Best XR For Business Podcasts (2024)

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Podcast 82: LMS or TMS — Which is Best for Training Management? 32:33

22m ago32:33

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Learning management systems are powerful, but they aren't designed to drive complex live classroom logistics. How can a training management system (TMS) help? Find out on this episode of The Talented Learning Show!By John Leh

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131 - OTT and Streaming TV Fan Engagement using UGC 16:54

18h ago16:54

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OTT and streaming TV service providers can leverage user-generated content (UGC) to boost viewer engagement, foster loyalty, reduce audience churn, and generate more revenue. However, content moderation for community motivation and legal compliance is complicated, and integration with streaming and media platforms can be difficult. This episode hel…

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From Graphic Design to Healthcare Tech: Lynn Welch on Revolutionizing Patient Care with AI and VR 32:58

7h ago32:58

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Ever wondered how a graphic designer ends up revolutionizing healthcare with cutting-edge technology? Join us as Lynn Welch takes us on a thrilling journey from her early days at a government think tank to breaking new ground in military and healthcare simulations. Discover her remarkable contributions to DARPA and the U.S. Army, and how her expert…

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#1411: How VRChat World Building Shaped FlowersRite’s Best Music Experience at Raindance Immersive 49:26

18h ago49:26

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FlowersRite (花之祭P) is a music producer, 3D artist, cosplayer, and VRChat world builder who won the Best Music Experience at Raindance Immersive 2024 with her experience called Children of the Seed. Within a couple of days of discovering VR in 2019, she had bought a PC, HTC Vive, and Vive Trackers to do full-body tracking, and has slowly been transi…

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This Week In XR August 9th, 2024 ft. Val Vacante, VP Solutions Innovation, Dentsu 53:42

4d ago53:42

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Google's guilty of monopoly practices, but the result will be unclear for some time. Elon Musk continues to go bonkers while raking in trillions, nonetheless, he is suing people who don't like him, like former advertisers and others unhappy with the lack of moderation on their platform. Meta shuttered Echo Arena, and now they're shuttering the stud…

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#1410: Fostering Resonite’s Collaborative Maker Culture with Creator Jam Founder Medra 1:59:50

4d ago1:59:50

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Medra is the CEO and founder of the Creator Jam, which is a non-profit that's been consistently organizing weekly and monthly collaborative-building events within the social VR platform of Resonite (and originally within Neos VR) since June 2, 2019. Resonite's technological architecture allows for the rendering and editing of content in real-time i…

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Podcast 81: Using One LMS for Multiple Business Audiences 28:45

6d ago28:45

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Enterprise learning involves diverse audiences. So, should you rely on just one LMS, or multiple specialized systems? Find out on this Talented Learning Show!By John Leh

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This Week In XR August 2nd, 2024 ft. Kerestell Smith, Creator of Gorilla Tag, CEO Another Axiom 51:36

9d ago51:36

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This week our guest is Kerestell Smith, creator of Gorilla Tag VR and founder of Another Axiom. Rony is on a farm with no Internet. In the news Canva surprises no one with its acquisition of Gen-AI startup Leonardo.ai. Congrats to Hedra AI text-to-voice, which produces lip-synced short video; they raised $10M. Meta reported earnings Weds. Revenue i…

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#1409: 3D Artist VR Pipelines & Creating “Suku” Immersive Art World as a Living Painting with Durk van der Meer 1:09:50

12d ago1:09:50

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The VRChat world Suku took home the Best Art World prize at Raindance Immersive 2024, and it's by Durk van der Meer who is a freelance digital artist, character artist, and VR world builder based in Curaçao. Suku blends together elements of Caribbean culture and geography with Dutch colonial architecture combined with a sort of psychedelic Studio G…

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Inside SimGhosts 2024: A Peek into the Future with Lynne Madori 27:18

13d ago27:18

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What if your journey could lead you from England to Texas, sparking a passion that transforms the healthcare simulation landscape? This episode features Lynne Madori, a certified healthcare simulation educator and an integral part of the SimGhost board. Lynn takes us on her captivating journey, beginning at Jump Simulation Education Center in Illin…

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#1408: Documenting Arts & Cultural Trends in Social VR with The Metaculture Online Magazine by K. Guillory + The VRChat Origin Story 1:38:41

13d ago1:38:41

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K. Guillory (aka Aemeth) has been writing The Metaculture online magazine since August 13, 2021 with over 70 articles covering the latest trends in arts and culture on social VR platforms such as VRChat. She focuses primarily on the live music and performance scenes, but also has been tracking the historical evolution of the underground clubbing sc…

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QSPICE Circuit Simulation: A Spicy Discussion with Mike Engelhardt 55:52

15d ago55:52

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If you are interested in electronics, history, or simple amazing stories, you will enjoy this podcast interview with our Moore’s Lobby host, Daniel Bogdanoff. Mike Engelhardt has been developing simulation tools since 1975. He is best known for creating LTspice, which is believed to be the most widely distributed and used SPICE analog electronic ci…

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This Week In XR July 26th, 2024 ft. Dr. Cody Rall, Founder of Techforpsych and neuroscientist 45:45

18d ago45:45

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This week our guest is neuroscientist Dr. Cody Rall. Rony's working his super-secret day job (an AI startup). Top of the news is OpenAI's Search GPT, which is now a close beta (you can sign up); AI start-up Cohere valued at $5.5 B in their latest round. There are more than 20 AI unicorns - startups valued at more than $1B. Elon Musk has a supercomp…

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#1407: Supporting XR Innovation in Play with Creature Game Studio and Label with Doug North Cook 1:01:37

18d ago1:01:37

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Doug North Cook is the CEO and Creative Director for Creature, which is both an immersive game studio and label announced a year ago that's representing 10 different XR studios and 16 projects slated as far out as 2027. Creature had four different projects with announcements as a part of the UploadVR Summers Showcase 2024 on June 26th that included…

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#1406: The Magic of the “Thrasher” Ribbon Dance Game Mechanic in Hand Tracking vs VR Controllers 1:07:16

19d ago1:07:16

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Thrasher is a really compelling VR game with a very satisfying and magical core game mechanic inspired by ribbon dancing. It's the latest VR game from Brian Gibson, who designed the art and music for the VR rhythm game Thumper, as he teamed up with former Harmonix co-worker Mike Mandel via Puddle Studio. Thrasher was also partially inspired by the …

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#1405: Mixed Reality Game Design from Cubism to Laser Dance with Thomas van Bouwel 1:02:55

20d ago1:02:55

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Laser Dance is a mixed reality game by solo XR game developer Thomas van Bouwel, who previously released minimalist puzzle game called Cubism. I had a chance to try out Laser Dance through Raindance Immersive, and it's one of those types of games that I think will really help define some of the key affordances of successful mixed reality games that…

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Podcast 80: Using XR to Level Up Skills Training 25:30

20d ago25:30

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XR is making a massive impact on workforce skills development across industries. What are the business benefits? Find out on this episode of the Talented Learning Show!By John Leh

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#1404: Prolific VRChat Documentarian Madame Kana Wins Discovery Award at Raindance Immersive 2024 57:44

21d ago57:44

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Madame Kana is a French, transgender woman and VReporter who has been publishing a new documentary about VRChat every 2-3 weeks for the past year on her YouTube channel, and she won the Discovery Award this year at Raindance Immersive 2024 for her short film called New Eden Evergarden; Behind the Magic. She published a 39-minute documentary about l…

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S3E15: 'New Certification: Enabling Privacy Engineering in AI Systems' with Amalia Barthel & Eric Lybeck 38:58

21d ago38:58

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In this episode, I'm joined by Amalia Barthel, founder of Designing Privacy, a consultancy that helps businesses integrate privacy into business operations; and Eric Lybeck, a seasoned independent privacy engineering consultant with over two decades of experience in cybersecurity and privacy. Eric recently served as Director of Privacy Engineering …

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This Week In XR July 19th, 2024 ft. Sarah Nagy, founder and CEO of Seek AI 47:14

25d ago47:14

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Charlie and Rony go Tedless this week with Sarah Nagy, founder and CEO of Seek AI, which brings AI to datasets that can be queried with natural language processing and other AI applications. This week's news includes funding for 3D company Jigspace, whose demos are bundled with Apple Vision Pro and tablets. Artificial Agency raised $16M for AI NPCs…

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#1403: A Tour through the Indie Artist Scene and Collectives on VRChat with BabyBonito 58:02

26d ago58:02

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BabyBonito is an artist, avatar creator and worldbuilder within VRChat who participant different VRChat communities including a creative collective in VR called GlitchesVR, which has a substack that covers the latest in virtual culture. As a classically trained artist Bonito first got into VR through the process of creating her own avatars, which h…

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#1402: Using VR to Pursue a Career in Filmmaking & Overcome Social Anxiety with Ariel Emerald 1:53:48

29d ago1:53:48

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Ariel Emerald is a VR filmmaker who has had a short film titled Ulterior Motives and music video screen titled Like Crazy at Raindance Immersive for the past two years. Before getting into social VR, she suffered from social anxiety and isolation, and didn't have the resources to pursue a career in film. But getting into virtual reality via VRChat …

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Leading Through Mindfulness: Esmira Yusufova's Holistic Approach to Healthcare Simulation and Mindfulness 31:05

28d ago31:05

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Linked In for Esmira Yusufova: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?fetchDeterministicClustersOnly=true&heroEntityKey=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAAA1SCroBAhofoqHGHcak1UUK2c8ihHspioQ&keywords=esmira%20yusufova&origin=RICH_QUERY_SUGGESTION&position=0&searchId=78ec113e-6e62-4dd1-8048-97034e33baea&sid=1NP&spellCorrectionEnabled=false Innovativ…

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Improving Electronic Design Collaboration by Shifting Left and Right 52:20

28d ago52:20

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Ananth Avva is “a big believer that if you give human beings the right type of information and you contextualize it, they will make the right decision ultimately for the organization.” In his current role at Altium as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cloud Platform, he is leading efforts to improve and accelerate collaboration becau…

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

1M 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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This Week In XR July 12th, 2024 ft. Chandra Devam, CEO Aris MD 48:23

1M ago48:23

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Another big news week finds AMD snapping up Silo AI for $655M. Captions lip dub co raises $60M. Odyssey AI out of stealth with hi-res gen-AI. Infinite Reality Raises $350M, Acquires LandVault in stock deal. Apple is launching the Iphone 16 with AI this fall, but Siri won't be out until Spring 2025. Samsung includes Bixby in its new launch. Our gues…

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Podcast 79: Proving the Business Impact of Customer Education 31:30

1M ago31:30

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Companies everywhere know educated customers drive growth and profits. But how do you prove the business impact of customer education? Find out on this episode of The Talented Learning Show!By John Leh

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

1M 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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Transforming Surgery with XR: Dr. Omar Jibrel, Journey from the OR to Medical Innovation 34:38

1M ago34:38

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Ever wondered how a traditional surgeon transitions into a tech-savvy innovator? Join us as Dr. Omar Jibrel, a renowned surgeon turned entrepreneur, unfolds his transformative journey from the operating room to the frontier of extended reality (XR) technologies. His early days in Sweden sparked a passion for immersive simulation, leading him to har…

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5G and IoT: What Will It Take for Them to Get Along? 47:37

1M ago47:37

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Thomas Keller is the Director of Platforms and Core Technology at u-blox. He learned early in his career that technology development does not always progress in a perfectly straight line. During his PhD studies, he worked on Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) as a candidate technology for 3G cellular network deployment. OFDM lost tha…

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This Week In XR June 20th, 2024 ft. Tony Parisi, AWE XR Hall of Fame Inductee, author, executive, entrepreneur 58:50

2M ago58:50

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This week the news was all about AI, music labels sue AI music generators Suno and Udio. Etched raises $120M to make AI Chips. Emergence AI scores $97.2M to make AI agents for white-collar work. We share our hot takes on Augmented World Expo, which wrapped last week. Tony, a true XR OG and an old friend, joined Rony in the AWE Hall of Fame last wee…

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

2M 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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Podcast 78: How to Improve Language Learning With AI 29:17

2M ago29:17

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Learning a new language isn't easy. Many apps have tried to help, with limited success. But now, AI makes language learning much easier. Find out how on this episode of The Talented Learning Show!By John Leh

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S3E14: 'Why We Need Fairness Enhancing Technologies Rather Than PETs' with Gianclaudio Malgieri (Brussels Privacy Hub) 47:38

2M ago47:38

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Today, I chat with Gianclaudio Malgieri, an expert in privacy, data protection, AI regulation, EU law, and human rights. Gianclaudio is an Associate Professor of Law at Leiden University, the Co-director of the Brussels Privacy Hub, Associate Editor of the Computer Law & Security Review, and co-author of the paper "The Unfair Side of Privacy Enhanc…

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This Week In XR June 20th, 2024 Episode 200, live from AWE 54:58

2M ago54:58

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This 200th episode of "This Week in XR" is recorded with a live audience on AWE's Expo Stage on June 20, 2024. This is the 15th edition of the largest XR conference and expo in the world. We invited five guests who have never been on our show, AWE Program director Sonya Haskins, developer and blogger, Tony Vitillo, Cosmo Scharf, founder of VRLA, an…

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

2M 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

2M 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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#8th Wall Releases Web-Based Game Engine “Niantic Studio” to Render WebXR Experiences 53:19

2M 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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S3E13: 'Building Safe AR / VR/ MR / XR Technology" with Spatial Computing Pioneer Avi Bar Zeev (XR Guild) 51:35

2M ago51:35

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In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Avi Bar-Zeev, a true tech pioneer and the Founder and President of The XR Guild. With over three decades of experience, Avi has an impressive resume, including launching Disney's Aladdin VR ride, developing Second Life's 3D worlds, co-founding Keyhole (which became Google Earth), co-inventing Micr…

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Looking Down to Go Forward: Ground Penetrating Radar for Autonomous Vehicles 55:32

2M ago55:32

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If you enjoy hearing passionate people talk about jobs they love and technology that fascinates them, you are in for a treat. Noah Gedrimas grew up with a love of vehicles—cars, tractors, construction equipment, and snowmobiles. In college, he built a one-fifth-scale car and then programmed it to self-park, which led him to a “newfound respect for …

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From Stand-Up to Stand-In: Frank King's Journey from Comedy to Suicide Prevention Advocacy 34:51

2M ago34:51

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What happens when a comedian's path takes an unexpected turn into the realm of mental health advocacy? Frank King, a renowned comedian with over two decades of experience, found himself navigating this profound journey. From writing jokes for Jay Leno to sharing the stage with legends like Jeff Foxworthy and Adam Sandler, Frank's career took a pivo…

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

2M 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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#1394: Discussion about VRChat Layoffs & Paths to Profitability with Four Community Members 1:39:34

2M 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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This Week In XR June 14th, 2024 ft. Jeri Ellsworth, CEO and Co-Founder of Tilt Five 55:58

2M ago55:58

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This week is show #199. Our guest is Jeri Ellsworth, CEO and Co-Founder of Tilt Five. Next week we'll record show #200 in front of a live audience at AWE in Long Beach, CA. This week we review Apple AI (Apple Intelligence), their cross-platform AI implementation. Also in the news, Mistral raises $600 M to compete with OpenAI, Google, Meta, and Anth…

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Exploring AI's Potential | EP 125 Nataraj Sindam of Startup Project 31:13

2M ago31:13

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In this episode of Oh Ship Show, host Freddie Laker is joined by Nataraj Sindam, a sper talented product manager. Nataraj leads a team of engineers and designers to build and scale Azure Files, a cloud service providing secure and scalable file storage for enterprises. With a robust background in Computer Science and Mathematics, Nataraj has signif…

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Podcast 77: Growing a Customer Learning Community 29:23

2M ago29:23

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What does it take to grow a successful customer learning community? Get useful tips and insights from Oracle University on this episode of The Talented Learning Show!By John Leh

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This Week In XR June 10th, 2024 ft. Ori Inbar, Exec Dir and co-founder, AWE 45:35

2M ago45:35

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Ted and Charlie welcome Ori Inbar, who is celebrating AWE's 15th anniversary by moving the June 18 - 20 show from Silicon Valley to Long Beach. In the news, big raises for Pika Labs ($80M) and Twelve Labs ($50M) that can understand video. Wevr, maker of the seminal VR experience The Blu, raises $3.5M. The CEO of Sony Pictures says he is "all in" on…

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The Courage to Launch: Revolutionizing Pet Care 37:50

2M ago37:50

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In this episode of Oh Ship Show, we discuss the courage it takes to launch a company and the resilience required to persevere in tough markets. Joining us today is Catherine Dennig, a visionary entrepreneur and co-founder of Fursure, a company revolutionizing pet insurance to support pet parents and their vet care needs. Catherine is a Forbes 30 Un…

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

2M 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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S3E12: 'How Intentional Experimentation in A/B Testing Supports Privacy' with Matt Gershoff (Conductrics) 45:22

2M ago45:22

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Today, I'm joined by Matt Gershoff, Co-founder and CEO of Conductrics, a software company specializing in A/B testing, multi-armed bandit techniques, and customer research and survey software. With a strong background in resource economics and artificial intelligence, Matt brings a unique perspective to the conversation, emphasizing simplicity and …

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