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Kent Bye (Voices of VR)

@kentbye.com
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Voices of VR Podcast host: Insatiably curious, XR oral historian, & aspiring philosopher. Exploring Tech Ethics, AI, XR, & Emerging Tech. Patreon at patreon.com/voicesofvr

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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 21h
Starheart's first album is out now! fallingstarheart.bandcamp.com/album/wonder... I met her via Raindance Immersive making music videos for her songs. She's got a pretty fascinating backstory of finding her authentic voice in VRChat. My convo with her from 2024: voicesofvr.com/1400-becomin...
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#1400: Becoming Starheart: A VTuber's Creative Journey in Finding Her Authentic Voice & Identity in VRChat - Voices of VR Podcast
Starheart is a Musician, Composer, Filmmaker, and VTuber who has been doing live performances in VR over the past couple of years. She started making music videos on Halloween of 2022, and realized th...
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 19/09/2026
Participated in a #BasisLoadTest @basisvr.org, which is an open source, social VR framework that got 200+ people and 1630 people + bots into a single instance. Self/hosted instances make it feel like the early days of the Internet & what High Fidelity aspired to do but with VRChat culture to do it.
Basis Load Test Group photo 200+ people and 1630 total bots & people in the Basis VR load test.The CCU (concurrent user count) of 1630 from Rainwolf via Basis Discord
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 13/08/2026
I've now published all 30+ hours of my Venice Immersive 2025 coverage. I categorized the projects into a dozen elemental genres to help navigate it. There's 64 possible combos of all four elements, but 12 primary dyads. I unpack it all more in this LinkedIn post: www.linkedin.com/posts/kentby...
There are four elements (earth, air, fire, & water), and if you take into consideration the order / center of gravity, then there are 64 possible orientations. In looking at the dyadic orientations of two elements, then there are a dozen configurations that do a nice job of create "elemental genres" of immersive stories and immersive art. This post shows the twelve combinations, and then the associated projects underneath that.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 02/08/2026
This is an amazing archival montage documenting AR culture of HoloLens 1 & 2. Michael Hoffman says, "On the Microsoft HoloLens team, I had this idea to tell the HoloLens story in photos, so started collecting every image I could find, over 1,600." Lots of history here! picmotif.com/u/hoff/tribu...
A composite image of the HoloLens 1 on top facing right and HoloLens 2 on the bottom facing left made out of 1,600 public images. Creator Michael Hoffman says, "On the Microsoft HoloLens team, I had this idea to tell the HoloLens story in photos, so started collecting every image I could find, over 1,600."
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 01/08/2026
Raindance Immersive curates the absolute best of virtual culture in VRChat. I’ve been a judge every year since 2020, and participated in this documentary coming out on August 9th. Excited to see this recap by @madamekana.bsky.social, the most prolific documentary maker in VRChat doing amazing work.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 29/07/2026
I just posted a pretty epic video on "Blending the Elements of Experiential Design. I'll be applying it to my 30+ hrs of oral history coverage of immersive stories from Venice Immersive 2025 & 15+ hrs of SXSW Immersive 2026 coming soon: youtu.be/01M5NcOYzx0 Slides: voicesofvr.com/wp-content/u...
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Clare Naïlo🏳️‍⚧️she/they @lucidvirtuality.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@kentbye.com had a fascinating conversation with my friends @grrlrighter.bsky.social and @whatashrinkthinks.com, highly recommended 😻
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#1589: Using VR to Paint Dreams for Active Imagination, Collaborative Dreamwork, and Symbolic Contemplation - Voices of VR Podcast
I speak with visual artist Elizabeth Honer who uses Open Brush to pain her dreams as well as with Martha Crawford who leads dream workshops. See more context in the rough transcript below. This is a l...
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 13/07/2026
I participated on a Socratic Debate about AI at Augmented World Expo where I represented an Anti-AI & Pro-Human Rights POV. I was called an "AI Denialist," which catalyzed me to collect 30k words citing critical AI scholars & philosophers presenting the skeptical take: voicesofvr.com/1749-socrati...
Ava from Hacks says, "I just -- I got distracted researching the ethics of AI. Turns out, really bad."
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Kathryn Yu #OpenToWork @kathrynyu.com · 09/07/2026
In 2022, I shelved my thesis VR game, Penrose Station, when I joined Twisted Pixel to work on Marvel's Deadpool VR (too much of a conflict of interest.) Fast forward to 2026: Meta shut our studio down. 😔 And with the conflict gone, I finally had a reason to pick it back up….
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 05/06/2026
I’m loving the “chaotic early WWW energy” here that the #ATproto represents. I skipped to the demos to see the wide range of decentralized apps that these savvy devs were able to assemble after a 4-hour @codetv.dev Web Dev Challenge. Lots of Wild West Experimentation Vibes. youtu.be/S-XytKfGCO8?...
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Rebuild your website (again) with ATproto · Web Dev Challenge S3.E4
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Rec Room @rec-room.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We apologize. :[
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 04/06/2026
I'm presenting new material at Seattle XR: "Blending the Elements of Experiential Design" XR is an interdisciplinary design discipline that's fusing together architecture, industrial design, theater, film, music, game design, web design, human computer interaction, social media... luma.com/n8vhi1ue
A series of 9 different slides showing the fusion of elements together in the context of experiential design.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 04/06/2026
One of the paradoxes of the next paradigm shift is valuing human experience & emotion beyond rational facts that don’t change behaviors on their own. It’s a rejection of an objectified “view from nowhere” absent situated knowledges that come from a body, feelings, mind, & will. youtu.be/z-XNH4upTVw
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Patterns of Meaning, Transformation, and Impact in XR - MeaningfulXR Keynote
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 04/06/2026
4 new Voices of VR eps: Immersive Impact Review, Impulse Impact Study, Patterns of Meaning, Transformation & Impact Open call from Agog on Climate Futures + Immersive Media voicesofvr.com/1720-immersi... voicesofvr.com/1721-impact-... voicesofvr.com/1722-meaning... voicesofvr.com/1723-agogs-o...
Four Voices of VR podcast episodes: Immersive Impact Review, Impulse Impact Study, Patterns of Meaning, Transformation, and Impact in XR, and an open call from Agog on Climate Futures + Immersive Media
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Todd Heberlein @toddheberlein.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
This was an incredibly touching and informative conversation. Certainly if you are in the AR/VR space I encourage you to listen. But even if you are an entrepreneur or an aspiring entrepreneur, you should check it out. The story of Rec Room as a business is fascinating all by itself.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 02/06/2026
Gamer's Nexus details how NVIDIA is abandoning the PC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUqQ... This March 3, 2026 from /r/pcmasterrace foreshadows how Big Tech are abandoning personal computing in favor of AI data centers. They're pushing "you will own nothing and be happy." www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterra...
Comic posted to the r/pcmasterrace subreddit on March 3, 2026 with the title "I don't like where this is going..." by /u/Desperate-Grocery-53 with the first pane in 2009 with two GPUs in a computer, then a giant GPU in 2024, but then in 2029, there's no local computer with a PC and GPU because everything is in an AI Data Center. The caption under the comic reads: "Updated that 2024 meme..."
Source Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1rjse9e/i_dont_like_where_this_is_going/
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 01/06/2026
RIP Rec Room. 2016-2026. A bit of a shame to see another UGC-driven social VR app shut down. Export tools were recently provided to makers, but hoping to see more open source / open standards in XR in the future. My chat with Shawn Whiting reflecting on what happened: voicesofvr.com/1719-rip-rec...
Image used on the blog post for Rec Room's closing that reads "School's Out for Rec Room"
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 15/05/2026
I have a ton of respect for @antonhand.bsky.social as an indie artist who's been updating his game for 10+ years. H3VR is the most sophisticated gun simulator, and he hasn't enabled users to shoot other humans. He uses absurdist humor & play to open minds to new ideas. voicesofvr.com/1717-h3vr-10...
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#1717: H3VR 10-Year Retrospective with Anton Hand: Origins, Design, & Evolution of "Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, & Hand Grenades" - Voices of VR Podcast
On April 5, 2016, Rust LTD’s Anton Hand released Hot Dogs, Horseshoes, & Hand Grenades (H3VR) in Early Access on Steam after seven weeks of development on this VR sandbox game that featured a handful ...
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 06/05/2026
H3VR is THE most elaborate & sophisticated gun simulator in VR, but @antonhand.bsky.social's condition is it will never be used to simulate violence against humans... only hot dogs. After a decade of R&D & 2 years of development, H3VR2 was announced today. His devlog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK_6...
Question: "Will H3VR have Humans / Bipeds, Multiplayer PVP / Co-op?"
Anton's Answer: "100% No! It will not."
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 06/05/2026
Excited for CREATURE FEATURE's new indie XR games. A YouTube commenter spotted a subliminal message of @antonhand.bsky.social eating a hotdog. He said on his devlog that his new game would be announced. Also "Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades" has been in Early Access for MORE THAN A DECADE now!
Anton Hand eating a hotdog as a subliminal message within the Creature Feature
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 06/05/2026
I'm excited to attend the @pdx.atproto.camp meetup to see how the decentralized #ATProto ecosystem is developing. I'm really impressed with the seamless @openmeet.net experience as an open source Meetup_com alternative, and how it links to the attendee profiles platform.openmeet.net/events/atpro...
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ATProto 101 + Hangout with your favorite ATmosphere nerds!
Tue, May 5, 6:00 PM PDT · 1551 Southeast Poplar Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, 97214, United States Come join your fellow idealists, builders, and shitposters for another meetup about th
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 01/05/2026
There's some REALLY cool things happening with the Creative Industries Immersive Impact Coalition. The CIIIC’s €200 Million in public funding is catalyzing all sorts of immersive innovations, including artist-driven research into revitalizing civic society. Hear more: voicesofvr.com/1713-ciiics-...
The CIIIC is develop an integrated program with five action lines that together create the desired impact on the Netherlands' economic growth potential and societal transitions.
1. Knowledge and Methods: Applied and practice-oriented research to develop better knowledge and tools for the effective and responsible development of Immersive Experiences [IX]
2. Human Capital: Expanding and strengthening the talent pool to conceptualize, build, and apply IX, as well as using IX as a learning solution.
3. Ecosystems and Facilities: Building a strong, interactive Dutch IX innovation ecosystem and supporting its research, education, development, and application. 
4. Innovation and demonstration projects: Projects focused on the design, production, application, and impact of IX, bringing together public and private organizations, creators, and users.
5. Synergy and Coherence: Innovation Agenda + Public Values + Community & Events + Narrative and Communication + Knowledge Platform
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 30/04/2026
Great @edzitron.com interview breaking down the economic infeasibilities of VC-funded #AIHype. He says the all-you-can-eat buffet style of AI subscriptions are burning cash at an unsustainable rate, and doubts consumers will pay for the amount tokens they actually use www.youtube.com/watch?v=zECy...
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How OpenAI ends and takes Oracle with it | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Tech Report
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 24/04/2026
Thinking a lot lately about the merits of Pleasure Activism as a mode of resistance. From my IDFA DocLab paper: “Chan & McKnight point to the pleasure activism movement that is "re-examining pleasure as a way to reclaim agency and resist oppression,"” professionals.idfa.nl/stories/idfa...
Bunny on a sidewalk. Yard sign that reads: "Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage." Also “Now is the time to stop Fascism”
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 24/04/2026
I still sometimes call posts “skeets” here to invoke the nostalgia of three years ago when it was born out of a reply-all Hellthread where folks were posting nudes and crashing @pfrazee.com’s timeline, @jaketapper.bsky.social said “skeet” on CNN, & the @washingtonpost.com posted a meme about skeets.
Skeet from Julius Goat from May 6, 2023
“Hell thread, tiddy posts
Alf discourse from coast to coast
What's hot? we don't care Tapper says "skeet" on-air Invite codes, Santos flips AOC gives makeup tips, Twitter diaspora now
Dril and darth and nunes' cow,”
The Washington Skeet
John Cusack asking for a definition of Skeet. Mike McFilms replies “A blueSKy twEET
SKEET
Get it?”Pee Wee Herman with an edited sheet of paper that reads “skeet skeet skeet”
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 24/04/2026
Here's some of my favorite @xoxofest.com over the years. They just launched a rad video archive: @molly.wiki 2024 xoxofest.com/2024/videos/... Nicky Case 2015 xoxofest.com/2015/videos/... @contrapoints.bsky.social 2018 xoxofest.com/2018/videos/... Dooce (RIP) 2015: xoxofest.com/2015/videos/...
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Molly White · Videos · XOXO
Best known for puncturing blockchain/crypto hype with her Web3 Is Going Just Great project, writer/researcher Molly White believes a better web is possible. Launched two years ago, her Citation Needed...
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Michel Langendijk @langendijk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
What’s next for immersive, AI, and interactive art? @kentbye.com reports on the 19th edition of the @doclab.bsky.social festival. Free download #xr #immersive
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K. Guillory @kgpaints.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Reading this report right now and encouraging anyone interested in the arts to do the same.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 21/04/2026
What’s next for immersive art? This 121-page report I wrote attempts to answer this by listening to what immersive artists have to say. The IDFA DocLab Immersive Think Tank Report is out now, & it's a roadmap to a community-driven, indie XR distribution network. professionals.idfa.nl/stories/idfa...
IDFA DocLab Immersive Think Tank Report: Cross-sector insights and reflections on the future of immersive, AI, and interactive art.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 14/03/2026
My mood as I roll into Austin for #SXSW.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 13/03/2026
Here is my sneak preview of the #SXSW XR Experience programmer with curator Blake Kammerdiener. We talk about every project in competition and the spotlight as well. I’ll be on site seeing all of the things and recording oral history interviews with immersive artists. voicesofvr.com/1712-preview...
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#1712: Preview of SXSW XR Experience 2026 with Blake Kammerdiener – Voices of VR Podcast
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 10/03/2026
That was a great manifesto / philosophy of tech rant mixed with a lot of pithy writing, stylized glitch art, & raw emotion. Love the quote "technology is a branch of moral philosophy, not of science." from Paul Goodman's "New Reformation" (1969) via Neil Postman's "Technopoly" (1992).
"Whether or not it draws on new scientific research, technology is a branch of moral philosophy, not of science. " Paul Goodman, "New Reformation: Notes of a Neolithic Conservative" (1969) via Neil Postman's "Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology" (1992)
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VR Forever 🔜 2026 @vr-forever.com · 05/03/2026
Contrary to what you heard, VR is actually NOT dead. VR Forever is coming back after a successful first edition and submissions are open now: forms.gle/fvU8BhqVPYfo... Submission Deadline: March 31st #VRForever is hosted by @creaturedotpage.bsky.social and @futurefriendsgames.com #VR #gamdev
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VR Forever | 2026 Submission Form
// Hosted by Creature + Future Friends // Contrary to what you heard, VR is actually NOT dead. VR Forever is coming back after a successful first edition last year and this time we are open for submi...
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 01/03/2026
OpenAI’s legal agreement already enables an AI Big Brother. They say “any handling of private information will comply with the Fourth Amendment,” but fail to mention the Third Party Doctrine, where there’a “no legitimate ‘expectation of privacy’” for data given to them. openai.com/index/our-ag...
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 28/02/2026
As the corporate media continues to be consolidated by billionaires, then it's vital to look to independent coverage from folks like @marcelias.bsky.social & @democracydocket.com protecting election integrity & calling out voter suppression tactics. An important watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGqB...
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LEAKED: Trump's Executive Order to RIG the 2026 Election
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 25/02/2026
The presumption of regularity at the SotU is was so uncanny. See the thread from @anatosaurus.bsky.social for some great context. It also reminded me of Barthes and what happens when rules-based boxers go up against wrestlers and the logic of spectacle. archive.thinkprogress.org/this-french-...
In his essay, Barthes contrasts pro wrestling to boxing.

This public knows very well the distinction between wrestling and boxing; it knows that boxing is a Jansenist sport, based on a demonstration of excellence. One can bet on the outcome of a boxing-match: with wrestling, it would make no sense. A boxing- match is a story which is constructed before the eyes of the spectator; in wrestling, on the contrary, it is each moment which is intelligible, not the passage of time… The logical conclusion of the contest does not interest the wrestling-fan, while on the contrary a boxing-match always implies a science of the future. In other words, wrestling is a sum of spectacles, of which no single one is a function: each moment imposes the total knowledge of a passion which rises erect and alone, without ever extending to the crowning moment of a result.

In the current campaign, Trump is behaving like a professional wrestler while Trump’s opponents are conducting the race like a boxing match. As the rest of the field measures up their next jab, Trump decks them over the head with a metal chair.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 23/02/2026
Some legal resources on UAP Secrecy. UAP Disclosure Act: www.congress.gov/118/crec/202... UAPDA Summary: uapda.org/summary UAP Secrecy: thesolfoundation.org/publications... PEADs: www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res... What's needed in an exec order: newparadigminstitute.org/take-action/... #UFOSky
UAP Disclosure Act Passed the Senate in 2024, but not in the House.
It Gives Many Clues to the Structure of UAP Secrecy Unpacked by Sol Foundation
Sol Foundation Suggests "Presidential Emergency Action Directives" Are Legal Basis of UAP Secrecy & Aren't Subjected to Congressional Oversight

"Given the clue in the Disclosure Act about the potential relationship between nuclear secrecy and UAP activities, any congressional inquiry into the origins of any actual UAP secrecy should make it an absolute priority to determine the truth about “MJ-12” and initial presidential awareness and decisions about UAP. If the inquiry’s findings are accurate, it will obtain a clear picture of the origins and legal foundation of UAP secrecy and its implications for the legislative branch. Any executive orders or directives turned up through the investigation — including any of those concerning urgent situations ostensibly requiring emergency powers and known today as Presidential Emergency Action Directives (PEADs) — would enlighten Congress as to the rationales for such secrecy, why it was imposed at the expense of the legislative branch, and the extent to which it is legal and constitutional. [97] Given the potentially grave implications for separation of powers of any such presidential emergency actions taken by the president to the detriment of Congress, we will discuss them later in this paper."
Brennan Center for Justice: "No evidence that [any PEAD] documents have ever been shared with relevant congressional committees."

"Presidential Emergency Action Documents (PEADs) are executive orders, proclamations, and messages to Congress that are prepared in anticipation of a range of emergency scenarios, so that they are ready to sign and put into effect the moment one of those scenarios comes to pass..."

"PEADs are classified “secret,” and no PEAD has ever been declassified or leaked. Indeed, it appears that they are not even subject to congressional oversight. Although the law requires the executive branch to report even the most sensitive covert military and intelligence operations to at least some members of Congress, there is no such disclosure requirement for PEADs, and no evidence that the documents have ever been shared with relevant congressional committees."
The Executive Order Must:

Order Immediate Government-Wide Records Searches: Direct every federal department, military service, intelligence agency, federally funded laboratory, and government contractor to conduct comprehensive searches for all records relating to:

Non-Human Intelligence (NHI) / Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ET)

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)

Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)

Flying discs, disks, and flying saucers

Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs)

Technologies of Unknown Origin (TUO)

Require Immediate Transfer to the UAP Records Collection: Mandate that all responsive materials be transferred without redaction or delay to the Congressionally established UAP Records Collection at the National Archives so independent review may begin immediately.

Establish Binding Definitions: Prevent concealment through terminology by formally defining key disclosure terms across the Executive Branch, including:

Non-Human Intelligence (NHI)

Extraterrestrial Intelligence (ET)

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)

Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)

Flying Discs / Flying Saucers

Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs)

Technologies of Unknown Origin (TUO)

Set Mandatory Timelines: Require agencies to:

Locate records within fixed deadlines

Complete classification review

Transfer materials to the National Archives

Report compliance progress publicly

Establish Clear Interagency and Congressional Oversight Roles: Direct coordinated participation by DoD, IC elements, DOE, NASA, and other agencies while affirming Congress’s oversight authority under existing law.

Require Transparency and Enforcement: Mandate regular public progress reports and support enforceable penalties for noncompliance established by Congress.

Disclosure Requires Action — Not Just Announcement

The American people are ready.

Email the White House today and respectfully urge President Trump to sign a binding Executive Order implementing full UAP records disclosure.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 20/02/2026
I’m a big UFO nerd. This could be a giant Epstein diversion. Or we could actually get Disclosure. We’ll see what evidence the government claims to have, what data they share, if scientists get data access to peer review & independently validate, & if NDAs are lifted for whistleblowers.
Trump said on Truth Social: “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other
information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 16/02/2026
I just joined @taylorlorenz.bsky.social's Patreon. She's doing some incredible work on Section 230. Killing it would free speech on the Internet Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eqt... Part 2 w/ @wyden.senate.gov www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq5X... Her Patreon is here www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlor...
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Sen. Wyden Reveals What Big Tech Won't Tell You
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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 16/02/2026
'Hearing someone (Carney) so clearly name the truth was cathartic, and I could draw so many parallels with how this collective story can inform our personal relationships to AI, Big Tech, and impulses of surveillance capitalism towards an all-pervasive, AI Big Brother.'
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 14/02/2026
I recorded an op-ed podcast & wrote a #longread essay on the parallels between PM Carney's Davos speech in maintaining sovereignty from hegemons & how each of us will need to preserve our sovereignty from Big Tech's surveillance capitalism morphing to an AI Big Brother voicesofvr.com/1710-when-in...
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#1710: When Integration Becomes Subordination: Big Tech Parallels in Carney’s Davos Speech & Untethering from the AI Big Brother – Voices of VR Podcast
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 11/02/2026
It’s only a matter of time before we see a broader Glasshole 2.0 backlash to Ray-Ban Meta glasses, especially as recording light indicators are hidden & content is created without consent. The Super Bowl streaker is a pretty apt metaphor for how AI glasses will transgress our privacy boundaries.
Super Bowl Streaker was recording on Meta Ray-Ban glasses. Ruining everyone’s experience for the content.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 10/02/2026
This is an incredible recap of Internet history & how Section 230 protects free speech. Authoritarians & surveillance capitalists are destroying it to entrench their power, & they’ll introduce government censorship, all accounts tied to IDs, & a dystopian AI Big Brother hellscape. Taylor nails it 🎯
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K. Guillory @kgpaints.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I woke up to Qs about this—I can’t talk about it, sorry! Thank you Ian for mentioning my work, I am deeply appreciative of it!
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PK @pkpkpk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
@ianhamilton.net just finished your interview with @kentbye.com, really great discussion of the current environment, and when it comes to upload, it's kind of depressing but i admire your journalistic ethics and i hope to keep reading your writing elsewhere.
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Utopiah @benetou.fr · 05/02/2026
I'll subscribe back to @uploadvr.com if the position is clear, coherent and if @ianhamilton.net is treated properly. I understand it might not be the "strategy" of the publication, and if so I'll get my information on VR elsewhere. If AI is forced upon contributors and readers then count me out.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 05/02/2026
I spoke with @ianhamilton.net on getting fired from UploadVR, and the potential AI bot author that catalyzed a fundamental disagreement. He claims as editor in chief that he would’ve not had any say or oversight over disclosed AI bots rewriting press releases. More: voicesofvr.com/1709-ian-ham...
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#1709: Ian Hamilton on Getting Fired from UploadVR & Concerns on AI Authorship in News – Voices of VR Podcast
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 30/01/2026
Ian Hamilton says he was fired from UploadVR as Editor in Chief after proposing three requests in response to a "clearly disclosed AI author" experiment pushed by his colleagues: brevity, an option for readers to opt-out from all AI content, & human writer right of 1st refusal to an assignment.
"Unable to shift the direction of my colleagues and out of options to affect what was coming, I stepped out of Slack and sent a final email to them on Wednesday morning with a number of my contacts in the industry copied, raising some of these concerns. Not long after, I was called by my boss and fired."
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 29/01/2026
Just catching up on the news on the shakeup at UploadVR as editor-in-chief @ianhamilton.net Hamilton has been fired. It's still a bit unclear as to what happened, & he's got a new Substack here: goodvr.substack.com. Ian's been writing professionally about VR since the early days of Oculus in 2012.
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Good Virtual Reality | Ian Hamilton | Substack
Good places to visit in virtual reality as recommended by Ian Hamilton and partners. Click to read Good Virtual Reality, by Ian Hamilton, a Substack publication. Launched 14 hours ago.
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Kent Bye (Voices of VR) @kentbye.com · 10/01/2026
Texas A&M is banning morality professor Martin Peterson from teaching Plato because it “may” contain race or gender ideology. The board of regents gave university bureaucrats veto power over academic content & he’s assigning the NYT article about the censorship instead. dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Texas A&M Bans Plato (further updates) - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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