I attended the Miami VR Expo two weeks ago, at the invitation of its Co-Founder, Adrian Allen. It’s their first year, and he told me his goal for it is very clear: to grow the AR/VR community in Miami. A noble cause. As he pointed out, Magic Leap is nearby, as is DisneyWorld’s themed entertainment, […]
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On May 11th I was honored to give a lightening talk at Creative Tech Week around my artist journey with the Google Tiltbrush as part of my 5 day “VRaycation“. This fish is the first thing I made in Tiltbrush; I talked about the shift from object creation / CAD mindset, to a world building
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I’m spending a very pleasant morning at Good Karma cafe in Philadelphia (love the old leaded glass windows and plants!!) writing the first draft of my Creative Tech Week presentation I’m giving on May 11th in NYC… I’ll be talking about my experience as a first time VR artist (remember my 5 day VRaycation?). Might be the
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I was completely and utterly blown away by Kent Bye‘s “Voices of VR” podcast that interviewed directors Céline Tricart and conflict journalist Christian Stephen about The Sun Ladies VR 360 video / VR experience. It’s about the Yezidi women who were taken as sex slaves after Isis invaded their towns and killed all the men.
Sex slaves, Isis, & VR: oh my! Read More »
I spent five full days over New Year’s playing with an HTC Vive. Which is interesting in NYC apartment, since half the furniture had to be moved to make room for the motion tracking units mounted on two spindly tripods! As an artist as well as a tech enthusiast, it was an interesting experience. So much
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Face-swapping celebrity faces onto porn performers’ bodies (“Deepfakes”). It’s a thing. Yes, it’s about porn….but it’s not: if Photoshop has played a major role in bending “reality” the point where no one believes a photo any more, just wait until the same “bending reality” happens easily, with video. How will anyone know what’s “real” ??
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This is an excellent case study in how VR can be used for training. Of all types. Some of the commenters don’t understand why inmates get to “play” with VR for free, while “regular” people can’t afford headsets…VR can be about play, of course; but it’s also a powerful tool to help someone “practice” interacting
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For those who are curious…here’s the full panel discussion exploring the future of VR and entertainment that I was a part of at Creative Tech Week 2017 back in June. Thank you to Isabel Walcott Draves and Cortney Harding for asking me to participate; it was great to be part of an event this forward thinking,
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I have a dream..to live in a world where I can (for example, just a random one) be on a motorcycle in the pouring rain, motoring through the hairpin mountain curves of Danang, and have that experience be replicated in a 3d environment so others could experience it as I did – rain, wind, hairpin