Michael and Michael are joined for this episode by both Andy Piper *and* Ian Hughes from across the pond to be virtually together and a romp through some amazing stories.
Starting things off with bang, Ian shares his impressions of the recently concluded Augmented World Expo, which like many (all) of the other conferences in 2020 have gone fully virtual. One would think that if any conference could succeed in this social distancing world, AWE would be the one, and it did not disappoint. One of the especially intriguing things about the conference was the exhibits and socialization at the Museum of Other Realities, which does need a VR headset to experience the art in the appropriate scale and interaction of the exhibits.
Minecraft has an upcoming music festival from June 25 – 28th called Electric Boogaloo, um, Electric Blockaloo featuring more than 300 artists, in the virtual space with ample room for virtual stages. Could this be the 2020 equivalent of Woodstock? Time will tell. The BBC’s “BBC Together” service is designed to bring people together virtually to experience content with one another.
Check out the discussion on the importance of music to the human condition, and how mixed reality spaces are taking advantage of all music has to offer to bring people together. Keeping people appropriately socially distant from each other, however, is a new AR innovation by Google, where the 2m / 6 foot distance visualized on the Android platform.
Wrapping things up is a story about how a real life father/son felted chicken tossing game turned into an app. This is a chicken that you have to try tossing!
There were so many more stories than we had time to cover, so please check out the extended remix links below. What fun it was to have everyone together for this episode!
Selected Links
AWE USA 2020 — https://www.awexr.com
Museum of Other Realities — https://www.museumor.com
GamesSpot article: Minecraft Gets Dance Festival Electric Boogaloo Starring Diplo — https://www.gamespot.com/articles/minecraft-gets-dance-festival-electric-blockaloo-s/1100-6477647/
Electric Blockaloo — https://electricblockaloo.com
MacRumors article: ‘BBC Together’ Service Lets UK Users Enjoy BBC Content With Others Remotely — https://www.macrumors.com/2020/05/19/bbc-together-lets-uk-viewers-enjoy-bbc-with-others/
Mashable article: Google launches new AR tool to visualize social distancing rules — https://mashable.com/article/google-sodar-social-distancing/
Sodar — https://sodar.withgoogle.com
Couch Chicken — https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/couch-chicken/id1237593923
Extended remix links for this week
VR and Fun article: Learn to Create Pottery in VR — https://www.vrandfun.com/learn-to-create-pottery-in-vr/
VR Focus article: Unity’s Dedicated AR Creation Studio MARS is Available Next Week — https://www.vrfocus.com/2020/05/unitys-dedicated-ar-creation-studio-mars-is-available-next-week/
Sports Illustrated article: To Beat Techmo Bowl: One Man’s Modest Quarantine Quest — https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/05/22/quest-to-beat-tecmo-bowl-with-help-from-expert
PC Gamer article: Formula E driver fired by Audi after letting an esports pro take his place in an online race — https://www.pcgamer.com/formula-e-driver-fired-by-audi-after-letting-an-esports-pro-take-his-place-in-an-online-race/
Guru 3D article: Pac-Man Recreated with AI by NVIDIA Researchers — https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/pac-man-recreated-with-ai-by-nvidia-researchers.html
Wired article: Gamemakers Inject AI to Develop More Lifelike Characters — https://www.wired.com/story/game-makers-inject-ai-develop-more-lifelike-characters/
The Verge article: Minecraft Dungeons is a lighter, more family-friendly take on Diablo — https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/26/21270311/minecraft-dungeons-reviews-xbox-pc-switch-ps4
gamesindustry.biz article: Xbox boosts responsible gaming strategy with Family Settings app — https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-05-27-xbox-boosts-responsible-gaming-strategy-with-family-settings-app
Nintendo Soup article: The Famous Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Intro Is Recreated In Animal Crossing New Horizons — https://nintendosoup.com/the-famous-mighty-morphin-power-rangers-intro-is-recreated-in-animal-crossing-new-horizons/
BBC article: Trading Standards squad targets anti-5G USB stick — https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52810220
Brickset article: 42115 Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 Revealed — https://brickset.com/article/51617/42115-lamborghini-sián-fkp-37-revealed
Terence Eden’s blog: Building a physical <blink> tag! — https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2020/05/building-a-physical-blink-tag/
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Just found out how to enable code deployment on my Vision Pro wirelessly. So will be trying it out later…