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XR Connections - Extended Reality - XR | AR | VR | MR

XR Connections - Extended Reality - XR | AR | VR | MR

Liam O'Malley

XR Connections covers Extended Reality (XR - AR - VR - MR), providing a weekly guide to items of interest in the worlds of Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality. Hosted by Liam James O'Malley of Mars and Mercury - XR Strategy and Intelligence

  • 27 minutes 52 seconds
    Real World Results of Enterprise VR Training's with Lorne Fade of VR Vision

    Lorne Fade of VR Vision discusses, VR for Enterprise Training, the Merits and Drawbacks of 360 Video and Measuring the ROI of VR Training Applications


    VR Vision

    VR Vision Clients:

    Avangrid Renewables

    Oculus Avangrid Renewables Case Study

    Siemens

    Toyota

    Connect:

    Lorne Fade, Co-Founder & COO at VR Vision

    Roni Cerga, CEO at VR Vision | CRO at Reality Well

    Antony Vitillo (Skarred Ghost), AR/VR developer, entrepreneur, consultant, blogger;  Ghost Howls Blog

    VRM, Virtual Reality Marketing

    RIN, Reality Innovators Network for Metaverse, VR, AR & XR (Virtual, Augmented & Extended Reality) 

    Ori Inbar, Founder at Super Ventures and AWE

    Thom Buchanan, Contact CI Chief of Product (see Episode 14)

    Events:

    TechLearn 2022 Conference September 20-22, Austin TX

    HackMIT 2022 (MIT Hackathon) October 01-02, Cambridge MA

    DevLearn Conference and Expo October October 26-28, Las Vegas NV

    AWE

    Tech:

    Google Cardboard

    HTC Vive

    Tilt Brush

    Haptics, SenseGlove

    Meta Quest Pro/Project Cambria - ‘Meta Quest Pro: everything we know so far’ - Tom’s Guide

    Project Cambria Video Leak Article from Road to VR

    Pico 4 Release Info Article from Upload VR

    20 September 2022, 4:07 pm
  • 38 minutes 50 seconds
    Ep. 22 - Getting Started for Business in the Metaverse with Deborah Worrell of Virtual Reality Marketing

    Deborah Worrell discusses how to get started in the Metaverse from a business perspective. We discuss the hardware and software needs, where to start, how to plan for a business presence in the Metaverse, and what exactly a VR experience is.


    Deborah Worrell

    Virtual Reality Marketing

    Reality Innovators Network

    Goldman Sachs Metaverse/Crypto

    Facebook Meta Announcement

    Disney and the Metaverse 

    Oculus 2 

    Pico Neo 3

    HTC Vive

    AltSpace

    Ashley Crowder/VNTANA

    Daniel Sisson/XR TERRA

    Decentraland Fashion Week

    Unity

    Unreal

    GC1 Solutions Reality Hub




    8 April 2022, 4:16 pm
  • 26 minutes 26 seconds
    Episode 21 with Edwin Rivera of CG1 Solutions and the Miami VRARA on XR Training and Healthcare

    EPISODE 021 SHOW NOTES:


    Edwin Rivera of CG1 Solutions discusses challenges and opportunities in developing and deploying XR training content for Healthcare, the importance of being platform agnostic, how he was inspired to enter the AR space, and the emergence of the Miami area as a tech innovation center.

    Edwin Rivera

    CG1 Solutions

    Total Immersion (Former AR Co.)

    Metaio

    Markerless AR

    Walmart AR Avengers App

    Hololens

    PTC

    ScopeAR

    Cathy Hackyl

    Tom Emrich

    ARPost Newsletter

    VRARA

    VRARA  Miami Chapter

    Immerse Global Summit

    AWE

    28 February 2022, 8:04 pm
  • 40 minutes 26 seconds
    XR Connections Ep.20 - Deborah Worrell of Virtual Reality Marketing and the Reality Innovators Network

    Deborah Worrell of Virtual Reality Marketing recommends VR collaboration and networking platforms, and discusses the Reality Innovators Network, Digital Twins and IoT, NFTs and virtual goods, and the best sources for keeping up with all things Metaverse.

    Deborah Worrell

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    Virtual Reality Marketing

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    Reality Innovators Network

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    AltSpace

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    Oculus

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    Roblox

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    Fortnite

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    Spatial

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    Glue

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    Pico Neo 3

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    Internet of Things

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    Digital Twins

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    Internet of Industrial Things

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    Decentraland

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    Virtual Fashion and Collectibles

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    Inside Newsletters

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    ARTillery

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    Mike Boland

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    Shelly Palmer

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    Mathew Olson/Reality Check

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    Benedict Evans

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    VRARA

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    Charlie Fink

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    AWE

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    Ted Schilowitz/This Week in XR

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    The Metaverse, Why It Matters, How’s It Going to Revolutionize Everything - Matthew Ball

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    Gabriel Rene - The Spatial Web

    17 February 2022, 6:04 pm
  • 31 minutes 48 seconds
    No. 19. Former Disney Imagineer Brian Collins on Transforming Education with XR

    Episode No. 19. features former Disney Imagineer Brian Collins of The Brainstorm Institute and Magic Bytes on transforming education with XR, VR platforms AltspaceVR and Engage, and advice and insight on presenting in VR.

    Brian Collins

    Magic Bytes

    Brainstorm Institute

    FB The Mouse and the Imagineer

    Educators Who Love Disney

    Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge

    Haunted Mansion Pepper’s Ghost Effect 

    AltSpace VR

    VRAR Global Summit

    Engage

    Victory XR

    Dr. Martin Rayala - Enso Education Institute

    Educators in VR

    Acknowledgements:

    Call Recording: Zoom

    Podcasting: Anchor

    Editing: Logic Pro X

    Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

    17 July 2020, 1:03 pm
  • 34 minutes 48 seconds
    No. 18. VictoryXR's Steve Grubbs on building a Virtual Reality Classroom Environment and Developing a Standards-Based VR Curriculum

    Steve Grubbs, founder and CEO of VictoryXR, discusses building a Virtual Reality Classroom Environment,  engaging a team to  develop and present a Standards-Based VR Curriculum, choosing the ENGAGE platform as VictoryXR's virtual campus, how hardware development is accelerating adoption of VR education, and some of his favorite educational VR experiences.

    VictoryXR 

    Steve Grubbs

    Pico Neo 2

    Engage

    Rene Gadelha

    Daniel Coyle

    The DAVE School

    Award-Winning VR Frog Dissection 

    SideQuest

    Vive Focus Pro

    ChalkBites VR Corporate Training

    Kai Liang

    EduLearn20

    AWE

    Anne Frank House in Virtual Reality

    1943 Berlin Blitz


    23 June 2020, 12:13 am
  • 25 minutes 20 seconds
    No. 17 Rene Pinnell on Cannes XR 2020, The VR Museum of Other Realities, Grants for XR Artists, and the Kaleidoscope Creator Community.

    In Episode No. 17 Rene Pinnell of Kaleidoscope VR discusses Cannes XR 2020, The VR Museum of Other Realities, and how he and his wife have built Kaleidoscope and a community-funded grant model that helps artists migrate into the new medium of XR.

    Rene Pinnell

    Kaleidoscope

    Cannes XR - June 22-26 2020

    Elie Levasseur - XR program Leader - Cannes XR / Le Marché du Film & Head of NewImages XR Market

    AltSpaceVR 

    VRChat

    The Museum of Other Realities

    Tribeca Film Festival

    VEER Premium VR Experiences

    VHRAM! - Virtual Reality in Hamburg Virtual Festival 2020

    Oculus Rift

    Titans of Space VR Game

    Wired Magazine

    BattleScar Immersive Film

    Acknowledgements:

    ​Call Recording: Skype

    Podcasting: Anchor

    Recording: Logic Pro X ​

    Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS


    19 June 2020, 1:54 am
  • 25 minutes 45 seconds
    No. 16 XR Rapid Prototyping with Preview Lab's Bernard Francois

    EPISODE 016 SHOW NOTES:

    ​Featuring an interview with Bernard Francois, founder of Preview Labs, who discusses the unique challenges and benefits of rapid prototyping for XR, his company’s VR and AR projects for the National Institutes for Health and Yale University, and his experience presenting and networking at the online AWE 2020 Conference in May 2020.

    Preview Labs

    ​Global Game Jam

    ​Oculus DK1 Retrospective from Road to VR

    ​HTC Vive

    ​XR Health

    ​National Institutes of Health

    ​Yale University -  Play for Real Lab - Invite Only VR Vaping Prevention Game

    ​AWE 2020 Conference

    ​Preview Labs Blog

    ​Physics in Games and VR Simulations Presentation by Bernard Francois at NYU

    ​Game Developers Conference - August 4-6 2020 (Online)

    ​Boston Virtual Reality Meetup

    ​VRAR Global Summit

    ​Acknowledgements:

    ​Call Recording: Skype

    Podcasting: Anchor

    Recording: Logic Pro X ​

    Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

    9 June 2020, 8:48 pm
  • 47 minutes 2 seconds
    No. 15 Virtual Reality and Education with Kai Liang of MEL Science

    EPISODE 015 SHOW NOTES:

    Featuring an interview with Kai Liang of MEL Science and Smart Stone Technology. Kai discusses how he got his start in Virtual Reality for Education, the role quality content plays in the adoption of VR for K-12 use, subjects that VR excels at, and his recommendations of VR education content providers.

    Kai Liang

    MEL Science

    Smart Stone

    Autostereoscopic 3D

    Dimenco

    Vassilli Philippov (MEL)

    Bernard Frischer (Virtual Rome)

    ​The Body VR

    ​CoSpaces

    ​Wild Immersion

    ​Catherine D. Henry

    ​Alan Smithson

    ​Alvin Wang Gralin HTC

    ​Leland Hedges PICO

    ​Acknowledgements:

    ​Call Recording: Zoom

    Podcasting: Anchor

    Recording: Logic Pro X ​

    Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

    28 May 2020, 3:32 pm
  • 29 minutes 30 seconds
    No. 14 Participating in the MIT XR Reality Hack with Tom Buchanan, Co-Founder of haptic glove maker Contact CI.

    EPISODE 014 SHOW NOTES:

    Episode 14 of XR Connections features an interview with Tom Buchanan, Co-Founder and Chief of Product for the haptic glove maker Contact CI. Tom discusses his experience as a participant of the XR-focused MIT Reality Hack, his team's award-winning  immersive Impact Journalism project, Rising Tide, haptic technology, the Varjo XR-1 Mixed Reality Headset, Contact CI's Maestro gloves and recent advancements in hand-tracking.

    Tom Buchanan

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    MIT Reality Hack

    Discord Voice and Text Chat App

    Rising Tide MIT Reality Hack Project

    Rising Tide Team Members:

    Liam Broza LifeScope Lab, Carlos Calva, Clair Chuff, Grace Ma

    Varjo XR-1

    Varjo XR-1 and Volvo

    Contact CI / Maestro Haptic Glove

    Cincinatti VR Meetup

    Vectre XR Development Studio

    Cincy Inno / American Inno Network

    Ultraleap, Leap Motion Tracking and Haptics

    Valve Index Controllers

    HandTracking/Oculus Quest

    NReal Glasses

    MagicLeap

    Acknowledgements:

    Call Recording: Skype

    Podcasting: Anchor

    Recording: Logic Pro X

    Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

    Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

    10 March 2020, 6:11 pm
  • 25 minutes 30 seconds
    No. 13 with Terry Proto on Virtual Reality Marketing and Ubereal Agency

    Episode 13 features an interview with Terry Proto, Co-Founder and CEO of Virtual Reality Marketing and Ubereal Agency. Terry is both helping brands find trustworthy XR development partners and helping XR creators find more clients and recurring business. We discuss Virtual Reality Marketing’s searchable database of over 2500 XR creators, the importance of XR case studies, the challenges of beginning an XR project, who Terry follows to keep up on XR developments, XR events of interest, and promising new advances in AR glasses. 

    Ubereal Agency

    Virtual Reality Marketing Searchable Database of XR Creators

    Ubereal Partner Rikard Berglin

    Amazon and AR

    Oculus Quest

    XR Ignite Accelerator

    Alan Smithson XR for Business Podcast

    Julie Smithson XR for Learning Podcast

    Metavrse

    Charlie Fink

    Charlie Fink’s XR at Forbes

    AWE Expo

    VRX Conference and Expo

    ARtillery Newsletter

    XR Intelligence

    VR/AR Association

    Hololens 2

    nReal AR Glasses

    Jason McDowall The AR Show

    Acknowledgements:

    Call Recording: Skype

    Podcasting: Anchor

    Recording: Logic Pro X

    Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

    Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

    3 March 2020, 10:15 pm
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