Kent Bye · Technology

Voices of VR

Designing for Virtual Reality. Oral history podcast featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. Learn about the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.

Voices of VR

Episodes

#1546: How Indigenous Storytelling is Changing Non-Proliferation Narratives in “Ways of Knowing: A Navajo Nuclear History”

#1545: “Shelter” Observational 360 Documentary Shows Intimate Side of War via Ukrainian Citizen Bomb Shelters

#1544: Traces: The Grief Processor Immersive Documentary Invites Groups to Learn About Grief

#1543: “Proof As If Proof Were Needed” Enables Audiences to Collaboratively Edit Video Feeds via Embodied Movements

#1542: Exploring the Paradox of Narratively Critiquing AI While Also Using AI to Make “The Last Practice”

#1541: Virtual Being Engages in Socratic Monologue Comparing AI to Sugar in “Sweet!” Installation

#1540: Hacking AI for Black Representation & the Future Dreaming of Archival Collections with Tamara Shogaolu

#1539: Wandering in Open World Doc Archives in Mixed Reality with SXSW XR Jury Prize Winner “Reflections of Little Red Dot”

#1538: Mixed Reality Calibration Innovations Hidden within “The Secret Life of Monsters: The Gateway Experience”

1537: NOWISWHENWEARE (the stars) Uses Low-Bit Visuals & Hundreds of Spatial Audio Speakers to Tell a Moving Story

1536: Spatial Audio Trends from d&b audiotechnik’s Artist Relations Manager Wayne Powell

#1535: Roman Rappak’s 4th Annual “Ristband” SXSW Live Music Mixed Reality Performance Adds Spatial Audio

#1534: Animated Immersive Dome Experience “Resolution: A Cinephonic Rhapsody for the Soul” Created as an Album Listening Party

#1533: Web Developer Built “A Number from the Ghost” WebXR Adventures to Highlight His Music

#1532: Tenderclaws’ “Face Jumping” Explores the Frontiers of Eye-Tracked Locomotion in Poetically Surreal Short

#1531: In the Current of Being Uses Immersive Haptics to Tell the Story of Electroshock Conversation Therapy

#1530: Six-Month Immersive Storytelling Exhibition Curated by Ana Brzezińska Opening in Namur, Belgium

1529: SXSW 2025 XR Experience Selection Sneak Peak with Programmer Blake Kammerdiener

1528: “Theater” App on Apple Vision Pro Features Indie-Produced Dome, Planetarium, and Stereoscopic Content

#1527: “Lovesick” is Character-Driven, Escape Room Indie Gem of a Story