Xtended Realities Podcast | #015 | Industry news, COVID, and Virtual Events

Xtended Realities

• Arkit - :45
• • https://www.macrumors.com/2020/06/22/apple-announces-arkit-4/
• Apple AR glasses - 6:50
• • https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/05/19/apple-glass-details-leaked-will-cost-499-and-work-with-prescriptions
• Oculus Go dead - 18:00
• • https://uploadvr.com/oculus-go-gone/
  • No more 3DOF
• Success of HL:Alyx - 24:50
• • At least 500,000 https://www.npr.org/2020/04/09/820648379/half-life-alyx-and-the-promise-of-virtual-reality#:~:text=But%20just%20how%20many%20people,for%20a%20VR%20exclusive%20title.
• Star Wars Squadrons - 26:10
• • Full VR support!

• Industry impact of covid - 27:09
• • The work from home shift, and how tech companies were already well-suited to making the change
  • We’ve covered virtual production before https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/icvr-xtended-realities/xtended-realities/e/64617153
  • Most steam players ever - 34:45
  • • https://uploadvr.com/steam-hardware-survey-2-million/
  • Mobile gaming doing better than ever before
  • More offices using virtual offices: https://spatial.io/#features
  • AI-enabled semi-autonomous food delivery robots - 36:05 https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/15391/uber-buying-postmates-will-drive-3-technology-innovations
• Virtual Events Shit:
• • Fortnite - 37:30
  • • Travis Scott: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/entertainment/travis-scott-fortnite-concert/index.html
    • Marshmello - 37:50
    • https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234980/fortnite-marshmello-concert-viewer-numbers
    • Christopher Nolan movies (Inception, Batman Begins, The Prestige)
    • Where is Fortnite going with Party Royale Island?
  • John Legend https://go.wave.watch/johnlegend
  • • https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/john-legend-to-perform-songs-from-new-album-bigger-love-during-first-ever-virtual-live-concert/ar-BB15QmM0
  • Lindsey Stirling https://youtu.be/mK5Jb1vgrgw
  • • WaveXR
  • Virtual Burning Man - 40:35
  • • https://burningman.org/culture/virtual-brc-2020/
    • • Portal submissions through Kindling, new internal app: https://edm.com/news/burning-man-project-kindling
  • LIB Festival - 39:10
  • https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=lib+festival+2020&docid=608011852511907714&mid=A6074FB6F3EC09EFD981A6074FB6F3EC09EFD981&view=detail&FORM=VIRE
  • • What it did well and not so well
    • • Used Vita Motus: https://vitamotus.com/dgtl-lib/
  • Red Dead Redemption 2 for meetings: https://mashable.com/article/red-dead-redemption-2-coronavirus-meeting-work-from-home-social-distancing/
  • Lightning Round - 48:30