Episode 243 — Droning on about Robots

Bots, drones, and immersive Star Wars & World of Warcraft experiences. Continue reading

Episode 231 — Great Googlie Mooglie

Michael and Michael explore a multitude of AR & VR experiences, improvements to Google Maps, the upcoming Niantic-powered Harry Potter game, Google Earth Carmen Sandiego, speculate on AR specs from Apple, and so much more. Continue reading

Episode 206 – Searching for Spiders

In all the wrong places — the example for this show, as surgical robots!  But before we get to that, let’s start with the latest news in augmented reality. Michael and Michael explore the newly announced Magic Leap One Creator Edition AR glasses, using a couple of links & videos to discuss the merits and challenges.  The co-hosts struggle to come up with the right word to describe the look — steampunkesque was among those suggested. Moving to robotics, which is becoming more and more of a trend on the podcast lately, this time surfaces in the form of exoskeletons … Continue reading

Episode 100 – Malaria-Ebola and Freemium Games

Our 100th episode is extremely special with us all in one room and with two special guests Jonathan Estes and Porter Stowell. Jonathan is the CEO of Smart Games Systems, Inc. SGSYS has been working in subsaharan Africa on games for infant mortality and malaria vectors. The transfer of habits from games to real life can truly be a question of survival around health and safety concerns. Exploring these themes we enjoy an amazing conversation about playing games at work! We discuss how games are being used to extend beyond simulation to real engagement of individuals with replayability and increased … Continue reading