Best Ways To Escape Reality - DTNS 3761
Daily Tech News Show
Tom Merritt
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
As another week of COVID-19 quarantining passes, people are looking for a way to escape their situation with the help of virtual on-line experiences and VR.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang, Scott Johnson, Joe.
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| 0:00.0 | A tech demo shows off the usual tech things. |
| 0:03.7 | Then I'm going to jump to a link using the usual tech devices. |
| 0:07.0 | We have a pointing device called a mouse. |
| 0:09.0 | Doing the usual tech productivity tasks. |
| 0:11.4 | Now we're connected audio. You can see my work, you can point at it, and I can see |
| 0:15.7 | your face and we can talk. Except it's 1968 and it's going to set the computing agenda for the |
| 0:20.5 | next half century, then almost immediately be ignored. |
| 0:24.4 | The mother of all demos on NOAA Little More. |
| 0:27.6 | Get it wherever you get your podcasts. May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get |
| 0:40.4 | 10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride. |
| 0:44.3 | So you don't have to walk home in the rain again. |
| 0:48.8 | Trains, now on Uber. Tees and seas apply. |
| 0:51.5 | Check the Uber app. |
| 0:58.6 | Coming up on DTNS, should you take a break from the real world in animal crossing or virtual reality? Why not both? Plus a new iPhone has entered the game and algorithms that |
| 1:04.8 | let wearable users know if they're sick before they feel sick. |
| 1:10.8 | This is the Daily Tech News for Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 in Los Angeles. |
| 1:14.7 | I'm Tom Merritt. |
| 1:15.7 | And from Studio Redwood, I'm Sarah Lane. |
| 1:17.8 | In Salt Lake City, I'm Scott Johnson. |
| 1:20.8 | And I'm the show's producer, Roger Chang. |
| 1:23.0 | We were talking a lot about fruit and fruit trees and orchards. |
| 1:26.0 | Did you ever live near an orchard? |
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