Research VR Podcast - The Science & Design of Virtual Reality Podcast
1) Active Depth Cameras w/ Jeff Powers (Cofounder Occipital, Arcturus Industries) - 101
Jeff Powers, Cofounder of Occipital and Arcturus Industries joins Azad to discuss active depth cameras, Apple's LiDAR, and his vision of the future of consumer volumetric reconstructions. Topics dis...Show More
Active Depth Cameras w/ Jeff Powers (Cofounder Occipital, Arcturus Industries) - 101
1:11:39 | Aug 18th, 2020
2) Episode 100! The original cast retrospective on 4 years of VR - 100
Petr Legkov, Krzysztof Izdebski, and Azad Balabanian, the three cofounders of the podcast come back together to discuss the last four years of VR, the podcast, and their lives. Topics discussed: - Wh...Show More
3) Culture and Behavior in Social VR (Jessica Outlaw + Rebecca Hyman) - 99
Jessica Outlaw, a culture & behavior researcher and Rebecca Hyman, a mental health therapist to discuss human culture in-and-out of VR, VR marketing demographics, as well as representation in media. ...Show More
4) Sketchfab's omnipresnce in the 3D world (Alban Denoyel, CEO of Sketchfab) - 98
Cofounder and CEO of Sketchfab, Alban Denoyel joins Azad to talk about all things 3D on the web. Topics discussed: - Why sketchfab was created - Why the large tech companies can't compete against S...Show More
Sketchfab's omnipresnce in the 3D world (Alban Denoyel, CEO of Sketchfab) - 98
55:18 | Jan 30th, 2020
5) AR Superpowers, VR in the 90's, & Data Privacy (Avi Bar-Zeev, ex-Apple/MS/Disney) - 97
Google Earth, Hololens, and Disney VR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev joins Azad to share his perspective of the 3D/VR industry over the last few decades and make predictions of the near future.
AR Superpowers, VR in the 90's, & Data Privacy (Avi Bar-Zeev, ex-Apple/MS/Disney) - 97
1:25:39 | Oct 16th, 2019
6) CTRL-kit's Intent-Based Finger Input (Jesslyn Tannady, Tech. Prod. Manager @ CTRL-labs)
Jesslyn Tannady joins us to talk about CTRL-Labs's advancements in BCI's, finger tracking, and input methods for games and VR/AR. Topics discussed: - CTRL-Kit, finger tracking and intent tracking -...Show More
CTRL-kit's Intent-Based Finger Input (Jesslyn Tannady, Tech. Prod. Manager @ CTRL-labs)
1:03:19 | Sep 11th, 2019
7) Rec Room's Origins and its UGC Future (Shawn Whiting, Community Designer @ Against Gravity) - 95
Shawn Whiting, the Community Designer at Against Gravity joins Petr and Azad to discuss the origins and the future of one of the most popular games in VR: Rec Room.
8) Building Leap Motion's "Project North Star" Kits (Noah Zerkin, PM at Noah Labs) - 094
Leap Motion's open source Project North Star has been fascinating VR/AR enthusiasts for the last year, but due to the scarcity of sourcing the components, finding a fully built kit is quite rare. Noah...Show More
Building Leap Motion's "Project North Star" Kits (Noah Zerkin, PM at Noah Labs) - 094
1:33:56 | May 16th, 2019
9) Livestreaming Mixed Reality with LIV (Dr Doom & Ruu, Cofounder & CTO)
The CEO and CTO of LIV, Dr. Doom and Ruu join us to talk about the past, present, and future of green screen Mixed Reality and livestreaming VR games. Topics discussed: - Origins of green screen Mix...Show More
10) Analyzing AR Trends in 2019 (Tom Emrich, Investor at Super Ventures)
Tom Emrich, Investor from Super Ventures joins Az to talk about the prevailing trends of AR in 2019. Topics discussed: - Focals by North Smartglasses - XR vs. Spatial Computing - cultural implicati...Show More