The AI/XR Podcast. The AI/XR Podcast July 25th, 2025 ft. Bilawal Sidhu, former Google Maps PM, TED AI curator, and generative AI media pioneer
Jul 25, 2025
Bilawal Sidhu, former Google Maps PM and TED AI curator, shares his fascinating journey from childhood Flash animations to shaping immersive technology like Google Earth VR. He discusses the evolution of AI and the cultural impact of media satire, especially regarding political discourse. The conversation delves into the ethics of deep fakes, the potential of personalized AI podcasts, and the future of filmmaking in an AI-driven landscape. Sidhu emphasizes the balance between technology and storytelling, sparking a lively dialogue on innovation and ethics.
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Emotional Power of Google Earth VR
- People cry experiencing Google Earth VR, feeling a profound connection to personal memories.
- Revisiting childhood homes in VR evokes strong emotional responses and a sense of teleportation.
3D Quality Limits Adoption
- Adoption of 3D tech faces challenges as poor 3D quality triggers rejection by users.
- True spatial reality remains hard to achieve, limiting mainstream acceptance of current VR/AR.
OpenAI Ignited AI Interest
- OpenAI's open research preview of GPT-3 made AI widely accessible and sparked global interest.
- This accessibility shifted public perception, fueling rapid advancements in generative AI adoption.
