexe.exe, T_Braun, Shadowwulf82, RingSystem, Casperillion, Venixia, LadybugVR, & Starheart about Cathedral of Witches as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Venice Immersive curators Liz Rosenthal & Michel Reilhac about sneak peak of their 2025 selection, which is their largest selection yet. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's an Venice Immersive Program Cheat Sheet by Voices of VR podcast (PDF), which has an overview of the four categories of immersive experiences ordered by longest booking times to shortest (amount of time required for scheduling purposes) as well as the actual runtime, the number of people who can see it per slot, and then the number of people who can see it per day. This should hopefully help for your scheduling process. I typically book experiences to roughly corresponding to hours. The Biennale scheduling website will open up on Thursday, August 21st, and it will not let you double book yourself. So I personally find it easier to book the longer experiences first, and then fill out my schedule with shorter experiences, and then experiences that generally have higher capacity. Note that Ancestors (capacity of 48 people), and L'Ombre (capacity of 50 people), and each of the VRChat sessions only have one booking time per day, and so these are also worth prioritizing if you want to see them and they should have lots of capacity throughout the week. The One the Other Earth may be one of the more logistically difficult experiences to see as you'll need to make a trek up to the main Venice island. I'd recommend trying to keep your schedule clear for at least an hour before and afterwards. Here's a Venice Immersive Schedule Helper that I put together to help navigate the schedule. Here's a placeholder for my other coverage of Venice Immersive 2025 to be updated after the festival. Venice Airport to Lido Island The best way to get to Lido from the Venice airport is either via the Red or Blue Line of the Alilaguna Public Transport water taxi, which you can get tickets either after you come out of customs or you can go to the water taxi dock at the Venice airport, and there's a booth there.  Picking up badge at Palazzo del Casinò I usually pick up my badge at the bottom of the Palazzo del Casinò, which is at Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi, 1861, 30126 Lido VE, Italy Venezia 2000 to the VR Island (Lazzaretto Vecchio) The best way to get to the VR Island of Lazzaretto Vecchio from the docks is the bus. The buses leave every 15-20 minutes, and it's a 3 minute ride, and another 5 minute walk to the island. Here is a link to the bus route and the addresses. I believe it is either the A, N, or C or CE routes. I believe the bus stop names are S.Maria Elisabetta and then I get off at the Gallo Sant'Antonio stop. The address of the VR island is Isola del Lazzaretto Vecchio, Lazzaretto Vecchio, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy There is a water taxi that you can find the pick-up spot by looking at the google map and get directions there. It takes 1 minute of a ride, but there is only one taxi that can be a 10-15 minute wait depending on how busy it is. Also be sure to check out XR Must's interview with Liz and Michel, which I found a lot of helpful info in. Some of the artist statement videos are starting to get posted onto the BiennaleChannel YouTube page. Here's a list Best of Experiences and Best of Worlds from VRChat that are already available if you'd like to get a head start on this year's program. Already Released - BEST OF EXPERIENCES The Midnight Walk Ghost Town One True Path, Part 1 Wall Town Wonders D-Day: The Camera Soldier - Apple Vision Pro Submerged - Apple Vision Pro Adventure: Ice Dive - Apple Vision Pro Already Released - BEST OF WORLDS - VRChat links included vent. by Premium² What is Virtual Art – Volume 1 by Jessien FLASHING WARNING by xlxxl Flat Earth by Niko Lang Neuron by Juice… Powdergame by Pema Malling [NOT REPLAYABLE YET] FZMZ Pointzero by ReeeznD [VR_SMEJ] よるとうげ -Yorutouge- by mikkabouzu / Kikuo [VR_SMEJ]

I spoke with TrainingFangs & TehArbitter about Raindance Immersive Closing Night music and VR performance (now available as a replayable event in the Moon Pool VRChat World) as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. (Photo by Kaerun). See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's a recap of my Raindance Immersive 2025 & VRChat coverage: #1566: Raindance Immersive Curators on the 2025 Selection of Immersive Art on Social VR Platforms [VRChat Story] - #1634: User Claims Potential Gaps in VRChat's Moderation of NSFW Avatars [VRChat Story] - #1635: VRChat's Avatar Marketplace is Targeting Demographic of New Users [VRChat Story] - #1636: Planned Improvements of VRChat's Trust & Safety from New Lead Jun Young Ro #1637: VRChat Doc "The Architect Across Realities" Features MR Design Innovations in Japan #1638: Virtual Photographer Kaerun's Japanese Friendships Featured in Documentary at Raindance #1639: Playing Live Jazz in VRChat with EMN Records enabled by Yamaha SYNCROOM in Japan #1640: "Tonevok" features Real-Time Audioreactive MIDI Visualizations in VRChat #1641: "Siholette of Memories" Cinematic VR Concert Experience Features Live Choreography #1642: "Cathedral of Witches" Performance Explores Trans & Queer Spirituality in VRChat #1643: Studio Penrose's "Our Precious Autumn" Short Film Shot in VRChat Wins Raindance Award #1644: Julianna Loh on Creating Immersive Art in VR and AR #1645: "Hommage" Adventure Inspired by Moebius' Art Collaboratively Built in Resonite #1646: "The Continuous Present" Combines Poetry, Music, & Giant Immersive Sculptures to Win Raindance Immersive's Best Art Experience #1647: Virtual Art Exhibition Innovations in Jessien's "What is Virtual Art?" VRChat World #1648: Vast Hand-Painted "Natura's Queendom" Wins Raindance Immersive's Best Art World #1649: Fangs & Arbi Close Out Raindance with a Breathtaking Music and VJ Show at the Moon Pool This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Jessien about his Virtual Museum of Virtual Art as well as his latest What is Virtual Art? VRChat World exhibition as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. We also talk about his previous Raindance award-winning world Thickness Of Calligraphy. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOZhfAMORw This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Khang Lu, Quinn Heptig, & Eliza Zhang about their short film shot in VRChat called Our Precious Autumn as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxrbWg5vYdk This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with VoxelKei and R_Tone with RIKU_VR as the Japanese translator about Tonevok: Sonic Sky Journey as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aS7eZWK6oI This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Alpaka, Emnyeca, Sheena_baobab, & tktk about playing live jazz in VRChat in Blue Rondo: Stratus as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. You can join the EMN Records VRChat Group if you'd like to check out one of their shows. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IjGhiINz5A This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Jiyue Human about VRChat Doc The Architect Across Realities as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Jun Young Ro about planned improvements of VRChat's Trust & Safety processes. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Kaki Navarre & Aev about the launch of VRChat's Avatar Marketplace. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I spoke with Harry X about potential gaps in VRChat's moderation of NSFW avatars that he details in a series of articles here: The Dark Reality of VRChat: How Public Sexual Avatars Are Slipping Through the Cracks (2025, April 29) VRChat's Dangerous Oversight: A Breeding Ground for Public NSFW Avatars (2025, May 4) VRChat's Complete Failure in Avatar Moderation – Over 300 TOS-Violating Avatars Reported, Zero Action Taken (2025, May 10) I did have a chance to follow up with VRChat's new trust and safety lead in a subsequent interview to go into more details for how VRChat is responding to these potential gaps. You can see more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

A caller debates the ethics of her VRChat sugar daddy situation, a caller tries to handle getting bullied at work, and a final caller talks about their lifestyle out in rural Oregon as a 22 year old with a baby on the way. It is time to make out with Harold Ramis. I am a gecko. GET BONUS EPISODES: therapygecko.supercast.com FOLLOW ME ON GECKOGRAM: instagram.com/lyle4ever GET WEIRD EMAILS FROM ME SOMETIMES BY CLICKING HERE.Follow me on Twitch to get a notification for when I’m live taking calls. Usually Mondays and Wednesdays but a lot of other times too. twitch.tv/lyleforeverSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mitzi & I sit down to discuss her recent trip to the hospital, playing the new Oblivion Remaster, crazy news, & more

On this TechMagic episode, hosts Cathy Hackl and Lee Kebler unpack the complex relationship between humans and AI, from Cathy's immersive week dating four AI boyfriends to growing concerns around AI-generated content. Cathy dives into the strange world of vibe coding and discovers anyone can gamify the pitfalls of the dating scene. The discussion spans Meta's new smart eyewear partnerships with Oakley and Prada, VRChat's innovative brand integration with Sawhorse Studios, and alarming developments in military AI contracts. With Adam Davis McGee joining the conversation, the trio also shares insider highlights from AWE (Augmented World Expo). Together, they explore how AI is reshaping creativity, jobs, and relationships, while emphasizing the importance of preserving human connection and authenticity in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.Come for the Tech, stay for the Magic!Cathy Hackl on LinkedInSpatial Dynamics on LinkedInLee Kebler on LinkedInAdam Davis-McGee on LinkedInKey Discussion Topics:00:00 Welcome to Tech Magic with Cathy Hackl and Lee Kebler02:48 Dating AI: Inside the Experiment with Four Virtual Boyfriends08:24 The Limitations of Perfect: When AI Gets Too Performative17:22 Digital Dopamine: The Psychology of AI Relationships23:48 Tech Meets Military: The Rise of AI Defense Contracts31:10 AI Content Saturation and the Return to Human Connection39:22 Doubling Down on Human Skills in an AI World45:13 Meta's Smart Glasses and VRChat's Brand Evolution52:04 Nostalgia Goes Virtual: Classic 3D Experiences in VR56:45 Final Thoughts: Finding Balance Between Tech and Human Connection Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our 42nd episode brings you voices from the AWE EXPO HALL. We catch up with our friends at Cognitive3D - Build Better XR Experiences with 3D Spatial AnalyticsVR Chat Avatar Marketplace - The First Avatar Marketplace Inside VRChatConvai -  Conversational AI CharactersFS Studio - We create Synthetic Data sets to power your AI, Digital Twins, 3D Real-time Simulations, and all things Enterprise XR.Akuret - Give your stores an unrivaled superpower to find and fix costly lost sales opportunities with our proven AI detection system.SneakAR - Step into the future of footware.The Virtual World Museum - Archiving the history of virtual worlds.Caitlin Krause, Mindwise - Empowering Meaningful Connection, wonder and wellbeing in a tech-driven world.Zero to Start is now on YouTube! Subscribe to us there and your favorite podcast platform. Follow our podcast page on LinkedIn!FEATURED LINKS:AWE 2026 Super Early Bird TicketsThe Shoes of AWE 2025Our AWE playlist !Build for SpectaclesXREAL One Pro - early bird pricing until June 30th Jenna Villa, MetaGal - LinkedInJohn A. Cunningham, President, Virtualware - LinkedInXR GuildCONNECT WITH SICILIANA:LinkedInsicilianatrevino.com

Can our machine learn a million cigarettes in an hour so it can make images all yellow like Coldplay or would it give you AI Derangement Syndrome? 我们的机器能否在一小时内学习一百万支香烟，以便它可以像酷玩乐队一样将图像变成全黄色，还是会让你患上人工智能错乱综合症？ Chapo is using materials from MadeInChina.com to open a private prison that doubles as homemade deadspin. Use promo code WFYM https://deshunyuan.en.made-in-china.com/product/FmCURxQlRYpg/China-Filtration-Reducer-for-Oil-Base-Mud-and-Drilling-Fluid.html   https://www.patreon.com/c/ChapoFYM

I spoke with Raindance Immersive curators Mária Rakušanová, Joe Hunting, Fangs about the 2025 selection of projects across 8 different categories. Tune in to get all of the latest tips from this year's selection that is mostly happening on social VR platforms including VRChat, Resonite, and Orion Drift. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Listen to 115 The Future Now Show Podcast It appears, for us at least, that there is a resurgence of activity in the Virtual Reality space, specifically regarding the use of an app called, “VR Chat.”  An excellent place to connect with others and have ‘chats,’ it’s also a fine app for creating virtual worlds that can be visited and shared.  Armed with an invite from VR pioneer Greg Panos, we were in worlds for many hours this week, as part of a meetup of the “XR Explorer’s Club,” where we explored a couple of worlds together, as a group! We share our thoughts on this adventure this week.  Sun, aka Mrs. Future, then gives us a report on her online  with Adam Apollo, a futurist, speaker, and teacher who is involved in consciousness exploration, advanced technology, and the evolution of human potential.  The biggest deal this week was the Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, from which we feature some excerpts of keynote speakers, like Ross Ulbricht, founder of the controversial Silk Road service, recently out of prison.  We also have a clip of Michael Saylor, billionaire executive and big Bitcoin advocate.  Bobby and Sun share their bitcoin efforts, which you may find very helpful.   And this week with end with a report from AI’s Larry and Mary on new research on astrocytes in the function of the human brain. Enjoy!

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How can we create XR experiences with purpose and why does it matter? Last week's MeaningfulXR conference at UC Davis and in VRChat brought together a dynamic XR community from across the globe to explore the answers and featured some of the latest academic research using XR across disciplines including education, psychology, design, AI, health and wellness, tracking data and more. On this special episode, I'm sharing the audio recording of our MeaningfulXR panel, Creating platforms and apps to better people's lives Led by Carsten Becker, Faculty, Media Design and Extended Reality USC Iovine & Young Academy and featuring Avi Bar-Zeev, XR Pioneer, founder and president of the XR Guild. I highlight some of the exciting projects I saw on Day One of the conference and Carsten shares his industry insights, the importance of ethics and purpose driven XR, as well as how to overcome building and investment challenges for new XR students and builders. We also hear from Carsten's Neely Center student mentees who are designing purpose driven XR for social impact.  Special thanks to Robby Ratan and the MeaningfulXR team!Thanks for listening!  Subscribe to Zero to Start on your favorite podcast platform... Follow our podcast page on LinkedIn!FEATURED CONFERENCE PROJECTS/CREATORS:Reimagining Land Acknowledgment: Co-Designing Location-Based AR with Indigenous Communities - Kai Lukoff, Sean Hauze, Madison Nguyen, Isabella 'Amne GomezCN Vision: A Novel AR Tool for Enhanced SLP Neuroanatomy Learning - Maura Philippone, Jesse SandersonImmersive Religion: Enhancing Religious Literacy through Extended Reality -John SoboslaiNavigating Ethics in Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Design for Dyslexia Interventions - Aurelia O'NeilFEATURED LINKS:MeaningfulXR ConferenceNeely Purpose Driven XR LibraryNeely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision MakingXR GuildXR Guild LibraryVIDEO Lightning talk: A Deep Dive into Eye-tracking in XR with Avi Bar-Zeev - Stanford Cyber Policy CenterCONNECT WITH SICILIANA:LinkedInsicilianatrevino.com

Tonight on GeekNights, we review two Spiel des Jahres 2025 nominees — Flip 7 and Krakel Orakel — plus Context, a game that's harder the smarter you are. In the news, Rym has been diving deep into VRchat's true value, Shadow Labyrinth's mazes are revealed, Capcom Fighting Collection 2 dropped roll cancels from Capcom vs SNK 2, and Apple bought the creators of Sneaky Sasquatch.Related LinksForum ThreadFlip 7, Krakel Orakel, and ContextDiscord ChatFlip 7, Krakel Orakel, and ContextBluesky PostFlip 7, Krakel Orakel, and ContextThings of the DayRym - Climbers Really Out Here Grabbing Glass NowScott - Six Degrees of Ryu

Today's bite-sized episode is a quick shout out to the Meaningful XR conference  happening Thursday May 22nd and Friday May 23rd at the UC Davis International Center and virtually in VRChat.On Friday at 12:30pm  I'll be joining the panel, Creating platforms and apps to better people's lives Led by Carsten Becker Faculty, Media Design and Extended Reality at USC Iovine & Young Academy Featuring Guljaha Shaik Neely Fellow 2024-25 and recent MBA graduate from the USC Marshall School of BusinessAnd friend of the podcast Avi Bar-Zeev XR pioneer, founder and President of The XR Guild, a non-profit that seeks to support and educate professionals in XR on ethics and most positive outcomes for humanity.Thanks for listening! Happy installing... Subscribe to Zero to Start on your favorite podcast platform Follow our podcast page on LinkedIn!FEATURED LINKS:MeaningfulXR ConferenceNeely Purpose Driven XR LibraryNeely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision MakingXR GuildDigital Wellbeing -Caitlin KrauseThinking Fast and Slow - Daniel KahnemanCONNECT WITH SICILIANA:LinkedInsicilianatrevino.com

This week the hosts dive into the Trump's AI tour of the middle east, funding news for Gen-AI companies, and gen-AI in the metaverse (Meta's builder bot is back!), Roblox adds ecommerce, and VRChat an avatar shop where users can sell unique creations, This led to a conversation about the pioneering role of Second Life. Our guest is Ori Inbar, CEO of the upcoming 16th edition of Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA, from June 10 - 12th. He told us the theme of this year show, which features Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, Anduril and Oculus founder Palmer Lucky, and game industry legend Nolan Bushnell. In addition to recording an episode of the AI/XR podcast from the expo stage, there will be special programs like the Gaming Hub and Builder's Nexus. With XR crossing into the mainstream, as evidenced by significant sales of smart glasses and broad participation from industry leaders, the panel emphasizes the collaboration between AI and XR as essential for future advancements. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I talk about my final thoughts on Sanctum 2 and Ed-0: Zombie Uprising, give a little postmortem on my Nintendo video, and talk the new VR Chat webcam support and Copilot for Xbox.Opening Music from Sanctum 2Scar-Lead Salvation WebsiteVRChat Webcam SupportXbox Copilot ProgramSangokushi Taisen WebsiteMillion Arthur GP Usage Announced

HTC has launched Viverse platform that is aiming to become the YouTube of 3D Content. It's a platform that hosts 3D content and worlds built on PlayCanvas as well as many other open source technologies like WebXR, WebGPU, and VRM. It is sort of like a mix between VRChat with social worlds, 3D web crypto-based metaverse worlds, but also with some more enterprise embedding features as well. It's exciting to see this shift towards building out the open and interoperable metaverse, but in the context of this hybrid walled garden context that is built using open web technology stacks. It is also a hybrid in another way in that it is mostly consumer-facing but also has enterprise use cases like privately embedding of 3D content. I interviewed HTC's Andranik Aslanyan about the new VIVERSE platform, how they recruited over a hundred XR and WebXR developers to seed the content, and how VIVERSE fits into their overall strategy. I get some clarifications on the Android XR non-exclusive IP acquisition, and how VIVERSE fits into where HTC will be heading now that we're coming up on 10 years the HTC Vive was announced on March 1, 2014. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

We're honored to have Obsidian Games' Carrie Patel, Game Director for Avowed, return on the eve of their game launch to share our early thoughts and answer our most pressing questions! We're also joined by special guests DansGaming and Gothalion to chat about the recent Playstation State of Play, Skibidi toilet horror stories, ending the debate on Overwatch 2 vs Marvel Rivals and much more! 0:00 - Intro1:50 - Carrie Patel is back!4:15 - Launching games5:50 - Game reviews10:00 - Writing with established lore21:45 - Garrus25:50 - Tips & Tricks28:00 - Build variety33:40 - Level design45:50 - Why the drastic change from Pillars of Eternity to Avowed?48:10 - Will this lead to Pillars of Eternity 3?49:00 - Dodger's questions51:00 - Mod support?58:55 - Our time with Avowed1:05:20 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 21:19:00 - Art Director of Half-Life 2 - Viktor Antanov passed away1:19:50 - Borderlands 41:24:10 - Skibidi Toilet1:27:00 - Saros 1:29:30 - Tides of Annihilation1:31:25 - Lies of P: Overture1:39:25 - Monster Hunter World has sold a lot recently1:46:10 - Overwatch 2 vs Marvel Rivals1:55:40 - Elden Ring Nightreign2:07:00 - Love and Deepspace2:14:00 - Warframe2:19:40 - Destiny 22:22:40 - Civilization VII2:24:10 - VRChat gooning2:32:20 - Goth is making a game2:35:10 - BREAKING: Rainbow Six Siege X2:39:50 - Path of Exile 22:42:20 - No Man's Sky2:44:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're finally blessed with the presence of Dodger this week to chat about how getting old is super weird, another pitch for Tub Grub, being on LSF, League of Legends spreading, Monster Hunting and more! We also get the lowdown on Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, indie darlings, retro games and a very extended look into VRChat. 0:00 - Intro1:00 - The times are changing6:00 - LSF10:00 - Tub grub15:30 - Indie games24:40 - PSN down for 20 hours27:00 - Civilization VII32:00 - Sworn47:10 - GTA6 still on track to release in 202548:00 - Borderlands52:00 - The Switch 54:00 - Avowed58:20 - Battlefield Labs1:09:20 - Monster Hunter Wilds approaching1:17:00 - The League virus1:23:00 - Riot removes F2P features1:34:00 - Kingdom Come Deliverance 21:59:20 - Ender Magnolia2:08:20 - Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?2:10:00 - Pitching Dodger games2:17:10 - Urban Myth Dissolution Center2:23:30 - VRChat2:39:00 - CD-Rom-a-thon2:47:00 - ShoutoutsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  https://podawful.com/posts/2518    MERSH WEEK BEGINS. Mersh's big trip to Vegas was another big bust. And I'm not talking about his tatas. In the run-up to his Las Vegas vacation, the Henchmen raided his VR Chat again, Mersh talked about Nick Rekieta's new gay tattoo, and PODAWFUL gets an endorsement on Nightwave. We aren't just polluting his mind, we are polluting his stream with PODAWFUL. While he begs for rent money, we live rent free inside his bald head. PLUS: Uncivil Law has been eating too much spaghetti, Matt Jarbo tries dunking on Jesse, Aaron Imholte is giving us the run-around again, and Ruphio Pheonix is now an illegal immigrant.   VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/live/Ewuq1S-wakM    Buy A Shirt: http://podawful.shop    PODAWFUL is an anti-podcast hosted by Jesse P-S

  https://podawful.com/posts/2518    MERSH WEEK BEGINS. Mersh's big trip to Vegas was another big bust. And I'm not talking about his tatas. In the run-up to his Las Vegas vacation, the Henchmen raided his VR Chat again, Mersh talked about Nick Rekieta's new gay tattoo, and PODAWFUL gets an endorsement on Nightwave. We aren't just polluting his mind, we are polluting his stream with PODAWFUL. While he begs for rent money, we live rent free inside his bald head. PLUS: Uncivil Law has been eating too much spaghetti, Matt Jarbo tries dunking on Jesse, Aaron Imholte is giving us the run-around again, and Ruphio Pheonix is now an illegal immigrant.   VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/live/Ewuq1S-wakM    Buy A Shirt: http://podawful.shop    PODAWFUL is an anti-podcast hosted by Jesse P-S

*Explicit content* We took our BDSM test and talk our results, different kinks in the bedroom, and how lot of that is in VR Chat! Follow Rose on discord https://discord.gg/4u7URjra6u. Follow Yuki on discord https://discord.gg/tTJugsCt2m Want to follow the podcast on social media? check us out https://linktr.ee/ScreamingChuyShow?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=70bc589f-3f81-4217-b0b6-07d80a7abe7a Check out our sponsor DUBBY energy at dubby.gg. For 10% off use promo code SCREAMINGCHUYSH at check out!

Chandra Janakiraman is the chief product officer, executive vice president, and a board member at VRChat. Previously, he was a product leader at Meta, where he led Facebook's social experience interfaces and Reality Labs' growth; served as CPO at Headspace, where he helped relaunch the platform, driving a 4x subscriber boost; and was a GM at Zynga, delivering massive hit games that reached hundreds of millions. In our conversation, Chandra shares:• His playbook for developing a product strategy• The difference between “small s” and “big S” strategy• How to run strategy sprints• Who should be involved in strategy work• Common pitfalls in strategy development• The role of AI in future strategy development• More—Brought to you by:• Eppo—Run reliable, impactful experiments• Airtable ProductCentral—Launch to new heights with a unified system for product development• OneSchema—Import CSV data 10x faster—Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/an-operators-guide-to-product-strategy-chandra-janakiraman—Where to find Chandra Janakiraman:• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chandramohanj/—Where to find Lenny:• Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com• X: https://twitter.com/lennysan• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/—In this episode, we cover:(00:00) Chandra's background(04:47) The importance of strategy(12:40) Defining product strategy(15:42) Developing a winning strategy: an overview(18:51) The preparation phase(30:46) The strategy sprint process(45:51) The design sprint (51:19) Document writing(57:39) Rolling out your strategy(01:01:28) Resourcing and roadmapping(01:04:42) Strategy lessons from Zynga(01:11:34) Strategy lessons from Meta(01:15:55) Big S strategy(01:26:58) AI in strategy formulation(01:38:12) Final thoughts and lightning round—Referenced:• Headspace: https://www.headspace.com/• Good Strategy, Bad Strategy | Richard Rumelt: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/good-strategy-bad-strategy-richard• 5 essential questions to craft a winning strategy | Roger Martin (author, advisor, speaker): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-strategy-roger-martin• VRChat: https://hello.vrchat.com/• Andrew Chen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmandrewchen/• Template: Working Backwards PR FAQ: https://www.workingbackwards.com/resources/working-backwards-pr-faq• How LinkedIn became interesting: The inside story | Tomer Cohen (CPO at LinkedIn): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-linkedin-became-interesting-tomer-cohen• Making time for what matters | Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (authors of Sprint and Make Time, co-founders of Character Capital): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/making-time-for-what-matters-jake• Identify your bullseye customer in one day | Michael Margolis (UX Research Partner at Google Ventures): https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/finding-your-bullseye-customer-michael-margolis• Chandra's flow chart: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SLmQ0oRFadzJnNM3MJetnLUvB18U4W4GXU4KtJ2ujEQ/edit?tab=t.0• Chandra's strategy template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iNeYUaMnpicvkpVZO-gj9cCxLeHfWN0xtGm_QoxgemE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.5d3jz6v86yrs• Zynga: https://www.zynga.com/• David Foster Wallace's quote about water: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/97082-there-are-these-two-young-fish-swimming-along-and-they• Oculus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oculus• Elon Musk's quote: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wf8TadbGYok• Concept car: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_car• Acquired podcast: The Mark Zuckerberg interview: https://www.acquired.fm/episodes/the-mark-zuckerberg-interview• Armand Ruiz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/armand-ruiz/• What is a multi-armed bandit? Full explanation: https://amplitude.com/explore/experiment/multi-armed-bandit• IF on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/IF-John-Krasinski/dp/B0CW19SCVW• Dune: Part 2 on AppleTV+: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/dune-part-two/umc.cmc.363aycnv6vy9qgekvew6fveb9• Dune Prophecy on Max: https://www.max.com/shows/dune-prophecy-2024/57660b16-a32a-476f-89da-3302ac379e91• Capybara Go on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ph/app/capybara-go/id6596787726• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/• Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview on Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Lost-Interview/dp/B01IJD1BES—Recommended books:• The Art of War: https://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/1599869772• Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors: https://www.amazon.com/Competitive-Strategy-Techniques-Industries-Competitors/dp/0684841487/• Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Strategy-Bad-Difference-Matters/dp/0307886239/• Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works: https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Win-Strategy-Really-Works/dp/142218739X• Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Time-Focus-Matters-Every/dp/0525572422• Sprint: https://www.amazon.com/SPRINT-Jake-Zeratsky-Knapp/dp/0593076117• Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination: https://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Triumph-American-Imagination/dp/0679757473• Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration: https://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Inc-Expanded-Overcoming-Inspiration/dp/0593594649/• The Ten Faces of Innovation: Strategies for Heightening Creativity: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385512074—Production and marketing by https://penname.co/. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com.—Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. Get full access to Lenny's Newsletter at www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe

VR filmmakers Joe Hunting and Max Willson are premiering their short documentary film The Reality of Hope at the Sundance film festival this week (online tickets are still available here from Jan 30 to Feb 2 and it'll also be available later this year on Documentary+). Hunting's previous film We Met in Virtual Reality also premiered at Sundance in 2022 and got picked up by HBO, and he's continuing to document very human stories that are rooted within the context of virtual culture. The Reality of Hope is shot both in VRChat and physical reality as it tells the beautiful and inspiring story of Photographotter traveling across the world to donate a kidney to his friend Hiyu, who he met within the furry community in VR. Hiyu is a world builder and avatar creator who has been a part of the team that has created some truly spectacular worlds as a part of the Furality conference (See the full list of worlds listed down below). Facing kidney failure, Hiyu turned to social media asking for help seeking a donor, which caught Photographotter's attention who then privately reached out. Photographotter documented the ups and downs of his inner journey in a VTuber video blog series, and The Reality of Hope fills in a lot of the gaps for the broader Furality community, the worlds that Hiyu has built, and the nuances of their friendship in hospitals of Stockholm, Sweden as the organ donor process requires a three-month commitment. The Reality of Hope is a beautifully-told story that shows the power of VR to forge deep and meaningful connections that proved to be literally life-saving. VRChat Worlds featured in The Reality of Hope Furality Aqua: The Oceans of Luma by Furality Sylva: Treehouse Village at Night by Furality Luma: Crystal Forest by Furality Sylva: Lahaina Springs by Furality Umbra: Village of Umbra by Furality (video) Furality˸ F․Y․N․N․'s Gym by Furality VR Yoga by Castiel先生 Exoplanet Journey by Niko* Tanuki Tunesǃ - タヌキトゥーンズ by Juno Tanuki Photographotters House V2 - by Photographotter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVMSZ30_FMY This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

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Mersh can't even catch a break in VR Chat. In his wildest fantasies, where he could be anything on Earth or beyond, he instead chooses to be a virtual cat smoking cigarettes and hanging out at McDonald's while being ignored by children. The past two months of Nightwave Radio have been nothing but Mersh fighting with his internet, and "trolling" kids in VR Chat by pretending to be Dr. Disrespect. Then the PODAWFUL Henchmen showed up... Now Mersh is spiraling out harder than ever before, revealing his own address live on air, and revealing maybe the darkest secret a man could ever keep. PLUS: Aaron Imholte covers the Ethan Ralph episode on Steel Toe, and Dick Masterson admits the Juju costume is real. https://podawful.com/posts/2511  Get the 4+ HOUR LONG POD AWFTER SHOW where we send the Henchmen in to DDOS Mersh live, only in the PIZZA FUND: https://podawful.com/posts/2512  VIDEO: https://youtube.com/live/TizGWHRNFFE  Buy A Shirt: http://podawful.shop  PODAWFUL is an anti-podcast hosted by Jesse P-S

Mersh can't even catch a break in VR Chat. In his wildest fantasies, where he could be anything on Earth or beyond, he instead chooses to be a virtual cat smoking cigarettes and hanging out at McDonald's while being ignored by children. The past two months of Nightwave Radio have been nothing but Mersh fighting with his internet, and "trolling" kids in VR Chat by pretending to be Dr. Disrespect. Then the PODAWFUL Henchmen showed up... Now Mersh is spiraling out harder than ever before, revealing his own address live on air, and revealing maybe the darkest secret a man could ever keep. PLUS: Aaron Imholte covers the Ethan Ralph episode on Steel Toe, and Dick Masterson admits the Juju costume is real. https://podawful.com/posts/2511  Get the 4+ HOUR LONG POD AWFTER SHOW where we send the Henchmen in to DDOS Mersh live, only in the PIZZA FUND: https://podawful.com/posts/2512  VIDEO: https://youtube.com/live/TizGWHRNFFE  Buy A Shirt: http://podawful.shop  PODAWFUL is an anti-podcast hosted by Jesse P-S

I interviewed director Queer.Space about Dollhouse for Queer Imaginaries that showed at IDFA DocLab 2024. See the transcript down below for more context on our conversation. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed producer Dan Tucker at IDFA DocLab 2024 about the lessons learned from touring In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats across 20 different venues over the past couple of years. See the transcript down below for more context on our conversation." See more context in the rough transcript below. This is the last episode from my series of interviews from IDFA DocLab 2024. You can see all of the interviews in the list below: #1492: IDFA DocLab Curators Preview 2024 Slate of AI & XR Immersive Documentaries #1493: "About a Hero" IDFA Opening Night Doc Blends Realities, Written by AI Trained on Werner Herzog Corpus #1495: Getting Roasted by Unfiltered "AI & Me" Photobooth Installation #1496: Using GenAI to Recreate Erased Family Photos with "Burn From Absence" 4-Channel Video #1497: Experimental VR Doc "Rapture II: Portal" Blends Hypnotic Audio with Spatial Scan of War-Abandoned Home #1498: Immersive Installation Frames Provocative "Töngö Sondi" Animation on Langauge, Censorship, & Identity #1499: From Interactive Biohacking Lecture to Speakeasy with "Drinking Brecht: An Automated Laboratory Performance" #1500: Sharing Indigenous Knowledge with AR on 360 Video and Embodied Rituals in "Ancestral Secrets VR" #1501: Roaming as Resistance: "Entropic Fields of Displacement" wins DocLab Digital Storytelling Award #1502: Candid Audio Clips Juxtaposed with Poetic GenAI Video in "Sincerely Victor Pike" #1503: "The Liminal" Spatial Audio Installation Blends Audio Doc with Specualtive Arab Futurism #1504: Open World, GenAI Podcast "Drift" Reflects on Climate Change from 500 Years in the Future #1505: Immersive Journalist Features Volumetric Sexual Harrassment Testimonies in "Walking Alone, Text You When I'm Home" #1506: Going on a Virtual Date in "ROAMance" that Generates Novel Encounters with Defamiliarization #1507: From Selfies to Virtual Offspring, "Ancestors" Turns Strangers into Family and Intergenerational Speculative Futures #1508: Virtual Architecture Vibes Part 1: "Limbotopia" VR & Dome at Film Gate Interactive #1509: Virtual Architecture Vibes Part 2: "Limbophobia" VR & Dome at IDFA DocLab #1510: Poetic VR Exploration of Iranian Protest Blindings in "Speechless Witness of a Wandering Tree" #1511: Cultivating Virtual LGBTQIA+ Safe Spaces in VRChat with "Dollhouse for Queer Imaginaries" #1512: DocLab Immersive Non-Fiction Winner "Me, A Depiction" Performance Installation Confronts Objectifying Gaze #1513: From Daily News to GenAI Irish Sean-nós Songs in "You Can Sing Me on My Way" Audio Installation #1514: Creating GenAI Flower Ecosystem with "Future Botanica" AR App #1515: VR Researcher Julia Scott-Stevenson on Embodiment in Story & Why Docs are Perfect to Explore AI #1516: Myriam Achard on Phi Studio's Expansion into LBE Distribution & the Fusion of Immersive Art at Phi Contemporary #1517: LBE Lessons Learned from 20-Venue Tour of "In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats" with Producer Dan Tucker This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

Ian Hamilton and David Heaney discuss PlayStation VR2 hand tracking, adult groups in VRChat, Quest 3S on Steam, and more.

Ian Hamilton and Don Hopper discuss Halo: Combat Evolved getting a full VR Mod, VRChat adding age verification, Figmin XR's ability to be used in colocation between an Apple Vision Pro and Quest 3 & much more.

I interviewed Uncanny Alley: A New Day co-directors Rick Treweek and Stephen Butchko along with Ferryman Collective's Deirdre V. Lyons and Christopher Lane Davis at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Venice Immersive Worlds Gallery Producer Mike Salmon at Venice Immersive 2024 about this year's selection of 20 VRChat worlds as well as his process of scouting promising leads and trends of world building, music, art, and immersive storytelling.. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Strangeways co-director Adam Lieber, developers Dale P Deacon and Alex Bossman, as well as avatar creator Egbert Harm Westra at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here's their artist's statement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbu54ULcUC0 This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

I interviewed Project: Lost Worlds director Fins at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality