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E463 – Kickstarting Robo-Modding Mayhem
April 22, 2024 10:30 - 37 minutes - 43 MBWe go thru the week's links: Life by You's open approach to modding, dragon based table top games, and a gaming studio supports other from indie developers.
e462 — Generating Both Sides
April 15, 2024 10:14 - 39 minutes - 46.4 MBAI assistants that never forget, Humane’s AI Pin, training LLMs, Dyson’s example of using AR to gamify vacuuming, and persona updates for the Apple Vision Pro
e461 — Lawsuits & Swimsuits
April 08, 2024 10:16 - 38 minutes - 45 MBSecurity, Open Source and more security, with GenAI challenges with art, name, image & likeness and an updated set of AR swim goggles.
e460 — AskEmilyPost: AI etiquette
April 01, 2024 10:02 - 33 minutes - 39 MBAI generated music, wearable etiquette and AR user experience with a dollop of security & privacy, concluding with retro software & hardware.
e459 — Pendulums in the Stack
March 25, 2024 10:17 - 27 minutes - 32.1 MBAI generated music with Suno.ai, an early look at the US DOJ complaint against Apple, pendulums as a source of randomness and a plethora of security and privacy articles.
e458 — Generative Podcast (Andy and Michael’s Version)
March 18, 2024 10:48 - 27 minutes - 31.6 MBAI thought experiment on replacing all music with Taylor Swift covers, AI software engineers, engaging talks at Monkigras & NASA’s game “The Lost Universe”
e457 — It Looks Like You’re Recording a Podcast…!
March 11, 2024 10:22 - 36 minutes - 42.8 MBAnthropic's AI needle in a haystack test, MicrosoftClippy, Microsoft Bob, Dune and Matrix inspired user experiences and much more
e456 — Not a Bot
March 04, 2024 11:26 - 33 minutes - 38.6 MBThe most recent spatial computing experiences, new innovations in AI from Google’s Genie, content badges signaling human created material, and a lively discussion on skill disintermediation.
e455 — Star Trek vs. Douglas Adams
February 26, 2024 11:33 - 29 minutes - 34.2 MBAn episode focused on Science Fiction leading to Innovative Science Fact! Star Trek and Douglas Adams inspired technology, AI, games, XR and spatial computing. Glad to be of service!
e454 — I don’t remember a thing!
February 19, 2024 11:13 - 32 minutes - 38 MBAn AI & robot powered episode, replete with Goody2, Chess-GPT, Sora, MagicLab, Snorble, Grok, Doly and more!
e453 — Vision Pro a Pro-Pro
February 12, 2024 11:24 - 30 minutes - 35.9 MBFirst week of productive use of the Vision Pro, Disney metaverse and physical placemaking with Epic / epic partnerships, streaming AI poetry and much more!
e452- Before and After
February 05, 2024 11:00 - 40 minutes - 46.5 MBMichael R. shares his experiences before and after picking up his new Apple Vision Pro.
e451 — Fahrenheit
January 29, 2024 11:18 - 35 minutes - 48.9 MBImmersive technologies from Microsoft, Disney, Samsung and of course, Apple. Nightshade for AI model & cooked.wiki disruption and the last flight of Ingenuity.
e450 — Contractual Obligations
January 22, 2024 11:30 - 30 minutes - 35.9 MBAI, humanoid robots that make coffee and fold laundry, Apple’s Vision Pro, Michael R’s Wasted Time Pro and a moment of zen in an emoji garden
e449 — AI in CES
January 15, 2024 11:01 - 34 minutes - 39.6 MBAI, Automotive and HCI innovations at CES 2024, VR headset announcements and the creation of the Readyverse.
e448 — Bricks (Falling and Cars)
January 08, 2024 11:13 - 35 minutes - 40.9 MBCopilot keyboard key, VR trackball for your feet, bricks (Tetris, cars, LEGO) and a whole lot more for the first recorded episode of 2024!
e447 — 23 and Games
January 01, 2024 11:46 - 36 minutes - 42.3 MBImage by Michael Rowe with DiffusionBee, December 2023 Published 1 January 2024 Andy and Michael R are back while Michael M is away - and have a fantastic show on the DNA of 2023 in games. This episode starts with a stroll down the beginnings of Dungeons and Dragons, with Michael R sharing a couple of links from the Internet Archive. He found a veritable treasure trove of documents, rulebooks and more. A couple of which are in the show notes below. Michael R noted that AD&D was not only...
e446 — Laser Light Show
December 25, 2023 11:27 - 42 minutes - 49.6 MBStories about human-computer interactions with lasers, lights & LLMs. Creating universes from LLM prompts, disintermediating Craigslist fediverse-style and musings on MarketPub creating a fediverse of marketplaces. and… Vintage Vinyl
e445 — Paper Thin Transparency
December 18, 2023 11:30 - 27 minutes - 32 MBTransparency in wood, scientific paper retractions, and smart tv privacy policies. VR stories on mobile Second Life, Xbox Cloud Gaming on Meta Quest. NASA’s Dragonfly.
e444 — Glitch in the Matrix
December 11, 2023 11:37 - 28 minutes - 32.8 MBData privacy in trains & cars, data visualizations of time traveling toads, infinite flowers and LLMs, Kiss immortal avatars & augmented reality architectural history.
e443 — In the Stone
December 04, 2023 11:18 - 25 minutes - 29.4 MBStories about #AI, #LLMs, #3DPrinting houses and walls, #RetroGaming with #Whisky, #Wine and Cheese.
e442 – Giving Thanks (with tech)
November 27, 2023 11:40 - 26 minutes - 36.2 MBAndy flies the airship solo, whilst the Michaels enjoy a Thanksgiving weekend with their families. It's a short and deep (in places) episode featuring AI and gaming.
e441 — Snake in a Tube
November 20, 2023 11:06 - 32 minutes - 37.6 MBStories about snakes, legs (and lack thereof!), robotics, Swedish startups, the Humane AI Pin, composing your own games, and LEGO
e440 — Elendil or Edronax?
November 13, 2023 11:25 - 33 minutes - 39.1 MBSplashing about with Flipper, plethoras of popups, roundabout conversation on automotive data privacy, large scale 3D printing & more!
e439 — Nuts About Sound
November 06, 2023 11:17 - 29 minutes - 34.4 MBAI topics on safety, transparency & generated content, VR & MR/XR stories on making music with virtual instruments, cracking walnuts & bitcoin wallets & more!
e438 — We will always have Paris
October 30, 2023 10:45 - 31 minutes - 36.5 MBPhoto by Rodrigo Kugnharski on Unsplash Published 30 October 2023 Michael, Michael and Andy get together for a lively discussion on VR, AI, another virtual museum and end on a high note with “a touch of Dutch” applied via generative AI. Starting off the episode with VR, the co-hosts explore a couple of articles dealing with the new Quest 3 headset and ways of working with it. The TechCrunch article gives examples of experiencing mixed really by taking an Instagram or YouTube video aroun...
e437 — Dipping into Dots
October 23, 2023 10:17 - 33 minutes - 46.1 MBflipping dots artwork, vintage / retro tech like flip clock radios, airport departure style signs, GameBoy & Tangara devices, the Trust & Safety Tycoon serious game, UNESCO’s plans for a virtual museum and much more!
e436 — Squishy Purple Doom
October 16, 2023 10:17 - 36 minutes - 42.3 MBPhoto by Anni Roenkae: https://www.pexels.com/photo/purple-abstract-illustration-3109850/ Published 16 October 2023 Michael and Michael start off this show with the amazing news that friend of the podcast, Ian Hughes is on his 16th headset as he shared the unboxing of his shiny new Meta Quest 3. Andy joins in the conversation, fresh from his flight from London, so all three co-hosts are in North Carolina for the recording of this episode! Staying on the user experience theme, and connecti...
e435 — Space Junk
October 09, 2023 10:09 - 35 minutes - 41 MB#RaspberryPi 5, #Space themes including #Kessler syndrome & #Purrgils, #UX stories about #BetterTouchTool, #CarPlay, #Humane & #Rewind and much more!
e434 – Breaking Virtual Bricks
October 02, 2023 10:30 - 28 minutes - 33.4 MBAndy and Michael catch up on the newest tech! We discuss documentaries on classic games, Unity's license update, & how The Expanse is entering gaming. Tune in!
e433 — Zooming While You’re Zooming
September 18, 2023 10:24 - 27 minutes - 32 MBCars & code that zooms, NPR Marketplace’s series on games & the business of games, Apple’s Wonderlust event & carbon neutrality communication and much more!
e432 – Monitoring Pirated Cars
September 11, 2023 11:52 - 26 minutes - 30.7 MBA look at the latest in tech and legislation; car manufacturers having Really Bad Privacy Policies; games sold with deliberately broken DRM; and more.
e431 — Cooking With Gas
September 04, 2023 10:19 - 40 minutes - 46.7 MBStories about #SmartKitchen & #SoundBurger, #Longplay & #InstantMessaging, a second life for #SecondLife and much more!
e430 — that's no moon, it's the Moon!
August 28, 2023 10:18 - 28 minutes - 33.7 MBStories about #Chandrayaan3 moon mission, #VisionPro, #holoprojectors, #Atari, #Kinect, #WoodenComputers, #Roblox, #TenaciousD, #StarWars and more!
e429 — Promptly Engineering
August 21, 2023 10:04 - 32 minutes - 38.4 MBStories about #metaverse, #AI #LLM #summarization #algorithms #PromptEngineering #licensing #Kaedim #Feather #PinkFloyd #VanessaCarlton and much more!
e428 — Is you is, or is you AIn’t my AI?
August 14, 2023 10:26 - 33 minutes - 39.3 MBStories about #AI, #GenerativeAudio, #GenerativeBooks, Jane Friedman’s author experiences, #GenerativeAgents, #NPCs #GenerativeBucketLists from #Söka, Benji Smith's #Prosecraft and much more!
e427 — DeepBarbie Fakery
August 07, 2023 10:07 - 30 minutes - 35.4 MBStories & toots about #Barbie, #AI, #deepfakes, image obfuscation with PhotoGuard & Glaze, resume hacking, #UnrealEngine for the 2024 #Ford #Mustang and much more!
e426 — Barbenheimer Chic
July 31, 2023 10:35 - 27 minutes - 31.7 MBStories & toots about all things #Barbenheimer, #IMAX, #AI #JohnnyCash, #deepfake, #FableSimulation, #SouthPark, #Glorbo, #VanHalen, #M&Ms, #Selectric, #VisionPro and more!
e425 — Cone Heads
July 24, 2023 10:07 - 34 minutes - 40.5 MBAutonomous vehicles, new & old games: #Viewfinder, #DTD, #DND, #BaldursGate & #KOTOR as well as a discussion about the #Framework laptop.
e424 — What's AI got to do with it?
July 17, 2023 10:32 - 28 minutes - 32.7 MBAI intellectual property licensing in the generative AI domain, Furby as an AI-powered toy and the future of upgradable toys, concepts for screenless AI from Argodesign & Humane and BMW’s ConnectedRide AR glasses.
e423 — Take me out to the (virtual) ball game
July 10, 2023 10:24 - 36 minutes - 42.2 MBAndy’s #livmf23 experiences in Liverpool, a MLB VR stadium, Google’s updated privacy policy regarding publicly available data, AI & social robotics.
e422 — Meta-Empire Strikes Back
July 03, 2023 10:21 - 36 minutes - 42.1 MBStories about AR, AI, VR, metaverse, Meta, Second Life, earth bending, LEGO
e421 — Zero AIs Given
June 26, 2023 10:04 - 30 minutes - 35.9 MBStories about AI, VisionPro, visionOS developer tools, Marvel’s Secret Invasion opening credits and a robotic AT-AT.
e420 — Such A High
June 19, 2023 11:05 - 40 minutes - 47 MBAndy and Michael R do some deep dives in an episode dedicated to topics they have been paying attention to: the tech updates from WWDC; & the Reddit situation.
e419 — A Vision of the Future?
June 12, 2023 10:49 - 30 minutes - 35.9 MBReactions to Apple’s #VisionPro announcement at WWDC23, #StableDiffusion, #QRcodes and #lasers !
e418 — What do you know about Reality?
June 05, 2023 13:39 - 39 minutes - 45.8 MBMichael R and Andy grab their mics to chat all things rumored ahead of WWDC 2023.
e417 — The Whimsical ChatGPT
May 22, 2023 10:22 - 28 minutes - 32.8 MBstories about #VoiceBanking, #AI, @ForeverVoicesAI, @Meta, #ProjectAria, @BMW, @CuriousRefuge AI movie trailers, #Loki, #Halcyon and a whole lot more!
e416 — AR Space Invaders
May 15, 2023 10:27 - 30 minutes - 35.6 MBselections from last week’s Google I/O announcements, personalized AI, AR games, unfoldable phones, disappearing computers, watermarking data, & much more!
e415 — Pushing Our Buttons
May 08, 2023 10:36 - 33 minutes - 38.6 MBmetaverse, VR, Horizon Worlds, Skeuomorphism, design, buttons, fake license plates, Hell of a Racket, Dune, 2une, DND, Babylon 5, The Guild
e414 — Ed Balls
May 01, 2023 10:19 - 29 minutes - 34.1 MBCritterz Minecraft P2E, VR entertainment from Fatboy Slim, Meta avatar updates, Humanity, AI, integration of the humanities with STEM & tech curriculum, generated content watermarking, LEGO and ispace