show #109

a show about how vr was hyped in 1989, a show with a sl pioneer and his idea on learning in virtual environments, a show that is great and pretty much an hour long.

take a listen [and sorry for the mediocre audio – was a noisy recording venue]:

reading material below:

• our guest wainbrave bernal aka jonathon richter [teacher at skc in montana, alumni of cate at u of oregon, founder of arielsig and ilrn]

uncanny resemblance

the year was 1989 and no googles were part of this

• galaxy 2 gameplay video:

• story about jon’s father and his foray into vr theme parks with “wild west world” in early 90ties

jon’s dad = bringing vr to montana in 1990

• historical “west world” context?

• future “west world” context?

• related from variety: vr market in 2016 may NOT exist!

variety cover [by daniel downey]

• jon mentions