We recently got the opportunity to go hands-on with an Oculus Rift, complete with Oculus Touch controllers and two sensors. In this episode we discuss our thoughts and impressions, and what we think is in store for the future.

• Oculus Rift
• HTC Vive
• Playstation VR
• Apple ARKit
• Google Daydream
• Games we played:
  • Elite: Dangerous
  • Robo Recall
  • The Climb
  • Superhot
  • Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• Neuralink and the Brain’s Magical Future
• Mixed Reality with Microsoft HoloLens

In their most click-bait episode ever, Jalada and Sefran discuss the state of mobile phone games, where they think the industry is going, and some games that perhaps aren't so bad after all.

• 81% of the UK population own a smartphone according to Deloitte.
• "Mobile games hit $34.8B in 2015, taking 85% of all app revenues"
• Super Mario Run from Nintendo.
• Extra Credits channel on YouTube.
• Monument Valley.

Intro music: JACKS – Runaway Fashion Outro music: OC/DC - Rise of the Piggies 

Jalada and Sefran discuss voice-activated home assistants. We have a chat about what they are, how they work, and where we think the technology is going in the future.

• The two main devices we talk about are Amazon Echo* and Google Home.
• We also reference Apple Siri and Google Assistant.
• For more information about why understanding speech is hard for computers, read about "AI-complete" problems.
• We almost forgot to mention Microsoft Cortana.
• Amazon Echo can be used to control Nest and Tado thermostats.
• Sefran pointed out that banks like HSBC and First Direct already use voice pattern detection.

Intro & outro music: JACKS - Runaway Fashion *Links are affiliate links. Proceeds go towards helping out OctalFM.