Here’s my interview with Suzanne Borders, CEO and Co-Founder of BadVR, that was conducted on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA. This is part 2 of my conversation with Borders, see part 1 here. See more...
Here’s my interview with Suzanne Borders, CEO and Co-Founder of BadVR, that was conducted on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Magic Leap’s LEAPCON in Los Angeles, CA. This is part 1 of my conversation with Borders, see part 2 here. See...
Here’s my interview with Vasilisa Glauser, educator specializing in twice exceptionality, that was conducted on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a...
Here’s my interview with ENGAGE‘s David Whelan, CEO of Engage PLC, that was conducted on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA. Be sure to check out my previous episode #1215: Fatboy Slim’s Groundbreaking...
Here’s my interview with Rylan Pozniak-Daniels, XR Developer and Futurist, that was conducted on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported...
Here’s my interview with Rylan Pozniak Daniels, Futurist and AR/VR Developer, that was conducted on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener...
Here’s my interview with Michael Peeler, Business Development Manager at Mass Virtual, that was conducted on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener...
Here’s my interview with Sonia Haskins, Head of Programming at Augmented World Expo, that was conducted on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. This is part 2 of 2 of my conversations with Haskins, you can see...
Here’s my interview with Sonya Haskins, Head of Programming at Augmented World Expo, that was conducted on Friday, June 2, 2023 at Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA. This is part 1 of 2 of my conversations with Haskins, you can see part...
Here’s my interview with Ori Inbar, co-founder at Super Ventures and Augmented World Expo, that was conducted on Friday, June 2, 2023 at Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA. See more context in the rough transcript below. This AWE Past and...
I speak with visual artist Elizabeth Honer who uses Open Brush to pain her dreams as well as with Martha Crawford who leads dream workshops. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of...
I talk with Excurio co-founder and CEO Fabien Barati & Jules Rimbaud, business development manager for the US territory, about expanding Excurio to 22 locations worldwide, and now with a focus of expanding into North America. See more context in...
I spoke with Todd Little & Erik Horn about Space-Time Adventure Tour in Central Park during Tribeca Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music:...
I spoke with Philippe Bedard about States of Immersion Across Media: Bodies, Techniques, Practices at Tribeca Immersive 2023. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon...
I spoke with Michaela Ternasky Holland about her project The Gr(ai)t Debate at Onassis ONX Summer Showcase 2025 as well as the Portals of Solitude: Virtual Realities from Taiwan show she curated at the Museum of Moving Image. See more context in the...
I spoke to Michaela Ternasky-Holland at the New Images Festival 2023 about the white paper titled “Deepening Engagement and Learning Impact through Virtual Reality Activations: Case Study Project: On the Morning You Wake (to the End of the...
I spoke with Michaela Ternasky-Holland at the Immersive Design Summit 2019 about her entry into the immersive space, some of her early immersive storytelling projects, and working with at the Museum of Ice Cream as a creative assistant to the...
I talk with pop culture scholar Shawn Taylor about fandom at the Immersive Design Summit 2019, and be sure to check out his post “We the Fans: How Our Powers Can Change the World” for more on his thoughts on fandom. We also talk about...
I spoke with Reese Antoinette & MaryAnn Talavera about The ORIXA Project at Onassis ONX Summer Showcase 2023. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality...
I spoke with Graham Sack about Neuro-Cinema: From Synapse to Montage at Onassis ONX Summer Showcase 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality : Play...
I spoke with the (now former) head of creative partnerships at ONX Vallejo Gantner at the Onassis ONX Summer Showcase 2023. We talked about the origin story of ONYX Studios as well the the Onassis Foundation’s support for XR art and innovation...
I spoke with producer Rayne Zukerman & lead programmer Luke Ruminski about The Dollhouse as a part of my remote coverage of Cannes Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the...
I spoke with Maartje Wegdam & Nienke Huitenga Broeren about Lacuna as a part of my remote coverage of Cannes Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon...
I spoke with Eloise Singer & Lesley Paterson about Trailblazer with Daisy Ridley as a part of my remote coverage of Cannes Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. Cannes Immersive Competition Lacuna — #1577:...
I spoke with Rashin Fahandej about A Father’s Lullaby at Tribeca Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. (Photo by Mikhail Mishin courtesy of Onassis ONX) This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR...
I spoke with Rashin Fahandej about A Father’s Lullaby at Tribeca Immersive 2023 when it was still a work-in-progress. See more context in the rough transcript below. (Photo by Mikhail Mishin courtesy of Onassis ONX) This is a listener...
I spoke with Yusuf Siddiquee, Abbas Rattani, & Shimul Chowdhury about New Maqam City at Tribeca Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. (Photo by Mikhail Mishin courtesy of Onassis ONX) This is a listener-supported...
I spoke with Ryat Yezbick & Milo Talwani about The Innocence of Unknowing at Tribeca Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. (Photo by Mikhail Mishin courtesy of Onassis ONX) This is a listener-supported podcast through...
I spoke with Kidus Hailesilassie about Uncharted VR at Tribeca Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below.
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I spoke with Meghna Singh about The Founders Pillars and The Power Loom at Tribeca Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality : Play in new...
I spoke with Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, & idris brewster about There Goes Nikki at Tribeca Immersive 2025. See more context in the rough transcript below. (Photo by Mikhail Mishin courtesy of Onassis ONX) Tribeca Immersive 2025 Selection...
I’ve spoken to Whitehead scholar Matt Segall a couple of times before, and I was really keen to catch up with him to hear his process-relational and process philosophical takes on AI, intelligence and consciousness. I was responding to a piece...
I spoke with the curators of Tribeca Immersive 2025 Jazia Hammoudi and Casey Baltes to unpack the 11 impact project that are being feature in this year’s selection. We also talk about Tribeca’s new collaboration with Onassis ONX and...
I spoke with Raindance Immersive curators Mária Rakušanová, Joe Hunting, Fangs about the 2025 selection of projects across 8 different categories. Tune in to get all of the latest tips from this year’s selection that is mostly happening on...
I spoke with producer Victor Agulhon of Targo Stories about their collaboration with TIME Studios to produce D-Day: The Camera Soldier, which he calls the most technologically advance immersive documentary produced up to this point. They took...
The Portland Art Museum Center for an Untold Tomorrow (PAM CUT) has acquired the Tomorrow Theater in South East Portland, and is curating 25 unique events a month and over 250 unique events a year. Most of the experiences are grounded within the...
We are in the middle of a hype cycle peak around AI as there are a lot of hyperbolic claims being made about the capabilities and performance of large-language models (LLMs). Computational Linguist Emily M. Bender and Sociologist Alex Hanna have...
#1562: Highlights of Creature’s IGN XR Gaming Showcase + State of VR Vibe Check with Doug North Cook
The Creature label features a lot of really innovative VR and MR games with rich and innovative gameplay mechanics, and they just featured three new games, a new DLC pack, and lots of updates about the games in a half-hour Creature Feature gaming...
NOTE: This sponsored episode was produced by Kent Bye in partnership with PHI and participation from Agog: Immersive Media Institute and immersive artist Peter Burr. PHI and Agog: Immersive Media Institute are collaborating on the PHI Immersive: XR...
Walkabout Mini Golf is really an incredible accomplishment of VR design with its fusion of worldbuilding, compelling physics-based gameplay, the unique social dynamics and community it’s able to cultivate, and over 4 1/2 years of consistent...
asses.masses is a unique, 7-hour, live performance that uses video game logic to expand the narrative possibilities and social dramaturgy of experimental theater. With a single video game controller at the front of a movie theater with lights up so...
Charlotte Mikkelborg is the series director of the Adventure series on Apple TV, which is shot on Apple Immersive Video and co-produced by Atlantic Studios (formerly Atlantic Productions) and Apple. I think it has the strongest storytelling released...
Ant Williams is a freediving athlete featured in the third episode of The Adventure Series titled “Ice Dive” that’s co-produced by Apple and Atlantic Studios (formerly Atlantic Productions). In the episode, Williams attempts to...
CURRENTS is a stunning debut from Jake Oleson as it pushes the grammar of 180 filmmaking to new heights. Oleson comes from the world of advertising and music videos, and he went through a rigorous pre-production process where he had actually already...
OTO’S PLANET was being exhibited on the Quest at SXSW, but I had a chance to check out the Apple Pro Version ahead of the SXSW festival and I felt like I much preferred it. OTO’S PLANET picked up the second place prize at Venice...
Another Apple Vision Pro piece at SXSW 2025 was COSMOS IN FOCUS by Atlantic Studios (recently rebranded from Atlantic Productions). This was a short and sweet educational experience that allowed you to explore the imagery of the James Webb...
There was an projection-based immersive experience called ORIGINS – LIFE’S EPIC JOURNEY that was originally formatted for a digital art museum in Germany called Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, but it was translated into a three-channel video...
FLY TO YOU tells the story of Kang Songjeol who was separated from her childhood friends in the aftermath of the 1950 split between North and South Korea. Oral history interviews were captured in 360 video, and her childhood memories were recreated...
SYMPHONI is a brand new hand-tracked rhythm game that was inspired by the mechanics of conducting a symphony. It was directed by Ingram Mao and developed by a number of undergrads and graduates of the USC Games program. This game also goes from...
ECHOVISION is the latest experience from multi-disciplinary artist Jiabao Li that has three major parts. The first part is a mobile-phone based mixed reality experience that does a metaphoric translation of echolocation by using LiDAR to detect your...