As Oculus Rift's foray into film begins and Microsoft reveals its HoloLens headset the team discuss the dawn of AR and VR tech

This week Aleks Krotoski is joined by Guardian tech writers Alex Hern and Samuel Gibbs to discuss the rise of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies such as Facebook's Oculus Rift and Microsoft's HoloLens.

They are joined by a games developer at the cutting edge of AR and VR, Dan Page, who works with the Bristol based company Opposable Games which uses these technologies for games and for industrial purposes. Ahead of the SouthWest VR conference on February 24 Dan joined explains why these technologies are ready to move into the mass market and why they are likely to have a profound effect on the worlds of work and culture.

Finally, the team discuss the debut of the film Lost at the Sundance film festival, created by the film arm of Oculus Rift, Story Studio, marking its foray into the world of VR film.