GMU has announced the 2024 Learning Multiverse Conference: AI-Enabled Immersive Technologies, which will be held on September 12, 2024, at the Arlington campus.

GMU has announced the 2024 Learning Multiverse Conference: AI-Enabled Immersive Technologies, which will be held on September 12, 2024, at the Arlington campus.

Join us at this local VR conference! Co-sponsored by Leidos.

https://techconnectdc.org/2024-imtech-conference/

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if you haven’t downloaded the new Disney/Marvel What If app, do so immediately

For those who own an Apple Vision Pro, if you haven’t downloaded the new  Disney/Marvel What If app, do so immediately. I have only run the intro, but the use of combined VR and AR is stunning. I had an amazing conversation with the Watcher and the Sorcerer Supreme Wong in my basement. You are not playing a game in a virtual world; you are interacting with a virtual person in your real world.

Official Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLk-IkPktMo

Oops, I missed this the first time it went around in 1995, but this may have been the first and only time the Apple Newton was features in a film.

Oops, I missed this the first time it went around in 1995, but this may have been the first and only time the Apple Newton was features in a film.

Oh, it was a Steven Seagal movie, no wonder I missed it. Still cool to see it being misused.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDlpPs19NU0

Thanks to Long Island Retro Gaming for this excellently details list of every game console from the beginning.

Thanks to Long Island Retro Gaming for this excellently details list of every game console from the beginning.

I found this list, after a family member found a photo of my youngest sister next to our Magnavox Odyssey, the first home computer console.  How times have changed!

https://liretro.com/console-timeline/

The end of another Internet era and one that I didn't even realize was still around.

The end of another Internet era and one that I didn't even realize was still around.

When AOL purchased it in 1998, I expected it to die, but "I Seek You" kept going and going.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june

We may not have full in person WWDC, but we still have another great tech tradition: James Dempsey and the Breakpoints!

We may not have full in person WWDC, but we still have another great tech tradition: James Dempsey and the Breakpoints!

James, and his brand of tech parody songs, will be performing Wed June 12, 2024 at San Jose’s Art Boutiki.

https://livenearwwdc.com

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/james-dempsey-and-the-breakpointslive-near-wwdc-benefit-concert-2024-tickets-910063673947

Last years performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_76ICJhDGgM

I always keep on eye on Disney Research, because they create some of the most imaginative projects.

I always keep on eye on Disney Research, because they create some of the most imaginative projects.

Using a virtual tool to create and test the walking gate of future Disney robotic characters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDgW3983Cvc