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#1490: “any war any enemy” is a beautiful anti-war, immersive poem about nuclear annihilation.
Lena Herzog’s Any War Any Enemy is a hauntingly beautiful spatial poem that takes us on a liminal journey about nuclear annihilation. Rather than disassociating and letting power structures sleepwalk us all into catastrophe, she explores a new...
#1489: “Gorilla Tag” Design Philosophy & Embodied Gameplay Deep Dive with Kerestell Smith
I interviewed Kerestell Smith, Chief Creative Officer at Another Axiom and original solo creator of Gorilla Tag, at Meta Connect 2024. Another Axiom announced in June that Gorilla Tag has surpassed $100 million in lifetime revenue. We talk about the...
#1488: Nima Zeighami on Delivering WebXR Content with Infinite Reality’s Ethereal Engine Acquisition
I interviewed Nima Zeighami, VP of Product at Infinite Reality, at Meta Connect 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality : Play in new window |...
#1487: XR Evangelists JoyReign & JDun on Horizon World Trends & Meta Connect Announcements
I interviewed XR Evangelists JoyReign Creator of Joy In The Morning Show and CEO of Onyx Leaf Media as well as JDun of the Getting Things Dun YouTube channel, Get’Em To The Metaverse Podcast, & Chief Metaverse Officer of Onyx Leaf Media...
#1486: Going All-in with Gaussian Splats: Gracia’s Viewer, AI Training, & Photoreal Capture with VR Fund’s Tipatat Chennavasin
I interviewed Tipatat Chennavasin, General Partner and co-founder of Venture Reality Fund, at Meta Connect 2024 about why he has gone all-in with Gaussian Splatting by investing in the Gracia.ai and their viewer that’s on the Quest store. We...
#1485: Fitness Flow States with “Starwave” Design Innovation Leads & Finding Love within VR
I interviewed Job Stauffer and Robin Orr, the two design innovation leads on Starwave, at Meta Connect 2024. They also met and fell in love in VR, and each share their respective journeys into the space through building community around VR fitness...
#1484: Cas & Chary on Meta Connect Announcements & Using Ray-Ban Meta Smartglasses to Stay Connected
I interviewed Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer of the Cas and Chary YouTube channel, at Meta Connect 2024 about all of the latest announcements, their journey into their XR coverage, and how they use the Ray-Ban Meta Smartglasses to stay connected...
#1483: “Dimensional Double Shift” Combines Multi-Player Co-Op, “Job Simulator” Gameplay, & Hand Tracking
I interviewed Andrew Eiche, CEOwl at Owlchemy Labs, at Meta Connect 2024 about their latest title Dimensional Double Shift. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here’s their launch trailer. This is a listener-supported podcast...
#1482: Mixed Reality Gameplay Innovations & Design Insights from “Starship Home” Co-Directors Mark Schramm & Ashley Pinnick
I interviewed Co-Directors of Starship Home Mark Schramm, Director of Engineering at Creature, and Ashley Pinnick, Art Director at Creature, at Meta Connect 2024. See more context in the rough transcript below. Here’s the Launch Trailer for...
#1481: Agile Lens 2024: Context on Boz’s Apology to VR Devs, Orion AR Glasses Impressions, & Unreal Engine Mediation with Apple/Meta
I interviewed Alex Coulombe, Studio Lead & CEO of Agile Lens Immersive Design, at Meta Connect 2024 about Meta’s Orion AR Glasses first impressions, being a mediator with Apple and Epic Games as well as with Meta and Epic Games, and a bit...
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Lena Herzog’s Any War Any Enemy is a hauntingly beautiful spatial poem that takes us on a liminal journey about nuclear annihilation. Rather than disassociating and letting power …
This essay discusses three antiwar poems—Pablo Neruda's “I Explain A Few Things,” Galway Kinnell's “The Olive Wood Fire,” and Lawrence Ferlinghetti's “Speak Out”—which condemn the …
The great anti-war poems written by soldiers (Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Randall Jarrell, Yusef Komunyakaa, Brian Turner, etc.) have often confronted war with frank …
In 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' Wilfred Owen transcends the nationalistic propaganda of his times and presents the adverse impact of the war on humanity and civilization. The poem questions the glorification of the war and …
Anti-war poems, often driven by profound emotions of pacifism and humanism, provide a platform for poets to stand against the violence and destruction caused by wars. These poems …
war looks, Owen’s anti-war opinions are built into the poem to show how the war experience has destroyed everything he ever enjoyed. Wilfred Owen is a war poet whose personal experience …
"Spring Offensive" (1918) describes the German Spring Offensive of 1918, a bloody series of battles near the close of World War I. It focuses on the experience of a particular army in a particular location, though notably, neither …