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  • E140 – Resurrecting AltspaceVR with Shane Harris, CEO SideQuest

    E140 – Resurrecting AltspaceVR with Shane Harris, CEO SideQuest
    Nov 5 2026
    While more and more experiences get shut down, Shane believes that this is actually the best moment for AltspaceVR: „I think some people could easily think that I'm nuts for trying to do that right now. And I understand that. But I actually think that this time right now, here today is probably a more hospitable time for something like this to exist than Altspace ever had over the entirety of its nearly a decade long existence. And the reason for that is primarily that with all these other platforms gone, there is really no competition for what Altspace can provide.“ What does AltspaceVR provide what no other platform does? For one, it brings an iconic campfire that helped kickstart events like Immersive X, and is a symbol of coming together like no other experience has. But let's say the community of more grown-up, serious creators and event organizers made it a place for everybody who already completed their puberty vocal change. With all providers leaving the sinking ship of social VR, it might also just be the best investment opportunity for brands like that. When we recorded this episode with the new boss of AltspaceVR, the social VR experience had been live for a week. His team worked for over a year to reinstate what Altspace was before its sunset. And the community seems enthusiastic and already started creating and uploading worlds. First malicious users appear, which one might read as a sign of relevance. So the relatively small team of about 20 people has to build moderation tools for now. But of course, new features are also supposed to come in the years ahead. All that with the support of generative AI, which for now is only being used to support developing code and finding bugs, as Shane explains. That creators and creatives are important, Shane Harris keeps saying. They even paid the designer of the original robot avatar to design a modern version of it. Shane Harris also got the chance to speak about the history of SideQuest, which started with Shane’s Editor, an editor which was built for AltspaceVR so that you could build worlds without being a developer in the first place. The problem: Meta never accepted the app in the app store, which triggered Harris to start SideQuest in the first place. What followed was support by Palmer Luckey and a 12-million US-dollar investment by Google.
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    1 h et 23 min
  • E139 - Smart Glasses Momentum vs. VR Plateau: Samsung Leaks, Alibaba Eye-Tracking, OpenXR Containers and Ironman with Specs

    E139 - Smart Glasses Momentum vs. VR Plateau: Samsung Leaks, Alibaba Eye-Tracking, OpenXR Containers and Ironman with Specs
    Oct 29 2026
    Like in the old days: This is an atmospheric solo episode with Thomas Riedel. The News: - Samsung Smart Glasses Design Leak - Google adds Android XR glasses connections to phones through Play services - Smart Glasses with Eyetracking? - Third-quarter revenue numbers from EssilorLuxottica and Meta: Quest down, Smart Glasses up - Korea cross-ministry conter measurements against illegal recording with Smart Glases - Meta Smart Glasses recorded unknowingly - AltspaceVR is back! - Native Facetracking support in VRChat - OpenXR offers Apple-Like cross-plattform spatial multitasking API - Robert Downy Junior as Ambassador for Specs
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    24 min
  • E138 - Recap next.app DevCon + re:publica Düsseldorf und Paulina Porten von FemReality über Pink Washing und Feminismus im KI-Brillen-Marketing

    E138 - Recap next.app DevCon + re:publica Düsseldorf und Paulina Porten von FemReality über Pink Washing und Feminismus im KI-Brillen-Marketing
    Oct 15 2026
    INTERVIEW Das Team auf der re:publica in Düsseldorf hat gut abgeliefert. Nach meinem nicht unkritischen aber zugegebenermaßen neutralerem Vortrag, lieferte Paulina Porten im Anschluss mit ihrem Vortrag „Leave Kylie Jenner Alone“ genau den Finger in die Wunde, den der Tech-Branche völlig egal ist: Meta, aber auch andere Hersteller, inszenieren KI-Brillen wie im Falle Metas mit Kylie Jenner als hyperstylisches Lifestyle-Gadget und setzt auf klassisches Pinkwashing. Weiblichkeit wird hier als vertrauensstiftende Fassade genutzt, während dieselben Brillen draußen im Alltag reale Gefahren für Frauen – etwa durch Spanner und Rizzfluencer – befeuern. Paulinas klare Botschaft: Statt oberflächlicher PR-Kampagnen braucht es echtes Safety by Design und viel mehr diverse, feministische Perspektiven in den Entwicklungs- und Chefetagen. Wie Paulina zu XR kam? 2018 rutschte sie während ihres Designstudiums eher durch Zufall in einen AR-Kurs, weil alle anderen Kurse voll waren – und blieb fasziniert an der Schnittstelle von digitaler und analoger Welt hängen. Nach Arbeiten zu Bürgerbeteiligung (Augmented Participation) und Technologievermittlung stieß sie auf Studien zum Digital Gender Gap und die strukturellen Hürden, die Frauen in der Tech-Welt ausbremsen. Es kam schließlich alles zusammen im Kölner Startup FemReality, dass sie 2025 gründet. Mit gendersensiblen VR-Workshops bringt sie Jugendliche – und insbesondere Mädchen – direkt an Schulen und außerschulischen Lernorten mit immersiver Technologie in Kontakt. Über spielerisches Learning by Creating mit VR-Tools wie Open Brush und Design Thinking gestalten die Jugendlichen eigene Zukunftsszenarien (wie nachhaltige Städte im Projekt mit RheinEnergie). Das baut Berührungsängste vor Hardware und Software ab und begeistert junge Talente nachhaltig für technische Ausbildungsberufe. Weitere Themen: Eventtip: nextReality Festival am 18.+ 19. November 2026 in Hamburg News: Der XREAL Aura Preis ist da! News: Die Meta Vanguard bekommt Sicherheitsgläser.
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    1 h et 28 min
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