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Everyday Driver Car Debate

Everyday Driver

Leisure, Hobbies, Automotive

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

For Topic Tuesday, the guys talk with Jack McCauley, American inventor and educator at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley. Actually, he’s a car guy who has designed for Guitar Hero, Forza Motorsports, Gran Turismo 2, and Oculus VR. They discuss his various car builds over the years, acknowledge the importance of sound, talk about the future of EVs, and offer advice to listeners considering an electric vehicle… Seasons 1-8 are available on Amazon Prime and Vimeo worldwide, and Season 9 coming soon! Please rate and review us on iTunes, and the TV show on IMDB and Amazon. Write to us with your Car Debates, Car Conclusions, and Topic Tuesdays at everydaydrivertv@gmail.com or everydaydriver.com. Share the podcast with your car enthusiast friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Everyday Driver, where cars are more than just transportation.
0:07.0	They're freedom, a common ground, a way to grow, and can even make life better.
0:13.0	We're here to help everyone find a car they love and discover all the ways cars connect us.
0:19.0	I'm Todd.
0:20.0	I'm Paul.
0:21.0	And this is the car debate.
0:23.0	Hey guys, welcome back to the show.
0:28.0	Happy Tuesday.
0:29.0	For topic Tuesday, we have a very special guest that we are spending the next hour with.
0:33.0	It's Jack McCauley.
0:35.0	If you have ever used a computer mouse scroll wheel or you've used USB ports,
0:39.0	plugged anything into USBs, or used guitar hero, if you played guitar hero or forza,
0:44.0	you have met Jack and you've experienced his work.
0:47.0	He has also designed and built the DK1 and the DK2 VR headsets for Oculus,
0:52.0	just prior to being acquired by Facebook.
0:55.0	And he's also got a lot of patents for inventions, including software and audio effects,
0:59.0	VR and motion control.
1:01.0	He is currently an innovator in residence at the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation at UC Berkeley.
1:06.0	He mentors students there.
1:08.0	He leads R&D projects and lectures and courses on product design and design for manufacturing.
1:13.0	But most importantly, he's a car guy and we're calling him right now.
1:18.0	Hello.
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