Episode 012 presents an overview of leading-edge XR tech and hardware as seen at MIT Reality Hack 2020 in an interview with Thomas Jackson, founder of XR design and development firm Covalent Reality. A volunteer at this year's MIT XR Hackathon, Jackson discusses the Human Bionic Display of the Varjo VR headset, the open source AR platform Project North Star, his favorite Hackathon projects and who he follows to keep up with XR developments.



MIT Reality Hack 2020

Thomas Jackson

​Covalent

MIT Hackathon VR Tech:

​Oculus Rift

​Oculus Quest

Vive Pro

​HP Reverb

​Varjo

MIT Hackathon AR Tech:

MagicLeap

​HoloLens

​Project North Star

​nReal Light

​MIT Hackathon Projects

GhostbustXR

VSiBL

Ryan Kopinsky

Thomas Jackson's Follow Recommendations:

John Carmack, AI researcher, Consulting CTO Oculus VR

Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist, Oculus

Timmy Ghiurau, Volvo

Jacob Cedulf, Volvo

MIT Hackathon Team

Eswar Anandapadmanaban

Sarah Pillai

Scott Greenwald

Maria Rice

See Also:​

MIT Reality Hack Projects Site

​MIT Reality Hack Outro Video



Acknowledgements:

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Podcasting: Anchor

Recording: Logic Pro X

Music: "Are You There" by DR. MARS

Hosted and Produced by Liam James O'Malley at Mars & Mercury

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