This Week In XR December 1st, 2023 ft. Joe Hunting, Director of "We Met in VR"

<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><br><p>Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!</p><br><p>Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!</p><br><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><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>