{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f2ae0b91ea7197e1ef08ed6/656a8c5f0c4b4100121b5f31?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"This Week In XR December 1st, 2023 ft. Joe Hunting, Director of \"We Met in VR\"","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f2ae0b91ea7197e1ef08ed6/1701481376769-c5b3db8bbf7c2d54554f7d81e1ce1fc9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Our guest this week is Joe Hunting, director of the award-winning HBO documentary, \"We Met in VR.\" The hosts think big about events in tech, from OpenAI to Twitter, to Quantum Computing, IBM and AWS before a recap of the week's news, which includes a $55M financing round for text-to-video Gen AI app Pika Labs, and funding for three companies focused on XR. Joe Hunting's debut feature documentary has drawn attention&nbsp;to VR Chat as a unique platform for filmmaking and performance, and he's formed Painted Cloud Productions to focus on it. Joe is also curating a new festival for films set in VR Chat, Raindance Immersive, whose second&nbsp;edition will be in June, 2024.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!</p><p><br></p><p>Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEpOQ1lBQjVNYWVWUE9EMU13NXhQd283NmRBZ3xBQ3Jtc0tuSnJZNVlmWm1wSER1NU9zUjB4UXpCMHhFYTUxSUJaQ0RoZV9KY0txQ1NOVXlULVp2YlRTNHJYemZhYW9wY1lpYlB5NW8zU0VRWS1XaTFZRk9SUGZLeTEzVVpkZTQ3Y0xJeU90VThzbmtLZV9zQURCRQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2Fthisweekinxr&amp;v=HjONfgOr0dA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr</a></p>","author_name":"Charlie Fink Productions"}