Social Movie Viewing with Netflix Party and BigScreen VR (3:34)

BigScreen VR let's you watch with your friends

BigScreen VR lets people share while viewing movies. More than 40% of people use more than one screen when watching TV. Unlike movie theaters which ban any social interaction, watching from home enables people to stay connected while they enjoy their favorite film. New platforms are making social viewing better and easier. A new plugin…

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Leading and Managing in Complexity with Dave Snowden (5:54)

Being emergent and exploring complexity

Being emergent is the key to succeeding in the inherently complex XR market. Rapidly accelerating technology and constantly shifting applications attempting to meet emerging consumer and business needs makes the business highly unpredictable. Dave Snowden lays down a roadmap for leadership and management for anyone operating in an emerging tech market, during and after the…

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AAA VR Games with nDreams Patrick O’Luanaigh (7:26)

Phantom: Covert Ops

Phantom: Covert Ops is being finished now by nDreams and Oculus Studios. Bob spoke with nDreams CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh about how his team is handling the coronavirus lockdown, the inspiration for their kayak locomotion mechanic, what it’s like developing a AAA game for Oculus Quest, and more. Half-Life: Alyx set the bar for VR games,…

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Theatre Wars – Todd Maunsell (8:50)

Theater Wars with Bob Cooney and Todd Maunsell

Theater wars have broken out between Universal, AMC and now Odeon Cinemas. Movie studios are laying the pipeline to deliver their content direct to consumers at home. Disney+, NBCUniversal’s Peacock and WB’s HBOMax are increasing the pressure on the movie exhibition business. The tension boiled over this week when Universal stated they intent to continue…

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Bob’s Virtual Tour of Sydney Harbour (4:48)

Virtual Tours were a breakout search term on Google since the coronavirus lockdown. Virtual tours have been around since the original ViewMaster debuted at the 1939 World’s Fair. Bob takes his audience on a virtual tour of Sydney Harbour, reliving a recent trip there from November 2019. This highlight clip is from The Being Virtual…

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CEO’s Plan to Keep Work From Home; Robots and Goats Invade Zoom (6:16)

Virtual workplaces and working from home has exploded, and CEO’s are already making plans to keep at least some of that in place post-pandemic. Research shows 37% of jobs in America can be done from home, and 34% of people who previously commuted to work are now working from home. After single-digit growth for the…

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Pro Athletes Stay Home Play Together; Esports Stocks Rally (3:46)

Virtual esports continues to find new fans. Bob shows how profession tennis and football (soccer) have embraced esports and aligned it with staying home and playing together messages to help support people in isolation. Esports keeps growing, and the gaming industry is the top-performing financial sector over the last 3 months according to ETF ranking…

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Virtual Orgies, Funerals and Senior Prom (6:05)

Virtual Events: Orgies at Burning Man

Virtual events continue to move into the mainstream. Burning man announced they’re going to create a virtual version of Black Rock City, with plans for online orgies, local art car drivebys, and some kind of burning ceremony which has yet to be defined. Senior Prom went virtual thanks to the generosity of actor John Krasinski…

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Managing in complexity with Melis Senova (6:23)

Leading in VUCA with Melis Senova

Entrepreneur, author, and human-centricity expert Melis Senova, who consults with governments and corporate clients on how to be emergent to deal with complex challenges, talks with Bob about how to show up in this time of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity). This clip is an excerpt from an interview with Melis on being emergent…

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Location-based VR Pivot with Spaces Brad Herman (6:13)

Location-based Virtual Reality developer Spaces pivots to remote collaboration tools for Zoom, Skype and more.

Location-based virtual reality developer Spaces leverages their knowledge of VR presence, avatars, and multiplayer gaming to create a new bridge between virtual reality and collaboration tools like Zoom, Skype, and Google Hangouts. Co-founder and CTO Brad Herman joins Bob from the Spaces app in VR to discuss their pivot, and how the new app can…

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