Nils is a behavioral engineer who studied Meme Theory. We discuss meme theory as integral to evolving human communication and our relationship with future AI. We also talk about Auki’s peer-to-peer positioning protocols and applications to enhance communication with spatial context.
Read MoreAfter spending nearly a decade at or with Microsoft working on core software technologies for Hololens, Michael is now the co-founder & CEO at IQXR. Hoff describes how they are enabling enterprises to move from pilot to scale deployment through new open source technologies.
Read MoreYi joins guest host, Cayden Pierce, to deep into OPPO’s perspective, progress, and strategy behind AR smartglasses. Yi brings a wealth of insights from his years conducting and leading computer vision, AI, and augmented reality research and development.
Read MoreBobak and his team are creating an open source AR hardware platform and pairing it with powerful, privacy compliant, and multimodal AI. We discuss his perspective, his core philosophy, what his team has built, and where they are going. Plus, Bobak shares some dating advice he received from Stephen Hawking.
Read MoreKirin describes the evolution of the company as they went through the Disney Accelerator in 2021 to shift their focus to providing the digital infrastructure for real-world venues. Kirin shares her wisdom about fundraising, understanding customers, and building confidence.
Read MoreNeil shares how his team is creating the first camera-free eye tracking solution that offers unprecedented speed, data quality and power efficiency. We discuss how AdHawk is trying to positively impact people’s lives, what’s special about their approach, and how you can get your hands on their tech in the near future.
Read MoreAlon discusses how his background made him a good fit for solving the unique set of challenges for developing an AWS or Akamai for 3D. Alon is a passionate entrepreneur with great advice for early-stage startups, and we talk about his perspective on the concept of founder-market fit, founder-investor fit, and de-risking a startup.
Read MoreNils is a behavioral engineer who studied Meme Theory. We talk about memetics, AR as a natural extension of human language, and Auki’s advanced, peer-to-peer positioning protocols and AR cloud infrastructure to enable a new era of spatial computing.
Read MoreAndrew is a CEO by day and pioneering developer by night. He and his team have solved key technology problems across indoor mapping and accurate indoor location at scale. And they’ve created a user interface centered around people, not AR gimmicks.
Read MoreUnder Faisal’s leadership, Blippar has regained its stature as a key enabler of a broad range of AR experiences. We talk through the challenges of managing the downs and ups of tech startups, how turnarounds are like new startups, and the recent product releases by the company.
Read MoreBrian discusses Qualcomm’s contribution to the headworn AR ecosystem, including the recent unveiling of Snapdragon Spaces, through the lens of feature phone and smartphone software ecosystems of the past.
Read MoreAlon discusses how his background made him a good fit for solving the unique set of challenges for developing an AWS or Akamai for 3D. Alon is a passionate entrepreneur with great advice for early-stage startups, and we talk about his perspective on the concept of founder-market fit, founder-investor fit, and de-risking a startup.
Read MoreCaspar describes the role Zappar has played in the evolution of the industry, as well as some of the experiences they’ve created for the world’s biggest brands. He talks about the opportunity for creating media channels from products and packaging as well as his 5 Cs for AR success.
Read MoreChi talks about the origins of the company and how his team is outpacing the competition. We talk about how smartphones fit in the mix and the path from wearable displays to fully featured AR smartglasses. He also speaks about the copycat products as well as the lawsuit from Magic Leap.
Read MoreAshley describes working with Adidas, Under Armor, and Nike to create the digital twins of the products we use every day. She shares her experiences and insights from her entrepreneurial journey to find product-market fit for a scalable opportunity.
Read MoreAt the 2019 VRAR Global Summit, Ross and I explore how Niantic, and the industry as a whole, can build on top of, and move beyond, Pokemon GO. Also: building on the Real World Platform and how Niantic is getting involved in AR hardware.
Read MoreMike profiles the underlying motivations of the major players and anticipates where they are heading in AR. We talk through market forecasts and riff on video pass-through vs optical see-through smartglasses.
Read MoreRoss shares the impact Niantic is having, and aspires to have, on the real world. We discuss planet-scale AR and his perspective on handheld AR versus head-worn smartglasses.
Read MoreGeorge shares some stories and lessons learned from the founders of Instagram, Whatsapp, Snapchat, Uber and others. We also dig into the real-time video segmentation done by the DeepAR SDK for face tracking and detection of gender, age, and emotion, and talk about the potential around e-commerce and advertising.
Read MoreMartin describes the state of the mobile AR market 10 years ago as well as current market trends. We talk about enabling the perfect illusion in AR and the potential impact and some of the challenges of smartglasses.
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