Episode 228 – Dragons and Light Sabers

Billboard advertising Hungarian Fencing from 2013

You can wield a lightsaber, just like in the movies with the French Fencing Federation, play VR music games, or plan your surgery with AR. Or, step into Store No. 8 to experience the How to Train Your Dragon world. Continue reading →

Episode 226 – RoboEverything

robots

Robo lawn mowers, beer pourers and callers. Guess which two of three we like! Continue reading →

Episode 198 – Goooooooo eTeam!

Rah, rah, sis, boom, bah! Wizard, Elf, Forward and Halfback We’re the best of the pack. Drink that mana, slice that mob, buff your stats & and win that raid! No better team have you yet played. Our eTeam is better than your eTeam — We’re the best in the galaxy! Goooooooo eTeam! After a flyby (+/- 5 parsecs) of the Star Wars AR Holochess game for your iPhone and the Dent Reality example of using ARKit to enable grocery shoppers the ability to do way finding in the store, identify what would compliment the ingredients already in your cart, … Continue reading →

Episode 193 – Icy Robotic HomePods

Curling at the 2018 Pyeonchang Winter Olympics Michael M welcomes the HomePod and it’s robotic assistant Siri to his home, and shares some of his good experiences with his new smart speaker, not the least of which was listening to the radio broadcast of the Tar Heel Sports Network synchronized to the television video courtesy of the Tunecast app and the HomePod. The 2018 Pyeong Chang Olympics’ opening ceremony incorporated augmented reality and drones, much to the delight of the Games At Work crew.  Michael R pointed out the challenges involved in the droneshow, remembering the Super Bowl 51 weather, … Continue reading →