XR AI Spotlight

Moritz Loos has a background in software engineering, worked at Mercedes Tech motion to bring XR experiences into the car and he is now the co-founder of 2Sync an SDK for mixed reality experiences that allows to automatically adapt virtual content to any physical environment… a bit like website and apps responsive design adapt to your mobile, or desktop. In this conversation, we dive into how digital and physical blend together. By listening to this episode you will learn: - The three different types of MR experience - How to finally get the user to move around the physical space even when in VR - The many applications that adaptive Mixed reality unlocks beyond gaming *** OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH MORTIZ ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Alexandra Magaard is a storyteller, strategist, policy wonk and the former Head of Tech Policy at iconomy in Berlin, a capacity builder organization for the European tech ecosystem. She advised multiple startups and scaleups - from deep tech to ad tech to travel tech - helping them navigate the increasingly complex field of tech regulations, and discover how many of the EU’s latest regulations, like the Digital Markets Act, aren’t simply new compliance burdens but opportunities for startups to enter a fairer market.  By listening to this episode you will learn: - What is the AI act - The implications of the AI act when it comes to Generative AI - Ways in which the EU can keep supporting deep tech founders *** OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Akin Bilgic is one of the founders of BRINK XR - creators of BRINK Traveler, a top-rated virtual travel experience featuring fully immersive photorealistic 3D environments from around the world. It is without a doubt one of the best looking experiences on the Quest right now and recently implemented an AI that allows the traveler to ask any questions regarding the virtual locations showing the power of blending immersive with artificial intelligence Join this conversation to learn: What it takes to create highly optimized scans of environments and how that is just half of their secret to success How Brink optimized the user experience and technical aspects of AI in their VR app… … while keeping the implementation affordable *** OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH AKIN ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Tomas Sluka worked as a research engineer at CERN on the development of electronic nano-devices. During his scientific career, he co-authored over 50 scientific papers, 10 patent applications and Is now the CEO and co-founder of CREAL, a Swiss startup that developed and brought to market a transformative type of display made for Augmented reality that solves the problem of eye comfort and simulates how the human eye focuses on near and far objects bringing a level of immersion that was literally never seen before  During this conversation, we discuss: The challenges of delivering comfortable and believable augmented reality to the human eye What are the properties of high quality digital content for augmented reality How the rise of AI is accelerating and shaping the development of AR glasses *** OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠⁠Meshy.ai⁠⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH TOMAS ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Jussi Kemppainen, has over 24 years of experience as game designer, director, 3D and VFX artist and has embarked on a journey to create a full game with the help of AI: Echos of Somewhere, now available as a demo on the project website and coming soon to steam. From environments to characters he has been sharing his workflows and journey publicly triggering excitement and skepticism on the future of AI-assited game development. Stay with us to learn: How he approaches the discovery of new generative AI tools His recommendation for game developers on how to integrate AI into their workflows His unconventional theory on how AI will impact small game developers versus big studios *** OUR SPONSOR Visit ⁠Meshy.ai⁠ and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH JUSSI ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠Website⁠   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠: 🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Andrew R McHugh is the founder and CEO of Wist, an app for stepping inside your memories on mobile and in XR. Previously at Samsung, he was Team Lead and Senior Designer at the XR Design Group. Andrew contributed to the LGBTQ+ Museum and his work has been featured in Vice, This Week In Startups, and the Wall Street Journal. By listening to this episode you will learn: What are spatial memories and how to capture them without a Vision Pro How AI can close the gap in memory capture What drove Andrew to leave Samsung and pursue his passion for capturing spatial memories *** OUR SPONSOR Visit Meshy.ai and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription *** CONNECT WITH ANDREW ⁠💼 ⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🐤⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠⁠WistLabs   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠: 🔗⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ ⁠Show Website⁠ 🟢 ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠

Stefan Marx and Anne-Sophie Panzer are the cofounders of Zaubar, an AI-powered platform to augment reality at every location. Over the past years Zaubar has worked with renowned brands such as Cocal cola, Siemens, Meissen, Borussia Dortmund, and several Cultural and historical sites where they deployed treasure hunts and gamified AR experiences adding a digital layer to any location. Recently they announced a partnership with Deutshe Telekom to bring AR across Europe during the 2024 European Football Championship. Listen to this episode to learn: How Zaubar worked with Brands to gamify Ar experiences  An alternative to app and web based augmented reality The approach Zaubar is taking to enable AR content creation powered by AI *** CONNECT WITH ZAUBAR ⁠💼 ⁠Linkedin⁠⁠ ⁠🐤⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠ ⁠🔗 ⁠Zaubar   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠ 💼 ⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠: 🔗⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🎙️ Show Website 🟢 ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ 🍎⁠⁠Apple Podcast

Adam B. Levine is an asymmetrical thinker, drawn by disruptive technologies starting with blockchain and more recently venturing into AI. He is Chief innovation Officer at Blockade Labs a gen Ai tool that allows anybody to create skyboxes, 3D environments from pure text and is poised to change the way we build digital worlds.    Join us for this conversation to learn: His approach when building a Gen AI tool The role of open source and Tech Giants in the Gen AI race How Ai is disrupting the creative industry The impact that AI is going to have on our society *** CONNECT WITH ADAM 💼 ⁠Linkedin⁠ 🐤⁠X (Twitter)⁠ 🔗 ⁠Blockade Labs   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠X (Twitter)⁠ 💼 ⁠Linkedin⁠: 🔗⁠Link-in Bio⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🟢 ⁠YouTube⁠ 🍎⁠Apple Podcast

Suza Vos is a digital fashion pioneer. During the beginning of her career at the Fabricant she had the chance to work with renowned brands like  Off White, Adidas, Puma, Star Atlas and Ubisoft. She has now become an independent digital fashion artist, shown her work at Amsterdam Fashion Week and MET AMS and is now actively exploring how XR and AI can improve and disrupt the fashion industry and her design process. Listen to this episode to learn: Meaningful ways in which digital fashion can contribute to sustainability What it took to create the first-ever holographic fashion show How Democratization might not always be a good thing Her professional advice for creatives growing their own practice *** CONNECT WITH SUZA 💼 ⁠Linkedin⁠ 🔗 ⁠Website   *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤⁠X (Twitter)⁠ 💼 ⁠Linkedin⁠ 🔗⁠Link-in Bio⁠   *** PAST EPISODES 🟢 ⁠YouTube⁠ 🍎⁠Apple Podcast

Michael Rubloff is a leader in neural radiance fields (also known as. NeRF), a technology that turns 2D images into photorealistic three-dimensional scenes. He established the largest independent Discord server for radiance field creators radiancefields.com, to follow closely the rapid evolution of this technology.  He collaborated with leading companies like NVIDIA and Shutterstock and shared his expertise at prestigious events like SIGGRAPH 2023. Listen to this episode to learn: The differences between various types of Nerfs How to edit and clean NeRFs and Gaussian Splatting 2 ways to view your nerfS and splats in VR The latest exciting advancement in dynamic Nerfs *** CONNECT WITH MICHAEL 💼 Linkedin 🔗 Radiance Fields *** CONNECT WITH ME 🐤X (Twitter) 💼 Linkedin: 🔗Link-in Bio *** PAST EPISODES 🟢 YouTube 🍎Apple Podcast