No. 12 with Covalent's Thomas Jackson on the MIT XR Reality Hack

10/02/2020 34 min Temporada 1 Episodio 12

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Episode Synopsis

Episode 012 presents an overview of leading-edge XR tech and hardware as seen at MIT Reality Hack 2020  in an interview with Thomas Jackson, founder of XR design and development firm Covalent Reality. A volunteer at this year's MIT XR Hackathon, Jackson discusses the Human Bionic Display of the Varjo VR headset, the open source AR platform Project North Star, his favorite Hackathon projects and who he follows to keep up with XR developments.

MIT Reality Hack 2020
Thomas Jackson
​Covalent
MIT Hackathon VR Tech:
​Oculus Rift
​Oculus Quest
Vive Pro
​HP Reverb
​Varjo 
MIT Hackathon AR Tech:
MagicLeap
​HoloLens
​Project North Star
​nReal Light
​MIT Hackathon Projects
GhostbustXR 
VSiBL
Ryan Kopinsky
Thomas Jackson's Follow Recommendations:
John Carmack, AI researcher, Consulting CTO Oculus VR
Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist, Oculus
Timmy Ghiurau, Volvo
Jacob Cedulf, Volvo
MIT Hackathon Team
Eswar Anandapadmanaban
Sarah Pillai
Scott Greenwald
Maria Rice
See Also:​
MIT Reality Hack Projects Site
​MIT Reality Hack Outro Video

Acknowledgements:
Call Recording: Anchor App
Podcasting: Anchor
Recording: Logic Pro X
Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS
Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

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