{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f2ae0b91ea7197e1ef08ed6/6573783b2442fa0012c4cfdb?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"This Week In XR December 8th, 2023 ft. John MacInnes, Filmmaker ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f2ae0b91ea7197e1ef08ed6/1702066164460-ef47066f86aa53caf3c35eed86a90ccf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In the week's news was a flurry of AI announcements. Musk's Grok AI launches, and it has promise. A real-time connection to the Internet is valuable, even if it comes from Twitter. Meta launches Imagine, a very fast, very simple, text-to-image app, and other AI features. Google unveils a new, powerful LLM, Gemini, which will succeed&nbsp;Bard. Our guest this week is writer-director-producer John MacInnes, who is making a horror film using Unreal Engine for Fortnite (UEFN) with the support of Epic Games. The finished film will cost about&nbsp;1% of a typical studio budget.&nbsp;&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\" previewlistener=\"true\">https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr</a></p>","author_name":"Charlie Fink Productions"}