Category: Virtual Reality

• Virtual Reality: The New Platform for Public Speaking

  

  Public speaking is an artform. Professional speakers constantly hone their voice, hand gestures, and body movements to make engaging, memorable presentations. Over the years technology has played a bigger and bigger role in every speech. PowerPoint slides are almost a requirement for any presentation. The new era of presentation tools poses new challenges to overcome […]

  February 19, 2018

  Public Speaking, Virtual Reality

• Is Virtual Reality Mainstream Yet?

  

  It’s an exciting time for virtual reality (VR). Less and less do I have to explain what VR is. Instead, I talk more about how it’s being used and what the best ways to experience it are. Applications for virtual reality are popping up everywhere. I see most of it on the corporate side with […]

  January 28, 2018

  360photos, 360video, Virtual Reality

• AR and VR is a Spectrum, Not a Competition

  

  The way we’re thinking about augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) is all wrong. First, there is Apple’s ARkit vs. Google’s ARCore. People claim AR will overtake VR, sending VR to the death pits. Then, there is the weird kid in the corner, Microsoft’s mixed reality (MR), that no one is quite sure to […]

  October 16, 2017

  augmented reality, Virtual Reality

• Why is there always something wrong with virtual reality?

  

  This past week I was in Seattle for Seattle Startup Week. It was a great week filled with panels, talks, and events for entrepreneurs from entrepreneurs. A large part of the week was devoted to immersive technology, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality, and artificial intelligence (AI). I spoke on a few VR panels and […]

  October 12, 2017

  augmented reality, digital transformation, SSW2017, Virtual Reality

• Why People Dislike Social VR (And How To Make It Better)

  My first social VR experience was interesting, to say the least. I decided to try out VTime because they claimed to have a great experience with lots of features. In VTime, you can request to meet with strangers or strangers can request to join you in whatever VTime world you’re in. I was in the […]

  September 13, 2017

  socialVR, Virtual Reality

• [Video] Humans 2.0 Podcast: AI and VR

  

  In this podcast, I talk to Mark Metry. We discuss virtual reality now and what it might look like in the future.

  August 30, 2017

  artificial intelligence, podcast, Virtual Reality