Zero to Start Podcast: VR development for beginners

"The new era of spatial computing has arrived." Our first episode of 2024 brings you a readout of last week's proclamation from Apple CEO, Tim Cook on the news of the highly anticipated Apple Vision Pro launch, which is just hours away from pre-sale, on Friday January 19th at 5am pacific. Vision Pro will be available in the U.S. on February 2nd.
Are you walking up at 5AM tomorrow to pre-order? We are! (hopefully...)
What does the Vision Pro mean for early adopters, creators and consumers? If you're wondering why you need a $3,500 wearable computer, this episode is for you. And if you're already convinced, let's celebrate and welcome spatial computing to the AI, AR, VR, XR, Metaverse family.
We'll have more reflections on the pre-order and dig deeper into developer documentation later this weekend. We can't wait!
Until then, happy spatial computing
FEATURED LINKS:

• Apple Vision Pro - Official Site
• Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. February 2 - Apple Newsroom
• New Apple Vision Pro Hands-on Reports Drop Ahead of Friday Pre-order - Road To VR
• Sorry but Apple Vision Pro isn't for you - Tech Crunch
• With $590 million in more funding Magic Leap looks to the Future - Venture Beat
• War of the Worlds for Bose AR - Game trailer

PODCASTS:

• Zero to Start #25 Kent Bye on spatial design and the ultimate potential of XR
• Voices of VR #1320: Plans for VisionDevCamp, an Apple Vision Pro Hackathon after Q1 2024 Launch

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Stepping into the spotlight is Jasmine Roberts, an accomplished software engineer who has worked at pioneering companies including Unity, Sony Playstation and Google Creative Lab in New York City where she developed and launched, Lines of Play, a Google experiment AR app highlighting the features of Google’s new AR Core Depth API.

Jasmine was a 2017 Oculus Launch Pad fellow and in 2020 Forbes recognized her on their Games 30 under 30 list.

On this episode of Zero to Start Jasmine shares her insights about developing with the latest AR APIs, a mini-dive into SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping), what she wished she knew when she started in the industry and tools beginners should explore as they start their journey.

Plus Jasmine's quarantine playlist and more!

Thanks for listening and happy installing!

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FEATURED LINKS

• Lines of Play - Google Play
• Google Creative Lab launches Lines of Play - An Open-Source Experiment To Showcase ARCores's Depth API - Forbes
• Waves of Grace, Gabo Arora + Chris Milk - Within
• Oculus Start Developer Program

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TUTORIALS

• Quick VR prototypes - Josh Carpenter, Mozilla Blog
• Design, Develop, and Deploy for VR - Unity Learn
• Unity Roll-a-Ball Tutorial - updated for 2020!

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JASMINE'S QUARANTINE PLAYLIST

• Earth Wind & Fire

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On December 10th XRSI will kick–off their 4th annual Metaverse Safety Week - XRSI’s flagship conference, an annual occasion to meet industry leaders and discuss the challenges of safety, privacy and artificial intelligence in spatial computing.
Kavya Pearlman, Founder and CEO of XRSI, X Reality Safety Intelligence, a leading non-profit organization globally recognized for advocating safety, privacy, security, and inclusion in the domain of emerging technology joins me on the podcast to share why this year's Metaverse Safety Week is an essential industry event.

Kavya is an award-winning cyber security expert who brings together world leaders, organizations, researchers, community advocates and policymakers to address the industry’s most challenging threats.

Dive into what you need to know about safety in the Metaverse on this episode of Zero to Start!
Check out show links below and let us know your feedback on our LinkedIn page.

• METAVERSE SAFETY WEEK DEC 10th - 15th 2023
• xrsi.org
• The XRSI Privacy and Safety Framework
• The Child Safety Initiative
• Safety Tips for Parents - Top Recommendations from XRSI

GOVERNMENT POLICY

• Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
• EU AI Act: first regulation on artificial intelligence

RESOURCES and READING

• Medical XR Privacy and Safety Framework - XRSI
• Stanford Research Shows VR Users Can Be Identified Using Only 5 Minutes of Motion Data - Road to VR
• Scammers Use AI to Mimic Voices of Loved Ones in Distress - CBS
• The Power of Digital Policy: A practical guide to minimizing risk and maximizing opportunity for your organization - Kristina Podnar
• Cyber War - Richard A. Clarke

CONNECT WITH KAVYA

• LinkedIn
• X
• Kavya Pearlman on 60 minutes

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Since 2018 Virtuleap has been at the cutting edge of combining neuroscience and virtual reality to help increase attention levels, and address cognitive illnesses, disorders, and learning challenges.

On this episode, Amir Bozorgzadeh, Cofounder and CEO of Virtuleap is back to tell us all about the release of Cogniclear VR, an immersive cognitive screening test that uses gamified scenarios to assess a wide range of crucial cognitive abilities and collect extensive cognitive and behavioral data to enable early intervention, for better health outcomes.

We dive into the ongoing challenges of:

• designing accessible apps for cognitive testing
• sustained attention decline and mental health with the rise of "TikToK Brain"
• the double-edge sword of leading a start up at the intersection of emerging tech and healthcare

And how Virtuleap has survived industry changes like “a reed in the wind.”

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FEATURED LINKS:
Virtuleap.comVIDEO: Cogniclear VR TrailerImpact of EnhanceVR on working memory and inhibitory control of young adults with intellectual development disabilities. BLAST FROM THE PAST:
Improving Brain Health with Enhance VR - Zero to Start podcast episode
Birdly simulatorCONNECT WITH AMIR
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This holiday we’re celebrating our 25th episode of Zero to Start with a very special guest, Kent Bye, host of the Voices of VR podcast.
Since May 2014, Kent has published over 1,300 Voices of VR podcast interviews featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality.

Kent is an oral historian, experiential journalist, & philosopher, helping to define the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.

He travels the world to deliver in-depth coverage of the best from XR festivals, conferences and gatherings you can't find anywhere else.
Check out the link to Kent’s Patreon where you can support his groundbreaking work and gain access to the podcast's private Discord channel and more. I've been a patron supporter of Voices of VR since 2021.How will you think about presence in 2024?
Thanks for listening! Until next time, Peace on Earth! Goodwill to all.
CONNECT WITH KENT:

• Voices of VR Podcast
• Voices of VR on Patreon
• Kent on LinkedIn

FEATURED LINKS:

• VIDEO: A Primer on Presence, Immersive Storytelling, & Experiential Design - Kent Bye's Storycon Keynote
• VIDEO: Sensemaking Frameworks for the Metaverse & XR Ethics
• Voices of VR #1320: Plans for VisionDevCamp, an Apple Vision Pro Hackathon after Q1 2024 Launch

MORE SOURCES:

• Place illusion and plausibility can lead to realistic behaviour in immersive virtual environments - Mel Slater
• Reality+ David Chalmers
• VIDEO: Top 20 Oculus Rift VR Experiences of 2013 - Cymatic Bruce
• VIDEO: Descartes Meditation I - Of the things which may be brought into Doubt - Philosophy Vibe

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WHAT WE'RE PLAYING IN VR

• Gorilla Tag - holiday update!
• Asgard's Wrath 2
• Black Pink a VR Encore - Meta Horizon Worlds (Dec. 26th)
• Wallace & Gromit in the Grand Getaway
• Liminal - Relax. Unwind. Engage. Explore.