Since May 2014, Kent Bye has published over 1000 Voices of VR podcast interviews featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. He's an oral historian, experiential journalist, & aspiring philosopher, helping to define the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.
https://voicesofvr.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 15 days 12 hours 24 minutes
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#982: The Polys WebXR Awards Highlighting the Best WebXR Experiences of 2020
The Polys WebXR Awards was an awards show on February 20th, 2021 founded by Ben Irwin in collaboration with Sophia Moshasha and Julie Smithson. Irwin
#981: Worldbuilding with the Guild of Future Architects’ Futurist Writer’s Room: “Traveling the Intersitium with Octavia Butler”
One of my favorite pieces at Sundance New Frontier 2021 this year was a series of four open web experiences created as a part of
#980: Designing Community Worldbuilding Conversations with “Beyond the Breakdown”
Worldbuilding and speculative design was a big theme at Sundance New Frontier 2021, and I had a chance to participate in an experience that facilitated
#979: “Nightsss:” From Erotic Poem to Immersive Poetry to Neuroscience Research
Nightss is an sensual experience that’s structured around an erotic Polish-language poem by Weronika Lewandowska that uses dance and spatial metaphors in VR to create
#978: Democratizing Volumetric Capture with Scatter’s Depthkit: The History, Evolution, & Future of Accessible Volumetric Filmmaking
Depthkit’s volumetric capture solution is democratizing access to the tools of volumetric filmmaking. I had a chance to do a deep dive with two of
#977: “The Changing Same:” Volumetric Storytelling Innovations, Connecting the Past to the Present with the Cycles of Racial Terror
The Changing Same is one of the most ambitious pieces of volumetric filmmaking yet since it combines all sorts of volumetric capture techniques with Scatter’s
#976: XR Ethics White Paper Invitation from Launch of the IEEE Global Initiative of the Ethics of Extended Reality
I’ve been an executive committee member of the IEEE Global Initiative of the Ethics of Extended Reality for the past six months, and we had
#975: Critic’s Roundtable for Sundance New Frontier 2021
After watching the 14 immersive experiences at Sundance New Frontier 2021, I invited three other immersive critics for a roundtable discussion unpacking each of the
#974: VR Industry Defector Reflects on Google, Owlchemy Labs, Game Dev Culture, Stagnation of Innovation, & Toxic Positivity
On January 14, 2021, VR developer Fox Buchele announced on Twitter that he was fired by Owlchemy Labs in 2020, and “I’m sharing this now
#973: Sundance New Frontier 2021 Sneak Peak + Virtual Film Parties & Gatherings
Sundance New Frontier 2021 features 14 immersive experiences that will be accessible via the $25 Sundance Explorer pass starting on Friday, January 29th until Wednesday,