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AI Heroes & HeadachesWhen Creativity Meets Technology with Alan SmithsonWhat happens when a serial entrepreneur, DJ and father decides to reinvent education for the AI age?
This week, I sat down with Alan Smithson, founder of Unlimited Awesome and Metavrse. From spinning records to building companies that redefine how we learn and connect, Alan’s career is a study in what happens when creativity meets exponential technology.
Here are three insights that stood out:
Creativity is the ultimate human edge. As AI gets faster and smarter, imagination and emotional intelligence will become our most valuable skills.
The...
2025-10-2425 min
The Brand Called YouPioneering Innovation and Technology | Alan Smithson, Serial Entrepreneur and Julie Smithson, Co-Founder and CEO, METAVRSE.Julie and Alan transformed their unconventional paths into a groundbreaking tech journey, pioneering touchscreen technology, AI, and immersive XR. Their passion for education, community, and innovation continues to shape the future.00:09- About Alan SmithsonAlan Smithson is a father, founder, futurist, author and DJ.He makes creator tools including; METAVRSE: a 3D creation platform for the spatial web, Your Director AI: automatic AI video switching and EMULATOR: a touchscreen system for the music industry.
2025-04-0155 min
Unified RealityUnified Reality Ep. 2 with Alan Smithson: Exploring the Future of XR and InnovationRevolutionizing Reality: Exploring the Future of XR and Innovation with Alan SmithsonIn this episode of Unified Reality, we dive into the transformative world of Extended Reality (XR) with Alan Smithson, co-founder of Metavrse and a visionary leader in immersive technology. From his humble beginnings in the music industry to spearheading innovations in XR and education, Alan shares insights that are shaping the future of digital interaction and creation.🎧 Topics Covered:Alan’s journey from DJ to XR innovatorHow Metavrse is democratizing 3D creationThe future of Web3, NFTs, and digital owner...
2024-11-191h 09
The Tech Glow Up - Fabulous conversations with innovative minds.Alan Smithson - Unlimited Awesome - Education and Entrepreneurship at Global ScaleAlan Smithson, co-founder of MetaVRse and Unlimited Awesome shares his entrepreneurial journey, which includes extensive work in music technology and virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. Key Takeaways:Persistence is Key: Staying committed to your vision is essential, even when faced with setbacks.Transforming Education: Alan aims to revolutionize the education system by integrating modern technologies and success principles.Global Innovation Access: Unlimited Awesome seeks to democratize access to innovation and entrepreneurship for individuals worldwide.The Power of Gratitude: Practicing gratitude and mindfulness is foundational to success a...
2024-09-1230 min
The VR ReportExciting Conversations in XR and Business with Alan SmithsonHad a fantastic chat with Alan Smithson, Co-Founder of MetaVRse, a company that's reshaping the way we learn, work, and engage with the world through immersive technology.
Here are some insights from our conversation:
Early Enterprise XR Adoption: We delved into how Fortune 100 companies are leveraging XR technologies. Alan shared valuable perspectives on what enterprises are looking for and how XR is transforming their operations.
Startup Funding: Alan provided some invaluable insights into securing funding for startups in the spatial computing and XR space. It's all about navigating the right channels and connecting...
2024-02-051h 06
The Daily Helping330. Unlocking the Future with XR: A Dive into the Digital Realm with Alan SmithsonAlan Smithson is no stranger to innovation. As the CEO of MetaVRse, a trailblazing XR (Extended Reality) consulting and product development company, he has positioned himself as a vanguard in the realm of VR, AR, and MR. With predictions pointing to XR becoming a $1 trillion industry by 2030, Alan's expertise and vision are more crucial than ever. But beyond the numbers, it's his passion for the transformative power of this technology that truly stands out.Alan's journey into the world of XR might seem unorthodox at first glance. From the beats of his DJ company to the digital...
2023-10-0930 minThe Daily Helping330. Unlocking the Future with XR: A Dive into the Digital Realm with Alan SmithsonAlan Smithson is no stranger to innovation. As the CEO of MetaVRse, a trailblazing XR (Extended Reality) consulting and product development company, he has positioned himself as a vanguard in the realm of VR, AR, and MR. With predictions pointing to XR becoming a $1 trillion industry by 2030, Alan's expertise and vision are more crucial than ever. But beyond the numbers, it's his passion for the transformative power of this technology that truly stands out.Alan's journey into the world of XR might seem unorthodox at first glance. From the beats of his DJ company to the digital...
2023-10-0930 min
MetaRick Podcast#13: Alan Smithson, B.Sc. - Co-Founder at MetaVRse, Inc.Send us a textAlan Smithson’s purpose in life is to inspire and educate people to think and act in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible way.Alan makes tools for professional creators including; MetaVRse, a creation platform for the future of human communication, collaboration, commerce and culture, featured in Forbes. TheMall, a 100m sf virtual retail and entertainment destination built on the MetaVRse Engine, featured in VentureBeat. Alan is an investor/partner in Your Director AI, Automatic Face Tracking Video Switcher, a board advisor to HSTAR, a new space transportation company and board ad...
2023-09-1359 min
Shift AI PodcastHow to build lasting technology during a hype cyle | with Alan Smithson (Co-founder, Metavrse)In this episode of Shift AI, Alan Smithson, the co-founder of Metavrse, shares his expertise on how technology advancements and AI will significantly impact the way we work in the future. Alan discusses the need to prepare for an age where AI plays a significant role and the challenge of keeping up with its rapid advancements. He also talks about the hype surrounding AI and how the lack of regulation poses risks for ethical concerns and the potential for exploitation.
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In this episode of the Shift AI podcast, we cover the following topics:
The...
2023-06-1445 min
Once A DJEpisode 11: "Perfection is the Enemy of Done" with Alan Smithson, founder of MetaVRseOnce A DJ is brought to you by:https://www.vinylunderground.co.uk - 10% off using code onceadj10https://www.sureshotshop.com/ - Record adapters (including customs) & accessorieshttps://myslipmats.com/ - Custom and off the shelf Slipmats, dividers and more.Once A DJ is a https://remote-ctrl.co.uk productionOther ways to support the showFollow the show on Spotify or Apple PodcastsAny feedback or questions? Hit up the Once A DJ Instagram PageSubscribe to the Once A DJ PatreonBuy your Once A DJ Sureshot 45 adapter clampsThis week we talk to...
2023-05-111h 07
The StartWell PodcastAlan Smithson – Co-Founder, MetaVRseAlan Smithson co-invented the world’s first touchscreen DJ system called 'Emulator' - an award winning piece of performance kit used by some of the top DJs on the global dance music circuit. In a twist of fate, the company was taken from him the night his pitch on Dragon's Den for it aired.
Since Emulator, Alan has built a company to make XR experiences more easily available to anyone, anywhere in the world. MetaVRse is a proprietary, code-optional web platform that makes it easy to create and share interactive 3D experiences instantly.
In this episode of the StartWell Podcast, you...
2023-03-2951 min
Product Market FitEP14: AI and the Metaverse; w/ Alan Smithson, futurist, co-founder of MetaVRse — Product Market Fit podcastI sit down with futurist, inventor and founder, Alan Smithson, to explore the fascinating world of AI and the metaverse.
We talked about the metaverse and its associated technologies and how AI is changing the landscape for virtual reality and augmented reality. Alan shares his vision for the future across many vectors, and he provides practical guidance for founders and brands thinking about how to incorporate the metaverse into their strategies.
From blockchain to replicators in every home, Alan shares his insights on the next frontiers of technological advancement and their impact on the way w...
2023-02-2248 min
Synthetic MediaInterview with Alan Smithson about Synthetic MediaHere is a brief interview by Henrik de Gyor with Alan Smithson of MetaVRse.com about synthetic media.
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Synthetic Media: The Next Reality
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2023-02-2204 min
Synthetic MediaInterview with Alan Smithson about Synthetic MediaHere is a brief interview by Henrik de Gyor with Alan Smithson of MetaVRse.com about synthetic media.
You can also listen to the Synthetic Media Podcast on Amazon Music · Apple Podcasts · Google Podcasts · iHeart Radio · Player FM · Stitcher · Spotify · RadioPublic, and more.
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Synthetic Media: The Next Reality
2023-02-2204 min
Hyperscale by Briar PrestidgeS1 E14: How AR and VR is Shaping the Future of Learning with Alan SmithsonOn this episode of HYPERSCALE by Briar Prestidge we are joined by Alan Smithson Co-Founder of MetaVRse, a low-code platform that makes it easy to create & share interactive 3D experiences instantly on the web. Named as one of the most prominent Digital Futurists to watch in 2022, Alan is also Co Founder of TheMall.io and on a mission to build now for the positive future of humanity. He explains how by changing the way we educate future generations, we will in turn empower them to create solutions to meet the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced. Alan explains how...
2023-01-2641 min
Hyperscale by Briar PrestidgeS1 E14: How AR and VR is Shaping the Future of Learning with Alan SmithsonOn this episode of HYPERSCALE by Briar Prestidge we are joined by Alan Smithson Co-Founder of MetaVRse, a low-code platform that makes it easy to create & share interactive 3D experiences instantly on the web. Named as one of the most prominent Digital Futurists to watch in 2022, Alan is also Co Founder of TheMall.io and on a mission to build now for the positive future of humanity. He explains how by changing the way we educate future generations, we will in turn empower them to create solutions to meet the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced. ...
2023-01-2641 min
The Retail Razor ShowS2E4 - Retail Transformers - Alan SmithsonInterested in the metaverse and need to know how to get started? Meet Alan Smithson, founder of MetaVrse, multiple TED Talk speaker, and builder of “The Mall” in the metaverse, but not just any mall! If there were a hundred-page encyclopedia of the metaverse, Alan would fill every page but you’d still need more room to cover his vast knowledge of all things metaverse. It’s season 2, episode 4, and we’re continuing our Retail Transformers series – you’ll see why Alan Smithson is truly more than meets the eye!Alan tells you what you need to ge...
2022-10-3051 min
XR-OMAlan Smithson- AR/VR Influencer,Evangelist, Investor & Founder Ceo-MetaVRseAlan Smithson is an #AR #VR #Evangelist #Investor & Host of #XR For Business #podcast, he spoke about the hype vs ground reality of Immersive technologies plus the need for startups to build products/solutions that add value right now. metavrse.com MetaVRse – Bringing the power of AR/VR/XR to global ...
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2022-06-1341 min
DevReady PodcastIs Metaverse Really The Future with Alan Smithson - Episode 80In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, hosts Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis have an insightful conversation with Alan Smithson, Co-Founder at MetaVRse which is a proprietary, code-optional web platform that makes it easy to create and share interactive 3D experiences instantly.
Know of the iconic performance by the French DJ and pioneer of electronic music, Jean Michel Jarre on the 31st of December, 2020 where he performed live in a 3D visual reconstruction of the emblem of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris?
Well, that immersive event that was available on the social VR platform VRChat, accessible via a personal...
2022-01-3149 min
XR for BusinessXR for Business - 2021 in Review
Alan is back in the podcasting saddle — alongside his partner in life and business Julie Smithson, plus colleague and marketing expert Alex Colgan — to take a look back at the last year of happenings in the XR metaverse.
2021 was quite a strange year, but there were several promising updates in the XR industry to make 2022 something to look forward to, and our panel discusses just a few; NFTs, Facebook, the Metaverse, and much more.
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2021-12-1040 min
The Future Of Now Podcast[Mini Series Ep. 4] Creating Mixed Reality (XR) Experiences to Connect and Engage – with Alan SmithsonIn this episode, Aki asks Alan about VR, AR and XR in a Post-COVID world and the challenges/opportunities that will come with the future of VR. Alan Smithson is the CEO of MetaVRse - a global virtual, augmented and Mixed Reality (XR) consulting and product development company. Alan’s accolades also include being the Co-Founder of Ignite Community Hub and Hyper Accelerator as well as the host of the XR For Business Podcast, and a TED speaker.The Future Of Now Mini Series is a compilation of follow-up interviews with guests from The Future Of...
2021-06-0612 min
Everything VR & ARThe Photoshop of 3D Creation with Julie & Alan Smithson of MetaVRse Tyler and Sophia chat with Julie & Alan Smithson about their newly launched game engine, MetaVRse, that allows anyone to create 3D models and environments faster and easier than ever! See a snapshot of this podcast with what we made wiith MetaVRse in under 4 minutes! Connect with Julie: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-smithson/ Connect with Alan: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmithson/ Visit the VR/AR Association at www.TheVRARA.com for more information about how you can get involved with this worldwide organization to h...
2020-08-1352 min
XR for BusinessFrom the Classroom Lab to the Factory Floor in XR, with Labster’s Michael Jensen
Labster CEO Michael Jensen was on XR for Learning not-too-long ago, talking about how XR can teach kids science in the classroom. Now he explains to Alan how that same technology is making professional training safer and more cost-effective.
Alan: Hey, everyone. Alan Smithson here. Today we're speaking with Michael Jensen, CEO of Labster, a venture backed, award winning company that focuses on revolutionizing the way science and safety is taught at companies, universities, colleges, and high schools all over the world. They started with creating multimillion dollar science labs in a VR headset. And now they're...
2020-06-1624 min
XR for BusinessTurning a Game Engine into a Training Experience, with PIXO VR’s Sean Hurwitz
Today’s guest Sean Hurwitz started his journey to the XR field in the realm of game development. But as the years went on, more and more he saw the value of putting game engines to work training professionals instead of hunting zombies. He talks about how PIXO VR achieves this.
Alan: Hey, everyone, it’s Alan
Smithson here with the XR for Business podcast. Today we’re speaking
with Sean Hurwitz, founder and CEO of PIXO VR, a Detroit based
company focused on VR software for training on processes, safety, and
emergency response. Much like myself, Sean b...
2020-03-2427 min
XR for BusinessBuilding an XR Vocabulary for Businesses, with XR Bootcamp’s Ferhan Ozkan
Code is a big part of what makes XR work, of course. But for most businesses, knowing the DNA of the technology will be less important than knowing how to best use it. XR Bootcamp co-founder Ferhan Ozkan is enabling businesses interested in XR to enable themselves.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today, we’re speaking
with Ferhan Ozkan, the co-founder of XR Bootcamp, a platform to teach
professionals how to create VR and AR applications, and support
companies to bridge their skills gap in XR development through an
in...
2020-03-1726 min
XR for BusinessEnhancing the Hospitality Experience in XR, with UgoVirtual’s Michael C. Cohen
Today’s guest — UgoVirtual’s Michael Cohen — describes the hospitality industry like a snowflake – add a little heat and, well, you can imagine. Hotels and cruises rely on proven practices to keep guests happy. Luckily, XR doesn’t have to disrupt those practices; they can build on top of them.
Alan: Coming up next on the XR
for Business podcast, we have Michael Cohen from UgoVirtual. We’re
going to be talking about how virtual/augmented/mixed reality
solutions — or XR solutions — can be used for front-of-house for
customer facing activations, from AR to VR. Pre-experiences, what is
it like to book...
2020-03-1033 min
XR for BusinessIAAPA Update from Location-Based VR Expert, Bob Cooney
Today’s guest, location-based VR expert Bob Cooney, has been in the XR space since the early 1990s. He drops by the show to give Alan an update on all the newest tech advances he saw at the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions Expo, and explains how today is the most exciting time to be working in this industry.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
always on the bleeding edge of technology. He’s able to predict both
tech and business trends. Bob Cooney is wid...
2020-03-0338 min
XR for BusinessCreating a Dialogue Between Innovators and Educators, with VirtualiTeach’s Steve Bambury
Using VR in the classroom is a no-brainer. It’s immersive tech, and can teach kids in new, innovative ways. But if the people developing the technology don’t understand how kids’ brains learn, it’s not going to take, no matter how innovative. VirtualiTeach’s Steve Bambury drops by to explain how he’s trying to bridge that gap.
Alan: Hey, everyone, my name’s
Alan Smithson. Coming up next on the XR for Business podcast, we have
Steve Bambury, founder of VirtualiTeach. We’re gonna be talking about
digital literacy, the virtual/augmented reality platforms, and the
question...
2020-02-2550 min
XR-OMAlan Smithson- AR/VR Influencer,Evangelist, Investor & Founder Ceo-MetaVRseAlan Smithson is an #AR #VR #Evangelist #Investor & Host of #XR For Business #podcast, he spoke about the hype vs ground reality of Immersive technologies plus the need for startups to build products/solutions that add value right now.
2020-02-1940 min
XR for BusinessFinding the Tangible Value of XR in Business, with Nestlé’s Richard Hess
You may not immediately think of XR technologies when you think of Nestlé, who are more likely to conjure the idea of milk chocolate and bottled water. But their immersive technology lead Richard Hess drops by to explain how even a food company like Nestlé can benefit from embracing emerging tech, on the 100th episode of the XR for Business podcast.
Alan: Hey, everyone. Alan
Smithson here with the XR for Business Podcast. Today, we’re speaking
with Richard Hess, the immersive experience lead at the massive
multi-national Nestlé, making a billion products a year. A day, he
sa...
2020-02-1839 min
XR for BusinessMaking a Pair of Ray-Bans Act Like a HoloLens x50 with Edge Computing, with Verizon’s TJ Vitolo
Verizon’s XR development lead, TJ Vitolo, dreams of a day where he can download an entire TV series in an instant, or visualize info about the entire world with AR glasses, even living in a connectivity dead zone by the beach. In his position, he’s able to work to make that dream a forthcoming reality by developing the technology that will make 5G possible.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today, I’ve got an
amazing guest, TJ Vitolo. He is the director and head of XR
Technology Develo...
2020-02-1140 min
XR for BusinessThe Future of Retail is Virtual, with Macy’s Mohamed Rajani
Macy’s has been in the news a lot this week, and many are worried about what the latest round of store closures mean for the long-running retailer, and the future of in-person shopping in general. But Macy’s resident XR guru Mohamed Rajani came by our podcast a little while back to suggest that the future of retail exists in the virtual world.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Mohamed Rajani, responsible for VR and AR initiatives at Macy’s. Mohamed is part of the new Busi...
2020-02-0834 min
XR for BusinessTalking AI and Future of Work in XR — In a Truck — with Timoni West and Cole Crawford
This week’s episode goes all the way back to last year’s Curiosity Camp, when Alan shared a ride with Unity Lab’s Timoni West and Vapor IO CEO Cole Crawford, recording a podcast along the way. The three discuss the challenges that will arise as AI begins to replace human workers.
Alan: In a very special episode
of the XR for Business Podcast, we’re driving in a car with Timoni
West, head of XR… Research?
Timoni: Director of XR in Unity
Labs.
Alan: Director of XR at Unity
Labs, and Cole Crawf...
2020-02-0452 min
XR for BusinessXR Podcast Hosts Unite, with Voices of VR Podcast’s Kent Bye – Part 1
One of Alan’s biggest inspirations to start XR for Business was the prolific catalogue of Kent Bye, who has released 884 recordings for his VR-centric podcast, Voices of VR. Alan has Kent on the show for a chat that was too big for one episode! Check out Part 2 later this week.
Alan: Hey, everyone, Alan
Smithson here, the XR for Business Podcast. Coming up next, we have
part one of a two part series, with the one and only Kent Bye from
Voices Of VR. Kent Bye is a truly revolutionary person and he has
recorded over 1,100 ep...
2020-01-2935 min
XR for BusinessPracticing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin’s Kyle Jackson
The VR experience Firing Barry by Talespin is getting a lot of press lately, and on the surface, it may look like a slightly uncanny valley way to train someone how to give an old fella the can. But Talespin CEO Kyle Jackson tells Alan it’s more than that; it’s a tool to help humans flex their core competencies in everything from leadership skills to confidence-building.
Alan: Hey, everybody, Alan
Smithson here, the XR for Business Podcast. Coming up next, Kyle
Jackson, founder of Talespin. You may have seen Barry the virtual
human that you can f...
2020-01-2731 min
XR for BusinessCreating Virtual Scenarios to Train Soft Skills in XR, with Friends With Holograms’ Cortney Harding
Upskilling things like floor management or assembly time, that’s easy in XR. But soft skills, like understanding and empathy? A bit more challenging — but importantly, not impossible. Cortney Harding talks with Alan about how emerging tech, like VR and 360 video, can help us all be a little kinder to one another.
Alan: Hey, everyone, Alan Smithson here. Today, we’re speaking with Cortney Harding, founder and CEO of Friends with Holograms, about their full service VR and AR agency, that focuses on soft skills training and best practices for creating powerful content that delivers results. All that a...
2020-01-2436 min
XR for BusinessAttending Digital Concerts in XR with The Boolean’s Anne McKinnon
The average concert is a tour de force for one’s sense of sound (and, if the bass is decent, one’s sense of their bones vibrating). But Anne McKinnon from The Boolean isn’t interested in “average” concerts. She wants to use XR to make concerts a sensation for all the senses.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Anne
McKinnon from The Boolean. Anne is a VR and AR consultant and writer.
She is an editor and contributor to Charlie Fink’s book
“Convergence.” Charlie, as you may remembe...
2020-01-2241 min
XR for BusinessThe IKEA of AR: Making Content Effortlessly, with EON Reality’s Dan Lejerskar
It’s been said on this show before; XR doesn’t have a technology problem, it has an adoption problem. In Dan Lejerskar’s experience, everyone from universities to governments see the value of XR — they just lack the content to make it a worthwhile, everyday tool. He and Alan explore how EON Reality is addressing this discrepancy.
Alan: Hi, it’s Alan Smithson
here. Today we’re speaking with Dan Lejeskar, founder and chairman of
EON Reality, a world leader in
virtual/augmented reality based knowledge transfer for industry and
education. They believe that knowledge is a human right...
2020-01-2037 min
XR for BusinessLetting Workers Qualify Themselves in AR, with AR Expert’s Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger
Getting future workers excited for the jobs they might have tomorrow can be challenging, especially when many young workers tend to enjoy challenging themselves with new tasks. Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger says that AR training can allow those workers to qualify themselves for all sorts of tasks, and have fun doing it, to boot.
[Transcript coming shortly]
Alan: Hey, everybody, and thanks
for joining in on the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan
Smithson. I’m really excited today. I have Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger
from Germany. He has more than 15 years experience in a...
2020-01-1747 min
XR for BusinessLive from VRX, with XR Ignite’s Alan Smithson
Regular listeners will know that podcast host Alan Smithson is no stranger to the conference circuit, and is often asked to present or speak at the big XR expos. In a special episode of XR for Business, you’ll get to hear Alan in his element, as we present his opening remarks at this year’s VRX Conference.
“Well, thank you guys for joining. Again, welcome to the Blue Room at VRX 2019. My name’s Alan Smithson, and we’re gonna be talking today about the transformation of education using XR. I want to just quickly talk about Meta...
2020-01-1507 min
XR for BusinessDigging Up Digital Cadavers in XR, with Sector 5 Digital’s Jeff Meisner
Today’s guest — Sector 5 Digital‘s Jeff Meisner — hopes to put grave robbers out of business, among other things. He pops in to talk to Alan about all the experiential learning experiences his company has developed, from digital cadavers to study anatomy, to the VR design process of Bell Helicopters.
[Editor’s Note: due to an uploading error on my part, this episode was previously released last week with the wrong audio. We’re re-releasing today with the correct audio. We appreciate your understanding, and in particular, Jeff Meisner’s understanding in this matter – Chris, Podcast Editor]
Alan: Hi...
2020-01-1424 min
XR for BusinessLiving in a Post-Scarcity World of Technology, with You Are Here Labs’ John Buzzell
We live in a three-dimensional world, and according to today’s guest — You Are Here Labs president John Buzzell — our computers are finally starting to catch up with that. John shoots the proverbial breeze with Alan on how spatial computing is going to fundamentally change our relationship with computers, and thus, our relationship with the world.
Alan: My name is Alan Smithson,
your host for the XR for Business Podcast. Today’s guest is a good
friend, John Buzzell from You Are Here Labs and You Are Here Agency.
John is an award winning 28 year veteran of the digi...
2020-01-1337 min
XR for BusinessThe Sound of XR, with Bose’s Michael Ludden
Your various realities — virtual, augmented, X, etc — are often talked about in the realm of vision, since we humans lean on vision as our major sense. But the folks at Bose, like today’s guest Michael Ludden, know that there’s room for sound in XR too.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Michael Ludden, global head of developer advocacy and principal
augmented reality advocate at Bose Technologies. Michael is a
technologist, futurist, strategist, product leader, and developer
platform expert who loves to operate on the bleeding e...
2020-01-1027 min
XR for BusinessUsing XR to Change Everything (Without Changing Anything) with Lance-AR’s Lance Anderson
Today’s guest, Lance Anderson of
Lance-AR, got tired of seeing so many XR providers only help clients
achieve their stated ROI goals, then leaving them to their own
devices to scale. Lance helps those companies today, by understanding
the need to marry emerging tech with legacy systems, so disruptive
tech doesn’t seem so disruptive.
Alan: Coming up on the XR for
Business Podcast, today we’re speaking with Lance Anderson, founder
and CEO of Lance-AR, a consulting and services company for enterprise
AR space, focused on helping organizations scale deployment. We’ll be
learning about the chal...
2020-01-0331 min
XR for BusinessUsing XR to Ensure a Safe Work Environment, with Bit Space Development’s Daniel Blair
Access to the Internet can be spotty
in Northern Canada. But heavy industry happens up there all the same,
and Bit Space Development’s Daniel Blair wants to bring those
workers the same access to XR-driven training and remote expert
assistance as anywhere else enjoys. He chats with Alan about how he
hopes to bring that about, in the first XR for Business of 2020.
Alan: Hey, everyone, it’s Alan
Smithson here with the XR for Business Podcast. Today, we’re speaking
with Daniel Blair, founder and CEO of a Canadian VR company called
Bit Space Development. We’ll...
2020-01-0135 min
XR for BusinessExploring the Vast Worlds of Immersive Entertainment, with The Stinger Report’s Kevin Williams
Most kids who grew up spending too much time at the video
arcade wound up with fewer quarters and a few earfuls from their
parents. That’s not the case for Kevin Williams, who turned his
arcade addiction into a career as an out-of-home entertainment guru.
He drops in to talk about how XR is taking old ideas and breathing
new life into them.
Alan: Hey, you’re listening to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. In this episode coming up is Kevin Williams. He is the out-of-home location-based entertainment expert, and he’s what...
2019-12-2340 min
XR for BusinessStaking Claim to a Digital Plot in AR, with SuperWorld’s Hrish Lotlikar
Imagine owning the
digital real estate surrounding the Taj Mahal. Well, to be real with
you, you can’t have all of it – today’s guest, SuperWorld co-founder
Hrish Lotlikar, already has a piece. But he’s made it easy for anyone
who wants it to buy the rest, and other plots of digital real estate
around the world.
He also talks about The
Rogue Initiative and SingularityNET!
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Hrish Lotlikar from the Rogue Initiative, SuperWorld app, and
SingularityNET. Hrish is t...
2019-12-2029 min
XR for BusinessXR for Business at the Ritossa Family Office Summit
In between your regularly-scheduled
XR for Businesses episodes, Alan has a brief update and recap of his
recent trip to the Ritossa Family Office Summit in Dubai
Hey there, it’s Alan Smithson with the
XR for Business Podcast. And today’s episode is a very special recap
of a conference that I just spent two days at, called the Ritossa
Family Office Summit. This is a gathering of elite family offices, a
total of 600 prominent business owners, sheiks, royal families,
private investment companies, and international business people,
getting together to discuss the future of investing. Now, to p...
2019-12-1913 min
XR for BusinessOn the XR Beat, with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi
When you’ve been a journalist on the
XR technology beat for 20 years, like VentureBeat’s lead writer Dean
Takahashi has, you develop a hunch or two about the direction the
industry might go. Alan picks Dean’s brain for a few such scoops.
Alan: Thank you for joining the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson, today’s guest is the one and only Dean Takahashi, the lead writer for VentureBeat. He’s been a tech journalist for more than 28 years, and he’s covered games for a twenty one of those years. He’s authored two...
2019-12-1840 minXR for BusinessDigital Real Estate in AR, with Darabase’s Dominic Collins
Longtime listeners will remember one of Alan’s favorite AR anecdotes; the Burger King ad that digitally vandalizes a competitor’s ad space. But has anyone stopped to think, does that digital space belong to anyone? Or to someone who might not care for digital ads existing there?
Yes, someone has — Dominic Collins
from Darabase, who is building an AR digital permissions platform to
ensure the AR marketing ecosystem is fair and equitable for everyone.
Alan: Hey, everyone. Alan
Smithson here, and today we’re speaking with Dominic Collins, CEO and
co-founder of Darabase Ltd.,
a global...
2019-12-1130 min
XR for BusinessUsing XR to Enhance the Hardhat, with Trimble’s Jordan Lawver
It might seem like a small, even
simple fix, to attach an AR device to a hardhat, but according to
Trimble’s Mixed Reality expert, Jordan Lawver, such a simple fix
exponentially expands the capabilities of folks working in heavy
industry. He drops by to explain to Alan how that is, and how AR can
take things even further as it goes hands-free.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast. Today’s show, we interview Jordan Lawver, head of
mixed reality at Trimble.
They’ve got a number of different solutions for the construction
worker that levera...
2019-12-0926 min
XR for BusinessPrinting a Model of Light with XR, featuring Bentley’s Greg Demchak
Used to be the best way to plan a three-dimensional construction project was on a two-dimensional blueprint, or perhaps a wooden model. We live in an era where entire digital twins — models made of light — can be used, but not everyone is. Bentley Systems’ Greg Demchak drops by to explain why that needs to change.
Alan: Thank you for joining the XR for Business Podcast with your host Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Greg Demchak from Bentley Systems. Greg has been designing and driving the development of immersive digital simulation for architecture, engineering, and construction markets for the...
2019-12-0642 minXR for BusinessShorter Than a Goldfish – Capturing Mankind’s Ever-Shrinking Attention Span with XR, featuring Oncor Reality’s David Sime
If a picture’s worth a thousand
words, then a video is worth millions! That’s David Sime’s
philosophy, anyway; he’s marrying online video marketing to XR
technology, to reach people’s gaze — in a world with increasingly
more competition for their attention — with Oncor Reality.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is David Sime, founder and technical director of Oncor Reality. With over 19 years of digital media experience, David delivers promotion and analysis at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. Disciplines include virtual reality, augmented reality, targete...
2019-12-0435 min
XR for BusinessVR Creates the Trainer That Never Retires, with Immerse’s James Watson & Justin Parry
Imagine being able to learn, hands-on, exactly how to operate a deep-sea submarine — without needing the submarine! That’s the kind of training opportunities VR training platforms like Immerse are able to offer with the technology at their disposal. James Watson and Justin Parry drop in to talk about all the other opportunities the tech presents businesses.
Alan: You’re listening to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today, we have two amazing guests, James Watson and Justin Parry from Immerse. Justin is the co-founder and chief operating officer and leads product strategy for Im...
2019-12-0242 minXR for BusinessVR for HR: Learning How to Tell Stories in XR, with BODYSWAPS’ Christophe Mallet
“You cannot learn empathy on powerpoint!” Wise words from today’s guest, Somewhere Else CEO Christophe Mallet, who comes by the show to discuss how soft skills training — basically, training for human behavior — is now a wide-open industry, thanks to XR technology.
Alan: My name is Alan Smithson,
your host for the XR for Business Podcast. Today’s guest is
Christophe Mallet, co-founder of Somewhere Else. Somewhere Else
Solutions is a London based innovation agency specialized in
immersive technologies. He’s now exploring how to leverage immersive
technology and artificial intelligence to deliver soft skills
training that actually deliv...
2019-11-2534 min
XR for BusinessSparking Productivity with Hands-Free AR, with Kognitiv Spark’s Yan Simard
Hands-free
AR devices like those made by Kognitiv Spark are changing the way we
work by helping us all work smarter, not harder. CEO Yan Simard drops
in to remind enterprises shy to get started enhancing the workplace
with XR technologies will — should they wait too long — be left in
the dust.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Yan
Simard, the CEO of Kognitiv Spark. He’s designed and led many
innovative business ventures through his own startups. He also has
extensive professional experience with companies such as...
2019-11-2232 min
XR for BusinessBringing the AR of the Military to the Eyes of Consumers, with ThirdEye Gen’s Nick Cherukuri
A lot of XR
technologies started from projects in the military sector, including
AR. Today’s guest Nick Cherukuri is working to bring what he’s
learned from years working in tech for the defense department, and is
bringing it all to enterprise — and eventually, consumers — with
his line of AR glasses.
Alan: Hey, everyone, it’s Alan Smithson here today. We’re speaking with Nick Cherukuri, founder of ThirdEye, about their all-in-one AR glasses hardware and software solution for enterprise in logistics, manufacturing, and engineering and how these tools are revolutionizing how we work. All coming up next on t...
2019-11-2023 min
XR for BusinessImagine XR Tomorrow; Build for XR Today, with PTC’s Mike Campbell
PTC LiveWorx is
one of the biggest gatherings of up-and-coming XR tech in the
industry. With all sorts of amazing future tech demos, PTC’s
Executive VP of AR Products Mike Campbell understands how businesses
might want to implement the most far-out features of XR technology
right away. But he says there’s plenty AR can do perfectly right now
that more industries should take advantage of.
Alan: You’re listening to the XR
for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s episode
is with Mike Campbell, executive vice president of Augmented Reality
Products at PTC. Mik...
2019-11-1839 min
XR for BusinessInvesting in XR with GFR Fund’s Teppei Tsutsui
Any good XR startup needs someone to
invest in their world-changing idea before they can start changing
the world. The GFR Fund is one such investor group, and this one in
particular has cultivated an impressive portfolio of XR
up-and-comers. Managing partner Teppei Tsutsui drops by to share some
of his investing strategies.
Alan: Welcome to The XR for
Business podcast with your host Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Teppei Tsutsui. For the past decade, Teppei has been the managing
partner of the GFR Fund, and he’s led several key investments in
acquisitions in Tokyo, incl...
2019-11-1539 min
XR for BusinessBuilding the Foundation of XR with 5G, with Nokia’s Sandro Tavares
We’ve had a lot of people from a lot
of different industries on XR for Business, and many of them have
espoused how much things are going to change when the world finally
has a global 5G network to work on. Well, in today’s episode, we have
one of the folks responsible for laying the groundwork for that
network — Nokia’s Sandro Tavares — on to talk about how that’s
coming along.
Alan: Thank you for joining the
XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest
is Sandro Tavares, and Sandro is with Nokia...
2019-11-1343 min
XR for BusinessWeb-Based Augmented Reality for E-Commerce, with Seek’s Jon Cheney
Getting started in AR marketing and
virtual try-ons can be tricky for enterprise, especially if — like
Walmart or Amazon — you’ve got hundreds of thousands of products to
model and host. Or, it could be easy, with the help of services like
Seek, which hosts 3D content like YouTube hosts videos. CEO and
founder Jon Cheney drops in to share the details.
Oh, and Alan gets a spaceship.
Alan: Thanks for joining the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Jon Cheney from Seek XR. I’m really, really excited to...
2019-11-1137 min
XR for BusinessHoney, I Shrunk the XR, with MEL Science’s Kai Liang
Chemistry is a tough subject. You
could memorize the periodic table left and right, but it can still be
hard to actually picture what’s going on at the microscopic level
when atoms collide. Director of Business Development for MEL Science,
Kai Liang, says that’s the beauty of their VR chemistry kits – it
brings the learner down to the atomic scale to see it for themselves.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Kai Liang. He is an amazing global world-trotter, travelling around the world promoting virtual...
2019-11-0833 min
XR for BusinessXR’s School for Innovators, with Circuit Stream’s Lou Pushelberg
If you want to master something, teach it.” That’s the old adage, and at Circuit Stream, the thinking is teaching XR helps you develop better solutions, too. Founder and CEO Lou Pushelberg created Circuit Stream courses to give companies the power to educate and empower themselves, and just make the whole XR ecosystem stronger.
Alan: You’re listening to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Lou Pushelberg, founder and CEO of Circuit Stream. Circuit Stream’s story began in 2015 with Lou traveling around North America, connecting with developers, designers...
2019-11-0646 min
XR for BusinessGearing Up for VR Days, with festival director Benjamin de Wit
Regular listeners know that folks like Alan and his guests attend a number of XR-related conventions, events, and symposia. Well, one — VR Days in Amsterdam — is right around the corner! Festival director Benjamin de Wit drops in to talk a little bit about what there will be to see — and what attendees can expect to take away — from this year’s lustrum shindig.
Alan: My name’s Alan Smithson. In today’s show, we speak with the one and only Benjamin De Wit, founder and co-producer of VR Days Amsterdam, celebrating their fifth anniversary. All this and more on the XR...
2019-11-0418 min
XR for BusinessBuilding a Better 360 Camera from Consumer to Pro, with Insta360’s Michael Shabun
Ask someone with enough experience
with 360 filmmaking (like Alan), and they’ll tell you — it’s not
always been a user-friendly undertaking. From exporting to editing,
making great 360 content could definitely be a chore. Insta360
Marketing Director Michael Shabun visits the podcast to explain how
their products try to make the process seamless for all 360
filmmakers.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Michael Shabun from Insta360. He’s the marketing director of Insta360
and leads North American marketing strategy, partnerships and
communication efforts. Michael specializes in helping ov...
2019-11-0144 min
XR for BusinessReimagining Cinema with Radiant Images’ Michael Mansouri
In the late 19th century, Eadweard
Muybridge – to win a bet – took several pictures of a horse in
motion, and in the process, basically invented film. It was a brand
new way to experience media, and it changed the world. Radiant Images
hopes to do the same with an investment in 360 video production, and
VP Michael Mansouri drops in to explain how.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Michael Mansouri, co-founder and vice president of Radiant Images. Michael is known as one of the industry’s most kno...
2019-10-3044 min
XR for BusinessXR via Sexy Sunglasses, with Vuzix’ Paul Travers
Paul Travers has been in the XR
business long enough to remember the early headsets, which were not
exactly elegant in design – he describes one of his early models as a
football helmet. But today, Vuzix has managed to shrink a ton of XR
potential into sleek, sexy sunglasses that would look good on any
goth noir vampire slayer. He chats with Alan about the advantages of
svelte headsets, from military applications to making driving safer.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Paul
Travers. Paul is the...
2019-10-2846 min
XR for BusinessAverting Nuclear Disaster with AR, with Packet39’s Shachar “Vice” Weis
Nuclear energy is no joke, and to
train to work in the field can be risky and costly… unless you’re
training in a virtual environment. That’s the kind of technology
Shachar “Vice” Weis, co-founder of VRAL, has been
developing for the last several years. Alan and Vice discuss the pros
and…well, are there really any cons to non-radioactive training
simulations?
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is a
great friend, Shachar “Vice” Weis. He’s a software
developer with 25 years experience. He’s worked in many fields and
dis...
2019-10-2541 min
XR for BusinessThe YouTube of 3D Models, with Sketchfab CEO Alban Denoyel
If YouTube is the world’s compendium
of videos of cute cats and unboxings, then the Sketchfab platform is
well on its way to becoming the equivalent cultural database of
user-generated 3D objects. CEO Alban Denoyel discusses the origins
and the future of the service with Alan in this episode.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Alvin Denyuel– I screwed it up already. How do I say it?
Alban: “Deh-Noh-Yell.”
Alan: “Denoyel,” OK. Today’s
guest is Alban Denoyel from Sketchfab, the world’s largest...
2019-10-2347 min
XR for BusinessThe Pain of Empty Space, with SpatialFirst Co-Founder Emily Olman
Thanks to the power of computer
technology, you can browse the contents of a book you might like to
buy online, without ever touching a physical copy of it until it’s
already been bought and delivered. Wouldn’t it be neat if you could
do that, but with real estate that doesn’t even exist yet? Recent
Auggie winner Emily Olman thinks so, and she drops by to tell Alan
all about how volumetric capture and photogrammetry will make that
possible.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is...
2019-10-2136 min
XR for BusinessMass VR and Squeaky Floors, with PwC’s Jeremy Dalton
One of Alan’s favourite XR
experiences was running into a room at the Royal York Hotel, filled
with 200 people, all deathly silent and hooked into VR headsets. It
may sound like a Matrix prequel, but it was actually a demo of PwC’s
VR platform. Jeremy Dalton — the author of this anecdote — stops by
to talk about mass VR technology.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Jeremy Dalton. Jeremy leads PwC’s Virtual and Augmented Reality Team,
helping clients across all sectors understand, quantify and implement
th...
2019-10-1844 min
XR for BusinessBringing the XR World Together at the VR/AR Global Summit, with Executive Director Anne-Marie Enns
Alan, along with his wife Julie, are members of the VR/AR Association, and as such, one of the annual XR gatherings they look forward to most is the VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver, which is just a few weeks away (Oct 31-Nov 2). Alan has the event’s executive producer, Anne-Marie Enns, on to talk about what attendees can expect on the show floor this year.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is a
great friend of mine, Anne-Marie Enns, the executive producer of the
VR/AR G...
2019-10-1425 minXR for BusinessGo XR or Go Extinct, with Super Ventures’ Ori Inbar
Regular listeners have heard plenty
of stories from Alan’s numerous adventures at Augmented World Expo.
In today’s episode, we go to the source of all those tales, with
AWE’s co-founder and executive producer, Ori Inbar — just ahead of
this year’s summit.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. I am super excited to
have our next guest today, Ori Inbar. He’s a world leading expert in
the field of augmented reality industry, and he has devoted the past
decade to fostering the AR ecosystem as an entrepreneur...
2019-10-1145 min
XR for BusinessThe Age of Smart Information is Now, with Microsoft Garage Envisioneer Mike Pell
It wasn’t long ago that the concept
of having a personal relationship with computers was the stuff of
science fiction — everything from HAL 9000 to V’Ger posited a
far-out future when that would start to happen. Well, according to
Mike Pell — author of THE AGE OF SMART INFORMATION — that time is
now.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
somebody absolutely spectacular. Mr. Mike Powell, he is the head of
the Microsoft Garage and the author of “Age of Smart
Information,” a new book about how artificial intel...
2019-10-0949 min
XR for BusinessBuilding Empathy in XR, with Tech Trends journalist Alice Bonasio
Alan is always ready with an
interesting XR anecdote or two on this podcast, but even he has a
source for interesting XR tidbits. In today’s episode, he brings that
source to him – XR journalist and consultant, Alice Bonasio. They end
up chatting about the principles behind the idea that XR is an
“empathy machine.”
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Alice Bonasio, the technology writer for Inside VR and AR. Alice is a
technology writer/producer/consultant with a particular interest in
the immersive space. Ove...
2019-10-0740 minXR for BusinessTaming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez
Unlike in nature, ideas in enterprise don’t grow or perish by
the laws of natural selection — survival of the fittest — but
rather, which ideas are communicated and understood better at the
early stages. But not every good idea is best expressed on a
whiteboard. That’s why Gabe Paez developed The Wild — a digital
collaborative space designed to help teams workshop designs and ideas
in a VR environment.
Alan: My name’s Alan Smithson,
the host of the XR for Business Podcast, where we interview industry
leaders in making technologies in virtual, augmented and mixed
reality. And today’s...
2019-10-0427 min
XR for BusinessVisualizing the Future of AR, with Visualix’s CEOs Michael Bucko & Darius Pajouh
All the world’s a
stage, but in AR, that’s a stage we’re still building. Visualix is
hard at work building that stage with their street mapping
technology, which will one day help make everything from digital maps
to Pokémon Go a whole lot better. Co-CEOs Michael Bucko and Darius
Pajouh drop in to discuss their technology with Alan.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s episode is
with two amazing people from a company called Visualix. Michael Bucko
and Darius Pajouh are really, really passionate about ana...
2019-10-0237 minXR for BusinessThree Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf
XR has come a long way, baby – and we have one of the technology’s earliest pioneer’s on today’s episode. Dr. Walter Greenleaf has been working in the field for 33 years, since the days when VR was little more than a twinkle in research scientists’ eyes. Now, he and Alan chat about how far the technology has come, and how far it still has to go.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Dr.
Walter Greenleaf, a behavioral neuroscientist and medical technology
developer working at Stanford Uni...
2019-09-3042 min
XR for BusinessHR in XR, with BrainXchange’s Emily Friedman
As the lead
writer and head of content at BrainXchange, Emily Friedman has had
ample chances to explore a lot of XR-related topics. She lets Alan
pick her brain about a few of them, from getting millennials
interested in trades, to democratizing knowledge, and how humanity
will enter The Cloud.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is
Emily Friedman from BrainXchange and Augmented World Expo. Emily
Friedman is a New York based enterprise immersive, wearable and
emerging technology advocate, journalist and facilitator. She’s Head
of Content and...
2019-09-2745 min
XR for BusinessBuilding the AR OS for Enterprise, with RE’FLEKT’s Dirk Schart
Most businesses
have the information and infrastructures they need to be more
efficient and competitive — it’s just a matter of having it all at
their fingertips. RE’FLEKT is working at making that process easier
by creating a modular, scalable, open-source operating system for
businesses to build their own in-house AR applications on top of.
President and CMO Dirk Schart drops in to explain how.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is Dirk
Schart RE’FLEKT President and CMO. Dirk Schart is a marketing and
growth driven tec...
2019-09-2544 min
XR for BusinessFlexing Your Brain in XR, with Cognitive Design’s Todd Maddox
We often talk about
how XR technologies are great tools for education and training on
this podcast. But why is that? Like, physiologically? Turns out, XR
tickles the thalamus in ways traditional learning strategies never
could, and that’s not us just whistling Dixie.
Today’s guest —
Cognitive Design & Statistical Consulting, LLC CEO Todd Maddox —
has a PhD in Computational and Psychological Science, meaning there’s
no one better to explain why XR and your brain are a match made in
heaven.
Alan: You’re listening to the XR
for Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithso...
2019-09-2340 min
XR for BusinessIt’s Okay to be Small, with Virtual Reality Marketing’s Terry Proto
Don’t let his
impressive stature fool you; Virtual Reality Marketing CEO Terry
Proto knows that, in an industry where there’s a ton of use cases and
many roles to fill, it doesn’t hurt to be small. Heck, it usually
pays to be! Terry joins Alan in a chat about how companies can best
find their niche in the XR realm.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today’s guest is the
one and only: Terry Proto. He’s the CEO of Virtual Reality Marketing.
Terry is an award winn...
2019-09-2034 min
XR for BusinessCombining the Best of AR and VR with Varjo’s XR-1, featuring Niko Eiden
The human eye
is a wonderful and complex thing, and it’s a technological feat just
to even come close to its natural revolution. Well, the folks at
Varjo have created something that is pretty darn good at it. Alan may
have trouble remembering how to say their company’s name, but he can
attest to the clarity of the XR-1’s display. Varjo CEO Niko Eiden
comes by to give us a look behind the curtain of its creation.
Alan: Welcome to the XR for
Business Podcast with your host, Alan Smithson. Today we have Niko
Eiden...
2019-09-1834 min
XR for BusinessHelping Firefighters Douse Blazes Around the World, with RiVR’s Alex Harvey
Firefighters
need to train like any other professional, and their training usually
involves setting a mock set ablaze – which, as you might imagine,
would be costly to reset. Enter RiVR, who are using 360 video and
photogrammetry to recreate these practice blazes digitally. CEO Alex
Harvey and Alan have a heated discussion on the topic.
Alan: Hey, everyone, my name is
Alan Smithon, your host for the XR for Business Podcast. Today we
have Alex Harvey, CEO and creative director at RiVR, a virtual
reality training and visualization company based in the UK. RiVR
harnesses the power of VR...
2019-09-1640 minXR for BusinessBringing Lego Fish and Global AR Gnomes to Life, with Trigger Global’s Jason Yim
Step 1: Plant augmented reality
gnomes across the world. Step 2: …? Step 3: PROFIT!
Just kidding — Trigger Global’s
army of AR gnomes has a more solid business plan than the Underpants
Gnomes, as well as many other ventures across popular brands,
utilizing mixed reality technologies to bring them to life. CEO Jason
Yim emerges from his hidden meadow to talk about a few of them.
Alan: Hi, my name is Alan
Smithson, the host of the XR for Business Podcast, and today’s guest
is Jason Yim. He is the CEO and executive creative director of
Trigger Global...
2019-09-1327 min
XR for BusinessLighting the Torch for In-App AR Development, with TORCH’s Paul Reynolds
Game engines
like the versatile Unity have long been the go-to for AR development,
and for good reason. But its reputation as a video game engine can
also be intimidating — especially to those who want to create AR
software for enterprise. That’s why Paul Reynolds lit his TORCH; an
app he co-founded that lets you design your own AR platform, right in
the palm of your hand. He chats with Alan about his claim to flame.
Alan: Hey, everyone, my name’s
Alan Smithson, the host of the XR for Business Podcast. Today’s guest
is Paul Rey...
2019-09-0441 min
XR for BusinessNavigating XR with We Are PHASE2’s Samantha Wolfe
Alan – and XRIgnite — isn’t the only XR shepherding game in town! Samantha Wolfe — who co-authored Marketing New Realities with previous XR for Business guest Cathy Hackl — drops by to share her own insights on how best to help brands, businesses, and campaigns venture into the XR minefield, and come out the other end unscathed.
Alan: Today’s guest is Samantha
Wolfe, managing partner at we are PHASE2. Samantha is a marketing and
branding strategist, focused on making “never done before”
a reality. Sam is a co-author of the book “Marketing New
Realities: An Introduction to Virtual Reality and Augmen...
2019-08-3030 min
XR for BusinessGetting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRdōjō’s Michael Eichenseer
We talk a lot about the business use cases of XR on this podcast, but any good business comes with a great fitness plan or exercise room. XR is no different, and VRdōjō founder Michael Eichenseer runs Alan through a few of the cardiovascular benefits to the technology.
And that’s just the first six
minutes! Many other topics are touched on in this episode – virtual
writing spaces, remote assistance, spatial learning, his own XR
makerspace, and more.
Alan: Welcome to the show,
Michael, how are you doing? Pretty good. How are you? Fantastic.
Thank...
2019-08-1432 min
XR for BusinessDissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs
These days,
more and more students can — and do — opt out of animal dissection
in science classes, and not just because formaldehyde smells awful.
As fewer kids are morally comfortable with chopping up an amphibian
in the name of their education, an alternative will be needed.
VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs offers a solution through VR, and chats with
Alan about how XR can be used to enhance education in other ways,
too.
Alan: Today’s guest is Steve
Grubbs, founder and CEO of VictoryVR, one of the world leaders in
virtual reality educational product development. To date, they hav...
2019-08-0234 min
XR for BusinessSolving Real-World Problems for Global Enterprise with AREA’s Mark Sage
AR dragons, psychedelic displays at Coachella, and other digital gizmos made possible with XR technologies are fun and all, but Mark Sage, founder of AREA, is on the more pragmatic side of the table; he loves it when XR technologies can solve real-world problems for businesses. Mark and Alan sit down to discuss how to do that, and how that creates a better ecosystem for enterprise XR to thrive.
Alan: Today’s guest is Mark Sage. Mark is a product owner, creator, marketer, innovator, business development professional, evangelist, spokesperson, strategist, program and project manager, and mentor across a...
2019-06-2941 min
XR for BusinessWelcome to XR for Business with Alan Smithson
We are about to see the largest transformation in human history. Artificial intelligence, Internet of Things, quantum computing, 5G, blockchain and virtual, augmented & mixed Reality are all maturing at the exact same time.
My name is Alan Smithson, and I am going to be your host for the XR for Business podcast where I will interview industry leaders who are either making or using immersive virtual, augmented and mixed reality solutions for business.
From marketing and sales to logistics and training to design and remote collaboration, you will learn how the world’s largest organizations ar...
2019-05-0805 min
The Impactors PodcastSocial Snippets w/ Alan Smithson!Hi there! Welcome to Social Snippets!
In this fire-round The Social Impactors Podcast episode, I simply ask the top players, the best of the best, the Elon Musks of their fields of work, their quickest answer to this simple question: "What is your advice for others to begin making a positive social impact in their communities?"
In this episode, I talk with Alan Smithson, thought leader in Virtual & Augmented Reality (VR/AR), North America’s Leading Virtual & Augmented Reality Consultancy, and CEO of MetaVRse.
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2019-02-2703 min
Generation You with Catalin MateiAlan Smithson On How Virtual and Augmented Reality Will Impact the WorldMeet Alan Smithson. He lives in the future. Alan is currently the Co-Founder and CEO of MetaVRse, North America’s Leading Virtual & Augmented Reality Consultancy platforms for Fortune 100 companies across different industries, and he's one of the industry's thought leaders on the virtual reality subject. Here's where you can find him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmithson/
2018-11-2747 min
Everything VR & ARAlan Smithson of MetaVRseAlan Smithson, CEO of MetaVRse joins us to talk about MetaVRse and their vCommerce (Virtual & Augmented Reality for Retail and eCommerce). MetaVRse is also building the XR Learning Centre and was recently accepted to the Museum of the Future Accelerator in Dubai. Alan is a LinkedIn VR/AR thought leader with millions of views of his articles and videos. We also talk about his upcoming keynotes at the VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver with topics including Virtual Conferences of the Future, and Enterprise XR use cases. Alan’s purpose in life is to...
2018-09-1348 min
VR/AR PioneersBuilding the Future with XR - Alan SmithsonAlan Smithson is focused on developing VR/AR business applications and platforms for Marketing, Retail & e-Commerce through his role as CEO and Founder of MetaVRse, which prides itself as one of North America's leading VR & AR consultancies. Alan also serves as a Mentor at Techstars Accelerator in Toronto, Canada and is also a Pitch Board Advisor for SXSW. Alan is revered as a thought leader and pioneer in the VR & AR industries, having first discovered the technologies through his career and love of music and DJ'ing.
2018-08-0916 min
The Impactors PodcastVirtual augmented reality for retail, modernizing education & the future of tech (Alan Smithson)Welcome to The Social Impactors Podcast! Where we highlight impactful individuals making a positive social impact in their communities, and shares their stories/lessons to help others. 🌍
How does virtual reality, education, and decentralized technology make positive social impact in the world?
Episode #6 features #SocialImpactor Alan Smithson, thought leader in Virtual & Augmented Reality (VR/AR), North America’s Leading Virtual & Augmented Reality Consultancy, and CEO of MetaVRse.
Alan and I talked abouthow he is using VR to create the future of education, how he uses his businesses and profile to create social impact, and some...
2018-08-0211 min
Everything VR & ARAlan Smithson of MetaVRse returnsOn this episode we are joined by Alan Smithson, an entrepreneur and investor and currently the CEO of MetaVRse, one of North America’s leading consultancies for virtual reality and augmented reality. Alan is a globally renowned keynote speaker on the topics of VR and AR. On the show today we talk with Alan about VR and AR and how it’s impacting training, marketing, and enterprise. We discuss Magic Leap One, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Facebook and the rapidly changing ecosystem. Connect with Alan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmithson or with Metavrse at http://meta...
2017-12-2126 min