Michael, Michael and Andy start off this week’s episode with the intersection of AR & VR in performances and games. Apple does a nice AR tie in with it’s For All Mankind AppleTV+, and the Royal Shakespeare Company plans for a VR show in March where the audience can guide Puck from their remote viewing link. After taking a look at the uncannily good MetaHuman technology from Epic Games, the trio immerse themselves in a version of Edvard Munch’s painting, and then moving along to Van Gogh in Activeworlds and LEGO.
A side-by-side video showcases the creative reuse of Disney animators. And, of course, the feline filter. An attorney participating in a Zoom hearing is visually represented as a cat, and as you might expect, hilarity ensues.
For this week’s moment of zen, frozen clothing as percussion instruments. Given that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, there’s still a few more weeks of winter to come, so perhaps the Frozen Clothes Band will make another encore appearance.
Selected Links
TechCrunch article: Apple launches a new AR experience tied to ‘For All Mankind’ — https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/11/for-all-mankind-time-capsule
For All Mankind — https://tv.apple.com/us/show/for-all-mankind/umc.cmc.6wsi780sz5tdbqcf11k76mkp7?itscg=10000&itsct=atv-0-tv_ovp-carousel-apl-200528
BBC article: Royal Shakespeare Company to stage virtual reality show — https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-55969712
Royal Shakespeare Company’s performance of Dream — https://dream.online
@GamesAtWork_Biz ! https://t.co/E4s6s0wOnR
— Ian Hughes/epredator (@epredator) February 10, 2021
Uncanny Valley — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
Games At Work episode 197 Looking for AR — https://gamesatwork.biz/2018/04/09/episode-197-looking-for-ar/
A Fantastic Animated Version of Edvard Munch’s Painting ‘The Scream’ Set to a Pink Floyd Soundtrack — https://laughingsquid.com/animated-edvard-munch-the-scream/
Activeworlds — https://www.activeworlds.com/index.php
Nerdist article: Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night Is the Newest LEGO Set — https://nerdist.com/article/vincent-van-gogh-starry-night-lego-set/
Walt Disney was the grandfather of reusing your library code across different projects. #DRY #programming pic.twitter.com/QMn3uVMfWb
— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) February 7, 2021
The Verge TL;DR article: Zoom filter traps this lawyer as a cute cat during live court hearing — https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/2/9/22274865/zoom-hearing-cat-filter-lawyer-texas-live-court-hearing
The Verge article: VLC 4.0 coming this year with new interface for the popular video player — https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/12/22279750/vlc-4-0-new-user-interface-videolan-media-player-video-music-movie-database-web-player
The Verge article: Microsoft’s foldable Surface Duo price drops to $999, arrives in Europe next week — https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/11/22278035/microsoft-surface-duo-uk-release-date-price-features
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Such a fun episode, Michael & Andy! Loved your discussion on Life by You.