Best Dj Ana Podcasts (2024)

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#1401: TFMJonny’s Journey from Singing in VR to VTuber Navigating the Content Creation Ecosystem 1:00:58

15h ago1:00:58

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TFMJonny is a full-time VTuber content creator with more than a million subscribers on YouTube and TikTok, but also does Twtich livestreams, releases music on Spotify, and has a background in acting, voices acting, and improv (more links are here on his Linktree). It's a journey that started with live singing within The Great Pug in VRChat, and the…

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Ana Egge on Dream-Writing, the Truth, and Sinead O'Connor, ep. 269 1:06:06

2d ago1:06:06

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Folk music singer Ana Egge's 13th album Sharing in the Spirit came out of the musician one song at a time. She didn't even think about moving onto a new song before the writing and production of each song was complete. Working with her friend and collaborator Lorenzo Wolf, the songwriting process and music production plan was to just work on a hand…

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#1400: Becoming Starheart: A VTuber’s Creative Journey in Finding Her Authentic Voice & Identity in VRChat 1:11:17

8d ago1:11:17

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Starheart is a Musician, Composer, Filmmaker, and VTuber who has been doing live performances in VR over the past couple of years. She started making music videos on Halloween of 2022, and realized that she needed a persistent avatar. VR had already been creating a safe space for her to anonymously experiment with and discover her identity as a tra…

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Soundcheck Stories and Life Lessons: Chris Smither and Peter Mulvey, ep. 268 1:01:23

9d ago1:01:23

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Chris Smither has been Peter Mulvey's mentor since back in 1993, when the young Mulvey opened for the already seasoned Smither. The blues and folk legend liked what he heard and enjoyed the similarities in creativity and quirks and he took that young man on the road with him. Their musical partnership has crossed paths and outlasted the digital age…

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Episode 22: "NECROPOLIS" feat. James K FULL EPISODE ON PATREON 25:06

10d ago25:06

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It was James K at the London farmhouse. It was a linkup that followed her performance at the inaugural Clout Farm event at London’s historic George Tavern. It was a round table type discussion featuring a veritable Forbes list of krazy and engagement-worthy material. We spoke of the album called Brat, jam bands, post-Berlin vibes, recording ‘Lickin…

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S21,E11: 07/01/24 (Rubblebucket, Anna Erhard, La Luz, Rachel Love, Clément Froissart, Mammoth Penguins, Sheer Mag, Youth Lagoon) 53:57

12d ago53:57

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Season 21 Episode 11 Stella the Begonia - Rubblebucket Botanical Garden - Anna Erhard Strange World - La Luz Poppies - La Luz Without You - Rachel Love I Lost Myself - Rachel Love Aribau - Clément Froissart Valencia - Clément Froissart Species - Mammoth Penguins Nothing and Everything - Mammoth Penguins Playing Favorites - Sheer Mag When You Get Ba…

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#1399: Cosm Opens Front-Facing Dome Venue with Capacity of 1500 in Los Angeles 49:43

15d ago49:43

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Cosm is a front-facing, 180-degree, 87-foot diameter, 8K+ LED dome screen that can seat up to 1500 people. Their first location is opening in Los Angeles this weekend showing UFC 303, which is produced by their Cosm Immersive division (formerly LiveLikeVR) focusing on live sporting events, music, entertainment. They also have a Cosm Studios divisio…

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Steve Poltz Wants to Listen to The Grateful Dead, Watch Laugh-In and Write a Song Together, ep. 267 1:18:43

16d ago1:18:43

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If you're looking for recommendations for desserts, might I suggest asking folk music and comedy savant Steve Poltz? This man loves gluten and carb-heavy deserts. He also loves collaborations, camaraderie, creativity and using humor in music. It all began for Poltz, or Poltzy as his friends call him, in his birthplace of Halifax Nova Scotia, making…

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Basic Folk Presents: Only Vans 29:52

18d ago29:52

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Editor’s note: Basic Folk is pleased to introduce our listeners to one of our favorite podcasts by sharing an episode in our feed! I am awestruck with the charm and charisma of Texas Country Musician Bri Bagwell - most impressively demonstrated on her podcast Only Vans, where she talks to her friends in her van (actually she recently upgraded to an…

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#1398: Ru’s Journey from Hospice Nurse to DJ, Artist, & Kaleidosky Event Producer in VRChat 1:04:17

22d ago1:04:17

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Ru is a transgender woman who works as a hospice nurse in Ohio, and since 2018 has been involved as an immersive artists, virtual DJ, and event producer holding weekly events in her psychedelic space called Kaleidosky, which is nominated for Best Music Experience for Raindance Immersive 2024. I had a chance to get a tour of her Kaleidosky 3.0 event…

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#1397: The Troll Project Aims to Create Community-Based Interventions for Trolling & Record Ethnographic Interviews 1:07:38

23d ago1:07:38

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The Troll Project was created by Ruth Diaz, who has a doctorate in clinical psychology and focuses on XR community design, in order to explore the root causes of trolling, but also tackling the issue head on within social VR spaces with some community-driven solutions that she has experimented with. She's recorded a number of ethnographic interview…

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Archiving the Heart: Greg Brown on Music, Family, and Throwing Out Old Notebooks, ep. 266 44:27

23d ago44:27

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Iowa folk music icon Greg Brown is living that retired life. After playing his farewell retirement concert in 2023, he's returned with a new book: Ring Around The Moon: A Songbook, which highlights a song selection personally picked by the songwriter himself, as well as family photos, personal anecdotes and self-penned drawings. The book features a…

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#8th Wall Releases Web-Based Game Engine “Niantic Studio” to Render WebXR Experiences 53:19

25d ago53:19

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Today Niantic's 8th Wall is announcing Niantic Studio, which is "a new visual interface for Niantic 8th Wall developers that offers an entirely new way to build immersive 3D and XR experiences." It's essentially a web-based game engine using three.js that can render WebXR experiences and starts to integrate a few of Niantic's Lightship APIs, but wi…

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#1395: Apple Vision Pro as Screen Replacement Power User Brad Lynch on Overlays & Multi-App XR 1:20:13

26d ago1:20:13

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YouTuber Brad Lynch (aka SadlyItsBradley) has completely replaced all of his computer screens with an Apple Vision Pro, even going as far as getting a headless Mac Book Pro that does not even have a screen. He's been using the Apple Vision Pro for around 8 hours a day since launch, and I wanted to get a sense of how he's been using it. It turns out…

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S21,E10: 06/17/24 (Tele Novella, Holiday Ghosts, Mustard Service, Yot Club, Dayaway, Saint Saviour, Groove Armada, Patti Page) 52:15

26d ago52:15

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SEASON 21 EPISODE 10 Marry Me - Tele Novella Big Congratulations - Holiday Ghosts Coat of Arms - Holiday Ghosts The Dominoes - Mustard Service Night in Tulum - Mustard Service Nostalgia - Yot Club Human Nature - Yot Club Ghost Beach - Dayaway True Cyan - Dayaway A Picture is All I Have - Saint Saviour (feat. Orlando Weeks) Cellophane - Saint Saviou…

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#1394: Discussion about VRChat Layoffs & Paths to Profitability with Four Community Members 1:39:34

28d ago1:39:34

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On June 12, 2024, VRChat announced they were laying off 30% of their staff, and they posted a letter to all employees sent from CEO Graham Gaylor that said, "We’re reducing the size of our team by around 30% and saying goodbye to many talented team members in the process. This is the hardest change we’ve had to make at VRChat, and Jesse and I take …

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The Reckoning of Montreal Banjo-Witch Kaïa Kater, ep. 265 1:23:59

1M ago1:23:59

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After banjo player Kaïa Kater attended Americana Fest in 2016, the music industry started telling her she was a part of the genre, which encompasses all kinds of roots music, acoustic music, folk music, singer-songwriter and alternative country music. She was singing about heavy themes like historical trauma, her cultural heritage (her father is fr…

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Episode 21: "THOUGHT COLLAB" feat. 8ULENTINA FULL EPISODE ON PATREON 28:32

1M ago28:32

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This is an episode of Clout Farm with Bay Area boss 8ULENTINA, who came through our NYC creative incubator off the back of a swag and dope TT eve at the joint known as Bossa Nova Civic Club. A series of vocalised utterances followed. They related to Esra’s goated CLUB CHAI era, metrosexual dads, a state of the music labels rundown, the tyranny of t…

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#1393: Overview of Raindance Immersive 2024 Selection Featuring Social VR Indie Artists & Virtual Culture 1:29:11

1M ago1:29:11

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Raindance Immersive 2024 opened last weekend in VRChat, and will run for the next four weekends featuring the latest innovations of virtual culture with 77% of experiences happening on social VR platforms and 69% that feature VRChat. I spoke at length with co-curators Mária Rakušanová and Joe Hunting about each of the 36 experiences that span nine …

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Guster is a Place, ep. 264 59:03

1M ago59:03

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Frontman Ryan Miller joins us to talk about all things Guster. From their tried and true collaborative writing process to the theatrical delights of their recent "We Also Have Eras" tour, to what it really looks like to make environmental sustainability a priority on tour. Guster has just released their 9…

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2024 Pride Kickoff Party / The Eagle - Wilton Manors, FL [LIVE SET] 2:00:00

1M ago2:00:00

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I hope you enjoy the first two hours of my extended 6-hour live set from The Eagle in Wilton Manors, Florida this past weekend! I will be back at The Eagle on Friday, August 2nd -- so mark your calendars! 🙌🏻Listen & Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3yUptFeBy DJ JOSHUA D

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S21,E09: 06/03/24 (MARRIED! Bug Club, Hidden Cameras, Eversons, Chinese American Bear, Cults, DJ Schmolli-Chris Isaak v Billy Idol, Cat Power, Mariia w/ Two I’s, Baptiste W. Hamon, TMBG, Nick Cave, Nick ... 58:58

1M ago58:58

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SEASON 21 EPISODE 9 SPECIAL "I UP AND DONE GOT MARRIED" EPISODE! Marriage - The Bug Club Ban Marriage - The Hidden Cameras Marriage - The Eversons 爱是 (Love Is) - Chinese American Bear Always Forever - Cults Wicked Wedding - DJ Schmolli (Mashup Chris Isaak vs Billy Idol) Sea of Love - Cat Power First Song ❤️ - Mariia with Two I's Maria - Barbagallo …

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#1392: The Story Behind Tribeca Immersive’s Pivot Towards Immersive Art with Curator Ana Brzezińska 1:25:16

1M ago1:25:16

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Curator Ana Brzezińska announced the Tribeca Immersive 2024 line-up on May 23, 2024 mentioning that "this year we are not presenting any VR/AR experiences," but rather that they're pivoting this year to featuring eight immersive art pieces by six different artists being shown at Mērcer Labs: Museum of Art and Technology, which first opened to the N…

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Finding Freedom in a Flip Phone: John Moreland's Quest for a Simple Life, ep. 263 59:05

1M ago59:05

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I hate surprises. However, Oklahoma's pride and joy John Moreland surprised us with his latest album Visitor and I guess I'm okay with it. Moreland's gone back to a sparse acoustic instrumentation, unlike the electronic sound (which I also loved) on his previous release, 2022's Birds in the Ceiling. Recently, he took a page from his wife Pearl Rach…

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#1391: ILM Immersive’s “What If…?” Marvel Experience Forges a New Genre of Immersive Storytelling blending 3D Movie Cinematics with First-Person Embodiment 51:22

1M ago51:22

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ILM Immersive & Marvel Studios is releasing What If...?: An Immersive Story exclusively on Apple Vision Pro tomorrow, and I had a chance to take an early look and speak with producer and executive producer Shereif Fattouh as well as technical art director Indira Guerrieri about the process of creating this experience. It's mostly an immersive story…

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Claps, Covers, and Come Ons: Inside Barnstar!'s Musical Mischief, ep. 262 57:49

2M ago57:49

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Barnstar!, Boston's premiere kinda bluegrass and definitely bombastic band, has released their new album Furious Kindness and we're #blessed to welcome Mark Erelli and Zachariah Hickman to the pod. Originally a fun side hustle and bluegrass vehicle for Zack, the group, which also includes Charlie Rose and Taylor and Jake Armerding, started very cas…

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Episode 20: "FAKE LIT" feat. Sean Thor Conroe FULL EPISODE ON PATREON 23:36

2M ago23:36

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It is a conversation with author and walking man Sean Thor Conroe, an individual who used his mind to write the book ‘Fuccboi’, among other texts. Sean pulled up to the temporary CF HQ in New York City. What followed was a deep azz conversation about Harry Potter, World Cup ’98, his aborted rap career, baes n bois, Houllebecq, Proust, Drake vs. Ken…

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#1390: First Edition of Cannes Film Festival Immersive Competition with Elie Lavasseur 46:40

2M ago46:40

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The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival is featuring an inaugural Immersive Competition with eight pieces in competition along with six pieces outside of competition. I had a chance to speak with Elie Lavasseur, the Head of Immersive Competition Festival de Cannes, to get a bit more context for how this came about, their curatorial intention, …

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Fran & Flora Are Reimagining Traditional Yiddish Folk Music, ep. 261 1:07:36

2M ago1:07:36

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Two long-time collaborators, cellist Francesa Ter-Berg and violinist Flora Curazon, Fran & Flora, have bonded over their obsession with ancient music, rooted in Eastern European and Jewish culture, for over a dozen years. Together and separately, the English musicians have been studying with teachers of ethnomusicology in places like Transylvania a…

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#1389: Elemental Theory of Presence + Primer on Experiential Design& Immersive Storytelling 1:05:55

2M ago1:05:55

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One of the most common ways to describe the experience of VR is through the lens of presence, and in this episode I'm going to do a deep dive into the existing academic literature of presence in order to more fully contextualize my approach to it. This is my Storycon 2022 keynote where I elaborate on my elemental approach to presence as well as my …

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#1388: Ultimate Potential of VR: Promises & Perils Featured Session from SXSW 2023 1:04:05

2M ago1:04:05

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May of 2024 marks the ten-year anniversary of the Voices of VR podcast, and I wanted to air a featured session that I presented at SXSW 2023 called "The Ultimate Potential of VR: Promises and Perils." This is a 45-minute talk that distills down the biggest insights from my 3-hour episode #1000 of the Voices of VR podcast, which aggregated 120 of th…

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Episode 19: "ARE WE CLOWN MEN?" feat. The Ion Pack FULL EPISODE ON PATREON 24:48

2M ago24:48

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We invited NYC pod papis The Ion Pack (aka Curtis and KJ) inside of ourselves for an exchange of sentences. The sheer quantity of thoughts expressed will cause even the most committed mind-haver to be awed. We went in on Jacob Collier dweebwave, Dev Hynes’ goated career arc, The Blood Brothers, opening for The 1975, Burial tea, trying to see ghosts…

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Relevant, Radical & ROTFL: Billy Bragg, Folk Music's Political Poet, ep. 260 1:04:52

2M ago1:04:52

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Billy Bragg joins lizzie and Cindy on-board Cayamo to talk about songwriting, social justice, punk rock and, of course, The Little Guy (Bragg's nickname for Woody Guthrie). In our interview we talked about using humor as a way to connect to his audience, so that he can bring up his political activism like fighting for transgender rights, the import…

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Episode 18: "ALL CRUST NO PUNK" feat. Blaketheman1000 FULL EPISODE ON PATREON 29:52

2M ago29:52

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It’s ok to get Blaketheman1000 on the podcast. It’s fine for all three podcast ‘hosts’ to be ruinously fried, sleep-deprived and borderline nonverbal after successive days of stunting and going buck around New York City. There’s no issue simply asking Blaketheman1000 to basically just list stuff he likes. What was discussed includes all manner of t…

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Leyla McCalla's Joyful Rebellion: Sun Without Heat and the Freedom of Play, ep. 259 1:21:36

2M ago1:21:36

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Singer-songwriter Leyla McCalla and her band (bassist Pete Olynciw, drummer Shawn Meyers and guitarist Nahum Zdybel) join us onboard the Cayamo cruise to go through their incredible, righteous and fun new record Sun Without Heat. It is a Leyla McCalla solo album but no solo artist is an island! Once we saw Leyla perform with her band, with whom she…

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#1387: Landscape of XR Ethics: A Retrospective Presentation by Kent Bye 27:18

3M ago27:18

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This is a 19-minute talk that I gave at Laval Virtual 2023 that is summarizing the work that I've done on XR Ethics over the past ten years. There's around 60 slides in this talk, and so you may prefer watching the video version over on YouTube for the full multi-modal experience, or this audio-only podcast version includes the Q&A session at the e…

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Episode 17: "THE COURAGEOUS FOOL" feat. Ana Roxanne 19:12

3M ago19:12

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CF NYC takeover continues with noted Olivia Rodrigo stan and ex-Jollibee employee Ana Roxanne pon pod. We went in on System of a Down, The Streets, The Used, and all manner of hard-rocking/hip-hopping type music. Also discussed: the potential redeemability of Disney music, Ana’s impending wedding band career pivot, ham & cheese croissants and more …

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Humbird: From Dinner Table Singing to Dismantling White Supremacy, ep. 258 1:05:00

3M ago1:05:00

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Siri Undlin, better known as Humbird, is a talented singer-songwriter from the Twin Cities with deep roots in Minnesota music and the land that surrounds her. Growing up, she was a true cold weather kid who loved hockey during winter In Minnesota, but also loved music and feeding her vivid imagination. Her love of music was nurtured by her parents,…

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#1386: Chatting about Apple Vision Pro with fxpodcast’s Mike Seymour 1:07:21

3M ago1:07:21

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The contributing editor and co-founder of fxguide Mike Seymour invited me onto his fxpodcast to share some of my thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro, the ecosystem differences between the Quest and Vision Pro, the potential for different killer apps, and where we see it going in the future. This is a rebroadcast of fxpodast episode #368, but with some…

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Navigating the Waters of Folk Music: Community vs Capitalism, ep. 257 48:40

3M ago48:40

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We're live at sea! lizzie and Cindy recorded this episode onboard Cayamo, which is a singer/songwriter cruise that's been sailing yearly since 2008 and is one of the best music festivals we've attended. AND it's another edition of FOLK DEBATE CLUB. This time it's Community vs Capitalism! Our panel features Jenny Owen Youngs (musician and co-host of…

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Episode 16: "BOSS HOGG ÉSPECIAL" feat. Chanel Beads, Colle & Ian Kim Judd FULL EPISODE ON PATREON 30:04

3M ago30:04

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We are inside of New York City. It is here where we interfaced once more with the music individuals and returning Clout Farm podcast presences Chanel Beads, Colle and Ian Kim Judd. You may find the resulting sauced out slop to be listenable 😃 Matters of interest: Still House Plants good or not good or irredeemably wack, Intelligent Grunge Music, th…

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#1385: OpenXR 1.1 Release Promotes Extensions into Core & Marks Yearly Release Cycle for Prominent XR Industry Open Standard 51:56

3M ago51:56

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The OpenXR 1.1 minor release comes out today, which moves some of the more commonly used extensions into core and it also marks a new Khronos Group commitment to a yearly release cycle. It's been nearly five years since the initial release of OpenXR 1.0 on July 29, 2019, and Khronos Group President Neil Trevett tells me that it's been one of the mo…

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#1384: 2019 Flashback to OpenXR 1.0 Release at SIGGRAPH 20:21

3M ago20:21

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I'm digging into my unpublished interview archives backlog to publish this conversation with Khronos Group President Neil Trevett marking the 1.0 release of OpenXR that happened during SIGGRAPH in July 2019. We talk about the intention of OpenXR as a specification, and I figured that it's worth looking back at the evolution of the specification as …

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#1383: 2018 Flashback to OpenXR First Look at GDC 33:06

3M ago33:06

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OpenXR 1.1 is being released today, and so I'm digging into my archive of unpublished interviews to go back GDC 2018 when OpenXR working group chairman Nick Whiting presented some of the first information about the OpenXR specification, which wouldn't have it's initial release over a year later on July 29, 2019 (see episode #1384 for more on that).…

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Jontavious Willis Says Blues Music is for The Kids, ep. 256 49:38

3M ago49:38

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Originally from Greenville Georgia, musician Jontavious Willis is a Blues music phenom. When we talk about the Blues, the phrase or the word "torchbearer" comes up a lot when it comes to young, new Blues artists. I think of that word as a double edged sword. When you think of a torchbearer, you think about someone who's carrying on a flame that was…

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Dancehall Mix 2024 (CLEAN) 26:48

3M ago26:48

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DJ Ana's latest visual dancehall mix in audio format for you! <3 Song List:1. Hit and Run - Shenseea2. ⁠Wild n Rich - 4503. ⁠Shh - Intence4. ⁠Dolly House - RajahWild5. ⁠Aurora - Kraff6. ⁠Wild Out (Rat Bat) - RajahWild7. ⁠Sha La La - Skeng8. ⁠Rum Behavior - Kraff Gad 9. ⁠Mad Out - Valiant10. ⁠GoGo - RajahWild11. ⁠Big Buddy - Jada Kingdom12. ⁠Bubble …

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#1382: Interactive Generative AI Storytelling Installation “The Golden Key” Wins Top Prize at SXSW Leveraging Archetypal Folklore Motifs + Links to SXSW 2024 Coverage 1:01:41

3M ago1:01:41

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I interviewed The Golden Key co-directors Matthew Niederhauser & Marc Da Costa remotely during SXSW XR Experience 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here is all of my coverage of projects in and around SXSW XR Experience 2024:#1360: Sneak Peak of SXSW XR Experience Projects, Events, & Lounges with Programmer Blake Kammerdiener#136…

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#1381: “Soul Paint” Wins SXSW Special Jury Prize for Innovative Body Mapping Technique to Spatially Draw Your Emotions 54:52

3M ago54:52

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I interviewed Soul Paint co-directors Sarah Ticho & Niki Smit remotely ahead of the SXSW XR Experience 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1380: “Reimagined Volume III: Young Thang” Adapts a Nigerian Folktale while Refining the Grammar of Spatial Storytelling 1:02:19

3M ago1:02:19

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I interviewed Reimagined Volume III: Young Thang director Melissa Joyner and co-directors Julie Cavaliere & Michaela Ternasky-Holland remotely after the SXSW XR Experience 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1379: “Maya: The Birth of a Superhero” Evolves Storytelling Grammar with Magical Realism, Dream Logic, & Interactive Embodiment 59:57

3M ago59:57

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I interviewed Maya: The Birth of a Superhero co-directors Poulomi Basu & CJ Clarke remotely after the SXSW XR Experience 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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