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Episode 221 - Doomed, I Tell You
December 31, 2018 11:46 - 45 minutes - 21.2 MBSerious games for corporate education & engagement, data visualization for cancer & Doom, wearable for getting help with opioid overdoses and wrap up of 2018. Continue reading → The post Episode 221 – Doomed, I Tell You first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 220 - Faces and Places
December 17, 2018 11:56 - 32 minutes - 15 MBPrivacy implications of facial recognition technology coupled with cloud and machine learning, retro sneakers, futuristic AR glasses and bustin’ ghosts. Continue reading → The post Episode 220 - Faces and Places first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 219 - Do You Hear What I Hear
December 10, 2018 11:24 - 35 minutes - 16.4 MBCome on feel the noise (music) in a vibrotactile way, or in your ears from a new pair of shades. Machine learning experiences for driving the 318 switchbacks of Route 129, AR-launching tattoos and more! Continue reading → The post Episode 219 - Do You Hear What I Hear first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 218 - Virtually Married
November 26, 2018 11:51 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBMarrying your best friend, when it is an AI bot, introduces more than one strange thing to your life. So does chatting with the dearly departed. VR/AR/MR stories, ionic drive & more. Continue reading → The post Episode 218 - Virtually Married first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 217 - Real Magic
November 12, 2018 11:18 - 37 minutes - 17.2 MBArthur C Clark’s Third Law, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” holds true for the AR magical examples from this week, including a magician using ARkit to perform with an iPad, advance clothing & shoe fitting from MTailor & Fleet Feet, and gamification of election day in the US. Continue reading → The post Episode 217 - Real Magic first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 216 - Red Reef Redemption
November 05, 2018 11:01 - 41 minutes - 19.4 MBVR/AR adoption, New AR glasses from North, projected AR from Lightform, counterfeit detection from Meridiun, coral reef rejuvenation from LarvalBot. Continue reading → The post Episode 216 - Red Reef Redemption first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 215 - Great Jumpin Robots
October 15, 2018 10:25 - 31 minutes - 14.6 MBFrom parking tickets to parkour, robots are excelling at anything they put their artificial intelligence to. Continue reading → The post Episode 215 - Great Jumpin Robots first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 214 - Green Robots
October 08, 2018 10:15 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBIt isn’t easy being green, unless you are a robot with a green thumb. The cohosts prepare to welcome their new, green robotic overlords in this episode, starting off with Iron Ox and a story about how they have created an autonomous farm. Continuing on the robotic theme, … Continue reading → The post Episode 214 - Green Robots first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 213 - Solar Heartbeat
October 01, 2018 10:12 - 29 minutes - 13.8 MBAirline passenger VR, solar-powered wearables, Siri shortcuts and Augmentality Labs in Durham. Continue reading → The post Episode 213 - Solar Heartbeat first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 212 - Virtually Browsing
September 24, 2018 10:08 - 33 minutes - 15.6 MBImmersive mixed reality with examples from Mozilla’s Firefox Reality browser, Angry Birds with the Magic Leap One, #FlorenceNC hurricane flooding visualization and the filming of the new WatchOS 5 organic watch faces. Continue reading → The post Episode 212 - Virtually Browsing first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 211 - Ducking the Hurricane
September 17, 2018 10:19 - 32 minutes - 15 MBHurricane preparedness through mobile apps, Waffle House Index, avoiding unintentional foul language via autocorrect, simple games & arial drone acrobatics. Continue reading → The post Episode 211 - Ducking the Hurricane first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 210 - HodgePodgePaloosa
September 10, 2018 10:37 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBMichael and Michael reprise the mobile hotel concept from last week to start off this week’s episode, with Volvo’s 360c concept car which takes into account the distances and speed necessary to make such a concept viable. Consistent with the excellent Swedish design Volvo is known for, the physical seats … Continue reading → The post Episode 210 - HodgePodgePaloosa first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 209 - Driving Doom
September 03, 2018 10:41 - 36 minutes - 16.8 MBMichael and Michael start off this episode with a discussion on the classic first person shooter Doom, and how in a recent episode of the Boundary Break YouTube series, we are treated to a behind the scenes view of how the Doom 2016 developers wrote the code for the game. … Continue reading → The post Episode 209 - Driving Doom first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 208 - Aibo Aibo
August 27, 2018 10:24 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBMy grandma and your grandma sittin’ by the fire, talking about Aibo. Aibo? Aibo-abio-a-be! Robotics and robot dogs factor in this episode in a major way, with the second and much improved version of Sony’s Aibo robot dog. An interesting fact about the new Aibo, is that this dog starts … Continue reading → The post Episode 208 - Aibo Aibo first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 207 - Artificial Security
August 20, 2018 10:11 - 36 minutes - 17.1 MBThis weekend, the song “Eyes Without a Face” by Billy Idol must have played on the Eighties on Eight on Sirius Radio at least three times, and seems like a great way to introduce this week’s show. Michael and Michael start off dealing with the challenging issues of … Continue reading → The post Episode 207 - Artificial Security first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 206 - Searching for Spiders
August 14, 2018 10:25 - 32 minutes - 15.2 MBIn all the wrong places — the example for this show, as surgical robots! But before we get to that, let’s start with the latest news in augmented reality. Michael and Michael explore the newly announced Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR glasses, using a couple of links & videos … Continue reading → The post Episode 206 - Searching for Spiders first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz.
Episode 205 - Fashionable AR
August 06, 2018 10:07 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBMichael and Michael start off this episode with a ready to weAR t-shirt from Curiscope, that displays the wearer’s heart rate in addition to a representation of heart & other organs in the torso. This leads to a conversation on what more could be done in a hospital setting, to … Continue reading →
Episode 204 - Hot to Trot Bots
July 23, 2018 10:31 - 37 minutes - 17.5 MBMichael and Michael make a rare recording appearance at their favorite coffee shop, Bean Traders, in Durham, NC, to talk about coffee, robot dogs, and much more. This week’s episode is fueled by discussions on artificial intelligence, machine learning, power storage & delivery, as well as the future use … Continue reading →
Episode 203 – Robotic Monks
July 16, 2018 10:00 - 30 minutes - 14.2 MBAfter a quick vacation week Michael R. brings a meditative view back to the show with a Robotic Monk designed to welcome young visitors to temples in China. He then takes us deep on synthetics and their new religious beliefs as shown on the TV Show Humans. We then look … Continue reading →
Episode 202 - Everything Old Is New Again
July 02, 2018 10:39 - 35 minutes - 16.5 MBMichael M starts off this episode with true blast from the past, even if it was in the wrong order from the plan — how modern micro-X-ray techniques are able to bring back images from daguerrotypes that were once thought ruined. The images of photos taken long ago are now … Continue reading →
Episode 201 – WWDC, AR and AI
June 25, 2018 10:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBThis week co-host Michael R. welcomes back long time friend of the show – Andy Piper. Michael shares his excitement and experiences from Apple’s WWDC conference – including all the other conferences that pop up around WWDC. We then dive in work that Porsche is doing leveraging AR. We also … Continue reading →
Episode 200 - Eye in the Sky
June 04, 2018 10:14 - 43 minutes - 20 MBMichael and Michael take a second podcast to 200 episodes with this show, and celebrate in a very appropriate way — and with no spoilers for Han Solo movie, nor spiders, and almost avoid talking about things that people put in/on their eyes. Starting out with a follow on from … Continue reading →
Episode 199 - Augmented GDPR Reality
May 28, 2018 14:29 - 36 minutes - 16.7 MBEvents have conspired against the co-hosts getting together recently, yet, Michael and Michael have doubled-down on their schedules to ensure the recording and publication of this episode for the US holiday weekend. Michael R starts us off, sharing his experiences at the recently concluded Moogfest in Durham, which was an … Continue reading →
Episode 198 - Goooooooo eTeam!
April 23, 2018 10:24 - 35 minutes - 16.6 MBRah, rah, sis, boom, bah! Wizard, Elf, Forward and Halfback We’re the best of the pack. Drink that mana, slice that mob, buff your stats & and win that raid! No better team have you yet played. Our eTeam is better than your eTeam — We’re the best in the … Continue reading →
Episode 197 – Looking for AR
April 09, 2018 10:37 - 38 minutes - 17.9 MBMichael and Michael are looking for AR, in all the right places! The Games at Work team starts things off right, with a discussion on the final games of the NCAA basketball tournament, and how your best braketology picks can now hover above your screen in augmented reality (example above). … Continue reading →
Episode 196 - Fish Lips
March 26, 2018 10:36 - 28 minutes - 32.8 MBRobots and cosmetics loom large in this week’s episode of Games at Work, just not at the same time! Beginning with a pair of life-like robots, Michael and Michael take a look at a tortoise that is designed from the ground up to provide robot-to-human feedback on how to interact … Continue reading →
Episode 195 - Augmented Audio
March 19, 2018 10:05 - 41 minutes - 19 MBvia GIPHY Michael & Michael start off this episode with Google’s opening up of Google Maps APIs so that game developers can access all the power of Maps in their game construction. This reminded Michael M a little of the Monopoly City Streets game, and even more about how … Continue reading →
Episode 194 - Human Roombas
March 05, 2018 11:46 - 29 minutes - 33.6 MBMichael and Michael get back together to talk about the latest smart home news, starting with the Amazon acquisition of Ring. The pair speculate on what this level of integration in the Amazon ecosystem could bring — everything from delivery verification, to drone delivery enablement to package recipient identification. Mobile … Continue reading →
Episode 193 - Icy Robotic HomePods
February 19, 2018 11:18 - 36 minutes - 41.5 MBCurling at the 2018 Pyeonchang Winter Olympics Michael M welcomes the HomePod and it’s robotic assistant Siri to his home, and shares some of his good experiences with his new smart speaker, not the least of which was listening to the radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports Network synchronized … Continue reading →
Episode 192 - PVP-Y
January 29, 2018 11:41 - 25 minutes - 29.9 MBOn a Games at Work busy day — the co-hosts start with follow up to the last two episodes dealing with smart speakers about the new HomePod being released. While not said on the show, Michael M is looking forward to experiencing the dulcet tones of the Games At … Continue reading →
Episode 191 – Return of the Piper
January 15, 2018 11:00 - 33 minutes - 38 MBWe welcome Andy Piper @andypiper back on the show, part of the original Games At Work dot Biz trio – back together kicking off a detailed discussion of voice assistants, following last week’s discussion on Google Home, Amazon Alexa and Apple HomePod. We then look at some of the more … Continue reading →
Episode 190 – Crazy to the Macs
January 08, 2018 11:00 - 32 minutes - 37 MBThe Michael’s welcome in the new year with a philosophical discussion on why do we need a dedicated speaker for a digital assistant? What’s the secret sauce as to why a dedicated device is worth it verses just using the one on your phone? We also tweeted out a quick … Continue reading →
Episode 189 - Year End Tech Blues
January 01, 2018 04:55 - 32 minutes - 37.4 MBDid you know if you play In the Air Tonight from the Secret Policeman’s Ball starting at any time before midnight on the 31st of December, you won’t hear the drum solo at all? Well, we did. As we wrap up the last episode of 2017, we have several examples … Continue reading →
Episode 188 – Star Wars Bucks
December 18, 2017 11:25 - 32 minutes - 37.1 MBWith the opening of the latest installation of the Star Wars saga this weekend, Michael and Michael start off this episode, recorded a week earlier, with the new AR capabilities of the Star Wars app. Michael M, being the enterprising person that he is, boldly managed to try this out … Continue reading →
Episode 187 - Bionic Eye
December 11, 2017 11:24 - 30 minutes - 34.8 MBOn an unseasonably warm Friday, Michael & Michael get together to discuss a sports to business application of virtual reality, that of training retail store employees to prepare for the oncoming rush of bargain hunters on Black Friday instead of the rush of oncoming defensive backs. A favorite topic of … Continue reading →
Episode 186 - Accio Mjolnir
December 04, 2017 11:15 - 35 minutes - 41.2 MBMichael and Michael use their prognostic skills to divine what the next Niantic game might be in 2018 based on the non-specific reports in the media about the Wizards Unite game to be unveiled in a few months. Could there be a spell collecting game that drives players to … Continue reading →
Episode 185 - Transparency
November 23, 2017 11:30 - 27 minutes - 31.6 MBJimmy Kimmel’s Tonight Show, Tonight Showbotics, featuring Hanson Robotics’ Sophia They’re playing basketball! 🏀 Both for the start of the college basketball season, and at the state fair. Michael R found an interesting article about how one can win those games of skill and chance at the state fair, leveraging … Continue reading →
Episode 184 - Floating Krack
November 20, 2017 11:12 - 25 minutes - 29.5 MBExcited to play around at #AWE2017 #icaros I‘m next 🙂 pic.twitter.com/rwV8BQflUs — Guido Gleinser (@Guuuuugl) October 19, 2017 From @guuuuugl’s ICAROS tweet from #AWE2017 Recording on a crisp October day, Michael and Michael start off this episode with the ICAROS virtual reality fitness rig @epredator shared from his experience at … Continue reading →
Episode 183 - Enhanced Reality
November 13, 2017 11:26 - 28 minutes - 32.6 MBMichael & Michael talk about the promise of bots who listen into meetings, take notes & action items on your behalf, entering them into your tool of choice for follow up. Talk about the power of the pen — and quite a step up from “Alexa, add eggs to my … Continue reading →
Episode 182 - Dungeons and Nike
October 24, 2017 00:44 - 31 minutes - 36.6 MBThanks to @andypiper for sharing with us this cool Dungeons & Dragons tabletop, that Michael and Michael imagine could be brought to life via augmented reality like the Holochess example in Star Wars Episode IV. What can be more personal than something you wear? Nike’s new brand engagement digital experience … Continue reading →
Episode 181 - Robotic Rockband
October 15, 2017 19:06 - 27 minutes - 31.7 MBBaby, don’t hurt me. Or order things on my Amazon Echo when I don’t want them. Michael and Michael start off this episode talking about the South Park season premiere, which plays a prank on the viewers by the audio dialog of the show launching commands on the viewer’s voice … Continue reading →
Episode 180 – Augmented Beer Goggles
October 01, 2017 17:41 - 33 minutes - 39 MBJan 2008 Activeworlds video of Van Gogh mashup of multiple paintings Augmented reality is hitting the news every few moments, you can crack open a cold one and start seeing things. Or you can try on a new hair color from the app by Modiface. Of course, you can experiment … Continue reading →
Episode 179 - May The Merch Be With You
September 25, 2017 10:37 - 36 minutes - 42.5 MBBB-9E augmented reality In honor of Force Friday part deux, Michael and Michael geek out on all the awesomeness that is Star Wars merchandise now available for sale. You could use have a Lenovo-enabled lightsaber battle. You could build your own R2-D2 with a littleBits kit. You could own your … Continue reading →
Episode 178 - L33T Learning Siri
September 11, 2017 10:16 - 29 minutes - 34.4 MBJust say no to enabling autonomous bots & drones with the ability to apply lethal force. Following on last week’s episode 177, Michael & Michael start off with a continuation of the discussion on the Pandora’s Box of armed robots. Moving on to a happier topic, while still staying … Continue reading →
Episode 177 – What could possibly go wrong?
September 01, 2017 00:53 - 24 minutes - 28.6 MBThis episode has it all — from virtual reality, to augmented reality to mixed reality to real reality. Starting off with UPS’s VR driver training for their truck fleet, journeying to the Apollo astronaut training efforts with the Zeiss Model VI Planetarium Projector and the excitement of Apple’s recent World … Continue reading →
Episode 176 – I Got Slimed!
August 24, 2017 10:30 - 23 minutes - 26.8 MBWho you gonna call? Three friends, we hope, to rush over to Madam Tussaud’s Ghostbusters Experience to check out the Void’s “Hyper-Reality” take on your becoming a Ghostbuster, and immersing yourselves in a full body simulation, where you can walk around wherever you wish within the bounds of the simulation. … Continue reading →
Episode 175 - Killing the iPhone
August 04, 2017 00:02 - 34 minutes - 39.3 MBAugmented reality and self-driving automobiles. Two great topics that really get Michael and Michael’s engines revving! Staring off with the Mashable articles, one of which inspired the episode name with it’s similar name, the pair talk about ways for holographic projection can be used for augmented reality without glasses. The … Continue reading →
Episode 174 – iPhone Launch 2007 Revisited
July 04, 2017 14:54 - 9 minutes - 11.1 MBA quick throwback episode to our co-host Michael Martine interviewing people at the launch of the iPhone back in 2007. At the time we were doing a general tech podcast called Dogear Nation based on tags in the social tagging site Dogear. Great to hear what the big ideas were … Continue reading →
Episode 173 - Babel Fish
June 26, 2017 10:43 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MBComputer to computer communications protocols used to start with a high pitched whine & crackle over a telephone line, using a modem – a modulator / demodulator – to establish a handshake. Computer to computer interactions are nothing new — but AI to AI interfaces are becoming more and more … Continue reading →
Episode 172 - Shining a light on AR
June 19, 2017 10:33 - 29 minutes - 34.2 MBMichael and Michael are back — and take a long careful look at the newest capabilities that Apple is bringing to light in augmented reality with the new iOS 11 operating system. Michael R has already downloaded the development framework, and has started bringing into mixed reality the digital test … Continue reading →