The Verge's David Pierce dives into the world of virtual concerts in digital spaces like Roblox and Fortnite. Is this the future of live music?
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The AI is in the computer
It's gadget season. More specifically, it's apparently "new computer for your new AI" season. David and Nilay talk through a slew of announcements — Amazon's Alexa Tablets, Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra, the new Googlebooks, and Apple's upcoming smart home launch — to figure o ... Show More
1h 45m
Oct 8
The many pluses and minuses of Alexa Plus
Amazon is determined to turn Alexa Plus into a do-everything AI assistant that can compete with Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, and the rest. But after a year of testing, The Verge's Jen Tuohy has mixed feelings on how it's all going. And on whether a new tablet is the right way to fix ... Show More
34m 51s
Oct 7
The hot new thing in headphones
Bose, Sony, Beats, and seemingly every other headphone maker has recently released a new and excellent set of cans. Or buds. Or both. The Verge's John Higgins explains why the headphone market is suddenly so great, how the companies are competing now, and which new pair is the ri ... Show More
40m 50s
Apr 2022
53. Current Trends & the Latest Bends in the Music Industry
<p>Have you been hearing terms like Metaverse, NFT, and Virtual Concerts and wondering what the hell they all mean? In this episode Xylo chats to the very insightful, Head of Insights at Music Ally, Stuart Dredge on what these, and other new terms mean and how they are impacting ... Show More
50m 3s
Sep 2016
What's next in virtual reality? -- full show
Jefferson Graham peeks into the future of virtual reality with reps from 3 L.A. VR studios on the extended weekend edition of the #TalkingTech podcast, Nathan Burba, the CEO of Survios, Gil Baron, CEO of Visionary VR and Wevr CTO Marcel Samek. See Privacy Policy at https://art19. ... Show More
35m 2s
May 2018
Rethinking Virtual Reality
"Virtual reality" might seem like a new concept, but are we already living inside a virtual world? How do we balance spending time in these technological worlds versus the "real" world? Plus, we explore questioning the nature of our own reality, and riff on the idea of creating a ... Show More
14m 42s
Feb 2023
Are We Amusing Ourselves to Death?
Megan Garber, staff writer at the Atlantic, joins Offline to explain how we’re already living in the Metaverse––not with headsets and legless avatars, but via a continuous stream of immersive entertainment. Jon and Megan discuss how our internet jargon, scandal-to-miniseries pipe ... Show More
44m 17s