e442 – Giving Thanks (with tech)

Andy flies the airship solo, whilst the Michaels enjoy a Thanksgiving weekend with their families. It’s a short and deep (in places) episode featuring AI and gaming. Continue reading

e439 — Nuts About Sound

Walnuts, some whole, some cracked open.

AI topics on safety, transparency & generated content, VR & MR/XR stories on making music with virtual instruments, cracking walnuts & bitcoin wallets & more! Continue reading

e438 — We will always have Paris

arial view of Paris

Published 30 October 2023 Michael, Michael and Andy get together for a lively discussion on VR, AI, another virtual museum and end on a high note with “a touch of Dutch” applied via generative AI.   Starting off the episode with VR, the co-hosts explore a couple of articles dealing with the new Quest 3 headset and ways of working with it.  The TechCrunch article gives examples of experiencing mixed really by taking an Instagram or YouTube video around with you as you do your household chores like washing dishes or tidying up.  Another article describes the experience of working … Continue reading

e436 — Squishy Purple Doom

purple abstract illustration

Published 16 October 2023 Michael and Michael start off this show with the amazing news that friend of the podcast, Ian Hughes is on his 16th headset as he shared the unboxing of his shiny new Meta Quest 3.  Andy joins in the conversation, fresh from his flight from London, so all three co-hosts are in North Carolina for the recording of this episode!  Staying on the user experience theme, and connecting with a long-running interest of the co-hosts, Michael and Michael talk about a guitar used to control Doom.  Next up is a story about Brilliant Lab’s ChatGPT-powered monocle.  … Continue reading