AR Superpowers, VR in the 90's, & Data Privacy (Avi Bar-Zeev, ex-Apple/MS/Disney) - 97

Research VR Podcast - The Science & Design of Virtual Reality

The Science and Design behind Virtual Reality

Google Earth, Hololens, and Disney VR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev joins Azad to share his perspective of the 3D/VR industry over the last few decades and make predictions of the near future.

Topics discussed & showlinks:

• working on early Disney's Aladdin’s Magic Carpet Ride VR experience (Road To VR article),
• solving early 3D graphics and texture size issues
• Location Based Entertainment business models not working
• early CRT VR monitors
• creating Google Earth (formerly Keyhole) and the KML format
• Al Gore's Digital Earth
• Avi Interview in Cartographica
• despite setbacks, still being bullish about AR
• Avi's article on Vice - The Eyes Are the Prize: Eye-Tracking Technology Is Advertising's Holy Grail
• Communication in AR being THE selling point
• Eye-tracking, security, and biometric data
• A framework to think about data privacy for the average user
• Which business models prioritize data exploitations and which dont?
• The dangers of AR/VR data being used in totalitarian regimes for surveillance
• Is using public data for research an ethical issue?

recorded in July 2019

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