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TechMagic with Cathy HacklAI Photo Tracking, AR Marketing, Spatial Computing, and Humanoid Robots with Cathy Hackl, Lee Kebler, and Special Guest Tom EmrichCathy and Lee are taking a break this month, and August is Greatest Hits time on TechMagic as we pull out some special episodes from our vault. In this Greatest Hits episode of TechMagic, hosts Cathy Hackl and Lee Kebler unpack viral AI trends, privacy concerns surrounding ChatGPT's photo location capabilities, and the future of spatial computing with special guest Tom Emrich, author of "The Next Dimension." They discuss the marketing power of augmented reality, including Avon’s 320% sales boost, and examine the evolution from smartphone-based AR to smart glasses and mixed reality. Tom introduces the “Play, Pilot, Proof” framew...
2025-08-201h 06
Voices of VR#1625: Tom Emrich’s “The Next Dimension” Book on AR for Marketing & Business GrowthHere's my interview with Tom Emrich, founder and editor-in-chief of Remix Reality, XR Product leader, Community Builder, Journalist, & Investor, that was conducted on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, CA. This is part 2 of 2 of my conversations with Emrich, you can see part 1 from 2018 here. See more context in the rough transcript below.
This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.
Music: Fatality
2025-08-0327 minVoices of VR#1624: Tom Emrich’s State of AR in 2018Here's my interview with Tom Emrich from June 17, 2018 when he was still a partner of Super Ventures, co-producer of Augmented World Expo. This is part 1 of 2 of my conversations with Emrich, you can see part 2 from 2025 here. See more context in the rough transcript below.
This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.
Music: Fatality
2025-08-0359 minVoices of VR#1590: AWE Past & Present Series: Ori Inbar on the Founding of Augmented World Expo to Cultivate the XR CommunityHere's my interview with Ori Inbar, co-founder at Super Ventures and Augmented World Expo, that was conducted on Friday, June 2, 2023 at Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara, CA. See more context in the rough transcript below.
This AWE Past and Present series represents 41 interviews and 24.5 hours of coverage from AWE 2025 as well as past enterprise XR conferences gatherings from 2018-2025 and should hopefully give a good overview of some of the current trends and discussions happening within the industry.
#1590: AWE Past and Present: Ori Inbar on the Founding of Augmented World Expo to Cultivate the XR Community (2023)
#1591: Sonya Haskins' Journey...
2025-08-0224 min
Zero to Start Podcast: VR development for beginnersWe're getting spacial at AWE! The 2025 Augmented World Expo returns to the Long Beach Convention Center, June 10th -12thOn today's show we're spotlighting our AWE day one itinerary. Elevate your conference vibe with our AWE playlist !Heading to AWE USA 2025 next week? Road to VR readers can still get an exclusive 20% discount on tickets: https://geni.us/7ijTS - BEN LANGJUNE 10 ITINERARY HIGHLIGHTS09:00 AM - 09:25 AM AWE USA 2025 Welcome Keynote - XR Is Going Mainstream! - Ori Inbar - AWE & Super Ventures09:30 AM - 09:55 AM Accelerating...
2025-06-0818 minTechMagic with Cathy HacklAI Photo Tracking, AR Marketing, Spatial Computing, and Humanoid Robots with Cathy Hackl, Lee Kebler, and Special Guest Tom EmrichIn this episode of TechMagic, hosts Cathy Hackl and Lee Kebler unpack viral AI trends, privacy concerns with ChatGPT's photo location capabilities, and the future of spatial computing with special guest Tom Emrich, author of "The Next Dimension." They discuss the marketing power of augmented reality, including Avon’s 320% sales boost, and examine the evolution from smartphone-based AR to smart glasses and mixed reality. Tom introduces the “Play, Pilot, Proof” framework and explains why “presence” is the new P in marketing. It’s a compelling look at how digital and physical worlds are converging fast.What you will lea...
2025-04-231h 06
Brands In PlayEpisode 9 | ft. Tom Emrich | The Next Dimension | Marketing With Augmented Reality | Brands in PlayEPISODE 9 — Tom Emrich: The Next DimensionWhat if your next marketing edge wasn’t a new channel, but a new dimension?In this episode of Brands In Play, we sit down with Tom Emrich, one of the world’s most respected voices in augmented reality and spatial computing. He’s a journalist, investor, product leader and now the author of The Next Dimension, the definitive guide to using AR for business growth.This isn’t just a conversation about hype cycles or headsets. It’s a masterclass in how brands can build real value today...
2025-04-1147 min
Ready, Test, Go. — The Podcast on Software Quality and Digital ExperiencesMeeting the Expectations of Generation AR (Tom Emrich)Brands are increasingly recognizing the potential of AR and VR technologies to create immersive experiences that captivate and engage consumers. However, navigating the complexities of these technologies and their implementation presents significant challenges, including device fragmentation, environmental considerations and high consumer expectations. Fostering high quality across these diverse platforms is crucial for brands seeking to deliver seamless and impactful experiences. In this episode, Tom Emrich, a leading expert in AR, VR and wearable technology, discusses the future of spatial computing, including how brands can leverage AR to enhance customer journeys. Drawing from his extensive experience and insights...
2025-03-3139 min
ArtwrldTom Emrich on How to Prepare for an Augmented Art WorldBack in 2014, after Google Glass was released, the tech journalist and entrepreneur Tom Emrich wore that notoriously before-its-time AR device for nearly a year, trying to find ways to integrate it into his life. One day, a man who saw him sporting the wearable at a Tim Hortons in Toronto called him "the man from the future." Now, after a decade-long run in the mixed-reality field that involved selling a startup to Niantic and then leading AR product management there, Tom remains a man from the future—only that future, in which spatial computing transforms the way we...
2025-02-221h 13
Montana Majority ReportMT Majority Report Insider Update - The Judicial BillsSenator Daniel Emrich and Majority Leader Tom McGillvray discuss two pieces of legislation they are bringing to reform Montana’s judiciary.
2025-01-2206 min
LEGENDS: A Podcast by All Day VinylBehind the Making of Warren Zevon's "Life'll Kill Ya" and "My Ride's Here" with Jorge Calderón & Noah Scot SnyderJoin us for an intimate dive into two Warren Zevon albums - 'Life’ll Kill Ya' (2000) and 'My Ride’s Here' (2002). In this third episode of a three part tribute to Warren Zevon, LEGENDS: Podcast by All Day Vinyl and host Scott Dudelson take you on an journey deep into two albums that showcase Zevon's unflinching wit, deep introspection, and fearless exploration of life, death, and everything in between.
To peel back the layers of these remarkable records, we are joined by two of Zevon’s closest collaborators: Jorge Calderón, his trusted lifetime co-writer and multi-instrumentalist, and Noa...
2025-01-0341 min
LEGENDS: A Podcast by All Day VinylOral History: Warren Zevon & The Making of The Wind with Producers Jorge Calderón & Noah Scot SnyderWhat happens when a legendary artist turns his final days into one of the most celebrated albums of all time? In this gripping oral history of Warren Zevon’s Grammy-winning swan song, The Wind, we unravel the stories behind the music, the heartbreak, and the triumph. Featuring exclusive insights from Jorge Calderón, Warren’s lifelong collaborator and The Wind co-producer, and Noah Scot-Snyder, the album’s co-producer, engineer and mixer, this episode takes you behind the curtain of Zevon's bittersweet journey.
Hear how Zevon defied the odds, transforming a terminal diagnosis into a creative explosion and how clo...
2024-12-201h 13Episode Archive - I've Been Diced!I’ve Been Diced! episode 22: Alan Emrich of Victory Point Games
Alan Emrich drops by to talk about designing games, publishing games, and teaching game design. What’s his company, Victory Point Games, working on next? How do you teach game design? Is it harder to design a small game than a big one? What’s the plan for getting VPG’s titles onto mobile devices? Plus, the strange case of a game that deftly blends politics and war, A Line In The Sand, but didn’t get the attention it deserved. (c) 2011 Tom Grant
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2022-05-1700 min
XR Connections - Extended Reality - XR | AR | VR | MREpisode 21 with Edwin Rivera of CG1 Solutions and the Miami VRARA on XR Training and HealthcareEPISODE 021 SHOW NOTES:
Edwin Rivera of CG1 Solutions discusses challenges and opportunities in developing and deploying XR training content for Healthcare, the importance of being platform agnostic, how he was inspired to enter the AR space, and the emergence of the Miami area as a tech innovation center.
Edwin Rivera
CG1 Solutions
Total Immersion (Former AR Co.)
Metaio
Markerless AR
Walmart AR Avengers App
Hololens
PTC
ScopeAR
Cathy Hackyl
Tom Emrich
2022-02-2826 min
The AI XR PodcastThis Week In XR 1-28-22 ft. Tom Emrich & Erik Murphy-ChutorianThis week's episode features Tom Emrich and Erik Murphy-Chutorian of 8th Wall! Thank you to our sponsor, Virbela! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2022-01-2831 min
OscillationsWhat is the Meaning of Art? (Part 2)"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly SillsJoin the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share.subscribe: YouTube / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon This is the second part of our discussion: What is the meaning of art? This may seem like an impossibly difficult question to answer. Art is subjective, right? Art is off limits to scientific analysis because it's too broad, vague, and amorphous, isn't it? Isn't art whatever anyone wants it to be?...
2021-06-1652 min
OscillationsWhat is the Meaning of Art?"Art is the signature of civilizations." -Beverly SillsJoin the movement from the very beginning. If you believe that #thefutureiscreative, support us with a like, a follow, and a share.subscribe: YouTube / Instagram / TikTok / Facebook / Twitter / Vero / Substack / Patreon What is the meaning of art? This may seem like an impossibly difficult question to answer. Art is subjective, right? Art is off limits to scientific analysis because it's too broad, vague, and amorphous, isn't it? Isn't art whatever anyone wants it to be?We asked the OSCILLATIONS inner circle what they th...
2021-05-161h 03
XR Connections - Extended Reality - XR | AR | VR | MRNo. 10 of XR Connections on AR, VR, and XR in Retail with Ed McCabe of Zebra TechnologiesEPISODE 010 SHOW NOTES:
Episode 010 covers XR in Retail and features an interview with Ed McCabe of Zebra Technologies, who discusses how AR headsets are improving efficiency in warehouses, the use of AR for picking and stocking, how XR is driving immersive brand experiences, and what consumers might expect to see this 2019 Holiday Shopping season. Also discussed are Neil Redding and Tony Parisi’s Near Future of Retail Project and small businesses getting started in AR.
Augmented Reality Experiences Will Save Brick and Mortar Retail by Tom Emrich
SnapChat Lego Wear Store
Nea...
2019-12-0927 min
Thinking With Mitch JoelSPOS #634 - Augmenting The World With Tom EmrichWelcome to episode #634 of Six Pixels of Separation. Here it is: Six Pixels of Separation - Episode #634 - Host: Mitch Joel. He's been called the "man from the future." Cool! Tom Emrich is widely recognized as one of the top thought leaders and influencers in Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and wearable tech. With over a decade-long track record of running tech teams in emerging technologies for brands like Nestlé, Best Buy and MTV, Tom was the founder of We Are Wearables and is currently the co-producer of AWE - a conference, expo and event company focused on XR...
2018-09-0257 min
SyrupCastSyrupCast Podcast Ep. 133: iPhone 8 leakfestThis week on the SyrupCast, Igor Bonifacic, Rose Behar and Patrick O'Rourke are joined once again by Tom Emrich, founder of We Are Wearables and partner at Super Ventures, to talk about the recent iPhone 8 leaks. Last week, major leaks about the much anticipated iPhone 8 surfaced thanks to Apple's release of HomePod firmware. Contained within the software update were references that gave away some of the secret sauce about updates to the soon-to-come iPhone. Among the biggest spoilers: face unlock using BiometricKit, no more home button, a wrap-around display design, and a tap-to-wake function. In...
2017-08-1235 min
SyrupCastSyrupCast Podcast Ep. 132: Is AR the future of mobile?This week on the SyrupCast, Igor Bonifacic, Rose Behar and Patrick O'Rourke are joined by Tom Emrich, Founder of We Are Wearables and Partner at Super Ventures, to talk about Apple's ARKit and the future of reality. This past week, Rose jetted off to the west coast to learn about the ZenFone AR. This ASUS phone is Tengo-enabled and even Google Daydream VR certified. Discussing this new phone gets the team thinking about the future of mobile tech and AR/VR. What does the future hold? Tune in to hear the SyrupCast team's thoughts.
2017-08-0434 min
HackToStartTom Emrich, Partner, Super Ventures | EP 156Tom Emrich is a Partner at Super Ventures and a co-producer of Augmented World Expo. After the release of the first feature phone, Tom began to see how immersive new technologies would transform the world around us and began building his career in the space. He’s consulted on how these technologies can improve the workplace & covered the industry for media publications like CanadaAM, ReadWrite, Betakit and more. Tom has also created and helped to foster communities around emerging technologies all over the world through groups like: We Are Wearables, Augmented Reality Bay Meetup, and most recently Augmented World Expo. He...
2017-07-1135 min
Inside VR & ARMixed reality is a box of crayonsNicole Lazzaro (Founder, XEO Design) & Tom Emrich (Partner, Superventures) talk with Robert Scoble about the spectrum of augmented, mixed, and virtual reality, how "VR creates that same sense of wonder that you experienced as a child".
2016-11-041h 12
Onalytica Influencer Marketing PodcastsWearable Tech with Tom EmrichOnalytica spoke to Tom Emrich, the founder of We Are Wearables the largest wearable tech community of its kind in the world, to gather his views on the wearable tech industry. In this podcast Tom talks to us about how wearable’s will improve our day to day lives, and which forms of wearable tech he believes will be the most popular amongst consumers. We also chatted about which wearable tech product is his favourite and which future product release he is most excited about, and much more!
2016-01-2128 min
Electric Runway PodcastElectric Runway Episode 6: Wearable Tech Expert Tom EmrichHow long will it be before we're all decked out in 3D printed shoes and self-heating jackets? Friend and colleague Tom Emrich sheds light on the future of fashion and technologies worn on the body. Tom and I also play with a few wearable light garments, including the GER mood sweater from Sensoree, and athletic apparel from Toronto-based Vagalume Visible.
2016-01-0730 min
The Analytics Power Hour#022: Wearables, Measurement, and Monetization, Oh My! with David McBrideIt's hard enough keeping up with the times when digital analytics is exclusively Desktop/Mobile/Tablet devices. Now, what if we had to work with data that came from everything? Join us this episode where we lean heavily on the wisdom and experience of Intel's David McBride, and talk about the Internet of Things, Measurement, and perhaps Millennials - all for the low low price of 50 minutes of your time.
People, places, and things reference in this episode include:
Kickstarter wearables projects
Faraday Cage
IFTTT (If This Then That)
Maker Faire
Qualcomm
MIT Media Lab
Tom...
2015-10-2750 min
More Than Just Code podcast - iOS, visionOS and Swift development, news and adviceEpisode 38: #38 - Performing Triage on Your WristThis week we discuss the recent WeAreWearables Meetup at MaRS Discovery District, which had panel discussions on the Apple Watch launch and experiences of early app developers. We discuss interacting with the watch, apps, activity. We speculate about Siri, Cortana and Google Now API access. Using Apple Watch buttons, force touch and the Digital Crown. We also talk about Craig Hockenberry's angry post on discoveryd.MTJC T-Shirts available until May 13, 2015Episode 38 Show Notes:Apple releases guidelines for creating third-party Apple Watch bandsBand Design Guidelines for Apple Watch (PDF)Apple preps i...
2015-05-081h 17
SyrupCastSyrupCast 35: Apple Watch Price PoutThis week, wearables expert, Tom Emrich, joins Daniel, Jane and Douglas to talk about, what else, the Apple Watch.Who is it for? And why is everyone hung up on the Apple Watch Edition, which starts at $13,000 CDN. Tom says it's mostly a marketing tool, a way for Apple to penetrate the lucrative marketing mechanism of the high-end Swiss watch market. And when it's all said and done, Apple's presence in the market will actually boost smartwatch sales overall, as they did with smartphones and tablets.Also talked about is the CRTC's decision to regulate...
2015-03-131h 09