Episode description
Join Pat and Andrew as they talk with Grant Anderson from Mirrorscape and ARcana. Listen as they chat about the future of VTTs as AR and VR technology becomes more prevalent. They discuss the definition what AR and VR, the difference between them, playing an RPG with AR glasses, and remembering where you put your glasses.
Guest: Grant Anderson from mirrorscape.com and @mirrorscapexr on Twitter.
Discussion Topics: Will we all be playing Roleplaying Games with AR glasses in the near future?
Credits: Gabriel Gonzalez from theinspiredbard.com for the use of our theme song and Lee Smithson for the voiceover recording.
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Show Notes:
2:40 - ARcana on Kickstarter
5:40 - Conversation Start
6:57 - Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
7:00 - Ready Player One
8:00 - Rumors about Apple's AR/VR headset and the WWDC 2022 announcements
8:15 - LIDAR
8:30 - GPS and Geolocation
10:13 - Roll20
11:45 - GoogleGlass
13:15 - Wave Guides
14:55 - Shaun White
15:27 - Tim Cook
15:40 - AirPods
17:15 - Apple's M1 and M2 chips
20:45 - Minority Report
28:30 - Mist
31:55 - Bridgerton
32:10 - LARPing
32:30 - Reference to the Tomb of Annihilation
32:52 - Owlbear.rodeo
32:52 - Skeuomorphism
33:38 - Disney World and Black Spire Outpost
36:10 - D&D
36:40 - Metaverse
37:47 - Legos