XR AI Spotlight

Sachin is an artist and creative tech entrepreneur. As the co-founder of AI Lemon Academy he has trained hundreds of professionals including teams at Amazon, to use AI in their daily creative workflow. From initial concepting to refined prompting to generate specific visuals he runs bootcamps for leaders & professionals in the creative industry and he is a relentless explorer of the latest and greatest tools and workflows. We will dive deep into the world of AI-generated images and will cover: - The best AI image generator for various usecases - Sachin’s obsession with consistency and how he decided to take this matter into his own hands - How Gen AI images are used in real production *** CONNECT WITH SACHIN ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔴⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Matteo and Paride are the co-founders of Pijama Kasama, an Amsterdam-based studio creating custom experiences and games for brands on platforms like Spatial, Roblox and Fortnite. They have been working with brands like Absolute, BMW, NASA and they recently launched their game based on their own IP called “Kasama the Awakening” which is without a doubt one of the best-looking web-based games you can try right now. We will dive into their journey and how they captured the learnings to create and launch this unique experience including: Strategies to promote your web-based game Some tips on how to make sure even the more ambitious games run smoothly on web and mobile platforms The differences when building branded games on Fortnite, Roblox and Spatial including the monetization options for creators and even their analytic infrastructure Why and how brands should rethink their approach to building and populating these 3D worlds *** CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST ⁠💼 LinkedIn Matteo 💼 LinkedIn Paride 🐤Twitter Matteo: @teo_funk 🐤Twitter Pigiama Kasama: @pigiamakasama ⁠🔗 Play Kasama The Awakening   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Alex Karim is a technology leader focusing on the convergence of the physical and digital world. As a Mixed Reality pioneer, Alex was the first person to deploy HoloLens 2 in Formula 1 at McLaren. In 2021 Alex joined Microsoft and in his current role he consults some of the world’s largest organizations supporting their AI transformations and today we will learn from him: What are the biggest barriers to the adoption of XR and AI in big organizations How to capture the value from early POC and pilots The framework and guidelines that Microsoft uses to deploy AI responsibly *** CONNECT WITH ALEX ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Master of Innovation Podcast   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Bobak Tavangar is the Co-founder of Brilliant Labs, A Singapore-based startup that launched to market Frame: lightweight AR glasses powered by AI. In a space of AI-enabled wearables that is getting ever more crowded, there is one thing that sets Frame apart: it is completely Open source. By listening to this episode you will learn: What is Frame, Noah and what are some of the interesting applications the developer community is building on top of this open hardware and software platform What is the current status of the wearable AI tech and what makes Frame stand out Bobak’s take on how media and influencers reacted to the release of the Rabbit R1 and the Humane AI Pin The 2 reasons why Brilliant Labs is betting its future in open-source *** Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH BOBAK ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Asaf Geva is one of the co-founders of Peanut Button, the studio behind the Retropolis series, a VR narrative game that despite the close to zero production budget launched on the Meta store and gathered stellar feedback from the community. Since then the team has grown and the studio is out with “Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye” now available on the Meta store AND PSVR2. By listening to this episode you will learn: What is the origin story of the Retropolis franchise and how the team grew and launched the second episode on PSVR2 How the Peanut Button team prioritized storytelling in their point and click style adventure game How they used Quill as part of their design and development process *** Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH ASAF ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Store Page ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Daniel Sproll is a trained cognitive scientist working with XR technologies for over a decade.  He is the co-founder of realities.io a german studio producing multiple award winning VR experiences, the latest being the indie VR hit Puzzling Places launched on Quest and now available also on Vision Pro.  We will dive deep into their journey when porting the app to the Apple device An unexpected challenge they encountered when designing a 3D puzzling game How the team cleverly used sound design to elevate the game for their users How bringing puzzling places to Mixed reality impacted the user experience *** Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH DANIEL ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Tommy Thompson works as a consultant in artificial intelligence with a primary focus on the video games industry. He is the mind behind “AI and games”, a YouTube channel with over 200K subscribers dedicated to increasing awareness of AI research and development within games. As a result of his academic, and professional experience he took on the role of advisor during the GDC AI summit. By listening to this episode you will learn: - How AI is still finding its way into game development pipelines - The cautious approach BIG game studios are taking to GenAI - How Small game studios can capitalize on this opportunity - His expert prediction on how gen AI will evolve over the next 3 years *** Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH TOMMY ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🟢Youtube ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Michael Potts teaches XR worldbuilding at UCLA Extension, has been working with XR technology for the past 28 years and is the CEO of Polycount, An award-winning agency that for the past 24 years has been building digital worlds and immersive experiences for some of the largest companies in the world. By listening to this episode you will learn: How to build virtual worlds on less or more known platforms like Roblox or Fornite How the team uses AI in their workflow The incredible potential he sees for the Vision Pro  *** Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH MICHAEL ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Alex de Vries is a PhD candidate at the VU Amsterdam School of Business and Economics and the founder of Digiconomist, a research company dedicated to exposing the unintended consequences of digital trends. His research focuses on the environmental impact of emerging technologies and has played a major role in the global discussion regarding the sustainability of blockchain technology and AI. By listening to this episode you will learn: The real challenges when trying to quantify the environmental impact of AI How the training of a model has less impact than what you might think The alarming projections for AI energy consumption over the next 2 years *** Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH ALEX ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Lucas Rizzotto is a viral innovator founder and mad scientist… and I am not exaggerating. His creations span everything from XR to AI and have been seen by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Some of these projects include a killer Microwave powered by AI, a VR time machine to relieve your memories, a way for astronauts to communicate with children on Earth, and recently Pillow, a mixedreality app that wants you to relax in bed.   In this episode you will learn: The secret behind the seemingly simple fishing game in his MR App Pillow  The many ways his team used AI to make the impossible possible What led to a sudden drop in user rating and how his team solved it *** OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH LUCAS ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠