Side Project Spotlight

Continuing our incremental progress exploring the AR app space, this week, Aaron shows off our first baby steps with a working prototype! Steve discusses his month long side project making movies, which prompts a discussion of how AR could be used in filmmaking. Then, Kotaro and Steve go on a tangent exploring nightmare AR/VR dystopia possibilities before getting back on track with this week's "Not a Sponsor" segment. Finally, the trio settles on a handful of feature paths to explore for next time.

## Topics Discussed:

- Steve’s Film School Experience

    - Potential for AR as a filmmaking tool

    - AR for V-Tubing

- Aaron's AR prototype

    - Drop a marker on an IRL location

    - Reality Composer Explained

    - How to get/create AR assets

- Dystopian AR/VR Nightmares

- Not a Sponsor: Nuuly Thrift

- Next Steps with the AR App

    - Occlusion mapping

    - Interactions with 3D objects

    - Some Text-based UI GUI

Intro music: "When I Hit the Floor", © 2021 Lorne Behrman. Used with permission of the artist.