Guests join Colin and Chauncey to discuss The ICU VR Project -Virtual Reality Therapy for Critical Care Patients.  Virtual reality therapy has the potential to reduce the incident of delirium by reducing the risk factors of pain and anxiety and simultaneous reduction of opiates and anxiolytics while providing cognitive stimulation. Further research is required to access its feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness in the ICU environment.  Guests include: Wen Krogg (IUPUI School of Informatics and Computing Graduate) and Dr. Dmitriy Golovyan (Pulmonary and Critical Care fellow at IU School of Medicine, IU Health, Eskenazi Health, Regenstrief Institute, Inc.)

Guests join Colin and Chauncey to discuss effects used in theme park systems and storytelling beyond sight and sound.  4D theaters, simulators, immersive roller coasters, etc are on our minds in this episode.  Guests include: Rachel Frend (The Five(ish) Fangirls Podcast), Ben Phillippe, & Aaron Gallimore (The Game Sharks, The Spark of Madness Podcast)

Advancing VR technology is still up to makers who can create low hanging fruit for the VR dev community. Modern VR is great in terms of visual & auditory feedback. cy.PIPES makes VR so much better by offering you a new sandbox to play in, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONALS :-) Fans or heat lamps are plug and play with cy.PIPES and the Unity Engine to equip your VR project with wind and heat along with the visuals and audio. Other effects types like smell, ground shake, etc... are all within reach now.  Welcome to the CYUTIL podcast where all things next gen for VR, AR, MR, XR will be discussed.  www.cyutil.io Produced and Hosted by Colin M. Orr Co-Host: Chauncey E. Frend Music: The Beekeeper's Jig, Willoughby Sprig Album: The Screaming Hollow & Other Hoosier Couty Favorites CYUTIL llc. All rights reserved