Kent Bye

Voices of VR

Designing for Virtual Reality. Oral history podcast featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. Learn about the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.

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Kent Bye

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Technology

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voicesofvr.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

#1648: Vast Hand-Painted “Natura’s Queendom” Wins Raindance Immersive Best Art World 18.08.2025

I spoke with Anders Fray (aka Ders) & Starheart about Natura's Queendom as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1647: Virtual Art Exhibition Innovations in Jessien’s “What is Virtual Art?” VRChat World 18.08.2025

I spoke with Jessien about his Virtual Museum of Virtual Art as well as his latest What is Virtual Art? VRChat World exhibition as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. We also talk about his previous Raindance award-winning world Thickness Of Calligraphy. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xOZhfAMORw This is a listener-supported podcast thro...

#1646: “The Continuous Present” Combines Poetry, Music, & Giant Immersive Sculptures to Win Raindance Immersive Best Art Experience 18.08.2025

I spoke with ReVerse Butcher & Kylie Supski about The Continuous Present as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL_2L0jzUhA This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1645: “Hommage” Adventure Inspired by Moebius’ Art Collaboratively Built in Resonite 18.08.2025

I spoke with Nanotopia & Rixx about Hommage as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqOjHRWRAfM This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1644: Juliana Loh on Creating Immersive Art in VR and AR 18.08.2025

I spoke with Juliana Loh about creating immersive art in VR and AR as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1643: Studio Penrose’s “Our Precious Autumn” Short Film Shot in VRChat Wins Raindance Award 18.08.2025

I spoke with Khang Lu, Quinn Heptig, & Eliza Zhang about their short film shot in VRChat called Our Precious Autumn as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxrbWg5vYdk This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1642: “Cathedral of Witches” Performance Explores Trans & Queer Spirituality in VRChat 18.08.2025

I spoke with hexe.exe, T_Braun, Shadowwulf82, RingSystem, Casperillion, Venixia, LadybugVR, & Starheart about Cathedral of Witches as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1641: “Silhouette of Memories” Cinematic VR Concert Experience Features Live Choreography 18.08.2025

I spoke with HoneyWeeWee, Sandi_, Humi, Quinnster, & Kiashi_GL about Silhouette of Memories as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsgZm4u8UsU This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1640: “Tonevok” features Real-Time Audioreactive MIDI Visualizations in VRChat 18.08.2025

I spoke with VoxelKei and R_Tone with RIKU_VR as the Japanese translator about Tonevok: Sonic Sky Journey as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aS7eZWK6oI This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1639: Playing Live Jazz in VRChat with EMN Records enabled by Yamaha SYNCROOM in Japan 18.08.2025

I spoke with Alpaka, Emnyeca, Sheena_baobab, & tktk about playing live jazz in VRChat in Blue Rondo: Stratus as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. You can join the EMN Records VRChat Group if you'd like to check out one of their shows. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IjGhiINz5A This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of...

#1638: Virtual Photographer Kaerun’s Japanese Friendships Featured in Documentary at Raindance 18.08.2025

I spoke with Kaerun about being featured in Madame Kana's documentary about him called a Dutchman in Virtual Japan | A VRChat documentary as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. Kana also previosly made a short doc about Kaerun's VR photography called Kaerun, event photographer on #vrchat. See more context in the rough transcript below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR--zc4MOVk This i...

#1637: VRChat Doc “The Architect Across Realities” Features MR Design Innovations in Japan 18.08.2025

I spoke with Jiyue Human about VRChat Doc The Architect Across Realities as a part of my Raindance Immersive 2025 coverage. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1636: Planned Improvements of VRChat’s Trust & Safety from New Lead Jun Young Ro 18.08.2025

I spoke with Jun Young Ro about planned improvements of VRChat's Trust & Safety processes. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1635: VRChat’s Avatar Marketplace is Targeting Demographic of New Users 18.08.2025

I spoke with Kaki Navarre & Aev about the launch of VRChat's Avatar Marketplace. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1634: User Claims Potential Gaps in VRChat’s Moderation of NSFW Avatars 18.08.2025

I spoke with Harry X about potential gaps in VRChat's moderation of NSFW avatars that he details in a series of articles here: The Dark Reality of VRChat: How Public Sexual Avatars Are Slipping Through the Cracks (2025, April 29) VRChat's Dangerous Oversight: A Breeding Ground for Public NSFW Avatars (2025, May 4) VRChat's Complete Failure in Avatar Moderation – Over 300 TOS-Violating Avatars Repo...

#1633: iNK Stories 2018: “Fire Escape” Multi-Threaded Murder Mystery in VR 18.08.2025

I spoke with Navid Khonsari about Fire Escape at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2018. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1632: iNK Stories 2018: Embodied Interactions in Vérité VR “Hero” on Bombing Aftermath 18.08.2025

I spoke with Navid Khonsari, Vassiliki Khonsari, & Brooks Brown about Hero at Sundance 2018. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1631: iNK Stories 2017: GDC Narrative Innovations Showcase Highlights 18.08.2025

I spoke with Navid Khonsari about the GDC Narrative Innovations Showcase Highlights at GDC 2017. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1630: Keiichi Matsuda on Metaphors for AI Agents in XR User Experience: From Omniscient Gods to Animistic Familiars 02.08.2025

Here's my interview with Keiichi Matsuda, Designer and Director of Liquid City, that was conducted on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. In the introduction, I read through Matsuda's essay titled "Gods" (also uploaded here) where he explores the idea that AI should be more like pets and polytheistic and animistic familiars rather than the more monotheistic approach...

#1629: Niantic Spatial is Building an AI-Powered Map with Snap for AR Glasses & AI Agents 02.08.2025

Here's my interview with Alicia Berry (Executive Producer at Niantic Spatial) & Asim Ahmed (Head of Product Marketing at Niantic Spatial) that was conducted on Thursday, June 12, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. Check out their announcement blog posts including "Niantic Spatial and Snap's Multi-Year Strategic Partnership to Build AI-Powered Map" as well as "Niantic Spatial Joins Khr...

#1628: Part 2: Caitlin Krause on “Digital Wellbeing” Theory and Practice with XR & AI (2025) 02.08.2025

Here's my interview with Caitlin Krause, Founder of Mindwise, that was conducted on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. This is part 2 of 2 of my conversations with Krause, you can see part 1 from 2019 here. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

#1627: Part 1: Caitlin Krause on Bringing Mindfulness Practices into VR (2019) 02.08.2025

Here's my interview with Caitlin Krause, Founder of Mindwise, Writer, Speaker, Programmer, Educator, & Curator of Experiences, that was conducted on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at Oculus Connect in San Jose, CA. This is part 1 of 2 of my conversations with Krause, you can see part 2 from 2025 here. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the V...

#1626: New Spatial Entities OpenXR Extension to Scan, Detect, & Track Planes with Khronos Group President Neil Trevett 02.08.2025

Here's my interview with Neil Trevett, President of the Khronos Group talking about the new OpenXR Extension of Spatial Entities that has been in development for two years including PICO, Collabora, Godot Engine, Google, Meta, Unity, and Varjo, Microsoft, and ByteDance. You can see statements from many of these companies at the end of the blog announcement titled "OpenXR Spatial Entities Extension...

#1625: Tom Emrich’s “The Next Dimension” Book on AR for Marketing & Business Growth 02.08.2025

Here's my interview with Tom Emrich, founder and editor-in-chief of Remix Reality, XR Product leader, Community Builder, Journalist, & Investor, that was conducted on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. This is part 2 of 2 of my conversations with Emrich, you can see part 1 from 2018 here. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported...

#1624: Tom Emrich’s State of AR in 2018 02.08.2025

Here's my interview with Tom Emrich from June 17, 2018 when he was still a partner of Super Ventures, co-producer of Augmented World Expo. This is part 1 of 2 of my conversations with Emrich, you can see part 2 from 2025 here. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

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