Episode 275 — Virtual Chickens

LEGO Chicken Man

Augmented World Expo, VR Museum of Other Realities, Minecraft’s upcoming Electric Blockaloo, Google’s Sodar and Couch Chicken. Continue reading

Episode 251 — Delivering Maclunkey

fragile small delivery

UPS drone home delivery, MIT’s mini-cheetah robots, Palm OS Graffiti, FreddieMeter, Pac-Man Fever, oh, and #HanShotFirst #Maclunkey Continue reading

Episode 242 — Random Walk

6D.ai’s SLAM mapping of 3D spaces using only a phone camera, Minecraft AI & ray tracing, bluetooth security. Continue reading

Episode 187 – Bionic Eye

On an unseasonably warm Friday, Michael & Michael get together to discuss a sports to business application of virtual reality, that of training retail store employees to prepare for the oncoming rush of bargain hunters on Black Friday instead of the rush of oncoming defensive backs. A favorite topic of ours — augmented reality use methods — resurfaces in this episode, this time prompted by the recent Apple acquisition of a Canadian AR company called VRVANA, which leads to a conversation about miniaturization of this technology, ultimately embedding into bionic contact lenses, or even a potential direct optic nerve connection.  … Continue reading