Episode 57 – Oculus Rift VR and Holoportation
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Welcome to another episode of Geek Bytes Podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia…….and I’m Edgar Acosta
Every podcast we bring you the roundup of the week’s best Geek and Tech news, then we discuss that news and anything else we’re interested in that week.
In Geek News this week, we’ll talk about The FBI drops Apple Lawsuit, Oculus Rift Delivery, Microsoft BUILD announcements, Instagram video expansion, Final Fantasy XV new, the best Trailers of the Week and More…
In Our Discussion Section we’ll talk about Our Reviews of Batman V Superman, Daredevil Season 2, and Supergirl and Flash
Now let’s Begin our show with Geek News
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Geek News
The FBI says they don’t need Apple
This week the FBI put the final nail in their court case with Apple over the San Bernardino phone. They asked the judge presiding on the case to vacate the order that tried to compel Apple to help them break into the phone. The FBI acknowledged that they were able to access the phone with the help of a 3rd party security company after all.
The fight over security and national security is not over though. PC World reports the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) has identified 64 cases where the US Department of Justice has requested cooperation from Apple or Google under the All Writs Order to unlock mobile devices. 7 of the 9 cases involving Google asked for a password reset. 30 of the cases are from 2015 or later. This is in addition to 12 cases identified by Apple’s lawyer Marc Zwillinger in February.
https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6255515/apple-order2.0.pdf
Oculus Rift Week
The first consumer versions of the Oculus rift arrived this week and the internets have been going crazy. The very first rift was hand delivered in Alaska by founder Palmer Luckey to the 1st person who preorder it. Luckey live streamed the event on Facebook Live. Overall the reviews of the rift, with its included games Lucky’s Tale and Eve Valkyrie, have been very positive. However, take into account that there’s not anything else to compare it to right now since it’s the only consumer VR headset available. The HTC Vive ships in April.
Microsoft BUILD announcements
This week Microsoft had several interesting announcements at this year’s BUILD conference keynote.
1. All retail Xbox One consoles can become development kits free of charge.
a. Xbox Dev Mode is available starting today as a preview and will be finalized as a full release this summer.
2. The Hololens development kits started shipping this week, still cost $3,000 though.
a. Showed off Holoportation- Full 3D Holographic video capture and transition. Princess Leia Star Wars scene.
b. https://youtu.be/tIl7UMUxKJo
3. The cornerstone of the keynote was the Microsoft Bot Framework.
a. This tool in preview lets developers build their own chatbots into apps.
b. Chatbot- Programs that chat-based conversations between a user and an automated response system. Can be so realistic some users don’t realize they’re talking/texting with a chatbots.
c. Skype will get chatbots built in for desktop, iOS and Android and its own Skype Bot platform. Examples included booking a hotel room and arranging delivery of cupcakes.
http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-microsoft-future-ai-chatbots/
http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/30/11332494/microsoft-bot-framework-build
http://venturebeat.com/2016/03/30/everything-microsoft-announced-at-build-2016/
Instagram video
Instagram announced in a blog post, it has increased video posts to be up to a minute. The feature will roll out to all users over the next few months.
iOS users also got back the ability to make videos from clips on the camera roll starting with today's app update.
http://blog.instagram.com/post/141905496242/160329-video
Final Fantasy XV, finally!
This week the release date for Final Fantasy XV was leaked ahead of the official Square Enix press release but they also had a ton of other news about the game too.
· Release Date September 30th, 2016.
o Game trailer: https://youtu.be/C05PC_dGjsw
· Final Fantasy XV is getting its own anime series. Dubbed Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV, the series is somewhat of a prequel, telling the story of main character Noctis and how he came to be friends with the three characters that he'll be traveling with in the game.
o Episode 1 https://youtu.be/fsVhwsUFaDE
· CGI Final Fantasy Movie Coming This Year, Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV
o Movie Trailer: https://youtu.be/otB3zq6ppwc
That’s it for Geek New
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We’ll move on to trailers of the week.
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In our Trailers of the Week section we discuss the best trailers that came out this week. Remember you can watch the full trailers at geekbytespodcast.com; We begin this week with…
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter. The psychedelic trailer shows off some new CGI scenes and some of the early story where Alice is in a mental institute.
Warcraft
Based on the popular Blizzard video games of the same name. The movie tells the story of how the Orc race fled their dying home to colonize to invade the peaceful realm of Azeroth.
The Lego Batman Movie
If you liked the Lego Movie you’ll probably like this stop motions animation version of Batman. It’s fun, goofy, and appeals to all ages.
That’s it for Trailers of the Week
Now onto our Discussion section
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In our discussion section we talk about anything we’re interested in this week, and this week we’ll begin our discussion with…
Our Reviews of Batman V Superman, Daredevil Season 2, and Supergirl and Flash
Supergirl Flash cross over- Ep. 101 World Finest
Daredevil Season 2
Batman V Superman
Spoiler Free- In one sentence, the best thing about Batman V. Superman is Wonder Woman. She lends grace and interest to an otherwise mediocre movie. On a scale of 1 to 10 the movie rates a 5 at best. How much you enjoy Batman V. Superman depends on your expectations. If you’re expecting it to be as good as Frank Miller’s Batman Returns then you’ll be sorely disappointed. If you go into the film expecting what was promised in the trailers, a fight fest between super friends, well it does deliver there. As a standalone film it’s mediocre. However, if you think of it as a launch platform for an entire series of new movie franchises it hold potential.
Thanks for listening.
For the Geek Bytes Podcast I’m Ramon Mejia and I’m Edgar Acosta. Now Go Geek out about something.
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Music Credits
"Happy Bee", "Movement Proposition", "Theme for Harold (var.3) ", "Take the Lead"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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