Jason was a PM Director at Meta, GM at Vine, at Google he worked on Youtube and Gmail and all this experience in Big tech companies taught him a hard lesson on what to keep and what to get rid of when building products people love.He is now the founder & ceo of Things.inc, the company behind the award-winning app Rooms: a platform that has successfully replaced doom scrolling with Room scrolling and unlocked a new way to create in 3D and tell stories, all wrapped in an app recognized as best Apple-designed. In this conversation, we will dive into:- How they have built such an addictive app and why people spend an incredible amount of time just creating- What he learned from building some of the most popular VR Creative tools- We look at the many ways Rooms is already implementing AI, what is coming in the short term and a bold vision for the future- Heartfelt advice to founders building productsSubscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/OUR SPONSORVisit Meshy.ai and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription ***CONNECT WITH JASON💼 Linkedin🔗 Website ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤X (Twitter) 💼 Linkedin🔗Link-in Bio ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ Show Website🟢 YouTube🍎Apple Podcast
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The Future of 3D Generative AI with Meshy’s CEO Ethan Hu
Ethan Hu holds a PhD in computer graphics and AI from MIT, he is the CEO at Meshy a Silicon Valley based startup creating an AI-powered tool that generates textured 3D models from images or text, in under a minute. Meshy is the ONLY 3D AI tool featured in A16Z’s 2024 AI Tools Survey and only in 2024 Over 20 million 3D assets were generated thanks to Meshy. In this conversation, we will dive into the world of 3D Gen AI. We will discover:- How are professionals using 3D assets generated with AI- How is the industry reacting to the rapid advancements- Look more broadly at 3D content for various use cases, from visualization to full games generated with AI- An ambitious prediction about the future of 3D GenAISubscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/OUR SPONSORVisit Meshy.ai and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription ***CONNECT WITH ETHAN💼 Linkedin🔗 Website ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤X (Twitter) 💼 Linkedin🔗Link-in Bio ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ Show Website🟢 YouTube🍎Apple Podcast
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HoverFit: The VR Fitness Game That Works in Your Browser
Yin-Chien Yeap is an XR developer who believes in making accessible immersive experiences for everyone. As part of that mission, he and his team have decided to bring a popular genre to the WebXR: Fitness. In this conversation, we will discuss:How they managed to prevent motion sickness despite being an intense racing appHow the web is more powerful than you thinkThe implications of web-based content for the future of XRSubscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/OUR SPONSORVisit Meshy.ai and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription ***CONNECT WITH Yin-Chien💼 Linkedin🔗 Website ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤X (Twitter) 💼 Linkedin🔗Link-in Bio ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ Show Website🟢 YouTube🍎Apple Podcast
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AI Meets AR: Building the Future with Snap Spectacles
Ernest Spicer is a data scientist, game developer, and technology executive developing new immersive learning and gaming experiences in AR powered by AI, and I don’t say that lightly because Ernest and his team were the first to deploy AI on the new Snap Spectacles.In this conversation, we will dive into His experience when developing for various smart glassesHow as a special Olympic coach he sees AR helping neurodivergent athletesWe talk about the future of wearable AIHis experience when developing AI tools for the education systemSubscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/OUR SPONSORVisit Meshy.ai and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription ***CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST💼 Linkedin🔗 Website ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤X (Twitter) 💼 Linkedin🔗Link-in Bio ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ Show Website🟢 YouTube🍎Apple Podcast
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The XR Company That’s Powering Over 2 Billion Products
Connell Gauld is the CTO and Co-Founder of Zapworks. Zapworks was funded in 2011 and is one of the world's leading XR Platforms and creative studios. Since then the team kept building and innovating launching:- An affordable headset unlocking untapped growth opportunities- An editor for both designers and developers to build AR experiences directly on the web- A technology deployed on millions of products leveraging their knowledge of computer visionSubscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/OUR SPONSORVisit Meshy.ai and use the code "XRAI20" to get 20% discount on your subscription ***CONNECT WITH CONNEL💼 Linkedin🔗 Website ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤X (Twitter) 💼 Linkedin🔗Link-in Bio ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ Show Website🟢 YouTube🍎Apple Podcast
XR AI Spotlight gives the stage to founders and makers at the intersection between XR and AI. You will learn what happens when technology and creativity collide, how AI apps and XR tools are built and brought to market, the personal stories and workflows of leaders and creatives pushing the boundaries of what these 2 technologies can offer and the opportunities they unlock.
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