Decipher SciFi explores the how and why in science fiction with conversations about technology, humanity, and the future. This is not a review show, nor will you see much criticism or snark. It is a rationally optimistic look, through film, at where society and technology are and where they are headed. Also, butts.
Isolated BS: VR breakthroughs, space clouds, and earthworm jerky
Spaaaaace
Clouds in space…? Microsoft Azure Space and Azure Orbital. Making space cheaper and more accessible with satcomm as a service.
VR
The new Oculus Quest. Past predictions (/decipherscifi/stank-waffles-vr-development-venusian-cloud-datacenters). Pulling the VR market in the direction of affordability? Pandemic winter VR. Hating Facebook while embracing their VR product. Getting better at not getting sick. Experiences of unreality.
Conferencing
Virtual chewing noises. Missing irl conference-going. It’s like a vacation for adult nerds!
Food
Food preservation. Preserved dairy variations by latitude. Jerky! Appreciating controlled rot. Earthworm jerky. Roasted grasshoppers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapulines)!
About Chapulines: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapulines)
Zebra vs Horses: Animal Domestication by CGP Grey: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOmjnioNulo)
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10 Nov 2020
Her: sad foreheads, augmented audio presence, and friendly AI takeoff scenarios
AI everything
Creating a thinking, feeling artificial intelligence to do really important things for humanity like… sorting through your e-mail. N-dimensional AI chess. Rapid takeoff scenarios.
Personal Assistants
Natural language processing developments. The rise of proactive digital personal assistants. Predictive local, personal information.
Digital relationship
Virtual aural closeness. Presence and audio AR. Developments in form factor, interface, and functionality. Understanding the acoustics of spaces, materials, and your biology. Room mapping. Love, infinite attention, and generosity.
The Forehead
Feeling the heartbreak, right in the forehead.
Her forehead scene: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9UDVyUzJ1g)
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3 Nov 2020
An unexplained absence
You may be wondering where we went for a minute there 😬
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