Best Selfreflection Podcasts (2024)

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#1461: AR Lens Genres, Spectacles Impressions, & SelfReflect VTubing App Using Snap’s Camera Kit with Brielle Garcia 31:09

8d ago31:09

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I interviewed Brielle Garcia at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles and her SelfReflect VTubbing app that uses Snap's Camera Kit. 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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The Art of Sacred Selling, Cultivating Confidence and the "Point of No Return" Commitment 16:32

9h ago16:32

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In this episode, I’m diving deep into two transformative concepts reshaping how creators, entrepreneurs, and brands connect with their audience—sacred selling and the power of "point of no return" commitment. For too long, we’ve been inundated with salesy, pushy content that screams, “Buy this now!” without providing any real value. You know the ty…

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Why "Salesy" Content Isn't Cutting It (And What to Do Instead) 24:07

5d ago24:07

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Get the Content to Conversion dashboard here. In this episode I'm letting you in in on a major shift happening in how creators, entrepreneurs, and brands are connecting with their audience—and trust me, you'll want to be ahead of it. For too long, we've all been flooded with salesy, pushy content that screams, “Buy this now!” without offering much …

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#1467: AR Medical Training App Wins Spectacles Hackathon + My Concluding Thoughts on Snap Spectacles 32:23

8d ago32:23

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I interviewed Sam Jones, Kathryn Hicks, Lauren Cason, Emma Sofija, and Paige Piskin at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles as well as their award-winning Hackathon project called Emergensee. I also share some of my concluding thoughts on the Snap Spectacles based upon my 8 hours of coverage in the past 15 episodes. See more context in the …

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#1466: Freelance XR Dev Veronica Flint Shares Thoughts on Spectacles and Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses 13:05

8d ago13:05

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I interviewed Veronica Flint at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles. 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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#1465: Team of Women AR Artists Explore Dreams in Spectacles Hackathon 22:16

8d ago22:16

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I interviewed Alexis Zerafa, Lafiya Watson Ramirez, Meredith Binnette, Heather Dunaway Smith, and Nella at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles and their hackathon project about dreams. 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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#1464: Snap’s Head of Spectacles Software Engineering Shares Technical Break Down of Design Tradeoffs 34:38

8d ago34:38

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I interviewed Snap's Head of Spectacles Software Daniel Wagner at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's the presentation Wagner made at Lens Fest that I based my interview off of.https://www.youtube.com/live/FNoC73AbkzE?t=2270sThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR…

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#1463: Arguing for Utility-Driven AR Minimalism with Lucas Rizzotto Reflecting upon the XR Market 31:55

8d ago31:55

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I interviewed Lucas Rizzotto at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles as well as his ideas on AR Minimalism. 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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#1462: XR Industry Reality Checks with Cix Liv and Turning Your Phone into an AI-Driven Exercise Routine 41:45

8d ago41:45

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I interviewed Cix Liv at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles, his reality check reflections on the XR industry, and his latest fitness startup Vibe Fitness Gam. 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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#1460: Snap AR Platform Lead Sophia Dominguez on Spectacles and AR Ecosystem 35:55

8d ago35:55

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I interviewed Snap's AR Plaform Lead Sophia Dominguez at the Snap Lens Fest about the Snap Spectacles. 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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#1459: Snap Co-Founders Share Vision for AR & Spectacles at Lens Fest Q&A Panel 36:39

8d ago36:39

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Snap AR Platform Lead Sophia Dominguez interviewed Snap co-founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy at the Snap Lens Fest about AR and the Snap Spectacles, and there was an audience Q&A at the end as well. 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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#1458: Building a Geo-Located, Dungeon-Raiding, AR Game for Spectacles with Aidan Wolf 37:25

8d ago37:25

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I interviewed Aidan Wolf at the Snap Partner Summit about the Snap Spectacles. 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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#1457: Snap’s Lens Studio, Spectacles, & “Polygon Studio” Open Source Low-Poly Drawing App 41:49

8d ago41:49

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I interviewed Max van Leeuwen and Liisi Mononen at the Snap Partner Summit about the Snap Spectacles. 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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#1456: Turning Your Phone into a Spectacles AR controller with DB Creations’ “Tiny Motor Arcade” 31:09

8d ago31:09

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I interviewed Dustin Kochensparger and Blake Gross at the Snap Partner Summit about the Snap Spectacles. 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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#1455: Wabisabi Game Studio Leverages AR Connected Lenses on Snap Spectacles for Outdoor Capture the Flag Game 26:21

8d ago26:21

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I interviewed Anwar Noriega and Julio Martinez at the Snap Partner Summit about the Snap Spectacles. 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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#1454: Niantic Launches Virtual Pet AR Game “Peridot Beyond” on Snap’s Spectacles 33:12

8d ago33:12

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I interviewed Niantic's Erin Schaefer and Asim Ahmed at the Snap Partner Summit about the Snap Spectacles as well as their game Peridot Beyond. 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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#1453: Kickoff of Snap Spectacles Coverage with First Impressions with XR Analyst Anshel Sag 35:27

8d ago35:27

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I interviewed Anshel Sag at the Snap Partner Summit about the Snap Spectacles. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here are the links to each of my 15 episodes on the Snap Spectacles announcement and a deep dive into the Snap AR Ecosystem:#1453: Kickoff of Snap Spectacles Coverage with First Impressions with XR Analyst Anshel Sag#1454: N…

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Feeling Scared? Here's Why That's a Good Sign. (plus get the Content to Conversion dashboard for free!) 23:59

10d ago23:59

23:59

Get the Content to Conversion dashboard here. In this episode, we explore the power of risk-taking and how stepping out of our comfort zones can lead to serious growth. I share a personal story about some of my recent leaps of faith. We’ll discuss overcoming comparison paralysis and the importance of a supportive community, all while embracing the …

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#1452: Immersive Documentary about Chinese Censorship “All I Know About Teacher Li” Tops Venice Immersive Audience Favorites Survey 50:46

14d ago50:46

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I interviewed All I Know About Teacher Li director Zhuzmo at Venice Immersive 2024. Due to the sensitivities of the topic of Chinese censorship, then the director Zhuzmo has requested that he remain anonymous. I did an interview face to face with them in Venice, got a transcript, and then fed the text back into a text-to-speech AI at Eleven Labs in…

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#1451: Revealing Hidden Asian Colonial Histories with “The Guardians Of Jade Mountain” 43:35

14d ago43:35

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I interviewed The Guardians Of Jade Mountain director Hayoun Kwon and producer Richard Turco 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: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1450: Translating Surreal Paintings into an Immersive Story about Relationships with “Play Life” 35:12

14d ago35:12

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I interviewed Play Life (Žaisti Gyvenimą) co-directors Zilvinas Naujokas, Vilius Petrauskas, and Mantas Pronckus at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc2KspZgGRkThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1449: Cultivating Moments of Palliative Care Presence with “Mamie Lou” 38:43

14d ago38:43

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I interviewed Mamie Lou director Isabelle Andreani at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's her artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJT99fqzyiwThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1448: Pitching at Venice Production Bridge and The “Body of Mine” LGBTQ+ Impact Campaign with Cameron Kostopoulos 41:13

14d ago41:13

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I interviewed Body of Mine director Cameron Kostopoulos at Venice Immersive 2024 about his impact campaign since winning a special jury prize at SXSW 2023 (see my first interview with him here.). He showed Body of Mine as a part of the competition at Venice Immersive 2023, and he was back on the Immersive Island this year pitching his latest projec…

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#1447: Creating New Choregraphy Contexts for Dance Under Water with “Une Eau La Nuit (Bodies Of Water)” 52:49

14d ago52:49

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I interviewed Une Eau La Nuit (Bodies Of Water) co-directors Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin and Caroline Laurin-Beaucage with producer Laurence Wells at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here is their artist statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_XVyHOle3YThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of …

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#1446: Studio Syro’s “The Art Of Change” is the Best Immersive Music Video Experience I’ve Seen So Far Pushing at the Edges of Spatial Grammar 1:10:40

14d ago1:10:40

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I interviewed The Art Of Change co-directors Simone Fougnier and Vincent Rooijers with producer Peter Ariet at Venice Immersive 2024. I had a chance to get an early look at this piece, and I watched it three times before stepping foot on the island. I absolutely loved this piece, and it was at the top of my personal favorites from the festival. I f…

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#1445: “In The Realm Of Ripley” Ambitiously Combines Interactive Film, VR Mystery, and Group Conversations Moderated by AI 1:02:49

14d ago1:02:49

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I interviewed In The Realm Of Ripley director Soo Eung Chuck Chae at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnFZyQ3S4vsThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1444: Fins’ Latest VRChat Adventure “Project: Lost Worlds” is a Cinematic Interstellar Safari with Dinosaurs 56:26

14d ago56:26

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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: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1443: Venice Immersive Worlds Gallery Producer Mike Salmon on the 2024 Selection of VRChat Worlds 58:39

14d ago58:39

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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 thro…

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#1442: Combining VRChat Worldbuilding with Immersive Theatre Storytelling in “Uncanny Alley: A New Day” 1:01:16

14d ago1:01:16

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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…

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#1441: “Duchampiana” Explores the Embodiment of Movement with Stair Climbing Integrations and Feminist Philosophy 46:38

14d ago46:38

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I interviewed Duchampiana director Lilian Hess at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here is their artist statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX8app5_XtIThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1440: Rencontres Experimental Social VR Experience with Minimal Guidance 56:56

14d ago56:56

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I interviewed Rencontres director Mathieu Pradat at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVnsFWIUgp4This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1439: Gamifying 360 Video in Compelling Horror Genre Piece “Project_y: Working Title” 36:45

14d ago36:45

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I interviewed Project_y: Working Title co-directors Yuzo Sugano, Taro Hirai, and Shingo Yoshimura at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-XngO8EebsThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1438: Honoring the Memory of Abandoned Ghost Towns with “Address Unknown: Fukushima Now” 30:07

14d ago30:07

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I interviewed Address Unknown: Fukushima Now director Arif Khan at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's his artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP5rHv7x7goThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1437: “What If…?” Director Dave Bushore on Translating Marvel IP into an Emmy-Award Winning Interactive Cinematic Journey 55:50

14d ago55:50

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I interviewed What If…? - An Immersive Story director Dave Bushore at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. What If...? also picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Innovation In Emerging Media Programming as awarded by a juried portion of the Emerging Media Programming Peer Group of the Academy of Television Arts & Scien…

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#1436: Transforming 2D Art into an Immersive VRChat Journey Complete with Themed Avatars with “Strangeways” 50:32

14d ago50:32

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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=Qbu54ULcUC0This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR P…

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#1435: Blending Poetic Animation with Spatial Audio Orchestration with “Earths To Come” 45:47

14d ago45:47

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I interviewed Earths To Come director Rose Bond at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's her artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w871q2dmKx4This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1434: Choreographing the Collective VR Viewing Experience into a Public Art Performance with “Free UR Head” 52:02

14d ago52:02

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I interviewed Free UR Head director Tung yen Chou at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fcb_EFwm_aEThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1433: Challenging the Authority of Museums with College Biennale Winner “The Gossips’ Chronicles” 1:04:28

14d ago1:04:28

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I interviewed The Gossips' Chronicles director Corinne Mazzoli and producer Marta Bianchi at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuMwoawxscsThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1432: Combining Biodata with Open World Mushroom Adventure with “Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience” 47:45

14d ago47:45

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I interviewed Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience co-directors Tosca Terán and Brendan Lehman at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PzZXrqncsYThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1431: Taking a Walk through Art History with “Un Soir Avec Les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874” 50:00

14d ago50:00

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I interviewed Un Soir Avec Les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874 director Pierre Gable at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJaTpgZEAqAThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1430: Immersive Expeditions Prove to be Profitable LBE Business for Emissive’s Fabien Barati 26:48

14d ago26:48

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I interviewed Emissive / Excurio co-founder and CEO Fabien Barati at Laval Virtual 2023 after having tried the free-roaming Immersive Expedition edition of Éternelle Notre-Dame, which was really quite incredible. I originally saw the sit-down version of Éternelle Notre-Dame at Venice Immersive 2022, but the free-roaming, immersive expedition versio…

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#1429: Below Deck Innovations Fuse Theatrical Staging, Mixed Reality, & 360 Video 44:34

14d ago44:34

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I interviewed Below Deck co-directors Martina Mahlknecht and Martin Prinoth at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tJmhkJC05QThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1428: Exploring the Horrors of Forgotten Refugee’s Plight in “Somewhere Unknown In Indochina” 44:57

14d ago44:57

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I interviewed Somewhere Unknown In Indochina co-directors Asio Chihsiung Liu and Feng Ting Tsou at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. (Note that I'll likely need to manually clean up this rough transcript as WhisperX seemed to be having some difficulties detecting speaker changes on this one.)Here's their artist'…

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#1427: Poetic Environmental Storytelling of “Fragile Home” Elegantly Tells the Story of War in Ukraine with Mixed Reality 52:41

14d ago52:41

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I interviewed Fragile Home director Ondrej Moravec at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. There were also allegations of copyright infringement that were made within the context of a private WhatsApp group during the festival, and Moravec distributed an official statement privately to selected people privately on …

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#1426: “Champ De Bataille” Uses Cinematic VR to Explore the Horrors and Emotion of World War I 23:57

14d ago23:57

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I interviewed Champ De Bataille director Francois Vautier at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's his artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37k4gIfTdawThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1425: Immersive Art Installation “Ceci Est Mon Cœur” Uses the Poetry of Light to Explore Childhood Trauma 54:28

14d ago54:28

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I interviewed Ceci Est Mon Cœur (This is My Heart) co-directors Stephane Hueber-Blies and Nicolas Blies at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf3909F8UI8This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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#1424: Quill Animation Series “Nightmara” Pushes at the Edges of Immersive Storytelling Innovations and Novelty 44:48

14d ago44:48

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I interviewed Nightmara: Episode 3 director Gianpaolo Gonzalez at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's his artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcgxlKjMN2sThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1423: Translating Anime IP into a VR Film with “Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom” 41:31

14d ago41:31

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I interviewed Mobile Suit Gundam: Silver Phantom creators from Bandai Namco Filmworks including Naohiro Ogata, Kiichiro Inoue, Ken Iyadomi as well as Atlas V producers Arnaud Colinart and Julien Bercy, and technical art director Gaël Chaize at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's their artist's statement:http…

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#1422: “A Simple Silence” Wraps Up Craig Quintero’s Trilogy Exploring Spatial Transformations & Immersive Encounters 39:02

17d ago39:02

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I interviewed A Simple Silence director Craig Quintero at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's his artist's statement:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDqtTyBuuUAThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: FatalityBy Kent Bye

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#1421: Interactive Mixed Reality Doc on ADHD “Impulse: Playing With Reality” Takes Home Immersive Achievement Prize at Venice Immersive 2024 50:24

17d ago50:24

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I interviewed Impulse: Playing With Reality co-directors May Abdalla and Barry Gene Murphy at Venice Immersive 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below.Here's the official launch trailer:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apgQxXwx7WEThis is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.Music: Fatality…

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