Michael Mack & Eve Weston "VR provides the opportunity to bring the viewer into the storyworld and even make him a character in the show” - professor Eve Weston is a metaverse expert, storytelling consultant and a genius writer and producer. She teaches screenwriting and VR filmmaking at Chapman University, Los Angeles Film School and Emerson College L.A. and was awarded at CES 2020 for creating and producing the world's first VR Sitcom “BizNest”. Listen to this exciting conversation between podcast host Michael Mack and Eve Weston, talking about the overarching goal to infuse human emotions into the digital universe and utilizing storytelling as a powerful tool for positive change: „Combining cutting edge technology and intelligent storytelling creates the opportunity, not only to just watch the show you love, you can hang out with the characters in the show, it’s like hanging out with your friends”. Eve Westons mega trend for 2024: „People will explore immersive storytelling in the real world“. A MACK One Original Podcast.

Michael Mack & Thor Pedersen “There are two types of really important educations in the world: formal education and education you get from life and travel” - let's start straight away with part 2 of the inspiring conversation between podcast host Michael Mack and adventurer Thor Pedersen. He holds the world record of having traveled to every single country in the world without flying: “In the next years I think people will travel domestically and locally a lot more.“ Learn more about the impact that traveling and meeting people has on our lives and why technology isn't always the best way to connect people. What Thor observed on his travels to all 203 countries: „Everywhere you always see people looking at their phones. We can make ourselves lonely thru technology.“ Jump right in and listen to this very special episode of THE WORLD BEYOND with world traveler Thor Pedersen! A MACK One Original Podcast.

Michael Mack & Thor Pedersen Ten years ago, Thor Pedersen embarked on his epic journey "Once Upon a Saga" with a self-imposed rule to not return to Denmark until his mission was completed: to travel every single country in the world entirely without flying. After visiting his 203rd and final country, the Maldives, he’s back home with a world record in his pocket: “I didn’t leave home thinking that I had a 100 percent success rate of coming back home alive.” Join podcast host Michael Mack as he talks with Thor about the most important learnings from his incredible adventure: „If you want to achieve a goal in life, a key ingredient is never to give up. I had an option of being the man who quit and the man who did it.” Profoundly shape your worldview and don’t miss this extraordinary conversation about a giant adventure, countless cultures and a unique connection to the people of the world! A MACK One Original Podcast.

Michael Mack & Debi Wong Debi Wong is an interdisciplinary performance artist who loves to combine sound, text, movement and technology to create contemporary stories. She is the founding artistic director of re:Naissance Opera in Vancouver, BC. While she was a guest during AUREA Award at Europa Park, she spoke to podcast host Michael Mack about the future of opera, performing arts and the impact of technology on this industry: „If someone says ‚that’s not opera to me‘, I know I’ve crossed a line and I should keep going. I wanna feel like I’m playing Zelda when I go to an opera.“ Jump right in and listen to this extraordinary conversation about groundbreaking new ideas for immersive experiences. A MACK One Original Podcast.

Michael Mack & Caitlin Krause Get ready for the extraordinary Live Podcast from the AUREA Award at Europa Park in Rust! Podcast host Michael Mack ist taking you on a journey into the future: His very special guest flew straight in from Stanford University: Caitlin Krause. She’s a renowned specialist in VR and AR, an expert for artificial intelligence and a genius mind in creating effective applications of immersive storytelling to executives, fostering creativity and imagination. „What I find exciting about emotion is that every meaningful experience that we have in life is encoded with emotion.“ Jump right in and listen to this very special episode of THE WORLD BEYOND in front of an attentive live audience who will also be part of the conversation with their questions. A MACK One Original Podcast.

Michael Mack & Marcus Ernst Marcus Ernst works for MACK Interactive as project manager for YULLBE, Europa-Park's own location based virtual reality experience. Also, he is the project manager of the AUREA Award: From January 17th to 19th, the brightest minds in immersive tech and XR coming together at Europa Park in Rust to lookout for the most successful companies, people and ideas in the market to award their success, resilience and positive impact. Join podcast host Michael Mack and his guest talking about this years AUREA Award highlights: Who are the secret special guests? How are the winners selected? Who is part of the jury? Find the answers right here. Looking ahead: Next Friday there will be a special edition of THE WORLD BEYOND - tune in to our live podcast directly from the AUREA Award! A MACK One Original Podcast.

Michael Mack & Guests Every week, Michael Mack welcomes the leading experts, courageous entrepreneurs, professors and future-shaping inventors from various areas of expertise as guest in his podcast. Take an exclusive peek into the future and tune in to Michael Mack's exciting best of 2023 episode: 1 - David Rynearson, Senior Software Programmer and Consultant at "NASA" 2 - Clark Parsons, Founder & CEO "Internet Economy Foundation" 3 - Amy Jupiter, Experience Designer & Former Disney Imagineer 4 - Sir Richard Taylor, 5-time Academy Award-Winner and Founder "Weta Workshop" 5 - Rony Abovitz, visionary entrepreneur and inventor, founder of "MAKO Surgical Corp" and AI company "Magic Leap" 6 - Mate Rimac, founder and innovator, Founder and CEO of "Rimac Automobili", named "The European Elon Musk" 7 - Georg Diez, renowned philosopher, acclaimed journalist, columnist and best selling author 8 - Athena Demos, CEO of multi-award-winning XR-company "Big Rock" 9 - Katharina Schüller, Data & Statistics Expert, Board Member of German "Statistical Society (DStatG)", CEO of "Stat-Up" 10 - Daniel Lamarre, Executive Vice-Chairman of the Board, former CEO of "Cirque du Soleil" 11 - Christian Dawson, Co-Founder "Internet Infrastructure Coalition" 12 - Nils Wollny, CEO & Co-Founder "holoride" 13 - Marc Zachary, former head of Disney Location-Based Experiences, consultant and president of his own company “Experiential Advisors” 14 - Kristie Collins, CEO at "FactFinder" 15 - Cathy Hackl, tech futurist, bestselling author, "Godmother of the Metaverse" Dive deeper and listen to the full episodes! A MACK One Original Podcast.

Michael Mack & Cathy Hackl „We’ll see a fight in 2024, a race for wearable AI and these devices“ - let's dive deeper into the world of tomorrow in this second part: Podcast host Michael Mack and his guest Cathy Hackl talking about how fashion, creativity and technology are coming together in 2024. The renowned tech futurist also hopes, that „new technology is used in research and education, because education needs to be changed.“ Another topic of their thrilling conversation is the future of theme parks: „I was at the age of 8 when I was engaged with augmented reality for the very first time: The ghost at 'Haunted Mansion’ at Disney Orlando was sitting right next to me.“ Cathy Hackl’s vision of the future: „In seven years some of us have moved from mobile phone to another device.“ A MACK One Original Podcast.

Cathy Hackl, a renowned tech futurist, shares insights on the metaverse, NFTs, gaming, and virtual fashion. She predicts that by 2024, technologies like Apple Vision Pro will enable AI to see the world as we do. The podcast also discusses the importance of observing kids' gaming habits and the significance of parental involvement. Additionally, the hosts discuss the impact of technology on society and express their desire for AI-driven wearables and the future of smartphones.

Michael Mack & Kristie Collins In the second part of this intriguing episode, Michael Mack and Kristie Collins dive even deeper into the world of AI in marketing and online shopping! Kristie reveals where the limitations of AI lie, what has to happen for AI to be regulated by the government, and how much we are already using this technology without even realizing it. For the first time ever on this podcast, host Michael Mack also poses a question to an Artificial Intelligence and investigates directly at the source what the next big breakthrough in AI could be. Tune in and listen to this exciting "trio" discuss the future of all things Artificial Intelligence! A MACK One Original Podcast.