e468 — Andy’s Fun Time

Published 10 June 2024

Andy and Michael R get together to talk through this week’s articles.  In this episode, the team discusses virtual reality work, entertainment and games along with space science.

Andy starts things off with his recent experiences at the Electromagnetic Field festival.  With great examples of Flappy Bird, Asteroids and more, he shares what he saw at the festival.

Following the festival, there are a tremendous set of AR / VR stories ranging from how Ikea is staffing their virtual Roblox stores, to simulating jobs and unique storytelling from Marvel with the Vision Pro.

Space is the place for Games at Work – and two articles in particular capture the attention of the co-hosts this week, including one from NASA about Vulcan, and another from Popular Mechanics on how interstellar travel may work.

Wrapping up this episode are a couple of links, dealing with a new open-world racing game and a database of GIF banners.

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Selected Article Links

Electromagnetic Field Shadowplay installation

Wikipedia article: Electromagnetic Field festival 

Andy’s Electromagnetic Field Talk: Where is the Art? Pen plotters and the history of computer art

Games at Work e367: Pointless Terrifying Tech

AR / VR 

Wired article: Ikea Will Pay You Real Money to Work in Its Virtual Roblox Store

Sixcolors article: Review: “What If?” shows off the Vision Pro’s strengths

The Verge article: Marvel’s What If…? Vision Pro app is an awkward mix of video game and movie

9 to 5 Mac article: Popular VR game ‘Job Simulator’ comes to Apple Vision Pro

9 to 5 Mac article: VR role-playing game ‘Demeo’ now available for Apple Vision Pro

Space

NASA article: Discovery Alert: Spock’s Home Planet Goes ‘Poof’

Popular Mechanics article: A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Just Gave Humanity the Keys to Interstellar Travel

Two last things

The Verge article: Amazon is publishing new open-world racer from former Forza developers

The 88×31 GIF Banner Database

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