Vision Pros
Oliver Weidlich from Contxtual (Vision Pros - 0007)

Note: This episode was recorded before Apple announced the preorder and launch details of Apple Vision Pro.
Oliver Weidlich is Director of Design and Innovation at Contxtual. We discuss his design work in spatial computing that predates Apple’s unveiling of visionOS by several years. We also dive into his experiences with other headsets including the HoloLens and the Magic Leap 1/2.
This episode is sponsored by Glisten. Glisten is the "Good Listen" podcast app for Language Learners. It's all you need to immerse yourself in a language, on the path to becoming fluent. Learn more at www.glisten.ist. Download Glisten now for iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch.
Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.visionpros.fm/patreon.
Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts! Subscribe today to get instant access to iPad Possibilities, iPad Ponderings, and iPad Historia!
Show notes are available at www.VisionPros.fm. Feedback is welcomed at tim@visionpros.fm.
Links:
https://mastodon.social/@oliverw
https://www.contxtu.al/spatialcomputing
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10269051
https://www.aweasia.com/blog/oliver-weidlich
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00: Opening
00:01:49: Support the Podcast
00:02:32: Oliver Weidlich
00:07:00: Unlimited apps
00:10:33: What have you designed in the past?
00:11:28: What headsets have you tried?
00:18:26: Magic Leap
00:21:31: Outdoors
00:22:16: Your first experience
00:23:46: Hololens
00:26:30: Apple's potential
00:29:14: Sponsor - Glisten
00:30:51: What has your team been working on?
00:35:30: Unity
00:36:31: Buying AVP in Australia
00:36:49: Spatial Computing
00:38:36: API Limits
00:42:34: Year to year upgrades
00:45:54: Interaction Methods
00:50:25: ARKit apps in visionOS?
00:52:21: AR Research Paper
00:56:32: AI
00:58:57: Australia
01:00:29: What questions do you want Apple to answer?
01:02:46: Anything else?
01:07:00: Where can people follow you online?
01:08:02: Closing
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- Broadcast on:
- 11 Jan 2024
Note: This episode was recorded before Apple announced the preorder and launch details of Apple Vision Pro.
Oliver Weidlich is Director of Design and Innovation at Contxtual. We discuss his design work in spatial computing that predates Apple’s unveiling of visionOS by several years. We also dive into his experiences with other headsets including the HoloLens and the Magic Leap 1/2.
This episode is sponsored by Glisten. Glisten is the "Good Listen" podcast app for Language Learners. It's all you need to immerse yourself in a language, on the path to becoming fluent. Learn more at www.glisten.ist. Download Glisten now for iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch.
Bonus content and early episodes with chapter markers are available by supporting the podcast at www.visionpros.fm/patreon.
Bonus content and early episodes are also now available in Apple Podcasts! Subscribe today to get instant access to iPad Possibilities, iPad Ponderings, and iPad Historia!
Show notes are available at www.VisionPros.fm. Feedback is welcomed at tim@visionpros.fm.
Links:
https://mastodon.social/@oliverw
https://www.contxtu.al/spatialcomputing
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10269051
https://www.aweasia.com/blog/oliver-weidlich
Chapter Markers:
00:00:00: Opening
00:01:49: Support the Podcast
00:02:32: Oliver Weidlich
00:07:00: Unlimited apps
00:10:33: What have you designed in the past?
00:11:28: What headsets have you tried?
00:18:26: Magic Leap
00:21:31: Outdoors
00:22:16: Your first experience
00:23:46: Hololens
00:26:30: Apple's potential
00:29:14: Sponsor - Glisten
00:30:51: What has your team been working on?
00:35:30: Unity
00:36:31: Buying AVP in Australia
00:36:49: Spatial Computing
00:38:36: API Limits
00:42:34: Year to year upgrades
00:45:54: Interaction Methods
00:50:25: ARKit apps in visionOS?
00:52:21: AR Research Paper
00:56:32: AI
00:58:57: Australia
01:00:29: What questions do you want Apple to answer?
01:02:46: Anything else?
01:07:00: Where can people follow you online?
01:08:02: Closing
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.