CVRNT: A Virtual Reality Podcast For Your Entertainment

#13 – Virtual Reality Holiday Buying Guide – Dec 1 2017

In this episode we talk through buying a Virtual Reality headset.  We discuss choosing between Google cardboard, Daydream, PSVR, Windows Headsets,  Oculus and the HTC Vive. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play & Stitcher. Please comment and share with your best friends. Follow and share our podcast http://cvrnt.com/ Facebook Twitter @cvrnt Instagram cvrntpodcast Patreon Links discussed in show #1 Holiday gift for HTC Vive owners: USB Fan 6 areas (things to consider) current hardware cost ease of setup available space comfort & fit content Devices Cardboard or View Master Samsung Gear Daydream Microsoft Mixed Reality Headset – Acer, Dell Visor, HP, Lenovo Explorer, or Samsung Odyssey headset PSVR Oculus Rift (works in seated position but limited) HTC Vive (works in seated position but limited) For folks who want to deep dive into specs – https://www.pcmag.com/article/342537/the-best-virtual-reality-vr-headsets Personal Twitter accounts Kirk – @thevrpm Intro/Outro Music Created by Ragz via Garageband

#12 – getting hARdCore about Augmented Reality Kits – Sept 13 2017

In this episode we discuss Apple X (10) announcements with #ARKit and Google launches their AR SDK called #ARCore. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play & Stitcher. Please comment and share with your best friends. Follow and share our podcast http://cvrnt.com/ Facebook Twitter @cvrnt Instagram cvrntpodcast Patreon Links discussed in show Definition of Augmented Reality Google https://www.blog.google/products/google-vr/arcore-augmented-reality-android-scale/ ARCore will run on millions of devices, starting today with the Pixel and Samsung’s S8, running 7.0 Nougat and above. We’re targeting 100 million devices at the end of the preview. ARCore works with Java/OpenGL, Unity and Unreal and focuses on three things: Motion tracking Environmental Understanding Light Estimation Visual Positioning Service (VPS), a service which will enable world scale AR experiences well beyond a tabletop custom browsers allow developers to create AR-enhanced websites and run them on both Android/ARCore and iOS/ARKit. https://developers.google.com/ar/ https://github.com/google-ar https://experiments.withgoogle.com/ar https://thisisarcore.com/ https://developers.google.com/ar/develop/web/getting-started first ARcore app on play store – Atom visualizer Apple Announcements https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/29/a-preview-of-the-first-wave-of-ar-apps-coming-to-iphones/ (AR section) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-12/apple-bets-on-augmented-reality-to-sell-its-most-expensive-phone Conference Unlock with your face Portrait Lighting emojis AR: star overlay, MLB, robots/dinos on bball court. Directive Games Personal Twitter accounts Kirk – @thevrpm Intro/Outro Music Created by Ragz via Garageband

#11 – The Augmented Reality Showdown between Google, Apple and More – Episode 11 – July 20 2017

  In this episode we talk about Augmented Reality touching on latest news from Googel, AR.js, Meta, Facebook, Snapchat, Microsoft and the latest on Apple’s #ARkit. We have now launched our Patreon and welcome any help sponsoring our show. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play & Stitcher  Please comment and share with your best friends. Follow and share our podcast http://cvrnt.com/ Facebook Twitter @cvrnt Instagram cvrntpodcast Links discussed in show Definition of Augmented Reality ar.js https://medium.com/arjs/augmented-reality-in-10-lines-of-html-4e193ea9fdbf Meta Google Glass Returns Google Lens Facebook Camera Snapchat – world lens Microsoft – app for the blind Apple ARkit – madewitharkit.com/ Personal Twitter accounts Kirk – @thevrpm Intro/Outro Music Created by Ragz via Garageband

#10 – Google I/O and Apple WWDC go on an “augmented” Date and Order Extra #VR – June 7 2017

  In this episode we talk about all the news from the developer conferences at Google I/O & Apple WWDC.  Both companies demoed some awesome Virtual and Augmented Reality support. Heads up, we don’t necessarily see eye to eye on all the announced features.  Do you agree, disagree?  Post a comment on our blog, email or twitter us.  We would love to hear from you. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Google Play & Stitcher  Please comment and share with your best friends. Follow and share our podcast http://cvrnt.com/ Facebook Twitter @cvrnt Instagram cvrntpodcast Links discussed in show Google I/O – May 17, 2017 – May 19, 2017 standalone VR headset (HTC and Lenovo) AR / tango – video going through Lowes Hardware store Apple WWDC – June 5, 2017 Summary VR enabled desktop and laptop external graphic selling external graphics to dev for $599 plus $100 off Vive if Apple dev ARkit Personal Twitter accounts Kirk – @thevrpm Ragz – @brwnchnl Intro/Outro Music Created by Ragz via Garageband

#9 – Kirk Buys a Vive, Ragz Moves to Cali and #VR Winter Episode – May 7 2017

  In this CVRNT VR Podcast! We talk about Kirk buying an HTC Vive, Ragz moving to California and #VR winter.  Also, we discuss the fall out between Oculus and Oculus story studios. Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes & Google Play P.S. Our podcast is available for you to subscribe on iTunes & Google Play.  Please comment and share. Follow and share our podcast http://cvrnt.com/ Facebook Twitter @cvrnt Instagram cvrntpodcast Links discussed in show Industry News Winter Is Coming: Virtual Reality Investors See Consolidation Ahead in 2017 Virtual Reality Companies Navigate ‘The Trough of Disillusionment’ Facebook’s virtual reality unit Oculus shutters film studio Oculus story studio (quill will be open sourced) shut down + 5% of engineers working on fb + zenimax Personal Twitter accounts Kirk – @thevrpm Ragz – @brwnchnl Intro Music Jukedeck – create your own at http://jukedeck.com.