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Is virtual reality useful for productivity software? Yiliu is the founder of Softspace, a VR/AR tool for thought. He joins Mark and Adam to discuss the human brain and body as inherently spatial systems; the question of whether information is fundamentally 2D; and why social comfort is the biggest challenge facing VR today. Plus: how to avoid a dystopian future.
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Yiliu Shen-Burke @softspaceninja
Softspace
Wim Hof breathing method
Studio Olafur Eliasson
The Brain Maps Out Ideas and Memories Like Spaces
Oculus
Oculus development kit
heads-up display
Scott Greenwald’s Media Lab thesis
Beat Saber
A Beautiful Mind
Softspace demo
force-directed graph
Steven Johnson on DevonThink
Google Glass, Magic Leap, Vision Pro
Supernatural
vergence
history of VR
PlaneVR: Social Acceptability of Virtual Reality for Aeroplane Passengers
Metamuse is still on hiatus, but this is a brief announcement of some related projects. Localfirst.fm is a new podcast that Adam is helping to produce. And Adam is on the organizing team for Local-First Conf 2024, held in Berlin on May 30.
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