Episode 44 – Horse Trading HMD’s

April 29, 2017April 29, 2017 / linojon / Leave a comment

Hello! And welcome to Uncle Jonny’s Virtual Reality Podcast, where we talk about what’s happening in the emerging VR tech world, and how to develop VR experiences. It is April 29, 2017, this is Episode 44, and I’m your host Jonathan Linowes with my son and co-host Jarrett Linowes.

In this episode we talk about the SVVR 2017 conference, Unity’s internal VR projects, working on my upcoming Power Solitaire VR game, recent Oculus announcements in VR and AR, Snap Spectacles, the process of developing software for VR, my upcoming book “Augmented Reality for Developers”, are VC’s interested in VR, why I just bought a HoloLens, and other things VR and AR.

Episode 43 – Woot! Power Solitaire VR Early Access

February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 / linojon / Leave a comment

Episode 43 – Woot! Power Solitaire VR Early Access

In this episode we talk about the Steam Early Access release of my new game, Power Solitaire VR. We also talk about developing for AR, Google Daydream, and PlayStation VR, and lots of other things VR and AR.

Show Notes

Skeptics Guide to the Universe podcast http://www.theskepticsguide.org/
IMotions EEG headsets https://imotions.com/hardware/eeg-headsets/
How Snapchat filters work http://www.vox.com/2016/6/28/12046792/how-snapchat-filters-work
VuForia AR toolkit https://www.vuforia.com/
ARToolkit open source project http://artoolkit.org/
Power Solitaire VR on Steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/584850
Steam communities http://steamcommunity.com/
VRTK open source VR toolkit https://github.com/thestonefox/VRTK
Developing for PS4 and PSVR https://www.playstation.com/en-us/develop/

Episode 42 – What is wrong with Millennials? Nothing!

January 15, 2017February 9, 2017 / linojon / Leave a comment

Episode 42 – What is wrong with Millennials? Nothing!

In this episode we go off topic and talk about a recent Simon Sinek video about why Millennials are worthless. But of course we also talk about the CES 2017 show, Oculus room scale, photogrammetry, and lots of other things VR and AR.

Show Notes

CES 2017 http://www.ces.tech/
Vive Tracker https://www.vive.com/us/vive-tracker/
Multiplayer VR with Vive Tracker http://www.techradar.com/news/vive-tracker-is-the-answer-to-new-kinds-of-gameplay-multiplayer-vr
Reality Capture photogrammetry https://www.capturingreality.com/Product
Simon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hER0Qp6QJNU&feature=youtu.be
AR In Action summit http://arinaction.org/

Episode 41 – Scan me, Print me, Touch Me

December 16, 2016December 16, 2016 / linojon / Leave a comment

Episode 41 – Scan me, Print me, Touch Me

In this episode we talk about the new Oculus Touch controllers versus Vive, 3D scanning, 3D printing and photogrammetry. And lots of other things VR and AR.

Show Notes

Google Earth VR https://vr.google.com/earth/
Super Hot VR https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1012593518800648/
Structure.io scanner http://structure.io/
ItSeez3D http://itseez3d.com/
Shapeways http://www.shapeways.com/
Einscan http://www.einscan.com/
HP DAVID scanner http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaign/3Dscanner/overview.html
123D http://www.123dapp.com/
ReMake https://remake.autodesk.com/about
Agisoft Photoscan http://www.agisoft.com/
RealityCapture https://www.capturingreality.com/
MeshLab http://meshlab.sourceforge.net/
ZBrush http://pixologic.com/

Episode 40 – The Fall of VR 2016

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 / linojon / Leave a comment

Episode 40 – The Fall of VR 2016

In this episode we talk about the many VR and AR product introductions this fall, including Playstation VR, Daydream, Microsoft VR, Oculus products and more. We also talk about the huge Reality, Virtually Hackathon at the MIT Media Lab last month where I was a co-organizer and lead mentor and Jarrett was a hacker participant.

Show Notes

Unity 2016 https://unite.unity.com/2016/los-angeles
Reality Virtually Hackathon http://www.realityvirtuallyhack.com/#intro
Microsoft Hololens https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-hololens/en-us
Microsoft Windows 10 Holographic VR http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/26/13418156/microsoft-windows-10-holographic-virtual-reality-headset-announced-price
Google Daydream VR https://vr.google.com/daydream/
Sony PlayStation VR https://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstation-vr/
Vive Wireless TPCAST http://uploadvr.com/htc-vive-wireless-kit/
Oculus Standalone VR http://www.theverge.com/2016/10/6/13178960/oculus-midrange-standalone-vr-prototype

Episode 39 – Reality, Virtually, Hackathon! call for participation

September 3, 2016September 3, 2016 / linojon / Leave a comment

Episode 39 – Reality, Virtually, Hackathon! call for participation

In this episode we talk about the huge upcoming VR/AR hackathon called “Reality, Virtually” at the MIT Media Lab, October 7-10, 2016, open for registration for anyone who wants to participate. Discussion of the hackathon starts about 15 minutes in. But first we chat about a few games (both VR and non-VR), upcoming conferences, devices and lots of other things VR and AR.

Show Notes

EVE: Valkyrie https://www.evevalkyrie.com/
Adr1ft game http://www.adr1ft.com/
No Man’s Sky http://www.no-mans-sky.com/
Stranger Things https://www.netflix.com/title/80057281
Black Mirror http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/
Reality, Virtually, Hackathon!, http://www.realityvirtuallyhack.com/#intro No VR/AR development experience required to participate
Int’l Manufacturing Technology Show IMTS https://www.imts.com/
SpaceX using VR (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNqs_S-zEBY
Unity Unite https://unite.unity.com/2016/los-angeles
VRDC Conference http://www.vrdconf.com/
META2 https://www.metavision.com/
Shadow Creator Halo VR/AR http://www.shadowcreator.com/halo/index.html

Episode 38 – Local Radio Station Interview

August 13, 2016 / linojon / Leave a comment

Episode 38, August 13, 2016

Back in June I was interviewed as a guest on a morning talk show called “Chicks Dishing” at a local radio station, WLTN-FM, in the White Mountains region of Littleton, New Hampshire. In this episode I replay the show, about a half-hour. We were invited on air to promote a new local meetup group, the Littleton Tech Meetup, but we spent considerable time talking about virtual reality. It was fun framing the conversation for a general audience including people who probably have never seen or even heard of virtual reality and augmented reality.

Show Notes