AllThingsXR.com: Recent Episodes
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Emmanuel de Maistre is a pioneering tech entrepreneur with 15 years of experience driving innovation across emerging technologies. From his early work in Synthetic Biology to pioneering commercial drones and 3D content for virtual worlds, Emmanuel has consistently been at the cutting edge of technological advancement. Currently, as the CEO of Scenario, he’s focused on unlocking the transformative potential of Generative AI. When he’s not building the future of technology, Emmanuel can be found exploring the skies as a pilot or diving beneath the ocean’s surface.
Additional links:
scenario.com
https://x.com/emmanuel_2m
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edemaistre
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In this episode, we chat with Matt Miesnieks, CEO of dejavu. Matt Miesnieks is a serial deep-tech entrepreneur. He is currently the founder & CEO of dejavu, bringing cinema quality graphics to low-power mobile devices. Prior to dejavu Matt founded 6D.ai, who pioneered the use of AI & computer vision on mobile phones to build a map of the world. 6D.ai was acquired by Niantic in 2020. Matt’s writing on XR has shaped industry trends and he has supported new startups via angel investments. He can be reached matt@djv.ai
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In this episode, we chat with Daniel Kornev, CEO of Sentius.ai, about the innovative role of AI Agents in transforming business operations. Sentius is pioneering the development of autonomous AI agents that enhance productivity by seamlessly integrating into existing workflows. Daniel shares his insights on how these agents can adapt to dynamic business needs, empowering organizations to make smarter decisions and streamline processes. Tune in to discover how AI Agents are shaping the future of work!
Additional Links:
Sentius.ai
https://x.com/danielko
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielkornev/
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Join us in this exciting episode of the AllThingsXR podcast as we dive deep into the world of augmented reality with Karl Guttag, a leading expert and writer behind the insightful blog at kguttag.com. Karl shares his extensive knowledge on the latest advancements in display technologies and provides a glimpse into what the future holds for immersive experiences.
Additioanl links:
https://kguttag.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karl-guttag-a3b890/
https://x.com/Karl_Guttag
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Don Stein is a prominent figure in the fields of venture capital and technology, particularly known for his work in AR and VR. Currently, he serves as the CEO of The Spatial Collective, a community focused on supporting AR/VR startups and fostering innovation in the industry. In this episode, we had the pleasure of having Samantha Creswick, Chief of Staff at VividQ, Yanira Moquel and Evanna Roman from Immerrock, and Steven Labrum from Misfitmovies.
Additional links:
http://www.collectivemembers.com
https://x.com/donversationz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donstein/
https://www.vividq.com
https://immerrock.com
https://misfitmovies.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenlabrum/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-creswick/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaniramoguel/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugenioromanmota/
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Arian Ghashghai is the founder of Earthling VC (backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Andrew Chen, Adam Draper), a venture capital fund investing in pre-seed companies supercharging the next paradigm shift in digital technology. Before entering venture fund business, he was a senior machine learning engineer at Meta Reality Labs working on spatial AI, and an operator-angel investor.
Additional links:
https://arian.vc
https://x.com/arian_ghashghai
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arian-ghashghai-73ba4681/
https://substack.com/@arianvc
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Irena Cronin serves as CEO of Infinite Retina. Prior to this, Irena was CEO of Transformation Group which advised decision makers on business strategies related to Spatial Computing (AR/VR), Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition, Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, and related disruptive technologies. Irena was also the President and CEO of Spout Reality, an augmented and virtual reality consulting company which provided strategy and research for both AR/VR Companies and Fortune 500 companies who were investing in AR/VR. Additionally, Irena worked several years as an equity research analyst and has extensive experience at valuating both public and private companies.
Irena has a Joint MBA in Finance/MA in East Asian Area Studies from the University of Southern California and an MS in Information Technology – Management and Systems from New York University. She graduated with a BA from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Economics (summa cum laude). She has near-fluent proficiency in Mandarin, intermediate in Japanese and beginning in Korean.
Additional Links:
https://infiniteretina.com/
https://x.com/irenacronin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/irenacronin/
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In this episode, I chat with Jeri Ellsworth, the brilliant CEO of Tilt Five, to explore the future of augmented reality (AR). From her early days tinkering with the Commodore 64 to leading one of the most innovative AR companies today, Jeri shares her incredible journey and the vision behind Tilt Five.
Additional Links:
https://www.tiltfive.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeri_Ellsworth
https://x.com/tiltfive
https://x.com/jeriellsworth
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeriellsworth
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Bobak Tavangar is a co-founder and CEO at Brilliant Labs where he works alongside a small but mighty team of hackers, engineers, and designers who are building an open-source platform for embodied AI. A graduate of Cambridge University, Bobak is a life-long technologist having founded several companies in computer vision and graph search before joining Apple as a program lead.
Links to Bobak and Brilliant Labs:
https://brilliant.xyz
https://twitter.com/btavangar
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Yanpei Cao is the Head of Research and a founding team member of Tripo (https://www.tripo3d.ai/). Previously, he was a principal researcher at Tencent ARC Lab (https://arc.tencent.com/en/index) and Tencent AI Lab (https://ai.tencent.com/ailab/en/index), where he led research in 3D digitization, generation, and immersive content creation. Before joining Tencent, Yanpei worked as a senior research engineer at Y-tech, Kuaishou Technology (https://www.kuaishou.com/en), and served as the CTO of Owlii (https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/171393-49), which was acquired by Kuaishou.
He received his PhD from the Graphics and Geometric Computing Group at Tsinghua University (https://cg.cs.tsinghua.edu.cn/), where he was advised by Prof. Shi-Min Hu. He also spent a semester as a visiting PhD student at the Computer Graphics Group at RWTH Aachen University (https://www.graphics.rwth-aachen.de/), advised by Prof. Leif Kobbelt. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University.
About Tripo:Tripo is a Gen AI startup dedicated to enabling everyone to become super creators in the 3D era. Its mission is to break down the barriers to creative expression and communication, opening up a world of possibilities. Since its launch in early 2024, Tripo has empowered creators worldwide to generate nearly 2M 3D models. Tripo has established commercial partnerships with over 200 global clients and has attracted a user base of 100K.
On the research front, the team actively contributes to the academic community, presenting at top-tier conferences like SIGGRAPH, CVPR, and ICLR. Tripo is particularly proud of its contributions to open-source projects, such as TripoSR (https://github.com/VAST-AI-Research/TripoSR), a fast and feed-forward image-to-3D model developed in collaboration with Stability AI.
Relevant Links:
Tripo Web App: https://www.tripo3d.ai/app
Tripo API Platform: https://platform.tripo3d.ai/
Tripo X Account: https://twitter.com/tripoai
Tripo Discord: https://discord.gg/tripoai
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Sean is a co-founder of Zephr.xyz Inc. Previously he was an Engineering Manager at Snap working on mapping and visual positioning systems (VPS). Before Snap he was the CEO of Pixel8earth, a crowdsourced VPS system for AR. Prior to Pixel8earth he was the Head of Technical Product Management at Maxar helping build GBDX and next generation machine learning tools for satellite imagery. Subsequently he was a founder of Timbr.io – a platform for enabling algorithm reusability and more accessible data science – acquired by Maxar in 2016. Before starting Timbr.io he was a founder of GeoIQ – a collaborative data and analytics company. GeoIQ was acquired by ESRI where Sean worked as a director of strategy. Sean has also previously worked in academia, serving as a research professor at George Mason University. Sean received his PhD from George Mason University as the Provost’s High Potential Research Candidate, Fisher Prize winner and an INFORMS Dissertation Prize recipient.
Links to Sean and Zephr:
https://www.zephr.xyz
https://twitter.com/SeanGorman
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, we have a conversation with Nikolaus West, CEO of Rerun. Niko spent most of his career as a computer vision and machine learning engineer building products that run in the real world. As the co-founder and CEO of Rerun, he’s focused on the visualization and data infrastructure for multimodal data that’s needed to make fields like XR and Robotics move much faster.
Links to Niko and Rerun:
https://www.rerun.io
https://twitter.com/NikolausWest
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Join us on the next episode of “All Things XR” as we delve into the cutting-edge world of brain-machine interfaces with AJ, the CEO and Lead Hardware Engineer of Neurosity, a seed-stage startup revolutionizing neuroscience and technology. With a background in both neuroscience and computer engineering, AJ will share insights into how his company is bridging the gap between the human mind and machines. From the engineering challenges to the ethical implications, this episode will be a deep dive into what the future holds for human-computer interaction. Don’t miss it!
Links to AJ and Neurosity:
http://neurosity.co
http://wefunder.com/neurosity
https://twitter.com/andrewjaykeller
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Jonathan Stephens is the chief evangelist and developer advocate at EveryPoint. Beginning his career as a GIS analyst, Jonathan pivoted into computer vision and image processing technology as a solutions consultant focusing on solving inventory management and logistics problems for bulk material producers. In his current role at EveryPoint, Jonathan’s main focuses are in market discovery, research, and growing customer awareness through technical education.
Over the past year, Jonathan has become a leader in NeRF technology. He published the official Instant NeRF guide for NVIDIA and periodically shares advanced tips for creators wanting to get more out of the technology.
Links:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanstephens/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonstephens85
YouTube tutorials: https://youtube.com/@EveryPoint
Computer Vision Decoded Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/computer-vision-decoded/id1631023677
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Dennis Crowley is the Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Foursquare, the technology company that powers location experiences for more than 1 billion people around the world. Previously, he founded Dodgeball, one of the first location-based mobile...
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Rony Abovitz (born 1971) is an American entrepreneur. Abovitz founded MAKO Surgical Corp., a company manufacturing surgical robotic arm assistance platforms, in 2004. MAKO was acquired by Stryker Corporation in 2013 for $1.65B. Abovitz is...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, I have a conversation with Alon Grinshpoon, Co-Founder and CEO of Echo3D. echo3D (www.echo3D.co) is a cloud platform for 3D/AR/VR that provides tools and network infrastructure to help...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, I have a conversation with Neil Mathew. Co-Founder Placenote. Neil Mathew is the co-founder of Placenote, the company that built the first AR Cloud SDK for ARKit. He’s a...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, I have a conversation with Noah Zerkin, Co-Founder of NOA Labs and CombineReality. Noah Zerkin is a maker and hardware prototyper from New York City. He’s been building...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, We have a conversation with Jake Sally, COO of Jadu. Jake Sally is a Denver-born, Emmy-nominated producer, public speaker, and entertainment executive dedicated to building the pipeline, vernacular,...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, We have a conversation with ANRICK. ANRICK is an award-winning interactive Director and Founder of Studio ANRK, an R&D studio exploring the future of spatial immersive entertainment by...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, We have a conversation with Jeff Powers. Jeff has dedicated the last decade to enabling devices to see the world in 3D, in realtime. He co-founded Arcturus Industries (http://arcturus.industries),...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, we have a conversation with Alban Denoyel. Alban is a french entrepreneur, and the co-founder and CEO of Sketchfab, the largest platform to publish and find 3D content. You...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, we have a conversation with Anastasia Devana. Anastasia is an internationally-recognized leader in spatial audio design and technology. She loves working in new immersive mediums like VR, AR,...
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In this episode of the AllThingsXR podcast, we have a conversation with Matt Miesnieks. He is the former CEO and Founder of 6d.ai which got acquired by Niantic. He is one of the first people to coin the ARCloud concept and is one of the icons in the AR space.
You can reach Matt via his Twitter account @mattmiesnieks
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