Dr.Mrs. Future Show- Future News and Views with guests Gregory Panos, and Richard Cray On SpaceX's Starship Project, Disney World Update on EPCOT and Galaxy's Edge, Oculus 6 Conference coverage, the Uncanny Valley, and other tunes.

Listen Now to Greg Panos and Richard Cray

This week we are pleased to have in the studio with us two of our favorite corresponents and contributors to the show, Greg Panos and Richard Cray. We discuss with them the stories of the week, including Space X’s Starship tests, an update on big Disney Park projects, including EPCOT and Galaxy’s Edge,  and a big download on Oculus 6, Facebook’s exclusive annual VR conference in Silicon Valley. Richard also shares a few tunes with us between segments. Be prepared for “The Uncanny Valley” tune. Enjoy!

L-R Al Lundell (Dr F), Norm Lundell, Greg Panos, Richard Cray, Sun Lundell (Mrs. F)

Report on Siggraph 2019 with Greg Panos

Listen now to the Futures with Greg Panos on Siggraph 2019

Greg Panos @ Siggraph 2019 Photo -Richard CrayCorrespondent Greg Panos reports on this year’s Siggraph 2019, the technical show of the year on computer graphics animation, performance art, virtual reality in filmmaking, volumetic 3D video, remote rendering, and other innovations in media creation.

He came up for air long enough to give us an exciting report on what’s happening at Siggraph this year! Enjoy.

Interview/Discussion with Brett & Shannon Leonard, father/son filmmakers

Listen Now to Brett and Shannon Leonard

Join us as we explore the future of filmmaking and media as delve into virtual reality movies and ‘story worlders’ with the father/son team that is pioneering this realm of human creativity.  Unlike most shows, we even spend some time looking at politics and how well the candidates use social media for their campaigns.  Our conversation on Trump spawned some controversy with our audience.  Brett and Shannon also give us their review of the latest Star Wars film (no spoilers), thoughts on future money, like cryptocurrency, and new forms of democracy involving algorhythmic decision-making.   Enjoy!!

Filmmakers Brett and Shannon Leonard

Future News - Coming to You From 'Mad Scientist Island', Quebec, Canada

Listen Now to Future News - 8.18.2015

Hey folks, for those listeners checking out our locale, check out our snazzy tent in the woods, on “Mad Scientist Island” in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada! Why the tent?  Because at our broadcast hour the mosquitos come out en masse, looking for dinner, and we look good to them!  The rest of the day is pretty much insect free, however.

Today’s news segment features a live call from our correspondent Greg Panos, who chaired a session at Siggraph last week on the pioneers of Virtual Reality.  He gives us an update on what unfolded at SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group Graphics) in relation to the art and science of VR. 

This week we also look at the trading routes of Ivory smugglers in Africa, thanks to hidden GPS transponders, why email is broken and new alternatives, the current state of xeno-transplantation for organs, self-evolving robots, and the coming wave of bionic hearing devices, all from our tent in the woods on an island with loons on the lake behind us.  Enjoy!!

Broadcasting from a little island in the Laurentian Mountains!

Future News and special guests Brett and Shannon Leonard on The Future of Filmmaking

Listen Now to Brett and Shannon Leonard on The Dr. Future Show

A new revolution in filmmaking is currently underway.  In the 90’s we saw the beginning of the transition from analog to digital technologies in all walks of life.  With cinematic storytelling, we went from editing film by cutting strips of celluloid to moving images around on the screen (non-linear editing).  We also saw the beginnings of interactive storyteling, with the introduction of CD-ROMs, the internet, and to a limited extent, virtual reality. However, it was Brett Leonard who did portray the potential of VR in the feature film The Lawnmower Man, in 1992. Now, much of what was SciFi back then is reality now, and Brett is planning to show us what’s next in a new film in development, the working title, “The Lawnmower Man - Reborn.”

The latest high def VR headsets, eye tracking technologies, high speed internet, powerful apps and realtime computer graphics animation open up whole new vistas for today’s storytellers, and Brett’s 20 year old Shannon is playing in this world.  Besides mastering the tools of this new media world (i.e. Adobe’s online production suite), Shannon has released an iPhone app based on the sensibities of the millennial generation - 10 Word News, important stories of the day via headlines of ten words. 

In this show, Brett and Shannon with The Futures will help introduce you to this brave new world of story and news telling, and the gatherings in Santa Cruz and the Bay area that helped spawn all of this..

We also have their perspectives on our Future News segment in the first hour!