Episode 234 – Bots in Cars

Augmented reality in multiple forms, gamification for warehouse productivity Star Wars and Ford pairing a bipedal delivery robot in an autonomous vehicle. Something for everyone! Continue reading →

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So much AR goodness in today’s show!  The amazing video of the SK Wyverns pregame, featuring an augmented reality SK Wyvern flying around the ballpark, landing on the jumbotron and breaking AR glass is a great way to kick off this episode.  Then, the co-hosts have a look at the Statue of Liberty in AR via the iPhone app, where you can see the size of the foot of the famous statue right in front of you in real size.  Not to be outdone, an @epredator retweeted video from @nicholasgranaa highlights an AR iMac right there on the desk in front of you, sparking a Second Life discussion on the concept — incidentally what Ian replied to the video too!  Then, between the new Minecraft Earth, the new Google Enterprise Glass, the team has plenty of AR fun to explore in this one episode. 

There’s also plenty of games — starting with the Amazon warehouse examples, the kickstarter for Gerrymandering, beaming Steam games to iOS devices and the new Panic Playdate console.

Wrapping up with a bit of Star Wars and Ford’s delivery concept for pairing a bipedal robot with an autonomous driving vehicle, Michael and Michael share some great ideas about what’s here today and what may be coming in the very near future to a theater, amusement park, or doorstep near you!  Give this episode a listen and let us know what you think! 

Selected Links

SK Telecom Uses AR to Bring Fire-Breathing Dragon to Baseball Park

SK Wyverns — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK_Wyverns 

Statue of Liberty — https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/statue-of-liberty/id1457506359?mt=8 

iMac in AR tweet by @nicholasgranaa

iMac in AR! Just scan a keyboard and interact with an iMac as if it is really there.

Played with #ARKit for a few hours, and ended up with a really cool prototype. Maybe desktops can be replaced by AR? Built with #ARKit on #iOS #iOS12 pic.twitter.com/iPAu7Wb01P

— Nicholas Grana (@nicholasgranaa) May 19, 2019

TechCrunch article: Minecraft Earth makes the whole real world your very own blocky realm — https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/17/minecraft-earth-makes-the-whole-real-world-your-very-own-blocky-realm/ 

The Keyword blog: Google Enterprise Edition 2: faster and more helpful — https://www.blog.google/products/hardware/glass-enterprise-edition-2/ 

Glass Enterprise Edition 2 Tech Specs — https://www.google.com/glass/tech-specs/ 

Are Technica article: Amazon made video games for its workers to reduce tedium of warehouse jobs — https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/05/amazon-gamifies-its-warehouse-work-like-tetris-but-with-real-boxes/ 

Seattle Times article: Gaming the system: Gerrymandering becomes a board game — https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/shop-northwest/gaming-the-system-gerrymandering-becomes-a-board-game/ 

Mapmaker: The Gerrymandering Game by Lafair Family Games on Kickstarter — https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1639370584/mapmaker-the-gerrymandering-game 

TechCrunch article: Steam Link now lets you beam Steam games to your iOS devices — https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/15/steam-link-now-lets-you-beam-steam-games-to-your-ios-devices/ 

Playdate by Panic —

Introducing Playdate, a new handheld gaming system from Panic.

It fits in your pocket. It's got a black and white screen. It includes a season of brand-new games from amazing creators. Oh and… there's a crank???? https://t.co/WiIPUkpjSq

Yes. A thread… pic.twitter.com/47BwSOtiiP

— Playdate (@playdate) May 22, 2019

Panic games — https://play.date 

SlashFilm article: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge: Step Into the Millennium Falcon in 360 Smuggler’s Run — https://www.slashfilm.com/smugglers-run-video/

Smuggler’s Run Video —

TechCrunch article: In Ford’s future, two legged robots and self-driving cars could team up on deliveries — https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/21/in-fords-future-two-legged-robots-and-self-driving-cars-could-team-up-on-deliveries/ 

Agility Robotics — http://www.agilityrobotics.com/#cover 

Wookipedia B1 Battle Droid — https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/B1_battle_droid 

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