Continuing our incremental progress exploring the AR app space, this week, Aaron shows off our first baby steps with a working prototype! Steve discusses his month long side project making movies, which prompts a discussion of how AR could be used in filmmaking. Then, Kotaro and Steve go on a tangent exploring nightmare AR/VR dystopia possibilities before getting back on track with this week's "Not a Sponsor" segment. Finally, the trio settles on a handful of feature paths to explore for next time.

Topics Discussed:

  • Steve’s Film School Experience

- Potential for AR as a filmmaking tool

- AR for V-Tubing

  • Aaron's AR prototype

- Drop a marker on an IRL location

- Reality Composer Explained

- How to get/create AR assets

  • Dystopian AR/VR Nightmares

  • Not a Sponsor: Nuuly Thrift

  • Next Steps with the AR App

- Occlusion mapping

- Interactions with 3D objects

- Some Text-based UI GUI

Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.