Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Dr. Christina Yan Zhang to discuss her career as CEO of the Metaverse Insitute and how Metaverse-based technologies could be used to perform tests otherwise impossible in the real world. Maxwell and Christina also discuss the reaction the academic community has had to Virtual Reality technology and how the future of VR will change how we learn and research.
Episode 43: Dan Nieves
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Dan Nieves to talk about his non-linear career path and the beginning of his love of technology. Maxwell and Dan also discuss how technology trends can effect how the general public progresses, Meta’s place in the XR market, and how innovative technologies will completely change how we live our everyday lives.
Episode 42: Julian Reyes
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Julian Reyes to talk about his career leading to immersive technology and what inspired him to create the Virtual Worlds Museum. Maxwell and Julian also discuss the theory and practice of virtual worlds, dating back to biblical times and now taking on digital forms and AI-generated environments.
Episode 41: Best of 2023 Part 4
In this special episode, we are going back in time to reflect on the best clips from the Virtual World Society Podcast in 2023. Enjoy these sound bytes of interviews with Adam Mangana, Daniel Berrick, and Brian Krawitz.
Episode 40: Best of 2023 Part 3
In this special episode, we are going back in time to reflect on the best clips from the Virtual World Society Podcast in 2023. Enjoy these sound bytes of interviews with Nathan C. Bowser, Avi Bar-Zeev, Athena Demos, and Dace Campbell.
Episode 39: Best of 2023 Part 2
In this special episode, we are going back in time to reflect on the best clips from the Virtual World Society Podcast in 2023. Enjoy these sound bytes of interviews with Leslie Shannon, Sonya Haskins, Linda Ricci, and DJ Good.
Episode 38: Best of 2023 Part 1
In this special episode, we are going back in time to reflect on the best clips from the Virtual World Society Podcast in 2023. Enjoy these sound bytes of interviews with Alex Fernandez, Robin White and Michael Owen, Dr. Louise Edwards and Sana Shah.
Episode 37: Celeste Lear
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites futurist Celeste Lear to talk about her history in the digital arts, and how she became a successful immersive event & concert producer, immersive experience designer as well as performing avatar artist & DJ. Maxwell and Celeste also discuss her team’s groundbreaking work with the UN using the power of spatial computing to help bring activism to the metaverse with ActNowXR http://www.actnowxr.org She also touches on how young XR professionals can follow in her footsteps, and forge their own way forward with these next lever tools.
Please follow these links to learn more:
www.djcelestelear.com
www.boutiqueelectroniquemusic.com
www.dreamlandxr.com
Episode 36: Adam Mangana
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Adam Mangana to talk about educational technology, his history in the business of academia, and how XR has changed education. Maxwell and Adam also discuss how powerful VR is in the classroom, what it’s like to help run an innovative school, and what educators can do to improve the industry.
https://optimaed.com/
Episode 35: Brian Krawitz
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Brian Krawitz to talk about creative technology, and how creative expression can change lives through the power of community. Maxwell and Brian also discuss the impact COVID had on Burning Man, how to utilize technology like XR for good, and the power of bringing people together with shared beliefs.
Check out the links below!
Heartland Collective
https://heartlandcollective.org
VR Demo (Unity Sanctuary and The Connected Experience)
https://youtu.be/neahZspMuSg?si=1MI4hcQTBFNp45eE
Physical Art Page
https://www.facebook.com/enlightening.concepts
Virtual Conversations for Content Creators Weekly Creative Meetup
https://tce.hopp.bio/vccc
Design Science Studio Cohort
https://www.designscience.studio/revolutionaries2021
Goats DAO
https://www.goatsdao.com
UC Berkeley/Exploratorium Collaborative
http://www.explorecogtech.com
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Brian Krawitz 'aka' The Hebrew Hammer
Wise Mirror
https://wisemirror.org
2021 Singularity University Australia Global Summit
https://wavia.global/summit-2021
Wise Mirror VR Trailer (Used at the 2021 Singularity University Australia Global Summit)
https://wisemirror.org/video-wise-mirror-vr-trailer.html
Wise Mirror VR Walkthrough (Used at the 2021 Singularity University Australia Global Summit)
https://youtu.be/nu8OVj7_S_M?si=o4fbjK3Tkzg17yde
Episode 34: Daniel Berrick
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Daniel Berrick to talk about the world of digital privacy and how it applies to XR technology. Maxwell and Daniel also discuss what users can do to protect themselves from their digital footprint being taken advantage of, what organizations do with information and what kind of information is sought after.
FPF's immersive technology work (highlights)
FPF has worked on immersive technology privacy issues since 2021. That year, we released two white papers on XR technologies and brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), analyzing their use cases and associated privacy law issues, policy challenges, and possible solutions. We also did a blog series on BCIs at the beginning of 2022.
Last year, FPF released an infographic, "Understanding Extended Reality Technology & Data Flows," which visualizes XR data flows work by exploring several use cases that XR technologies may support. The infographic is accompanied by two blog posts. The first gives an overview of the technology, while the second analyzes the associated privacy risks and mitigation strategies.
The organization officially launched the Immersive Technologies Working Group in September 2022. We have held monthly calls on a wide variety of topics, from the risk of manipulation by generative AI "agents" in immersive, virtual worlds, to the potential implications of the Washington My Health My Data Act (MHMD) for immersive technologies, to how to provide notice to bystanders about AR activities.
We provide monthly briefings to our members about the latest policy, legal and technological developments that impact immersive technologies. For example, we have assessed how the Kids' Online Safety Act (KOSA) bill, Connecticut's SB 3, and U.S. state social media laws may impact immersive technologies.
Our most recent publication is an analysis of how U.S. state biometric laws could impact XR functions, such as eye tracking, voice analysis, and face detection.
Daniel bio
Daniel Berrick is a Policy Counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum. His work involves analyzing complex consumer and commercial privacy law and policy issues, including sector- and technology-specific areas such as immersive technologies, open banking, and biometrics. In this role, Daniel collaborates with industry, peers and the wider privacy community to identify and develop best practices for data privacy. He received his JD from Duke University School of Law (cum laude), and his BA (magna cum laude) from Hamilton College. Daniel obtained CIPP/US and CIPP/E certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in recognition of his knowledge of U.S. and EU privacy law.
Episode 33: Athena Demos
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Athena Demos to talk about her career with Burning Man, starting Big Rock Creative, and what it’s like to be an award-winning producer. Maxwell and Athena also discuss the power of technology in the hands of everyday people, how to be a great leader, and where XR is going in the near-to-distant future.
Episode 32: Dace Campbell
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Dace Campbell to discuss his thoughts on how XR technology has impacted the field of Architecture. Maxwell and Dace also discuss the empathy behind XR technology and the story of how Drones, VR, and Photogrammetry can effect an entire culture.
Episode 31: Avi Bar-Zeev
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Avi Bar-Zeev to talk about his perspectives on how XR technology has evolved and what organizations helped pioneer the innovation. Maxwell and Avi also discuss the passion it takes to make it in this business, the social aspect of VR, how to properly pitch XR technology to executives, and how risks in the tech business have paid off over the years.
Episode 30: Nathan C. Bowser
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Nathan C. Bowser to talk about how they got their start in technology and how it led to a position at the top XR tech conference in the world. Maxwell and Nathan also discuss the benefits of Augmented Reality and how it can help people with identity, the ways in which innovative technologies are marketed, and how companies can do better with the new software they release.
Episode 29: AWE Live Interviews
Join host Maxwell McGee as he interviews XR Specialists at AWE (Augmented World Expo). Included in these interviews are:
Cause and Christi https://causechristi.com/
Sarah Porter https://hopeforhaiti.com/
Lydia Berry https://thefitnessresort.com/
Tom Furness https://www.virtualworldsociety.org/
Kyle Morannd https://www.302interactive.com/
Ari Tarr https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariel-tarr83/
Episode 28: Leslie Shannon
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Leslie Shannon to talk about how she got her start at Nokia from being on Jeopardy and what it will take for XR to become more consumer friendly. Maxwell and Leslie also discuss how adaption can occur with VR, where the technology is trending, and how XR technology needs to solve problems if it’s going to be widely accepted.
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Episode 27: Dr. Tom Furness and Dr. Angelina Dayton
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Dr. Tom Furness and Dr. Angelina Dayton to make the announcement that Angelina has officially become the Executive Director of the Virtual World Society Maxwell, Angelina and Tom also discuss how Angelina and Tom first met in Altspace VR, Tom’s vision for the future of the Virtual World Society and Angelinas perspective on her new role.
Episode 26: Linda Ricci
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Linda Ricci to talk about how she got started in VR spaces, her early career working with innovative technology, and her thoughts on the term “Metaverse”. Maxwell and Linda also discuss a theory on how VR will become more ingrained in our everyday professional lives and what that means for enterprise.
Episode 25: Sonya Haskins
Join host Maxwell McGee as he invites Sonya Haskins to talk about her history in VR, how it started with gaming and high-score goals, and the impact the technology had on Sonya’s everyday life leading up to doing it professionally. Maxwell and Sonya also discuss AWE, how Sonya got involved through Ori Inbar and the journey to better accessibility through technology like XR.