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Designing for Virtual Reality. Oral history podcast featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. Learn about the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.
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Dive into what you need to get started for developing VR experiences through inspiring conversations with industry leaders, developers and creators who are on the cutting edge of immersive technology, building the future of spatial computing. Our spotlight series featuring immersive artists and developers is sponsored by Meta.
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The 911 Calls Podcast: Shock, Chuckle, and Aww with The Operator & Jess 11:59 Media, The Operator, and Jess bring you another masterpiece for your earballs: The "911 Calls Podcast". Traverse the intense landscape of real-life 911 calls from around the globe, expertly dissected and presented to you ... along with a healthy dose of jibber jabber. Each episode is a rollertoaster of emotions. Brace yourself as the "shock call" sends chills down your headphones, stirring the deepest corners of yo ...
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#8th Wall Releases Web-Based Game Engine “Niantic Studio” to Render WebXR Experiences
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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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On this episode we peer through the window blinds at the case of a neighbor boy who spends more time outside in the cold, as a punishment, than inside his house. A tragic tale of parental neglect and abuse. We end it all with a Happy Ending from our 999 friends across the pond. Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes, and hours of extra 911 Calls content each we…
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#1395: Apple Vision Pro as Screen Replacement Power User Brad Lynch on Overlays & Multi-App XR
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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
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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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On this episode, we cover the bewildering case of a 13 year old boy who does the unthinkable to his mother. We end it with another healthy does of everyone’s favorite segment; Guessnicity with the one and only, Luther! Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes, and hours of extra 911 Calls content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Me…
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#1393: Overview of Raindance Immersive 2024 Selection Featuring Social VR Indie Artists & Virtual Culture
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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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On this episode we cover the case of the Ducro family. We delve into the more of stand-your-ground laws, and again, the topic of toxicity in relationships rears its ugly head. We end it all (the episode) with a heart warming tale of inebriation and petit theft where stealing a cops handcuffs might just end you up in them. Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes,…
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#1392: The Story Behind Tribeca Immersive’s Pivot Towards Immersive Art with Curator Ana Brzezińska
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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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#1391: ILM Immersive’s “What If…?” Marvel Experience Forges a New Genre of Immersive Storytelling blending 3D Movie Cinematics with First-Person Embodiment
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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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On this episode we cover a Flakka case that has an explosive series of 911 calls and the story around them. We end it all with a happy ending where the PD is dogged by a missing 3-year-old. Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes, and hours of extra 911 Calls content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of the 11:59 Media podcasts. Start accessing…
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On this episode, we extend out conversation from the uncut regarding video games, and our gaming experiences. We nestle into a quaint town in Ohio for a horrible muder that ends up being no game. And we end it all… with an unpredictable dumpster fire of a Happy Ending. Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes, and hours of extra 911 Calls content each week, exclu…
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#1390: First Edition of Cannes Film Festival Immersive Competition with Elie Lavasseur
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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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Launching JADU on mobile, a first-of-its-kind multiplayer AR fighting game, with Sarah Stumbo Huth, Gameplay Engineer, Jadu AR
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In just a few short years, mobile gaming has exploded, now accounting for almost half of all gaming, with the market worth an astounding $90 billion dollars. According to Statista, by 2026 the mobile AR market is predicted to reach $36 billion dollars in revenue. As mobile AR gaming evolves beyond Pokemon Go, one company is going all-in to redefine…
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On this episode, we cover the case of a victim trapped in the one place where you should always feel like you are cared for… an actual care facility! This care facility, however, breeds the mother of all crimes! And on the happy ending, we get light-hearted with a parody of cop vs citizen. Will everybody be safe? Maybe. Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes, a…
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#1389: Elemental Theory of Presence + Primer on Experiential Design& Immersive Storytelling
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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
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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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On this episode we cover the troubling case of Navin Jones, and the utter pieces of garbage that could be called his parents. And we end it all (just for this episode) with some kids whose mom is prepared to scare them straight, just like she likes her whiskey. Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes, and hours of extra 911 Calls content each week, exclusive mer…
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On this episode we cover the devastating story of Aaliayah Lunsford and the events that led to her missing in the night.And as always we end everything with a Happy Ending that’ll make you chuckle your soup right out of your face. Hugs. ❤️ Ad-free episodes, and hours of extra 911 Calls content each week, exclusive merch, and early access to all of …
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