Kent Bye (Voices of VR)

@kentbye

Voices of VR Podcast, an insatiably curious, XR oral historian, aspiring philosopher.
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Portland, OR voicesofvr.com Joined February 2007

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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye 5d

Lots of XR industry veterans are buzzing about @GregMadison's demo. He's overlaying mixed reality on top of a stability ball in what academics call "passive haptic feedback."

More on this idea from the early Voices of VR archives:
voicesofvr.com/213-3dui-perce…
voicesofvr.com/redirected-tou…

voicesofvr.com #213: 3DUI, Perception, & Using Multi-Touch Screens with Depth Cameras - Voices of VR Podcast Frank Steinicke is professor for Human-Computer Interaction at the Department of Informatics at the University of Hamburg. His research into VR strives to understand the limitations of human percep...

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“I’ve never felt such a strong sense of presence in mixed reality.” A sentiment echoed by nearly 100 people who’ve tried Sphenomenon.
I built a hands-on playground for creators to feel why the physical world is the ultimate foundation for tomorrow’s augmented interfaces.
#astra @OpenAI

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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye Sep 21

This is a really great rundown of the experience of the Steam Frame from an XR dev perspective who has had it for the past four months. Digs into some aspects of what makes it a unique device, specifically the boundless potential of having an open Linux platform on an XR device

CadeXR @Cade_XR Sep 21

And for my first post on VRDev.Net , I wrote something I have been wanting to write for a while

we got lots of Frame reviews recently, but they didnt hit a lot of things Frame can do, so I wrote up some of my experiences with the device!
vrdev.net/projects/cadex…

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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye Sep 19

Participated in a #BasisLoadTest @BasisVR, an open source, social VR framework got 200+ people & 1630 people + bots into a single instance. Self-hosted instances make it feel like the early days of the Internet & what High Fidelity aspired to do but with VRChat culture to do it.

Basis Load test group photo with 200+ people. Photo by Incaelesti via BasisVR Discord.

What the Basis Load test looks like with a 7:1 ratio of bots to humans. Photo from BasisVR Discord of event by Beaudozer.

Check the top for the CCU (concurrent user count) of 1630. Mostly bots, but an impressive proof of concept! Photo via RainWolf.

Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye Jul 29

I just posted a pretty epic video on "Blending the Elements of Experiential Design.

I'll be applying it to my coverage of immersive stories from Venice Immersive 2025 (30+ hours of oral history interviews) and SXSW Immersive 2026 (15+ hours)
youtu.be/01M5NcOYzx0

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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye Jun 1

RIP @RecRoom. They close their doors today at noon PDT. I spoke with former employee @ShawnCWhiting on his reflections on what happened, some highlights along the way with various memories & reflections.
RIP @RecRoom 2016-2026.
voicesofvr.com/1719-rip-rec-r…

voicesofvr.com #1719: RIP Rec Room: Reflections & Memories with Shawn Whiting - Voices of VR Podcast On March 30, 2026, Rec Room announced they would be closing on June 1, 2026 at noon PDT. I had a chance to speak to former Rec Room employee Shawn Whiting, who previously the roles of Head of...