Kent Bye (Voices of VR)
@kentbye
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Voices of VR Podcast, an insatiably curious, XR oral historian, aspiring philosopher. Patreon https://t.co/BHfUTQQrd8 https://t.co/cUbAzWPjVP
Portland, OR
Joined February 2007
🎉Voices of VR Episode #1000🎉 I do a 3-hour deep dive retrospective featuring over 100 of the best answers to Ultimate Potential of VR. It’s a great primer to the range of immediate, near-term, & future applications of XR & the metaverse. https://t.co/JDTPhzzpzj
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I just posted a long-read reflecting on the @Snap Lensfest XR & AI trends covered in my latest 11-episode Voices of VR podcast series. Snap is betting on indie XR devs to help them go against the biggest companies in the world in their AR glasses race: https://t.co/Mf8pGAytCM
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Snap brought me down to LA to cover their Lensfest developer conference where they made a lot of AR developer platform announcements, had a hackathon featuring those new capabilities, and are gearing...
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A few quick thoughts on Galaxy XR before we lent our headset to Ian Hamilton for the weekend (since it’s silly Samsung didn’t provide UploadVR with a review unit and the one they ordered at their own expense won’t come for weeks). Colors felt very vibrant and the device was
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Okay so confirmed the GalaxyXR might be a viable replacement for the quest pro for VRChat. If the latency is good (and vd uses special snapdragon tricks already) this might be crazy good.
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I'll be at Meta Connect, which by all accounts seems to be focused a bit more on AI glasses & wearables. A number of VR YouTube content creators weren't invited, and I had to push for an invite myself. But I'll recording oral history interviews, & let me know if you'll be there.
New Meta smartglasses with display leaked via an unlisted video on their own YouTube channel Along with their EMG wristband, and other smartglass models they plan to show off this week at Meta Connect
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It was my pleasure to chat with @kentbye alongside @StarheartVR on Voices of VR Podcast about Natura's Queendom! I dive into the backstory of how Natura came to be while @StarheartVR shares her story about the creation of the music for the world. Enjoy!✨ https://t.co/EyEWZ2GPiK
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Raindance Immersive の後、Voices of VR ポッドキャストの Kent Bye さんのインタビューに出演しました! ポッドキャストでは、バーチャルフォトグラフィーや映画『A Dutchman in Virtual Japan』、Cinematic Neon Club など、さまざまなことについてお話ししました! After Raindance Immersive I
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"Voices of VR" has released a podcast episode discussing VMoVA. Thanks to @kentbye for the invitation and sharing! During this 1-hour conversation, we talked about some behind-the-scenes stories and ideas of VMoVA. We’d love for you to tune in! https://t.co/3xWwfU2yxv
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I've been trying to crack handheld virtual reality. I think I’ve finally got it. Introducing Portal. Portal lets you play unmodified VR content with just a tablet and a phone. This early version of Portal aims to solve some big long-standing pain points for VR devs. A 🧵 👇
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In the latest episode of the Voices of VR podcast (@kentbye), Alicia Berry & Asim Ahmed (@tweetsfromasim) share our vision for the future of AI & AR: 🗺️ 3rd-gen AI-powered map for AR glasses & AI agents 🤝 Partnership w/ Snap for outdoor AR 🌌 Expanding Meow Wolf in spatial tech
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earlier this summer, at @ARealityEvent, we caught up with @kentbye about some of the work we’re focused on at @NianticSpatial and an exclusive VPS-powered demo highlighting spatially-intelligent AI companions. you can catch that conversation here. https://t.co/Y9ey0uwP2W
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🎙️ Just dropped into the Voices of VR Podcast with @kentbye! We dove into my wild ride through XR—from hacking together early prototypes to launching award-winning apps—and where I think spatial computing is heading next. 🎧 Give it a listen! → https://t.co/F8lB0wndim
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RT @NianticSpatial: 🎧In the latest episode of the Voices of VR podcast, @kentbye talks to Todd Little and Erik Horn from @FairWorlds about…
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I published 41 interviews on the Voices of VR covering AWE Past & Present, @ARealityEvent. I cover XR & AI like a hyperobject over space & time through the modality of oral history, & this series is 24.5 hours long spanning lots of topics. See my cheat sheet with tags & metadata
FYI @kentbye just dropped a TON of excellent new interviews including from the unreleased back catalog:
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I can't believe I'm posting our interview with @kentbye and @voicesofvr. It was a real treat going on an immersive adventure with him while we were at @Tribeca Creator's Market. Such a thrill to be on this show I've listened to for over a decade.
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I have finally uploaded a series of lectures I gave on the topic of spatial intelligence for DIGITAL Futures: https://t.co/CMlLMBqOv1
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Weekend experiments - Microgestures for observing celestial objects in Cosmic XR. Meta’s XR Interaction SDK introduced microgestures for Quest devices, a novel input modality that provides D-pad–like directional input with minimal physical effort. While primarily introduced for
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Someone asked me what I thought of VR games in general in 2025 on our discord. I spent too much time writing this so figured I'd share it elsewhere. This is written off the top of my head so apologies for overbroad generalizations. Coffee-shop tier banter.
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Check out @kentbye's inteview with this year's Raindance Immersive Curators on the 2025 Selection of Immersive Art on Social VR Platforms! @MariaRaindance steps through an overview of Natura's Queendom, and what the avatar and her world is all about ❤️ https://t.co/svJA7f7N0s
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Here's the video of the heated🔥 #Socratic dialogue panel between four industry veterans @kentbye @LouisBRosenberg @lshannon45 @AGraylin at #AWE last week regarding how #AI will soon impact our lives, our work, our institutions and our society, but also what we need to do about
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