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

#1446: Studio Syro’s “The Art Of Change” is the Best Immersive Music Video Experience I’ve Seen So Far Pushing at the Edges of Spatial Grammar

#1445: “In The Realm Of Ripley” Ambitiously Combines Interactive Film, VR Mystery, and Group Conversations Moderated by AI

#1444: Fins’ Latest VRChat Adventure “Project: Lost Worlds” is a Cinematic Interstellar Safari with Dinosaurs

#1443: Venice Immersive Worlds Gallery Producer Mike Salmon on the 2024 Selection of VRChat Worlds

#1442: Combining VRChat Worldbuilding with Immersive Theatre Storytelling in “Uncanny Alley: A New Day”

#1441: “Duchampiana” Explores the Embodiment of Movement with Stair Climbing Integrations and Feminist Philosophy

#1440: Rencontres Experimental Social VR Experience with Minimal Guidance

#1439: Gamifying 360 Video in Compelling Horror Genre Piece “Project_y: Working Title”

#1438: Honoring the Memory of Abandoned Ghost Towns with “Address Unknown: Fukushima Now”

#1437: “What If…?” Director Dave Bushore on Translating Marvel IP into an Emmy-Award Winning Interactive Cinematic Journey

#1436: Transforming 2D Art into an Immersive VRChat Journey Complete with Themed Avatars with “Strangeways”

#1435: Blending Poetic Animation with Spatial Audio Orchestration with “Earths To Come”

#1434: Choreographing the Collective VR Viewing Experience into a Public Art Performance with “Free UR Head”

#1433: Challenging the Authority of Museums with College Biennale Winner “The Gossips’ Chronicles”

#1432: Combining Biodata with Open World Mushroom Adventure with “Symbiosis/\Dysbiosis: Sentience”

#1431: Taking a Walk through Art History with “Un Soir Avec Les Impressionnistes, Paris 1874”

#1430: Immersive Expeditions Prove to be Profitable LBE Business for Emissive’s Fabien Barati

#1429: Below Deck Innovations Fuse Theatrical Staging, Mixed Reality, & 360 Video

#1428: Exploring the Horrors of Forgotten Refugee’s Plight in “Somewhere Unknown In Indochina”

#1427: Poetic Environmental Storytelling of “Fragile Home” Elegantly Tells the Story of War in Ukraine with Mixed Reality