This week on the Meteor Station we run the gauntlet and try 12 different nicely expired hot sauces as we get into VR news, tech news and topics, and just generally tangent into fun subjects and burn our taste buds into oblivion.  Enjoy!

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00:00 Intro
00:26 Pioneering the first ever hot sauce gauntlet
01:39 Our Updates - Palworld and Heaving
04:28 VR News Start - Vision Pro
09:18 Apple engineer got prison time for stealing self driving tech
10:34 StatusPro Raised $20 Million for more XR sports
14:08 Yugioh VR Game
15:12 Vision Pro Lite
17:56 Chip manufacturing
22:18 Infrared treatments
24:12 Weight loss medications
30:28 Thermal Energy
32:32 Sickle Cell cure
34:50 Neuralink’s 1st human patient
46:44 Sponsor - Magic Mind
48:34 First part second part

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This is an exciting month for us.  We've gone from being interested in VR and its content to making its content, eventually making content for VR Film Fests, and now we are at last running our own.  It takes place from January 19-January 21, so if you want to join in you are welcome to!
We of course are also here to break down all the latest and greatest of VR news and get into fun and interesting discussions in the virtual reality, ai, and technology space in general.


Timestamps:

00:00 Podcast Introduction - We're doing our film fest
01:00 Gruhn’s Update - The arctic blast!
02:30 Donutsorelse’s update - I LOVE being sick
04:09 VR News!
20:00 GoPro Sucks
21:07 Vive XR Elite Face Tracker
22:00 More News
25:14 Fun stuff!  Our VR Film Fest (and VLC/Unity drama)
33:08 Our Sponsor - Magic Mind (Healthy Energy Shots)
35:14 Making Fun of Movies
36:30 GoPro Sucks
39:39 The podcast format options
43:00 AI!  Any cool AI Updates?

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Welcome back to the Meteor Station Virtual Reality Podcast! After a brief hiatus and a format upgrade, we're excited to dive back into the world of VR. In this episode, we discuss a range of topics from VR news, our own VR film festival, to personal updates and quirky VR applications. Join hosts Gruhn and donutsorelse as they explore the latest in VR, including Steam VR Fest, the Quest 3's performance, and unique VR experiences like a VR headset for mice! Plus, don't miss our fun segment on hypothetical VR games and the spicy Meta Battalion concept. 

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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Our Updates
04:47 Our News about News
07:12 The Meteor Station VR Film Fest!
09:14 Curing Depression and Anxiety
11:21 VR News! Steam VR Fest & Hitman 3 Demo
13:11 Quest 3 vs Quest 2
14:09 ByteDance is shelving their next headset
15:20 Asguard's Wrath 2 and Assassin's Creed VR
16:05 VR Headset for... Mice?
18:35 HIIT in VR
20:07 AR Zombie Run
21:43 AI Glasses
23:34 Sponsor! Magic Mind
25:53 Arizona Sunshine 2
28:00 TF2 is getting updates
28:22 What Game Would We Want in VR?
29:26 Serious Sam VR
30:00 The Old Days of Duke Nukem
31:00 VR Moba - Cradle of Sins
32:25 Quest 2 Joystick Repair
34:22 First Part Second Part / 1st Part 2nd Part - VR Game or Invention
39:39 Outro


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This week on the Meteor Station, we get hit with a wave of welcome positivity!  There's a bunch of new and exciting things on the horizon and we are more than happy to lean into it.  We talk about the games, the positives, and the new and exciting headsets coming out - namely the Apple Reality Pro and the Meta Quest 3!

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro
01:30 Getting into VR News
02:06 Meta Quest Showcase Predictions
03:13 Quest 3
04:15 Game chat
05:26 Quest pass? (theory)
06:15 Apple Headset!
09:09 Brain thoughts teaser?
09:20 Apple headset details - a curved motherboard??
11:30 Apple headset price discussion
12:29 Apple positivity
13:00 What would make it worth $3k for the headset (spoilers, it's actually $3.5k)?
14:30 Other headsets in the works?
16:15 Game devs and modders!
17:45 PSVR2 sales
18:28 More games - Skater VR
19:20 Drastic world changes
20:20 VR Game Mods - Fallout VR and more
22:15 You can play Bonelabs Co-op!
23:00 Brain Stuff - Elon Musk's Neuralink / Brain Chip
26:18 The VR tie-in to the brain stuff
27:36 Pop quiz!
30:37 The Full Scoop!  The Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 3 and the Apple reveal
31:05 The Meta Quest Gaming Showcase 3 rundown
31:55 The Apple Reality Pro
34:00 Price Justification
35:44 The sum-up
36:41 Outro

In episode #40 we talk about artificial intelligence.    AI in VR or is it VR in AI ?    With Elon Musk calling for a pause on AI to see how it will affect humanity we thought we should chat about it using the best of our own artificial intelligence to do so.     As always, it's a fun ride, so hop aboard for another fun episode of the Meteor Station Virtual Reality Podcast!

00:00 Intro and Updates  
4:08  VR News
4:13   HTC vive tracker
6:40   Virtuix  Omni One treadmill
9:08   Quest titles / Quest Pro / Quest 3
10:00  Apple MR device
11:45  The BigScreen Facepad
12:37   Microsoft and Disney shutting down VR Departments
15:00   AI in VR  
24:30   Our AI ideas and wrapup

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This week on the Meteor Station.........we talk to Mike from Augmentality.    A VR in person arcade which also happens to be the site of our in person VR film festival in January 2024!     We talk about the most popular VR games as well as our favorite VR games and movies.   We also talk about the current VR news.   

Intro -
1:00   FilmFreeway 
4:20   VR News   
5:00   Meta price cuts
5:58   Quest 3 2023 and AR Glasses 2027 ?
7:35   Adobe Aero (AR)
8:00   Apple Reality in June 2023  (Worldwide Developers Conference)
8:20   Pico layoffs
10:55 Flipside new release

14:20   VR Arcade Interview with Mike @ Augmentality
https://www.augmentalitylabs.com/

44:00   Wrapup and chat about VR Arcades and the festival

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This week on the Meteor Station.........The February Podcast Episode 38.    We talk about the latest VR news which includes some surprising ups and downs.    The biggest news is our Film Festival scheduled for January of 2024 (which will be here before you know it.)     We'll see you on the Meteor..................

0:00  Intro
        -Super Bowl   
3:28  Groundhog Day
4:20   Meta VR $13.7 Billion Loss
5:55   Echo VR shutting down
7:55   Microsoft shutting down Alt Space
9:30    Apple lower cost version of Headset in the future
11:00   Apple Headset for Business?
11:45   PSVR 2 and the voice of DOOM
12:50   Meta AR glasses
13:04   Audi and AR controls
15:13    Meta purchase of Within and Supernatural for $400 Million
17:00    Meteor for sale
17:28    Apple Immersive video watching
18:34    AntVR Technology
20:15    Valve Announcement
23:00    Meteor Station VR Film Festival
26:41    Open Brush V 2.0 released for free
27:40    Samsung Google and Qualcomm teaming up to make a mixed reality platform
28:43    episode 1 Half-Life mod
30:49   Pickleball VR
31:58    VR Diving
34:05    Zelda in VR
35:38    Things we'd like to see in VR
38:00    Wrap up

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Happy New Year from the Meteor Station.........
It's a New Year and we're here to talk more about Meta and Apple and the Metaverse.   We also dive into the cool new tech getting announced thus far in CES and more!    As always, it's a fun discussion on the Meteor Station Virtual Reality Podcast!

0:00  Introduction & Updates
3:55 CES show updates and announcements
      * Samsung Smart Oven *  Digital Tattoos * Holodrive * Robot Deliveries
      * Headsets * Gloves and accessories
16:25  Adobe Substance 3D modeler
19:20  EU commissions global gateway initiative metaverse party
21:15  Metaverse Discussion
28:15  Supernatural VR exercise
31:15  Apple Headset Info
35:30  Smart Item Invention Ideas
38:50  "The Year of the Headset"

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