XR AI Spotlight

Shadnam Khan, co-founder and CEO of Multiset AI, explains how visual positioning gives physical spaces a coordinate system that phones, headsets, drones, and robots can understand.Shad breaks down: the real trade-off between each capture format and why most maps fail on the capture plan rather than the scanner, why a better-looking map does not localize better, how one walk produces both a splat a human reads and a map a machine localizes against, and where visual positioning genuinely does not work.Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/***CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠⁠🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast

Tomas Cupal, creator of Blockworks, joins us to unpack what it takes to move a VR project from Meta Quest to Apple Vision Pro. Tomas explains how Blockworks evolved into a mixed reality sandbox, the technical reality of building in Unity for visionOS, including Apple’s RealityKit rendering pipeline and the limitations developers must work around. Tomas also shares candid lessons on launching into Vision Pro’s small gaming market, finding visibility through creators, and why he has decided to move on to the “next big thing”.Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/***CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠⁠🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast

Sonny Cirasuolo, co-founder of Story Splat, explains how Gaussian Splatting can become more than a beautiful 3D capture. Story Splat turns splats into interactive, web-based experiences and is being used by Hyatt Regency Tamaya to create a navigable resort experience and help sales teams visualize event spaces without physically rebuilding them. He also explores emerging applications in journalism, cultural preservation, education, real estate and hospitality, plus the remaining barriers around capture, and VR. A practical look at the tools and business models that could make spatial storytelling usable beyond 3D specialists.Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/***CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠⁠🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast

Join CLAD Summer Hackathon: https://lenslist.co/clad-summer-hackathonWhat is CLAD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP96O-wRtV4What happens when an experienced AR developer asks an AI coding agent to build a practical Spectacles Lens, without writing a single line of code? Today we talk with Max Tsymbal, winner of week one of Snap’s CLAD Hackathon, about Packspace, a spatial packing assistant that helps users organise what to bring on a trip through Spectacles.Max explains how he used CLAD for ideation, planning, coding, UI iteration, and simulator-based testing, moving from a prompt to a working prototype in roughly ten hours. They also discuss the limits of simulation, why clear prompting and specification documents still matter, and how AI coding could bring chefs, designers, and other domain experts into Lens creation. Plus, Max previews a tool for recording and publishing spatial step-by-step guides.***CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠⁠🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast

In this episode, Jack Morrow, CEO of Animotive, explores how their immersive platform revolutionizes content creation in XR and AI. Discover how Animotive's real-time collaboration, AI-driven motion capture, and virtual staging are transforming industries from entertainment to education. Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/***CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠ ***CONNECT WITH ME🐤⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠X (Twitter)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠💼 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🔗⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Link-in Bio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ***PAST EPISODES🎙️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Show Website⁠⁠⁠⁠🟢 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🍎⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcast