Episode 141 – Rose Colored Ear Buds

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Michael and Michael are back this week (after another travel based hiatus) to talk about augmented reality, virtual reality, movies, games, games based on movies, code camp for kids, managing happiness, twitter, and agile development! This jammed packed episode is brought to you by the letters “A”, “R” and “V”. So sit back, listen, drop us a review or a rating, and enjoy!

Show Links:
Magic Leap Brings Star Wars To Life
Warcraft Movie! A box office smash?
Apple launches Coding Camps for Kids
Managing for Happiness
Tri-Agile
Twitter hires AR/VR Team
Training Doctors via VR
Soothing Kids with VR
Michael R – The Sandbox Game

P.S. Michael M was right… It is “Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for the stars!”

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Episode 140 – Pokemon and Bullies

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This week’s show features our co-hosts Phaedra and Michael R. who get to have some fun looking at the latest AR app, all about Pokemon! Have you collected them all? We also look at the report from Riot Games (makers of League of Legends) and their employee assessment on toxicity in the work place. Does your online gaming behavior translate to your behavior at work? There appears to be a correlation.

Michael ends the show with a really quick review of Warcraft! The Movie!!! Let’s just say – go see it!

Show Links:
iPhone/Android Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go Hands On
Gamasutra article on Toxicity in the Workplace
Riot Games Assessing Toxicity at work

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Episode 139 – It’s All About The Rings Baby!

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This week Michael and Michael look at another example of NFC Rings, this time by Visa for the athletes of the 2016 Olympics. We also investigate a new way to combine AR and VR with Occipital’s new purchase. And talk about a few of our new games we are playing. Check it out!

Show Links
Visa’s Olympic NFC Rings
Occipital buys Replica Labs
Magic Leap
The World’s most secretive startup

Games we are playing:
Star Trek – Timelines
Shark Evolution

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Episode 138 – Commitment Rings

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The Michael’s look at the Internet of Things thru NFC based Commitment Rings, trying to decide if it would really provide the value that the site claims. Would you be able to keep your partner from watching your favorite show, before you? Can we tie it to blockchain (short answer – NO!). Can you use this for secure transaction? What about restaurant use cases? Then we switch to BTLE as a potential solution… ultimately we think thru interesting use cases… would love to hear your ideas. Michael M. then transitions to his recent experience using Square as a vendor… have you accepted cash via square yet?
Michael R. then takes us thru his experiences at MoogFest…Check out his wrap up over here. After 30 years, Michael also learns to say Moog (Think Vogue) not Moog (Moo GH). We look at cool tools like the Artiphon and the Brother From Another Mother – BFAM. And some really great music by Silver Apples (Check out the embedded video above.

Finally we wrap up with a few games.. and Michael R. get’s hooked on Michael M’s recommendation of Exploding Kittens!

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Commitment Rings
NFC Ring KickStarter
CityBBQ
Square
MoogFest – Durham
MoogFest – Wrap-Up
Brother From Another Mother
Artiphon
Max-MSP
Sliver Apples
Slither – IO
Exploding Kittens

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