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

7:48 - SNAP & Qualcomm

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