This Week in XR Podcast

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This Week in XR Podcast Podcast

A pithy take on the week's tech news, followed by interviews with industry guests. Hosted by Forbes Tech Columnist, Professor Charlie Fink, Rony Abovitz, Founder of Magic Leap, and Ted Schilowitz, Futurist at Paramount Global.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    This Week In XR September 20th, 2024 ft. John Attanassio and Luisa Huang, Co-founders of Toonstar

    Ted and Charlie are Rony-less but happily dive into a busy newsweek, which featured new headsets from Snap and HTC, a $230 M raise for World Labs, which is focused on generating 3D AI, for worlds and assets. Also in the news Palmer Lucky to the rescue, and a Neuralink breakthrough. John Attanassio and Luisa Huang, co-founders of Toonstar, join us to share their nine year journey to success as an AI-assisted animation company, specializing in YouTube and social media. Their series, Stephen and Parker, a collaboration with TikTok megastar Parker James, gets tens of millions views - and dollars - on YouTube. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    50 min
  2. This Week In XR September 13th, 2024 ft. Zhen Feng, head of international, Roblox

    6 DAYS AGO

    This Week In XR September 13th, 2024 ft. Zhen Feng, head of international, Roblox

    This week all three hosts are back in force with a great guest, Zhen Feng, Head of International for Roblox. Rony and Ted talk about a new hush-hush optics technology for XR which they believe is coming to headsets soon. It's a slow news week, but we did talk about iOs 18, Apple Intelligence (or lack thereof), and Google Shopping's virtual try-on. Zhen Fengs shares her unique journey from Microsoft to early Facebook, where she spent 13 years, and now her role at Roblox, which made us all want to go work there. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min
  3. This Week In XR September 6th, 2024 ft. Liam Broza, CTO Infinite Reality

    8 SEPT

    This Week In XR September 6th, 2024 ft. Liam Broza, CTO Infinite Reality

    This week it's Ted's turn to be too busy, but Charlie and Rony are in fine form, welcoming Liam Broza, CTO of Infinite Reality. In the news, funding for AI startups big and small, including Magic AI, Story Protocol, Miris, and Gen-AI animation app, Viggle. Liam explains how Infinite Reality is turning the browser into a metaverse streaming platform.  Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr More about Liam: Liam Broza is the Chief Technology Officer for Infinite Reality (iR), an innovation company powering the next generation of digital media and ecommerce through AI and immersive technologies. Liam leads the company’s platform team building iR Engine, a no-code cutting-edge spatial web platform that empowers creators and brands, regardless of technical ability, to build immersive web experiences with ease. Liam has spent the last 15 years working at the intersection of spatial computing, computer vision, and data sovereignty. Liam co-founded, expanded, and ultimately led Ethereal Engine, a creator of end-to-end frameworks for web-first, social immersive experiences, to its successful $75 million acquisition by Infinite Reality. Linkedin  https://www.linkedin.com/in/broza/  X (Twitter) https://x.com/LiamBroza  Company Website  www.theinfinitereality.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    48 min
  4. This Week In XR August 23rd, 2024 ft. Ryan Chapman, CEO of Motive

    23 AUG

    This Week In XR August 23rd, 2024 ft. Ryan Chapman, CEO of Motive

    This week we're joined by Ryan Chapman, CEO of Motive, focused on business applications of VR. We start with the state of the entertainment business, where Charlie throws around wildly inaccurate numbers to make the point that the music has stopped for the television networks and cable channels like MTV, which are about to be chopped up and sold for parts as they continue to hemorrhage viewers to Roblox, Fortnite, and TikTok. New AR glasses are coming from Meta and Snap next month. Oh, and there's not going to be a GTA VR game [cue: loud applause]. Ryan Chapman, CEO of Motive, breaks down their unique approach to developing VR applications for training workers.  Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min
  5. This Week In XR August 16th, 2024 ft. Akash Nigam, CEO Genies

    17 AUG

    This Week In XR August 16th, 2024 ft. Akash Nigam, CEO Genies

    This week the three hosts are here in full force as Rony returns from vacation. Now that a federal judge ruled that Google is a monopolist, the question is what to do about it. Forbidding them from buying distribution is one thing, but now people are talking about forcing them to spin off their browser business. Speaking of Google, they've released new AI image generators, and they are quite good and totally free. Grok-2 is now available for X premium subscribers. It can also generate images. Starlink competitor AST is taking flight - on SpaceX. The other Groq (with a "q") is a semiconductor startup that raised $640M series D. Chips are expensive, but everyone is eyeing Nvidia's market share. This week our guest is Akash Nigam, CEO of Genies, which is focused on Avatars, which he sees as the full expression of AI and the Metaverse. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    47 min
  6. This Week In XR August 9th, 2024 ft. Val Vacante, VP Solutions Innovation, Dentsu

    9 AUG

    This Week In XR August 9th, 2024 ft. Val Vacante, VP Solutions Innovation, Dentsu

    Google's guilty of monopoly practices, but the result will be unclear for some time. Elon Musk continues to go bonkers while raking in trillions, nonetheless, he is suing people who don't like him, like former advertisers and others unhappy with the lack of moderation on their platform. Meta shuttered Echo Arena, and now they're shuttering the studio that makes it, Ready at Dawn, which they acquired in 2020. Our guest is Val Vacante, VP of Solutions Innovation for Dentsu Advertising. She is based in Austin and advises the SXSW festival on programming. Val shares Dentsu's innovative approaches to problematic categories like retail, where many companies are in desperate need of reinvention.  Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    34 min
  7. This Week In XR August 2nd, 2024 ft. Kerestell Smith, Creator of Gorilla Tag, CEO Another Axiom

    4 AUG

    This Week In XR August 2nd, 2024 ft. Kerestell Smith, Creator of Gorilla Tag, CEO Another Axiom

    This week our guest is Kerestell Smith, creator of Gorilla Tag VR and founder of Another Axiom. Rony is on a farm with no Internet. In the news Canva surprises no one with its acquisition of Gen-AI startup Leonardo.ai. Congrats to Hedra AI text-to-voice, which produces lip-synced short video; they raised $10M. Meta reported earnings Weds. Revenue is up a whopping 22%. Our guest Kerestell Smith shares his extraordinary journey, from being an early VR fan and Echo Arena champion to developing Gorilla Tag VR on Unity while he continued his 9-5 corporate job. Kerestell shares the secrets of Gorilla Tag's success: its revolutionary arm locomotion. It is the most popular game on Quest, earning over $100M. Kerestell digs into spatial design principles and his philosophy about virtual reality experiences. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    52 min
  8. This Week In XR July 26th, 2024 ft. Dr. Cody Rall, Founder of Techforpsych and neuroscientist

    26 JUL

    This Week In XR July 26th, 2024 ft. Dr. Cody Rall, Founder of Techforpsych and neuroscientist

    This week our guest is neuroscientist Dr. Cody Rall. Rony's working his super-secret day job (an AI startup). Top of the news is OpenAI's Search GPT, which is now a close beta (you can sign up); AI start-up Cohere valued at $5.5 B in their latest round. There are more than 20 AI unicorns - startups valued at more than $1B. Elon Musk has a supercomputer cluster in Memphis, and no idea (yet) where the power is coming from. Meta is in the news (constantly). This week their biggie is the release of powerful open source Llama 3.1 AI LLM. Both Reality Labs and Magic Leap saw layoffs. Dr. Rall joins us to talk about psychiatric treatments with BCI, and other methods for healing, and even augment, the brain.  Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar! Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    46 min
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A pithy take on the week's tech news, followed by interviews with industry guests. Hosted by Forbes Tech Columnist, Professor Charlie Fink, Rony Abovitz, Founder of Magic Leap, and Ted Schilowitz, Futurist at Paramount Global.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Charlie Fink Productions
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    212
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    Clean
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    © Charlie Fink
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    This Week in XR Podcast

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