Co-hosts Blake Collier and Matt Ruff sit down to discuss their thoughts and takeaways from two seasons speaking with engineers and developers and artists working on the cusp of Virtual and Augment Reality and Immersive spaces.

Season 2, Episode 5: Drew Stone

Apr 7th, 2021 34m 8s

Co-hosts Matt Ruff and Blake Collier speak with Locusium Founder Drew Stone about helping to guide new users in VR spaces that are friendly and safe.

Season 2, Episode 4: Dr. Todd P. Chang, MD MAcM

Apr 1st, 2021 1h 7m

Co-hosts Matt Ruff and Blake Collier speak with Dr. Todd P. Chang about the role of VR technology in medical fields.

Season 2, Episode 3: Dungeon Dudes

Mar 24th, 2021 1h 3m

88 Names author Matt Ruff and co-host Blake Collier talk to Monty Martin and Kelly McLaughlin, the Dungeon Dudes, about Dungeons & Dragons, video games, VR, immersive theater, and more!

Season 2, Episode 2: Sasha Samochina

Mar 17th, 2021 46m 51s

Matt & Blake talk to Sasha Samochina, an award-winning creative technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Mike Pondsmith

Mar 10th, 2021 1h 14m

Matt Ruff and Blake Collier speak to Mike Pondsmith, creator of Cyberpunk.

Live Reading and Q&A by Author Matt Ruff

May 7th, 2020 57m 46s

In this bonus episode, author Matt Ruff reads the first chapter from his novel 88 Names and takes questions from a live audience. This episode was recorded live on AltspaceVR on April 17, 2020.

Simón Rojas & Amir Ebrahimnia, Co-founders of Derooted

May 4th, 2020 24m 38s

Matt Ruff and Blake Collier speak to Amir Ebrahimnia and Simón Rojas, co-founders of Derooted Immersive, about what creativity looks like when working with major brands, how the quarantine has shifted the work they do and affected their day-to-

Noah Nelson

Apr 28th, 2020 1h 3m

Noah Nelson has made a life of exploring the numerous ways that the audience transcends the proscenium, or stage, that separates them from the experience on the stage or screen. In this delightful and very human conversation, Blake Collier and

Joanna Popper

Apr 20th, 2020 27m 25s

Blake Collier and Matt Ruff talk to Joanna Popper about HP’s own interests in the development of VR/AR—especially in the realms of location-based entertainment. We talk about what the effects of the technology are on a global scale and the inte

Michael Madary

Apr 13th, 2020 1h 2m

Michael Madary (along with fellow philosopher, Thomas Metzinger) penned the first Code of Ethical Conduct for virtual and augmented realities. Blake Collier and Matt Ruff explore the ethics of technology and what it looks like to attempt to pro

Mariana Acuña Acosta

Apr 7th, 2020 51m 14s

Blake Collier and Matt Ruff speak with Mariana Acuña Acosta about the ins and outs of VR/AR development, where the technology and the tools to develop it are at in access to the masses, and what these technological shifts mean for the greater w

Episode 2: Cory Doctorow

Mar 28th, 2020 58m 10s

Blake Collier and Matt Ruff talk to Cory Doctorow about the state of technology and how it influences everything from economics to the environment. We also touch on how pop culture like fiction shapes the development of VR and AR tech as well a

Episode 2: Matt Ruff

Mar 17th, 2020 1h 3m

It’s just the two of us on this special day! Blake Collier turns his sights on his co-host, Matt Ruff, and digs into numerous aspects of his new book which you can purchase through links on the podcast website! Matt talks about how he originate

Episode 1: Brandon Oldenburg

Mar 13th, 2020 51m 27s

Blake Collier and Matt Ruff visit with Flight School’s Brandon Oldenburg about his 2012 Oscar-winning animated short, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, the shifting landscapes of virtual and augmented realities and how they hav

Episode 0: Matt Ruff

Mar 4th, 2020 9m 40s

Blake Collier and Matt Ruff talk about how Matt got the idea for his 2016 novel, Lovecraft Country, and what the process of working with Misha Green (Underground), Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: Episodes 7 & 9) on the H

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