web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:02:07 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Dave & Gunnar Show - Episodes Tagged with “Vr” https://dgshow.org/tags/vr Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0600 David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. en-us episodic Not our circus, not our monkey. David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson David Egts and Gunnar Hellekson discuss privacy, security, robots, and internet ephemera. no privacy, security, robots, internet, open source, technology David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson gunnar@hellekson.com Episode 281: Four Out of Five Developers Enjoy Code Reviews https://dgshow.org/281 66cce4c9-4a0a-4d76-9d9f-aa898b29aaf1 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about AI for prison inmates, AI for senior citizens, and low-cost haptic exosuits! 30:06 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about AI for prison inmates, AI for senior citizens, and low-cost haptic exosuits! Ebird (https://ebird.org/home) and Listers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl-wAqplQAo&t=1390s) Moen (https://www.moen.com/) update Death by Lightning (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31121364/) An AI model trained on prison phone calls now looks for planned crimes in those calls (https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/01/1128591/an-ai-model-trained-on-prison-phone-calls-is-now-being-used-to-surveil-inmates/) Lonely Seniors Are Turning To AI Bots For Companionship (https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2025/10/18/lonely-seniors-are-turning-to-ai-bots-for-companionship/) Kinethreads: A Low Cost Haptic Exo-Suit (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/27/kinethreads-a-low-cost-haptic-exo-suit/) Almost related: Four out of five developers enjoy code reviews (https://programmerhumor.io/programming-memes/four-out-of-five-developers-enjoy-code-reviews-dyfd) Cutting Room Floor Anycrap (https://anycrap.shop/): Bring Impossible Products to Life Thought-Cancelling Headphones (https://anycrap.shop/product/thought-cancelling-headphones) Dave and Gunnar Show Podcast Bobble Heads (https://anycrap.shop/product/dave-and-gunnar-show-podcast-bobble-heads) Donut Hole Repair (https://anycrap.shop/product/donut-hole-repair) I’m Not a Robot (https://neal.fun/not-a-robot/) Claude Biodome (https://autoncorp.com/biodome/) birding, Ebird, Listers, big years, Moen, plumbing, Cleveland, Death by Lightning, Mentor, Ohio, James Garfield, biopics, Anycrap, donut hole repair, bobble heads, CAPTCHAs, geraniums, Claude, AI, artificial intelligence, tomato plants, prisons, telecommunications, AI model training, crime prediction, profit margins, Flock, senior citizens, chatbots, companionship, snitching, Kinethreads, haptics, exosuits, virtual reality, VR, code reviews, QBRs, quarterly business reviews This week Dave and Gunnar talk about AI for prison inmates, AI for senior citizens, and low-cost haptic exosuits!

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]]> Episode 254: I’m Sorry, But I Cannot Provide an Answer to Your Question as It Goes Against OpenAI’s Use Policy https://dgshow.org/254 96403335-33c5-4c08-b8a5-82f30760659e Tue, 30 Jan 2024 06:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about exotic input devices, growing new life forms with built-in memories, AI ruining everything, and having déjà vu about jamais vu. 37:38 no This week, Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about exotic input devices, growing new life forms with built-in memories, AI ruining everything, and having déjà vu about jamais vu. Bali (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bali) ’A mouse for your mouth’: New device allows users to scroll with their tongues (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tongue-controlled-touchscreens-hit-market-year-rcna133270) Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems—Simple Cells Can Do It (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brains-are-not-required-when-it-comes-to-thinking-and-solving-problems-simple-cells-can-do-it/) Search X for "goes against OpenAI's" (https://twitter.com/search?q=%22goes%20against%20OpenAI%27s%22&src=typed_query&f=live) See in particular (https://twitter.com/UrgentResurgent/status/1744860782687297715) Lazy use of AI leads to Amazon products called “I cannot fulfill that request” (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/01/lazy-use-of-ai-leads-to-amazon-products-called-i-cannot-fulfill-that-request/) Here’s a New Caption That Works for All New Yorker Cartoons—Especially in the Caption Contest (https://slate.com/culture/2015/09/universal-new-yorker-cartoon-captions-hi-i-d-like-to-add-you-to-my-professional-network-on-linkedin-joins-the-canon.html) Lead Engager (https://salesstack.ai/lead-engager) The Opposite of Déjà Vu Is a Thing, And It's Even More Uncanny (https://www.sciencealert.com/the-opposite-of-dj-vu-is-a-thing-and-its-even-more-uncanny) Cutting Room Floor * 1D Pac-Man is the best game I’ve played in 2024 (so far) (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/01/1d-pac-man-is-the-best-game-ive-played-in-2024-so-far/) * Ambiphone (https://ambiph.one/): For all your ambient number station needs * Dance Like David Byrne! An Easy-to-Follow Instructional Video Shows You How (https://www.openculture.com/2024/01/dance-like-david-byrne-an-easy-to-follow-instructional-video-shows-you-how.html) * Unauthorized “David Attenborough” AI clone narrates developer’s life, goes viral (https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/unauthorized-david-attenborough-ai-clone-narrates-developers-life-goes-viral/) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! Bali, input devices, tongues, VR, basal cognition, AI, OpenAI, generative AI, X, Twitter, Amazon, New Yorker, cartoons, LinkedIn, jamais vu, déjà vu, Pac Man, Ambiphone, number stations, coughing, David Byrne, dancing, David Attenborough This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about exotic input devices, growing new life forms with built-in memories, AI ruining everything, and having déjà vu about jamais vu.

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]]> Episode 238: Harmonica-Playing Firefighters Holding Coke Bottles https://dgshow.org/238 fca72b68-8265-47ca-8f69-f33c890d1a50 Sat, 01 Oct 2022 08:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about stable coins and slippery slopes 29:24 no This week Dave and Gunnar talk about stable coins and slippery slopes SANDMAN (https://www.netflix.com/title/81150303) Dave is now a TODAQ (https://todaq.net/) advisor! (See also D&G 216 (https://dgshow.org/216)!) What’s more stable than Bitcoin or UST? AriZona Iced Tea (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/18/usdtea-more-stable-than-bitcoin-crypto-stablecoin-arizona-iced-tea/) To learn more, check out their whitepaper (https://usdtea.io/USDTea_whitepaper_final3_rev2_final.pdf) D&G This Week in Slippery Slopes Quest 2 Add-On Increases VR Immersion by Making You Suffocate (https://www.extremetech.com/computing/335710-quest-2-add-on-increases-vr-immersion-by-making-you-suffocate) Finally, VR for your mouth (https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/02/finally-vr-for-your-mouth/) This Controller Lets You Feel VR Objects Slip Between Your Fingers, and the Possibilities Are Endless (https://gizmodo.com/spinocchio-controller-lets-you-feel-vr-objects-slip-fin-1848787245) Instead of telling you when it's safe to cross the street, the walk signs in Crystal City, VA are just repeating "CHANGE PASSWORD" (https://twitter.com/JosephPolitano/status/1503131005389099011). It will say "Change password" until someone does (https://twitter.com/hyperplanes/status/1503275823360585735?s=20&t=YHm7FzctNpdU_bBF9Ne2Hw) Intuition and Analysis from the Economist (https://www.economist.com/business/2022/08/18/when-to-trust-your-instincts-as-a-manager) Cutting Room Floor * Ghosts in the Machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VA4e0NqyYMw): Recruiting video for Fort Bragg’s 4th Psychological Operations Group * Early Guy Fieri selling mufflers (https://thehustle.co/05242022-guy-fieri/) * Erich Morisse, call your office: The Cognitive Bias Codex (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Cognitive_bias_codex_en.svg) * Press Conference for man caught off-guard by the weight of a door (https://twitter.com/killersundymann/status/1560636094063923200?s=21&t=Auz94wL4JXOWsG3PITFpvw) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! Sandman, TODAQ, stablecoins, USDTea, Non-Fungible Olive Gardens, AriZona Iced Tea, VR, virtual reality, AirRes Mask, suffocation, mouth haptics, mouth, haptics, SpinOcchio, haptic controller, walk signs, passwords, default passwords, intuition, experience, analysis, Ghosts in the Machine, 4th Psychological Operations Group, Guy Fieri, mufflers, Cognitive Bias Codex, cognitive bias, press conference, door This week Dave and Gunnar talk about stable coins and slippery slopes

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]]> Episode 234: You Are the Active Ingredient https://dgshow.org/234 93e50ea4-bcf3-4ae8-a7bb-5f0df8e6026c Fri, 06 May 2022 06:00:00 -0500 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about clever uses of malware, cows, virtual reality, augmented reality, cryptocurrency, and the Denver Broncos (not all at the same time) 31:03 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about clever uses of malware, cows, virtual reality, augmented reality, cryptocurrency, and the Denver Broncos (not all at the same time) Keychain garage door openers (https://www.lowes.com/pd/Chamberlain-Universal-2-Button-Keychain-Garage-Door-Opener-Remote/1000133147): they’re great! How to See Your Uber Passenger Ratings Breakdown (and Improve Your Score) (https://lifehacker.com/how-to-see-your-uber-passenger-ratings-breakdown-and-i-1848547158) How to Download Everything Amazon Knows About You (It's a Lot) (https://lifehacker.com/how-to-download-everything-amazon-knows-about-you-its-1848412242) Dave endorsed: Grammarly Premium (https://www.grammarly.com/premium) iOS malware can fake iPhone shut downs to snoop on camera, microphone (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ios-malware-can-fake-iphone-shut-downs-to-snoop-on-camera-microphone/) Farmer gives cows VR headsets to reduce anxiety and increase milk production (https://metro.co.uk/2022/01/07/farmer-gives-cooped-up-cows-vr-headsets-to-increase-milk-production-15880604/) These crypto enthusiasts are trying to raise $4 billion to buy the Denver Broncos (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/19/-buythebroncos-dao-aims-to-raise-4-billion-to-buy-denver-broncos.html) BuyTheBroncos (https://www.buythebroncos.com/) Who owns your address in AR? Probably not you. (https://www.protocol.com/entertainment/upland-augmented-reality-real-estate) Superworld (https://www.superworldapp.com/) Cutting Room Floor * This Clever Device Detects the Amount of Metal in Music (https://www.hackster.io/news/this-clever-device-detects-the-amount-of-metal-in-music-d08509982627) * Atlas Missile Silo for Sale, Cheap (https://homesandhues.com/p/atlas-missile-silo-for-sale-cheap) ($380K) * Zeebo – Honest Placebo Pills Designed to Help You Create a Safe Experience on Your Path to Well-Being (https://www.amazon.com/Zeebo-Placebo-Designed-Experience-Well-being/dp/B00NUKW26M) We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! garage door openers, Uber, Amazon, personally identifiable information, PII, ratings, Grammarly, Grammarly Premium, iOS, malware, fake shutdown, farmers, cows, VR, milk, milk production, cryptocurrencies, Denver Broncos, Denver, augmented reality, AR, real estate, AR real estate, Superworld, metal, music, metal detector, missile silos, Zeebo, placebos, placebo pills This week Dave and Gunnar talk about clever uses of malware, cows, virtual reality, augmented reality, cryptocurrency, and the Denver Broncos (not all at the same time)

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]]> Episode 232: CRIME SKELETON! https://dgshow.org/232 3ff200be-2ed3-41e7-9578-df46282b4090 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:00:00 -0600 David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson full David Egts & Gunnar Hellekson This week Dave and Gunnar talk about fish, rats, cockroaches, and screaming 27:25 no This week Dave (https://dgshow.org/hosts/dave) and Gunnar (https://dgshow.org/hosts/gunnar) talk about fish, rats, cockroaches, and screaming Drafts (https://getdrafts.com/)! From fish out of water to new insights on navigation mechanisms in animals (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432821005994) See also: D&G 43 (https://dgshow.org/43) -- Goldfish driving a robot car (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbNmL6hSNKw) -- Feb 2014! Rats in Doom VR (https://medium.com/mindsoft/rats-in-doom-eb6c52c73aca) Remote Control Cockroach (https://www.hackster.io/news/remote-control-cockroach-a85203533b4e) Ingenious new search and rescue drone finds people by listening for screams (https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/scream-scanning-search-and-rescue-drone/) I, Libertine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7H5kFGEyUw) by Frederick R. Ewing Jean Shepherd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shepherd) Non-Fungible Olive Gardens (https://nonfungibleolivegardens.com/) Cutting Room Floor * Busy Simulator (https://busysimulator.com/): Feign importance with repeating app sounds! * CRIME SKELETON (https://twitter.com/bloodberry_tart/status/1485651513456398345)! We Give Thanks * The D&G Show Slack Clubhouse for the discussion topics! Drafts, fish, FOV, Fish Operated Vehicle, rats, DOOM, VR, cockroaches, remote control, microcontrollers, search and rescue, rescue, screaming, UAVs, robots, I Libertine, Jean Shepherd, Olive Garden, Non-Fungible Olive Gardens, Busy Simulator, CRIME SKELETON, skeletons This week Dave and Gunnar talk about fish, rats, cockroaches, and screaming

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