XR Connections Episode 001

XR Connections is an Extended Reality (XR) podcast discussing Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality. Episode 001 introduces the podcast and covers items of interest in XR from the week of August 21, 2019, including Instagram AR Filters, Oculus Quest and AR, a guide to 2019's Best VR, and Lego's Hidden Side AR Experience. Show notes at marsandmercury.com.

EPISODE 001 SHOW NOTES:

INSTAGRAM USERS CAN CREATE THEIR OWN AR FILTERS

"Facebook now lets anyone make an Instagram face filter" by Dami Lee

• OCULUS QUEST AND AR

"How Facebook AR Glasses could become real, thanks to Oculus VR Tech" by Scott Stein

"Powered by AI: Oculus Insight" Facebook Blog

• 2019 VR BUYING GUIDE

Virtual Reality Buying Guide at Ars Technica by Sam Machkovech

• LEGO HIDDEN SIDE AR EXPERIENCE

"Lego Hidden Side Review: Ultimate AR Toy" by Adam Piltch at Tom's Hardware. Includes video review.

• REAL OR AR?

Dr. Helen PapaGiannis (augmentedhuman) on Instagram

Augmented Stories

• THE AR SHOW PODCAST

 Episode 40: Audio Augmented Reality Jason McDowall interviews Santiago Carvajal of Bose

• PEOPLE:

Thank you to Siu-Li  Khoe of Rhode Island Virtual Reality for my first Oculus Quest experience (aptly, Space Pirate Trainer!) at the Boston VR and AR Expo on August  22nd.

Thank you to Dan Duggan at Charles River Analytics for my second Oculus Quest experience: performing a fine motor-skill task in a demo made using their Virtuoso Software Development Kit (VSDK), a Unity-based extended reality (XR) SDK.

Thank you to Cormac O'Malley for helping build the Lego Hidden Side Graveyard Mystery kit and demoing the AR experience.

PLACES:

General Assembly, Boston 

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Garageband 

Music: "Are You There?" by DR. MARS on Spotify

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