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Timothy Bates provides his perspectives on key 2023 technology topics based on decades of industry experience.


On AI, Bates notes the industry's transition towards human-centric models tailored for specific use cases versus generalized models, citing issues with bias. He contrasts corporate, group-specific, and individual models optimized for different needs.


Regarding automotive, Bates discusses digital twin benefits demonstrated at General Motors, like improving factor productivity by virtually validating manufacturing processes. He outlines the software integration disrupting vehicles to enable expanded in-car experiences and coherence with external ecosystems via protocols.


About the metaverse, Bates advocates for interoperability standards to connect virtual worlds, contrasting walled gardens. He sees promise in OpenXR for VR headsets and indicates metadata extensions may be required for engineering use cases.


Finally, Bates aims to expand computing access and skills to open professional opportunities for those with less privilege. He notes metaverse jobs could arise in new regions and Role of location and demographics as adoption increases.

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In this thought-provoking episode, acclaimed industrial designer Anne Asensio shares valuable perspectives from her pioneering career spanning automotive giants Renault and General Motors, to her current leadership role as Vice President of Design Experience at Dassault Systèmes.

The discussion opens with Asensio recounting her early fascination with using design to transform people's lives by reimagining their surroundings. She then traces key milestones, like designing the visionary Renault Scenic concept car in the early 1990s, which pioneered the crossover SUV segment. Later at General Motors, she led design for high-profile production vehicles including the new Camaro.

Asensio then explains her passion for human-centered design, and what ultimately attracted her to Dassault Systèmes—the opportunity to apply her creative skills to shape virtual worlds and immersive experiences enabled by 3D, AI and metaverse technologies. She shares exciting examples of using virtual twins and simulations to experiment, iterate and test product, city and systemic design concepts rapidly.

Additionally, Asensio discusses the urgent need for such virtual modeling capabilities to tackle sustainability challenges. She describes thought-provoking scenarios where people could potentially shift behaviors and industries through experiencing ideal eco-system concepts firsthand virtually. Her creativity also touches on using the metaverse for inclusive community participation in public policymaking.

In her role as a leader at the influential World Design Organization, Asensio champions ethical, future-oriented design practices that improve lives. She calls for designers globally to actively contribute their optimistic visions to the open metaverse, leading the way in showing what better worlds could be possible across both virtual and physical realms. Throughout, her holistic passion for elevating human imagination and dignity shines through.

The conversation ultimately conveys a sense of hope and possibility, underscoring the tremendous potential for design and emergent technologies to positively impact humanity and the planet. Asensio's trailblazing career and integral philosophy provide invaluable wisdom for aspiring designers worldwide.

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Aras Pranckevičius reminisces about his formative years at Unity, detailing the transition from a Mac-only platform to a gaming revolution with the advent of the iPhone. He critiques Unity's package management and advocates for keeping core functionality within the main codebase. Aras favors text-based programming languages, given their clarity compared to visual nodes. He delves into 3D file formats, underscoring the resilience of simpler formats like OBJ and PLY, and prefers GLTF over the complex USD, which lacks a clear specification. Aras introduces Gaussian splatting as a more editable and understandable alternative to NeRF, outlining his work on optimizing splat data size. He acknowledges the transformative impact of AI on programming but expects it will take years for the dust to settle. Aras ends by recognizing the significant advancements of Blender in the open-source space and expresses cautious optimism for the future of 3D on the web with technologies like WebGPU…
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In this episode of the "Building the Open Metaverse" podcast, guest Yonathan shares his journey to becoming a pioneer in the metaverse through platforms like Roblox. He discusses how young people today are "metaverse native," immersed in virtual worlds and using avatars to socialize.


His company, Super Social, builds virtual experiences for brands on Roblox and Fortnite Creative. He sees these platforms emerging as leaders, with interoperability between them unlikely in the near future.


He believes virtual worlds will empower entrepreneurship for young people to build businesses and make money. His advice for entrepreneurs is to understand your "why," tap into your passion, and find your differentiator.


Yonathan also hosts the "Into the Metaverse" podcast to educate people about the opportunities of virtual worlds. He emphasizes the importance of consistency, understanding your audience, and bringing diverse voices. Ultimately, he hopes the metaverse will spread joy, self-expression, and advance humanity.

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This episode features Tino Millar, CEO of Move AI, a company aiming to make 3D animation more accessible. Millar outlines his background, including PhD research in material science and sports injuries, which sparked his interest in digitizing human motion.

He explains Move AI’s markerless mocap technology, which uses AI and computer vision to turn 2D video into 3D character animation. This contrasts with expensive legacy mocap that requires special studios and suits. Millar says their precision approaches optical mocap using only consumer cameras.

Applications span gaming, film, architecture and more. Miller argues 3D animation is a major 10B+ industry, but creation is complex and requires specialized skills. Move AI looks to greatly expand the market by making these tools easy for everyone.

Millar discusses Move AI's trajectory, including their new app Move One for high-quality capture from a single camera. As CEO, he focuses on solving problems and product quality. Move AI has a driven, talented team united by their mission. Millar also reflects on lessons from past startups.

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In this episode of the Building the Open Metaverse podcast, Ken Russell and Corentin Wallez from the Google Chrome graphics team discuss using web browsers and technologies like WebGPU, WebGL, and WebAssembly to build an open and accessible metaverse.

They explain how new browser capabilities like WebGPU's compute shaders and multi-threading support can enable complex 3D experiences on par with console and mobile games. Russell and Wallez examine performance considerations like streaming assets and reducing security overhead. An open question is supporting multi-user experiences across origins while maintaining security.

The guests are optimistic that an open metaverse can be built using web principles like transparency and permissionless innovation. They see opportunities for blending languages like Rust, C++, JavaScript, and TypeScript. A key benefit of web tech is portability across devices. Russell and Wallez encourage industry collaboration on ethical guidelines and standards.

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