Zero to Start Podcast: VR development for beginners
by Persistent Mesh
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Sole Purpose: Ian Harrison, Co-founder of SneakAR on Supercharging…
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About this podcast
Dive into what you need to get started for developing VR experiences through inspiring conversations with industry leaders, developers and creators who are on the cutting edge of immersive technology, building the future of spatial computing. Our spotlight series featuring immersive artists and developers is sponsored by Meta.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 44 episodes
- Sole Purpose: Ian Harrison, Co-founder of SneakAR on Supercharging Connection Through Web3, XR & Augmented Footwear · 37 min · Episode 44What do your shoes do? On today’s episode we’re stepping into the future of footwear with Ian Harrison, creative disruptor, innovation catalyst, XR futurist and the Co-founder of…
- XR Zero to Hero: Dominique Wu, Founder XReality Pro & her latest Ultimate AI Pipeline for XR Development course · 31 min · Episode 43Dominique Wu is the founder of XReality Pro, where she designs, builds, and teaches immersive technologies that empower creators and transform how we interact with XR and AI. She…
- AWE 2025: Heard in the Hall – AI in XR, VRChat’s Avatar Marketplace, Spatial Intelligence, Favorite Games & Purpose-Driven Innovation · 26 min · Episode 42What’s everyone excited about at AWE 2025? What’s still needed as we build the future of XR? 🎧 Listen in for quick-hit insights from leading XR innovators, direct from the expo…
- XR is Going Mainstream! AWE 2025 Keynote Highlights: Ori Inbar AWE / Evan Spiegel Snap / Chi Xu & Ralph Jodice Xreal / Year of the Master Builder · 26 min · Episode 41AWE USA 2025 delivered on its promise of feeling spatial. Not only was the mantra XR is Going Mainstream, AWE founder Ori Inbar optimistically declared 2025 as the year of the…
- Get Spatial with the XR Guild @ AWE USA 2025 Augmented World Expo, June 10th - 12th Long Beach Convention Center · 51 min · Episode 40XR pioneer Avi Bar-Zeev has been at the forefront of Spatial Computing for over 30 years: from launching Disney’s groundbreaking Aladdin VR ride in the early 90s and crafting…
- We're getting spacial at AWE! The 2025 Augmented World Expo returns to the Long Beach Convention Center, June 10th -12th · 18 min · Episode 39On today's show we're spotlighting our AWE day one itinerary. Elevate your conference vibe with our AWE playlist ! Heading to AWE USA 2025 next week? Road to VR readers can still…
- MeaningfulXR panel: Creating platforms and apps to better people's lives led by Carsten Becker, Faculty, Media Design and Extended Reality at USC Iovine & Young Academy · 1 h 4 min · Episode 38How can we create XR experiences with purpose and why does it matter? Last week's MeaningfulXR conference at UC Davis and in VRChat brought together a dynamic XR community from…
- The MeaningfulXR Conference at U.C. Davis May 22nd - 23rd and The Neely Purpose-Driven XR Library · 8 min · Episode 37Today’s bite-sized episode is a quick shout out to the Meaningful XR conference happening Thursday May 22nd and Friday May 23rd at the UC Davis International Center and virtually…
- GDC READOUT: The Top Game Developer Trends heading into GDC, Meta Horizon Start at GDC & GDC Parties · 17 min · Episode 36It’s Game ON with GDC in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center, March 17th through the 21st. On our first episode of 2025 we’re checking out The Top Game Developer…
- December to Remember: Google introduces Android XR, Niantic's Into the Scaniverse Gaussian Splat viewer, XR news and year end highlights · 8 minHappy New Year's Eve! Before the clock strikes midnight I'm sharing a quick message of thanks and appreciation to all of my guests this year and to you, the listeners, who've…
- Apple Vision No: How returning the Apple Vision Pro made me rich · 11 min · Episode 34I recorded this episode on the afternoon of Election day in the US... During the storms of change and chance I take shelter in making VR, buying vinyl and listening to The Cure…
- Cogniclear VR: The new gold standard of cognitive screening with Amir Bozorgzadeh, Founder, CEO at Virtuleap · 44 min · Episode 33Since 2018 Virtuleap has been at the cutting edge of combining neuroscience and virtual reality to help increase attention levels, and address cognitive illnesses, disorders, and…
- 360 Degrees of Innovation: Nathalie Mathe on her journey from Hollywood VFX to social impact VR and beyond · 41 min · Episode 32Former NASA AI scientist turned VR creative director and producer, Nathalie Mathe, has been pushing the boundaries of VR since the early days of the Oculus DK1 and DK2. From…
- Optimizing XR Development: The Power of Automated Testing with Shane Evans, Cofounder, GameDriver · 39 min · Episode 31GameDriver enables video game developers, testers, and producers to automate playtesting; improving time to market, test coverage, and overall quality and revenue. The company…
- Launching JADU on mobile, a first-of-its-kind multiplayer AR fighting game, with Sarah Stumbo Huth, Gameplay Engineer, Jadu AR · 47 min · Episode 30In just a few short years, mobile gaming has exploded, now accounting for almost half of all gaming, with the market worth an astounding $90 billion dollars. According to…
- Retail Therapy: My inner child said no to a $4,500 Apple Vision Pro · 11 min · Episode 29Apple Vision Pro doesn't have anything I really need, just everything I want. They're the coolest goggles on the planet. While hot takes about the price, the returns, the meaning…
- Apple Vision Pro's paradigm shift with Ash Baccus-Clark, Speculative Researcher and Creative Strategist, ABC Worldwide · 43 minIt's Apple Vision Pro Day! Will it be as paradigm shifting as the first iPhone? If Apple is hedging its bet on spatial computing, did oculus/Meta do the hard excavation work to…
- Seeing is believing (and hearing): Apple Vision Pro sold out - inside the presale, sales results and visionOS · 24 minThe Apple Vision Pro presale on Friday Jan.19th was a resounding success, erasing any doubt about Apple’s ability to capture the public’s imagination - and their wallets, with…
- Reflections: Apple Vision Pro and the new era of spatial computing · 39 min"The new era of spatial computing has arrived." Our first episode of 2024 brings you a readout of last week's proclamation from Apple CEO, Tim Cook on the news of the highly…
- Presence, experiential design & the ultimate potential of XR with Kent Bye, Voices of VR podcast · 52 min · Episode 25This holiday we’re celebrating our 25th episode of Zero to Start with a very special guest, Kent Bye, host of the Voices of VR podcast. Since May 2014, Kent has published over…
