Podcast appearances and mentions of Charlie Fink

*Warning* Bad sound quality - apologies!In this special live edition of the AI/XR Podcast from Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2025, hosts Charlie Fink and Ted Schilowitz are joined by returning guests from Zappar, co-founders Connell Gauld (CTO) and Casper Thykier (CEO) and Auki Labs' CEO Nils Phil, to explore how AI and spatial computing are merging in real-world environments. The conversation spotlights Zapper's Mattercraft platform and its use of “accessible QR codes” to enable spatial navigation and real-time AR experiences without downloading an app. Nils introduces the idea of “collaborative machine perception” as a necessary condition for robots to navigate and work in the physical world—what he calls the “great reversal,” where AI exits the digital and enters the real. Later, XR Guild co-founder Avi Bar-Zeev joins to discuss ethics in XR, the need for community mentorship, and the importance of preserving the creator ecosystem in the age of AI scraping. The conversation closes with personal reflections on past projects like Aladdin's Magic Carpet Ride, Google Earth, and HoloLens.Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxrHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, hosts Charlie Fink, Rony Abovitz, and Ted Schilowitz discuss viral AI-generated media and concerns over synthetic content verification. They touch on identity theft issues arising from unauthorized use of voices in AI avatars. The conversation shifts to Infinite Reality's controversial $3 billion funding claim, which Forbes investigated but found inconclusive. They introduce guest Sam Liang, CEO of Otter.ai, who recounts founding Otter to capture and make human voice data searchable. Liang describes Otter's early partnership with Zoom, the company's evolution into a major AI transcription platform, and its competitive advantages in voice data. He highlights Otter's new AI meeting assistant capable of proactive participation and outlines future plans for multilingual support and independent voice agents.Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest episode of "The AI/AR Podcast," hosts Charlie Fink and Ted Schilowitz welcomed John Gaeta to discuss his innovative project, Escape AI, which serves as a platform for emerging creators using cutting-edge technologies like game engines and generative AI. Gaeta described how Neo Cinema represents a new wave of storytelling that gives space to unconventional narratives often overlooked by mainstream streaming services. He outlined the platform's vision, showcasing a curated network of artists and fostering community engagement through social viewing features akin to Crunchyroll's model. With a monetization strategy focused on direct support for creators, Escape AI is set to launch its fundraising round after an initial pre-seed investment of $1.5 million. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!https://linktr.ee/thisweekinxr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie Fink is a Producer, Podcaster, Author, Professor, and Forbes columnist, covering AI, XR, and the Metaverse. In this interview, we discuss: The current state of XR How AR might not be the perfect match for AI as we all might think Some of the similarities and differences between the rise of the internet and the rise of AI The impact AI is having on teachers and students How AI will take people's jobs… even his own Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter

Welcome to Into the Metaverse, in this week's episode, Yon welcomes Charlie Fink to the podcast. Charlie writes the weekly Forbes column "This Week in XR" and co-hosts its companion podcast. He is the author of the critically acclaimed AR-enabled books Charlie Fink's Metaverse (2017), and Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data (2019). His career spans impactful stops at Disney, AOL, American Greetings, and more. During their conversation, Charlie gives Yon the overview of his career and how it led to his interest and writing on the metaverse, before the two dive into how to define the metaverse today, the different generations of tech each generation of humans have had to work with and its implications on them, the future of devices and hardware, and much more. Yon will be appearing on Charlie's podcast in the near future, so be on the lookout for that to get more of this riveting conversation! Chapters Charlie's Career and Discovery of the Metaverse (00:25) Defining the Metaverse for the Next Decade (15:03) The Generations of Tech and its Users (24:31) Future of Devices and Hardware (37:25) Most Exciting Thing in Year Ahead (41:45) Follow Charlie: Website | X | LinkedIn Read Charlie on Forbes Listen to This Week in XR: Apple | Spotify  Follow Yon: LinkedIn | X Learn more about Into the Metaverse by visiting the website. Learn more about Supersocial by visiting the website.

Guest: Charlie Fink, Tech Columnist, Author, Adjunct, ForbesWebsite | https://www.charliefink.com____________________________Hosts: Sean Martin, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining CyberSecurity Podcast [@RedefiningCyber]On ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/sean-martinMarco Ciappelli, Co-Founder at ITSPmagazine [@ITSPmagazine] and Host of Redefining Society PodcastOn ITSPmagazine | https://www.itspmagazine.com/itspmagazine-podcast-radio-hosts/marco-ciappelli____________________________Episode NotesWelcome to the ITSPmagazine Podcast Coverage of CES 2024!In this episode, we dive into the world of consumer electronics and advanced technologies as we discuss the highlights and insights from this year's CES event.CES, also known as the Consumer Electronics Show, brings together industry leaders and innovators from around the globe to showcase the latest technological advancements. From cutting-edge gadgets to groundbreaking advancements in AI and extended reality, CES sets the stage for the future of technology.We are thrilled to have Charlie Fink as our special guest, who not only has a wealth of experience attending CES but is also a prominent figure in the tech industry. Charlie is participating as a speaker and panel leader at CES, sharing his knowledge and expertise on the intersection of advanced technologies and society. This podcast episode is brought to you by ITSPmagazine, the leading online cybersecurity and technology magazine. Our goal is to explore the impact of technology on society and provide insightful conversations with industry experts. Join us as we delve into the world of CES 2024 and uncover the latest trends, discuss the role of AI in Hollywood and advertising, and explore how extended reality is transforming various industries. From healthcare to entertainment, the applications of advanced technologies are reshaping the way we live, work, and play. So grab your most comfortable shoes and join us for an immersive and informative conversation. Welcome to the ITSPmagazine Podcast Coverage of CES 2024!____________________________Catch all of our CES 2024 event coverage: https://www.itspmagazine.com/ces-2024-las-vegas-usa-event-coverageWatch this and other videos on ITSPmagazine's YouTube ChannelCES 2024 Las Vegas playlist:

In this eye-opening episode of the XR Magazine Podcast, we sit down with Charlie Fink, the visionary Forbes columnist, author, and educator, known for his groundbreaking work in Extended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Join us as we delve into the depths of technology and explore the future that awaits us.

Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist, podcast host, and author of AR-enabled books on the metaverse. He teaches XR and Metaverse Studies at Chapman University and has had a 40-year career at the intersection of popular culture and technology, including work at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Virtual World Entertainment, and AOL. Fink gives keynotes on the Metaverse globally and consults for tech companies to help them tell their stories.Taylor Hack, a tech investor, marketing expert, and real estate industry leader, hosts a podcast featuring thought leaders and innovators to discuss industry challenges, disruptions and strategies for success. By sharing the stories of leadership, from the perspective of leaders, Taylor strives to help you develop your Leadership Line of Sight.

In this episode of Shift AI, we cover:  Charlie's career before starting writing for Forbes His early experience as a digital pioneer and AOL executive. His parents influence on his thinking and approach to his career. Specifics about the book Metaverse and thoughts about the frenzy around the term “Metaverse” and Facebook's change to the name Meta. Second Life, VR Chat and how creator economies drive Metaverse platforms Discusses Meta's hardware ecosystem and the way they are contributing to the overall adoption of VR The factors that lead to VR adoption and the promise of an integrated and interactive Metaverse. Training and simulation VR and the growth of assisted reality applications in the enterprise with frontline workers The implications of working remotely vs being present in the office to connect with colleagues and leadership. Consumer VR vs Enterprise VR Advice to college students about how to manage the transformation in the workplace and how they should adapt to this changing work environment. Will mentorship survive in a future remote or hybrid workplace. How will AI and Chat GPT alter the way that Charlie does his writing job at Forbes Links: Connect with Charlie Fink Email: cdfink@gmail.com LinkedIn Connect with Boaz Ashkenazy Twitter  LinkedIn Email: shift@simplyaugmented.com Learn more about Simply Augmented --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/shift-ai/message

THEY ARE BACK FOR PART 2!On this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined for a second episode by American entrepreneur, Rony Abovitz, and Charlie Fink, AR/VR consultant and professor of Chapman University. This show discusses the metaverse and the impact it will have on social and societal issues.Rony Abovitz  is an American entrepreneur. Abovitz founded MAKO Surgical Corp., a company manufacturing surgical robotic arm assistance platforms, in 2004 and recently acquired by Stryker for $1.65 billion. Abovitz is the founder of the Mixed reality/Augmented Reality (MR/AR) company Magic Leap and served as its CEO from its founding in 2010.Charlie Fink is a Forbes Columnist, and the Author of Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferences (2020), Convergence (2019) and Charlie Fink's Metaverse (2017). In the early 90s, Fink ran VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Previously, he was a VP at Disney, SVP at AOL, and President of AG & Blue Mountain. He teaches XR at Chapman University in Orange, CA.BRAND NEW:From Chapman's Center of Demographics & Policy, Joel Kotkin & Marshall Toplansky co-author the brand new report on restoring The California Dream.If you haven't downloaded the report, see it here: https://joelkotkin.com/report-restoring-the-california-dream/Visit Our Pagewww.TheFeudalFuturePodcast.comSupport Our WorkThe Center for Demographics and Policy focuses on research and analysis of global, national, and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time. It involves Chapman students in demographic research under the supervision of the Center's senior staff.Students work with the Center's director and engage in research that will serve them well as they look to develop their careers in business, the social sciences, and the arts. Students also have access to our advisory board, which includes distinguished Chapman faculty and major demographic scholars from across the country and the world.For additional information, please contact Mahnaz Asghari, sponsored project analyst for the Office of Research, at (714) 744-7635 or asghari@chapman.edu.Follow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-feudal-future-podcast/Tweet thoughts: @joelkotkin, @mtoplansky, #FeudalFuture #BeyondFeudalismLearn more about Joel's book 'The Coming of Neo-Feudalism': https://amzn.to/3a1VV87Sign Up For News & Alerts: http://joelkotkin.com/#subscribeThis show is presented by the Chapman Center for Demographics and Policy, which focuses on research and analysis of global, national and regional demographic trends and explores policies that might produce favorable demographic results over time.

Welcome to the .metaverse podcast. This week we are joined by Charlie Fink. Charlie is the author of three books; Metaverse, Convergence, and Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferencing: The Future of Work. Charlie has held senior leadership positions at Walt Disney, AOL, and American Greetings Interactive, and currently writes a weekly column for Forbes Magazine, as well as teaching at Chapman University. You can tune into his podcast This Week In XR on all podcast platforms, and find him on Twitter at ​​@CharlieFink. Secure your company's spot in the enterprise metaverse: https://hubs.ly/Q012-Zqv0 Check out more from Touchcast: https://twitter.com/Touchcast https://www.linkedin.com/company/touchcast Touchcast is the world's leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.

SPECIAL INVITE BELOWOn this episode of Feudal Future, hosts Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky are joined by American entrepreneur, Rony Abovitz, and Charlie Fink, AR/VR consultant and professor of Chapman University. This show discusses the metaverse and what the future holds in a digital world.Rony Abovitz  is an American entrepreneur. Abovitz founded MAKO Surgical Corp., a company manufacturing surgical robotic arm assistance platforms, in 2004 and recently acquired by Stryker for $1.65 billion. Abovitz is the founder of the Mixed reality/Augmented Reality (MR/AR) company Magic Leap and served as its CEO from its founding in 2010.Charlie Fink is a Forbes Columnist, and the Author of Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferences (2020), Convergence (2019) and Charlie Fink's Metaverse (2017). In the early 90s, Fink ran VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Previously, he was a VP at Disney, SVP at AOL, and President of AG & Blue Mountain. He teaches XR at Chapman University in Orange, CA.SPECIAL INVITE:A message from Joel:This Friday, January 21st, at 11am, Marshall Toplansky and I will be unveiling our latest policy research report,"Restoring The California Dream".This will be the FIRST TIME we will be publicly discussing this report. It's free to join and will be held on zoom.The brand new report lays out the challenges faced by middle and working-class Californians.The presentation of the report will be followed by an all-star panel led by Jeff Ball, new CEO of the Orange County Business Council.The event is sponsored by the Argyros School of Business, the Orange County Business Council, and the Harvard Business School Association of Orange County.Make sure to register now here for free: https://chapman.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wPCdtqSJQBK1GvkQVXavfg

The first episode of 2022 ft. special guest, Nick Cherukuri, Founder and CEO of ThirdEye! Enjoy spirited banter about the latest spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz and Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy the New Year's Eve episode! On this solo episode, enjoy spirited banter about the latest spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz and Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. This week is a special Holiday Episode featuring guests Ben Lang (Road to VR) , Anne McKinnon (The Boolean) , Scott Stein (CNet), and Dean Takahashi (Venture Beat) ! Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to! Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1F... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Mike Pell, Chief Envisioneer of Microsoft Garage.Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1F...Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Mike Boland.Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Kevin Kelly!Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Ori Inbar, CEO of AWE. Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is HTC China President, Alvin Graylin.Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Ben Lang, Author at Road to VR. Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Matthew Ball, "Metaverse Manifesto" writer. Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is David Whelan, CEO of Engage. Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Rony Abovitz, Founder of Magic Leap. Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song: Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Roy Taylor from Ryff. Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song:Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Enjoy spirited banter about the week's spatial computing news with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz, Forbes Tech columnist Charlie Fink. The guest this week is Josh Wehrly from Rec Room!Listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Apple, YouTube, and anywhere else podcasts can be listened to!Acast: https://shows.acast.com/this-week-in-xr-podcast/episodesSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HudB1FDRn7S5KWSaQ8aF8Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-xr-podcast/id1526505913Check back here next week for your scoop on the latest XR news.Intro/Outro song: Composers Max Aruj and Jon Kaye See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

#metaverse #forbes #techwriter #spatialcomputing #charliefink Charlie Fink writes about XR on Forbes. Variety calls him “XR's explainer-in-chief.” He is the author of the new book, Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work (2020), and the critically acclaimed AR-enabled books Charlie Fink's Metaverse (2017), and Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data (2019). Fink teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California. http://www.charliefink.com/ https://xrdirectory.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink https://twitter.com/charliefink?lang=en https://www.forbes.com/sites/charliefink/

Amy LaMeyer. Amy is the managing partner of WXR Fund, where she invests in early stage spatial computing and artificial intelligence companies with female leadership. Amy spent the first half of her career at Akamai Technologies, which helped enable the early web to scale. There she led the diligence and integration of 20 deals worth more than $1.5 billion.Now she’s fully immersed in AR and VR as an advisor and investor, and she was named one of the Top 30 people to Watch in Augmented Reality by Next Reality. Amy is also a lover of music and the author of the “Sound and AR” chapter in the book Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data by Charlie Fink. In this conversation, Amy shares her observations on demographics and trends after attending the recent YC demo day and other events, and she makes the case for and challenges facing female founded companies. We talk about market trends, the venture fund, and she profiles the areas in which she’s most excited. She goes on to describe some of the founder traits she wants to see, including being an expert in the area where the startup is attempting to disrupt.You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

Forbes contributor Charlie Fink is the Author of "Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferences, The Future of Work" (2020), "Convergence" (2019) and "Charlie Fink's Metaverse" (2017). In the early 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Previously, he was VP of Disney Feature Animation Story Development (85-92), SVP & CCO of AOL Studios (‘95-'99), and President and CCO of American Greetings and Blue Mountain.com (‘00-'05). He teaches XR at Chapman University in Orange, CA Forbes contributor Charlie Fink is the Author of "Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferences, The Future of Work" (2020), "Convergence" (2019) and "Charlie Fink's Metaverse" (2017). In the early 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Previously, he was VP of Disney Feature Animation Story Development (85-92), He teaches XR at Chapman University in Orange, CA

"Does the pandemic mean the death of the office?  No, of course not," says futurist, author and XR consultant Charlie Fink.  But he does foresee a world where we work, learn and play remotely, much more extensively than we did before the pandemic. In his new book, Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work, Charlie offers a comprehensive look at current VR and AR applications we can use today. A number of them are free or low-cost.  Some are XR--or extended reality--combining virtual reality with augmented reality. But Charlie, who writes a regular consumer-technology column for Forbes, says we're barely getting started. "I like to say we started at the beginning, and we're still at the beginning," he explains.  Staying current in XR, he's said in the past, is a challenge.  That's because the field is evolving, even as we speak. But Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work still gives an intriguing look at XR applications.  Team creative projects, virtual-conference platforms are spotlighted.  So are ways of virtually creating art, performing music and even connecting remotely with experts, such as repair people, if the dishwasher suddenly decides not to work. Implementation beyond imagination You'll recall, in a previous conversation, Charlie explored the ways the pandemic had accelerated the use of extended reality (XR). We first met Charlie at VRLA 2018.   He had-just-published first book, Charlie Fink's Metaverse: An AR-Enabled Guide to VR and AR. Since that 2018 interview, the world has changed in ways no one could have predicted.  Today, Charlie has published three books.  (His second, Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data, came out in 2019.) And now, more than ever, we're just on the threshold, as we discover what XR can mean in "everyday" applications. Charlie talked about his new book, explored the ways XR can be effective in various work/education situations and projected what implementation might mean for our future world. On this edition of Over Coffee®, we cover: The story behind Charlie's new book, developed as he taught classes at Chapman University; Some of the applications for remote collaboration; A look at the "big 'oh wow'" one application creates, with avatars; How real-time AR works; Some of the ways current remote-conferencing VR applications work; The directions in which Charlie foresees the conference industry growing, in the future; A look at his new podcast, "This Week in XR", with Paramount Pictures Futurist Ted Schilowitz; Some of the XR applications for socializing/leisure time; The ways in which Charlie foresees the world changing as a result of increased use of XR.

An Over Coffee® special-edition podcast In March, 2020, futurist, author, XR consultant, educator and speaker Charlie Fink was researching his third book. The coronavirus pandemic had taken hold.   Beyond the devastation of the virus itself, unpredictable changes were taking place, worldwide, in almost every aspect of life, work and education. At the time, we talked about some of these changes and where Charlie saw them going.   Charlie cautioned that no one could predict what would happen with virtual technology amid 2020's unprecedented circumstances.  Still, many of his March, 2020 projections proved almost uncannily accurate. Charlie, who teaches XR at Chapman College, writes a regular column for Forbes.   In July, he published his new book, entitled Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferences: The Future of Work.  An exploration of current virtual resources for a changing workplace, the book covers topics including live streaming, virtual worlds and remote experts. During our 2020 conversation, we discussed the ways Charlie saw extended-reality technology and uses evolving, some of the resources he'd found most effective for work and education, and the trends he was seeing as the world navigated COVID-19. On this edition of Over Coffee®, we cover: What exactly is “XR”, anyway? Some of the trends Charlie saw, in the process of researching his third book; His 2020 projections for the ways he thought society, business and culture could change, due to the pandemic; How Charlie might advise anyone needing to learn new job skills; One parallel between the unprecedented circumstances of the pandemic and a "sea change" in the 1990s; One area in which the XR field has changed in the past year; A preview of Charlie’s new book!; Some of the platforms, in 3D and 2D, that he saw working well for education, work and collaboration; A look at the arts, and how the pandemic may affect artists’ use of the XR medium.

In this episode our Director Hayley Bull speaks with Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, Paramount Pictures. They discuss video entertainment in connected vehicles, producing content for D2C services, the future for cinemas and looking beyond Paramount Plus. Ted spends his time and pursues his passion in a unique role in the motion picture entertainment industry. As the Futurist at Paramount pictures, Ted works with studio leadership and the technology teams at Paramount / Viacom/ CBS, exploring forms of new and emerging technologies, with an emphasis on Virtual and Mixed Reality. Ted is no stranger to a podcast, you can catch him on his weekly podcast, This Week in XR Podcast, with Forbes tech columnist Charlie Fink. If you would like to get in contact with Ted, he can be reached on Twitter @VirtualTedS

Nationites! We are very excited to interview Charlie Fink.Charlie is a futurist who writes about XR on Forbes. Variety calls him “XR’s explainer-in-chief.” He is the author of the new book, Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work (2020), and the critically acclaimed AR-enabled books Charlie Fink's Metaverse (2017), and Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data (2019). Fink teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California.Please join us for this amazing opportunity to speak to Charlie about the state of XR and where he thinks it's headed.You're not going to want to miss this one!

XR Today's Rob Scott hosts XR Consultant, Forbes columnist and Author, Charlie Fink.

Host: Alex CrowGuest: Charlie FinkRecorded in Los Angeles, CA via Zoom.Charlie Fink - http://www.charliefink.comCreative Pursuits  - https://creativepursuitspodcast.tvMusic - instagram.com/hideouthillThanks to our episode sponsor TeamPeople. For more information, visit - https://www.teampeople.tvFor the latest employment opportunities, visit the TeamPeople Job Board - https://teampeople.secure.force.com/careers/

Charlie Fink is a respected author and speaker focused on AR and VR. He has been at the bleeding edge of the intersection of entertainment and technology for more than 35 years. Charlie was a VP of Creative Development at Disney, where he created the concept for the Lion King. He was the COO at Virtual World Entertainment in the early 90s, which was the first company to bring VR experiences to retail locations across the world. Charlie was Chief Creative Officer at AOL studios, where he launched a number of early brands on the web. And after his startup was acquired by American Greetings Interactive, Charlie then took over as President and Chief Creative Officer and drove one of the most popular websites at the time to profitability and success.Over the last few years, he has been applying all of that experience and insight to his current passion around AR and VR as an author, speaker, and now teacher. About 2 years ago Charlie joined me for an interview where we explored his career and his first book on spatial computing called Charlie Fink’s Metaverse.Recently, about a week before the US presidential election, we caught up to discuss what he brings as an author and a teacher.We go on to discuss the classes he is currently teaching at Chapman University as well as his latest book and current take on where we are as an industry.You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

Charlie Fink is an XR expert, Forbes columnist, and author about the future of work and remote collaboration, which is the subject of his forthcoming book, called “Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work”. Charlie also teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California. Fink is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR world. As a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." In the 1990s, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VR pioneer, Virtual World Entertainment. In today's episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie about how things like robots, virtual reality and remote telepresence will change work forever. Let's dive in! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Does Charlie think that remote work will be the thing for a while Will people bring VR headsets to locations in the future Is pandemic the best time to get into VR Apple's mystery AR device Charlie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/ Charlie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieFink Listen to PART 1 and 2 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP118-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-1-em15eg https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP119-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-2-em15hh

Charlie Fink is an XR expert, Forbes columnist, and author about the future of work and remote collaboration, which is the subject of his forthcoming book, called “Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work”. Charlie also teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California. Fink is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR world. As a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." In the 1990s, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VR pioneer, Virtual World Entertainment. In today's episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie about how things like robots, virtual reality and remote telepresence will change work forever. Let's dive in! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: How is Charlie doing What led Charlie to write the book What's wrong with Zoom How Charlie's students reacted to remote way of studying The challenge Charlie gave his students Charlie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/ Charlie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieFink Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP119-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-2-em15hh https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP120-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-3-em15ld

Charlie Fink is an XR expert, Forbes columnist, and author about the future of work and remote collaboration, which is the subject of his forthcoming book, called “Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work”. Charlie also teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California. Fink is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR world. As a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." In the 1990s, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VR pioneer, Virtual World Entertainment. In today's episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie about how things like robots, virtual reality and remote telepresence will change work forever. Let's dive in! WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: The future of robotics Convergence of VR and robotics What other things might be replaced with technology Charlie's experience as an educator during pandemic What programs is Charlie using with his students Thoughts on Facebook Horizon Charlie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/ Charlie's Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieFink Listen to PART 1 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP118-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-1-em15eg

Join Bob LIVE from Paris and the Euro Attractions Show as he interviews one of the leading influencers in immersive entertainment and technology: Charlie Fink. Charlie Fink is a former Disney, AOL and AG Interactive executive who writes a popular column about XR for Forbes. He is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR (AR/VR) world. Fun fact: as a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: What's new in AR News on AR wearables from Apple What is audio AR What is happening with 5G What will be an impact of 5G on VR Charlie's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charliefink Listen to PART 1 and 2 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP100-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Bob-Live-from-IAAPA-Paris-and-Charlie-Fink-in-the-US-Part-1-ehhgsu https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP101-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Bob-Live-from-IAAPA-Paris-and-Charlie-Fink-in-the-US-Part-2-ehhh04

Join Bob LIVE from Paris and the Euro Attractions Show as he interviews one of the leading influencers in immersive entertainment and technology: Charlie Fink. Charlie Fink is a former Disney, AOL and AG Interactive executive who writes a popular column about XR for Forbes. He is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR (AR/VR) world. Fun fact: as a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Beat Saber is still a phenomenon Bob on Whiplash VR experience Kynoa VR experience DIVR experience by Ballast VR Bob on Hero Zone VR experience Bob on AlterEyes VR experience News from Zero Latency What to expect in Orlando that we didn't see in IAAPA in Paris Charlie's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charliefink Listen to PART 1 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP100-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Bob-Live-from-IAAPA-Paris-and-Charlie-Fink-in-the-US-Part-1-ehhgsu

Join Bob LIVE from Paris and the Euro Attractions Show as he interviews one of the leading influencers in immersive entertainment and technology: Charlie Fink. Charlie Fink is a former Disney, AOL and AG Interactive executive who writes a popular column about XR for Forbes. He is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR (AR/VR) world. Fun fact: as a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Update from Charlie Charlie's impressions on Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit in Dallas Bob's impression on IAAPA Paris Will Oculus include an arcade licensing in their Quest business edition? Is Charlie seeing any indicators that Oculus Quest is being successful? Bob overview of Illucity VR park in Paris Bob on Toyland experience at Illucity VR park Charlie's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/charliefink Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP101-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Bob-Live-from-IAAPA-Paris-and-Charlie-Fink-in-the-US-Part-2-ehhh04 https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP102-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Bob-Live-from-IAAPA-Paris-and-Charlie-Fink-in-the-US-Part-3-ehhh2j

In this episode we explore the ever-evolving technology of XR and how extended realities can elevate themed entertainment. We are joined by special guest Charlie Fink, a leading voice in XR technology, who gives insight into what the future of XR could hold. Follow Charlie Fink on social media: @charliefink ABOUT THIS PODCAST: "Experience Imagination" is a Themed Entertainment Podcast presented by Falcon's Creative Group, a design studio and media house that works to create immersive experiences around the world. Learn more about us at falconscreativegroup.com FOLLOW FALCON'S ON SOCIAL: Twitter: twitter.com/falconscg  Facebook: facebook.com/falconscreativegroup/  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/falcon's-treehouse-llc  

The first episode recorded for the season (but the fourth to be released) and obviously recorde when dat rona was not a concern on our radar, Kevin welcomes his former co-worker from a previous (and shitty) job, Renee Brown, to the podcast. In the tangential nature of the program, the two talk about a lot more than the eclectic mix of tunes Renee has provided—including the stress of buying concert tickets, feeling seen and attacked by Lana Del Rey, the pure joy that is Lizzo, and that you never really stop being an emo kid. For more information about the AWARD WINNING music blog Anhedonic Headphones, click here! Episode 18 credits: The intro to the episode featured an instrumental version of "Labels," performed by GZA/Genius, taken from the 2012 Get On Down/Geffen/Universal Music Special Markets release Liquid Swords - The Chess Box (Instrumentals.) The song originally appears on the 1995 Geffen Records release Liquid Swords. The theme music is a YouTube rip of the intro to BET's "Rap City: The Bassment," airing from 1999 to 2005. In today's episode, we discussed: "Summertime Sadness," written by Elizabeth Grant and Rick Nowels; performed by Lana Del Rey. Taken from the 2012 Polydor/Interscope release Born to Die. "Give a Little Love," written by Charlie Fink; performed by Noah and The Whale. Taken from the 2008 EMI release Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down. "We Came to Dance," written by Benny Horowitz, Alex Levine, Alex Rosamilia, and Brian Fallon; performed by The Gaslight Anthem. Taken from the 2007 XOXO Records release Sink or Swim.  "Exactly How I Feel," written by Melissa Jefferson, Theron Thomas, Mike Sabath, and Radric Davis; performed by Lizzo, featuring Gucci Mane. Taken from the 2019 Atlantic/Nice Life release 'Cuz I Love You. "Your Rocky Spine," written and performed by Great Lakes Swimmers. Taken from the 2007 Nettwerk release Ongiara. "Make Me Wanna Die," written by Taylor Momsen, Ben Phillips, and Kato Khandwala; performed by The Pretty Reckless. Taken from the 2010 Interscope releases The Pretty Reckless and Light Me Up. "Joan of Arc," written by Maria Brini, Johnny Andrews, Kevin Churko, and Chris Howorth; performed by In This Moment. Taken from the 2017 Atlantic/Roadrunner release Ritual. "Famous Last Words," written and performed by My Chemical Romance. Taken from the 2006 Reprise Records release The Black Parade.   

"We will get through this," says futurist, XR consultant and Forbes columnist Charlie Fink. Charlie, who is currently writing his third book, sees the current coronavirus pandemic drastically changing our society.  And he sees XR--which is the subject of his book--as a central part of future life. However, he says, no one can predict the ways in which this will happen. He would certainly know. As discussed in our 2018 interview, Charlie's career involves exploring the ways in which technologies like augmented and virtual reality will shape our future.  When he gave the keynote speech during VRLA 2018, he had just introduced his first book, the AR-enabled "Charlie Fink's Metaverse," at CES 2018. Since then, Charlie has continued to take his readers on a journey into the future, with his 2019 book "Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data". And his forthcoming book will be entitled "Remote Collaborations, Virtual Conferences: The End of Distance and the Future of Work."  His goal, he says, is to publish it by late May, in time for Augmented World Expo. Charlie talked about the ways he sees society currently changing, what XR is and where he sees the technology going, and why, against the background of the COVID-19 pandemic. On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear: Why XR faces some obstacles in becoming widely used during the current pandemic; What exactly is "XR", anyway? Some of the best, currently-usable resources for XR during the pandemic; Currently-usable XR apps for education and homeschooling; A look at holographic storytelling and how it can facilitate memorization; Some of the trends Charlie's seeing, for our future workplaces and classrooms; A look forward, at the ways the world may change, following the pandemic; A preview of Charlie's new book!; A look at the arts, and how the pandemic may affect artists' use of the XR medium.

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 remember, was one of the very first episodes we had. Her consulting bridges the gap between entertainment and technology. As an advisor, Anne grows and curates a community of digital artists to leverage new and emerging technologies. Anne is actively engaged in the entertainment industry at the intersection of music, arts, gaming, and tech. You can learn more about the great work that Anne and her team are doing at theboolean.io. Anne, welcome to the show. Anne: Thank you, Alan. I’m really excited to speak with you today, and also cannot wait to speak to a lot of the listeners. Alan: Yes, it’s been a while. We’ve known each other quite some time, and you do some work with VR Days and they’ve been on the show as well. And it feels like a family, like a network of people that are all just kind of coming together. So how did you get into this crazy world of technology? Anne: Actually, VR Days was one of the major events I went to and I started working in tech. And it was as a blogger and just kind of looking at how can we solve problems in VR, what can we use it for, and how can we make improvements to every aspect of our lives? And VR Days was one of the best conferences that bridged the gap between technology and arts, and also brought together everyone from military to education to healthcare, and also the creatives to drive that innovation. So that way, I guess I met some of the teams that I work with now and we’re looking at how to solve all these problems and to bring it to audiences around the world. Alan: Let’s unpack that. What are some of the problems that you’re working on solving? Anne: I want you talk a lot today about one of the projects we’re working on for almost two years, and that’s with Miro Shot. So Miro Shot is a band and we’re touring a virtual reality live concert around the world. So to kind of put in detail about what that looks like, is that the audience is physically present and the band as also physically present. And when the audience enters, they have VR headsets on and they are immersed in dreamscape visuals, and the pass-through camera’s a big part of what we do to connect the realities, and to experience music in a new way. And one of the problems that a lot of VR experiences have is how do you reach audiences around the world with live performance, and also how do you reach a large scale audience? A lot of what we’re focusing in business is how do you grow experiences from live to at home. And this is something we’re doing with the band, with up to 30 people at a time for live concert. Alan: People simultaneously in VR? Anne: Simultaneously in VR. So a lot of it is based around the concepts of gaming. So we’re really looking at VR as something that’s not contained, taking from classical genres, from theater and cinema and gaming. So everything starts in a gaming lobby. And they start the experience together and depending on where they look, they’ll be able to experience different parts of the world of the music. And they’re also because of the live perf

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 remember, was one of the very first episodes we had. Her consulting bridges the gap between entertainment and technology. As an advisor, Anne grows and curates a community of digital artists to leverage new and emerging technologies. Anne is actively engaged in the entertainment industry at the intersection of music, arts, gaming, and tech. You can learn more about the great work that Anne and her team are doing at theboolean.io. Anne, welcome to the show. Anne: Thank you, Alan. I’m really excited to speak with you today, and also cannot wait to speak to a lot of the listeners. Alan: Yes, it’s been a while. We’ve known each other quite some time, and you do some work with VR Days and they’ve been on the show as well. And it feels like a family, like a network of people that are all just kind of coming together. So how did you get into this crazy world of technology? Anne: Actually, VR Days was one of the major events I went to and I started working in tech. And it was as a blogger and just kind of looking at how can we solve problems in VR, what can we use it for, and how can we make improvements to every aspect of our lives? And VR Days was one of the best conferences that bridged the gap between technology and arts, and also brought together everyone from military to education to healthcare, and also the creatives to drive that innovation. So that way, I guess I met some of the teams that I work with now and we’re looking at how to solve all these problems and to bring it to audiences around the world. Alan: Let’s unpack that. What are some of the problems that you’re working on solving? Anne: I want you talk a lot today about one of the projects we’re working on for almost two years, and that’s with Miro Shot. So Miro Shot is a band and we’re touring a virtual reality live concert around the world. So to kind of put in detail about what that looks like, is that the audience is physically present and the band as also physically present. And when the audience enters, they have VR headsets on and they are immersed in dreamscape visuals, and the pass-through camera’s a big part of what we do to connect the realities, and to experience music in a new way. And one of the problems that a lot of VR experiences have is how do you reach audiences around the world with live performance, and also how do you reach a large scale audience? A lot of what we’re focusing in business is how do you grow experiences from live to at home. And this is something we’re doing with the band, with up to 30 people at a time for live concert. Alan: People simultaneously in VR? Anne: Simultaneously in VR. So a lot of it is based around the concepts of gaming. So we’re really looking at VR as something that’s not contained, taking from classical genres, from theater and cinema and gaming. So everything starts in a gaming lobby. And they start the experience together and depending on where they look, they’ll be able to experience different parts of the world of the music. And they’re also because of the live perf

How to succeed as a VR business and what to avoid? The VR technology evolves more and more each year. Businesses need to really think about their strategy of attracting new customers and keeping the old ones engaged. However, there are a lot of factors that need to be taken into consideration to help their business flourish in this competitive field. In this episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie Fink from Forbes during the CES 2019 event. They will be discussing about what makes a successful business and things to avoid. Charlie will also play a snippet from his interactive book. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Why your retail lease is your biggest challenge Why theaters might be the worst place for LBVR, and what you have to do to overcome that. The key to success in LBVR - Group, Corporate Sales and Birthday Parties Why your first location might not be indicative of your potential for success Why community and the human factor is the key to LBVR How 5G is going to change everything Charlie's book: https://www.amazon.com/Charlie-Finks-Metaverse-Enabled-Guide/dp/1640079793 Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP5-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Charlie-Fink-from-Forbes-Part-2-e8oro6 https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP6-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Charlie-Fink-from-Forbes-Part-3-e8orp7

How to succeed as a VR business and what to avoid? The VR technology evolves more and more each year. Businesses need to really think about their strategy of attracting new customers and keeping the old ones engaged. However, there are a lot of factors that need to be taken into consideration to help their business flourish in this competitive field. In the second part of this interview, Bob will continue talking with Charlie Fink from Forbes during the CES 2019 event. They will discuss some key points of how to make the VR business work and key things to avoid, and, why AR is not a thing and what is holding it back. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Charlie's Epiphany: World-scale free-roaming personal VR could make LBE irrelevant Why discounting might ruin your VR business How VIP events can build your off peak traffic Early Adopters of VR are now LBVR regulars; will they be the first adopters of the consumer products? And if they are, how do you cross over to reach the mainstream market for your customers. Why wireless multiplayer VR using Lighthouse are the emerging standard. Current AR products are “interim devices” that still don't really provide a must-have experience. What's holding AR back? Listen to PART 1 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP4-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Charlie-Fink-from-Forbes-Part-1-e8ormu

How to succeed as a VR business and what to avoid? The VR technology evolves more and more each year. Businesses need to really think about their strategy of attracting new customers and keeping the old ones engaged. However, there are a lot of factors that need to be taken into consideration to help their business flourish in this competitive field. In the last part of this interview, Bob will continue talking with Charlie Fink from Forbes during the CES 2019 event. They will talk about ways to promote your business outside of your location and what movie theaters are doing wrong. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE: Is VR's first killer app training and simulation? Why getting out of your location is good for your business promotion What movie theaters should do to attract more customers Listen to PART 1 and 2 here: https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP4-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Charlie-Fink-from-Forbes-Part-1-e8ormu https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP5-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Charlie-Fink-from-Forbes-Part-2-e8oro6

Episode 006 of XR Connections features an interview with Lukas Roper of Virti, who are creating AR and VR medical training experiences already in use in schools and hospitals. Also discussed are XR Location Based Experiences including the Samsung AT&T 5G AR Fan Experience and Free Roam VR experiences such as Sandbox VR. SHOW NOTES: AR and VR LOCATION BASED EXPERIENCES: Samsung-AT&T 5G Fan Experience - Nexus Studios Enhancing Locations with Hyper-Accurate AR and 5G by Luke Ritchie of Nexus Studios on Medium The Free Roam VR Cage Fight by Charlie Fink on Forbes ​Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry, Other Celebs Invest $11 Million In LBVR Start Up Sandbox by Charlie Fink on Forbes ​Sandbox VR ​The Void ​Dreamscape ​VR Studios ​Zero Latency ​Zero Latency YouTube Channel ​XR TRAINING: ​Flexing Your Brain in XR, with Cognitive Design’s Todd Maddox - Alan Smithson's XR for Business Podcast ​Derek Belch (STRIVR) on VR Training for Quarterbacks and Walmart Clerks - Jason McDowall's The AR Show ​VIRTI XR for Medical Training ​Lukas Roper of Virti ​ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: ​Podcasting: Anchor Recording: Logic Pro X ​ Music: "Are You There?" by DR. MARS on Spotify --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode, I’m speaking with London-based guitarist and composer Laura Snowden.Hailed a ‘string sensation’ by BBC Music Magazine, British-French guitarist and composer Laura Snowden is acclaimed for her ‘poise and intensity’ (Guardian) and playing of ‘extraordinary depth’ (Strings, Classical Music Magazine). The first guitarist to graduate from the Yehudi Menuhin School, made possible by the Rolling Stones, she was invited by guitarist Julian Bream to premiere his latest commissions at Wigmore Hall in 2015 and 2017. Laura’s international appearances have since built rapidly, with festival debuts across Europe, China and the US, as well as concerto debuts with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra and Münchener Kammerorchester, and a recording of Lisa Streich’s guitar concerto Augenlider with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester.Described by Classical Guitar Magazine as ‘linking guitar’s past, present and future’, Laura’s eclectic musical output has ranged from producing arrangements for Noah and the Whale frontman Charlie Fink to giving dozens of world premieres by composers including Julian Anderson, Errollyn Wallen and Olli Mustonen. She has also collaborated closely with her folk band Tir Eolas, appearing with them at Shakespeare’s Globe at the invitation of guitarist John Williams. As a composer, Laura’s music has been performed at Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall and Sadlers Wells, commissioned by the Park Lane Group, Birmingham Symphony Hall and International Guitar Foundation, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio Scotland and Hong Kong Radio 4.Laura currently teaches at the Yehudi Menuhin School and has given classes alongside performances at venues including the Royal College of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Birmingham Conservatoire, Brussels Conservatoire, Uppsala International Guitar Festival, Altamira Hong Kong International Guitar Symposium, the Volterra Project in Italy and the Guitar and Lute Festival in Sweden.Laura’s principal teachers were Julian Bream, Richard Wright (Royal College of Music and Yehudi Menuhin School) and Gary Ryan (Royal College of Music).Laura and I cover a lot of topics. We talk about her history, working with Bream, composing, teaching, we get into the topic of expression and interpreting music, how she handles challenging things like self-doubt and those pesky existential questions like “what am I doing?”, and so much more. We had a great time over these two different interviews and I hope you enjoy. Featured clip from her composition titled Light Perpetuum, which was commissioned by VIDA Guitar Quartet, performed by them and saxophonist Amy Green, and appears on their latest album Bachianas.https://www.vidagq.com/http://www.laurasnowden.co.uk/

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 Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, and Communications,” and is a contributing author to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data,” with a chapter focused on augmented reality for brands. She also runs the largest marketing and branding Facebook group focused on VR, AR, and MR, which has over 2,500 members. She’s a board member of the New York VR Expo and South by Southwest Pitch, and has been on the judging panel for the Games of Change Festival and the AWE Auggie Awards. To learn more about Samantha, you can visit samanthagwolfe.com or wearephase2.com. Samantha, welcome to the show. Samantha: Hi, Alan. Good to be here. Alan: It’s so amazing to have you on the show. We’ve known each other for a few years now, and we keep seeing each other at different conferences, and it’s always fun. I think the last time was AWE, but before that was CES. This year we got to hang out in a glass booth; almost like a fishbowl in the middle of CES. Samantha: I think our picture went up on Fox News or something like that. Alan: Oh, did it really? Samantha: Like, the two people in the middle of the glass booth for VR Voice. And we had such a fun conversation. I think Bob Fine was a little taken aback about how excited the two of us got together. So I’m excited for this conversation! Alan: [laughs] This is gonna be a great conversation. And for those of you who don’t know, Bob Fine runs a wonderful podcast called VR Voice, so you can check that out as well. Samantha, you’re the managing partner at we are PHASE2. So, talk to us a bit about what is we are PHASE2, and what are you guys doing? And then we’ll just have a conversation around the wonderful marketing opportunities that virtual and augmented reality afford. Samantha: Absolutely. The way I like to talk about we are PHASE2 is that we are about marketing with and for emerging technologies. We help companies who are in the emerging tech space be able to market and communicate what they’re doing, but we also have companies who want to market to and with those emerging technologies. So if you’re an advertising agency or a brand who says, you know, “we want to do something really innovative,” and want to integrate — whether it be AR, VR, AI, IoT — into what you’re doing, that you could come to us and we’ll help you through that process. Or if you’re like, “You know what? We need some developers to help work on this campaign that we’re doing.” We’ll work with you as well. The other thing I’ve said is marketing emerging technologies and emerging technology marketing. Alan: Emerging technology marketing. I get it. So– Samantha: It’s both ways. [laughs] Alan: Are you talking about virtual/augmented/mixed reality, or are you guys also diving into artificial intelligence and machine learning and IoT sensors and that kind of stu

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 Augmented Reality Marketing, Branding, and Communications,” and is a contributing author to Charlie Fink’s book “Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data,” with a chapter focused on augmented reality for brands. She also runs the largest marketing and branding Facebook group focused on VR, AR, and MR, which has over 2,500 members. She’s a board member of the New York VR Expo and South by Southwest Pitch, and has been on the judging panel for the Games of Change Festival and the AWE Auggie Awards. To learn more about Samantha, you can visit samanthagwolfe.com or wearephase2.com. Samantha, welcome to the show. Samantha: Hi, Alan. Good to be here. Alan: It’s so amazing to have you on the show. We’ve known each other for a few years now, and we keep seeing each other at different conferences, and it’s always fun. I think the last time was AWE, but before that was CES. This year we got to hang out in a glass booth; almost like a fishbowl in the middle of CES. Samantha: I think our picture went up on Fox News or something like that. Alan: Oh, did it really? Samantha: Like, the two people in the middle of the glass booth for VR Voice. And we had such a fun conversation. I think Bob Fine was a little taken aback about how excited the two of us got together. So I’m excited for this conversation! Alan: [laughs] This is gonna be a great conversation. And for those of you who don’t know, Bob Fine runs a wonderful podcast called VR Voice, so you can check that out as well. Samantha, you’re the managing partner at we are PHASE2. So, talk to us a bit about what is we are PHASE2, and what are you guys doing? And then we’ll just have a conversation around the wonderful marketing opportunities that virtual and augmented reality afford. Samantha: Absolutely. The way I like to talk about we are PHASE2 is that we are about marketing with and for emerging technologies. We help companies who are in the emerging tech space be able to market and communicate what they’re doing, but we also have companies who want to market to and with those emerging technologies. So if you’re an advertising agency or a brand who says, you know, “we want to do something really innovative,” and want to integrate — whether it be AR, VR, AI, IoT — into what you’re doing, that you could come to us and we’ll help you through that process. Or if you’re like, “You know what? We need some developers to help work on this campaign that we’re doing.” We’ll work with you as well. The other thing I’ve said is marketing emerging technologies and emerging technology marketing. Alan: Emerging technology marketing. I get it. So– Samantha: It’s both ways. [laughs] Alan: Are you talking about virtual/augmented/mixed reality, or are you guys also diving into artificial intelligence and machine learning and IoT sensors and that kind of stu

Last episode was all about the value of VR in creating virtual meeting spaces; today, we’re looking at AR. As Jacob Loewenstein from Spatial explains, both have their advantages in an enterprise setting, but AR is best suited for people collaborating together in the same room. Listen to this edition of XR for Business to find out why. Alan: Today’s guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Spatial’s mission is to empower people to be more connected, creative, and productive. Organizations are increasingly distributed across offices and information doesn’t flow easily; success depends on people working together. Their first product enables people to collaborate anywhere with AR. The founders have deep backgrounds in 3D user interfaces. Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And I’m really, really excited, because Spatial has raised a seed round from such amazing investors as Inovia Capital, Expa, Lerer Hippeau, Leaders Fund, and Samsung NEXT. To learn more about Spatial, you can visit spatial.is. Jacob, welcome to the show. Jacob: Hey, it’s great to be here. Thanks so much for having me. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. We had an awesome opportunity to meet at Charlie Fink’s exclusive dinner at CES this year, and I was really blown away by the warmth and passion that you bring. And so I want to just thank you for taking the time to jump on the show with me. Jacob: I had a blast at that dinner, and I believe we both had delicious Indian food together. Shout out to Charlie for organizing that. I met a ton of wonderful people, and the compliment goes right back in the other direction. I mean, you have been at this for a while as such a positive and fundamental figure, helping shed attention and light on the projects in the space that matter and that are moving the needle. And frankly, you’ve been moving the needle yourself, and have been a builder in this space for some time. And so I’m excited to chat with you, and happy to answer any and all questions. Alan: Well, on that note — and I thank you for that — tell me about Spatial. I know about it, but for the people listening — really, you guys have built enormously powerful tools. So, maybe give us the idea of what Spatial is, and how it’s being used. Jacob: Totally. So, I’m going to give you the headline, and I think the backstory is a little bit illuminating. I know you spoke a bit about that already, but I’m going to dive deeper. But the headline is that Spatial enables people to collaborate from anywhere with augmented reality. And the idea is, essentially, we’re all big believers in the VR and AR space. I imagine folks that listen to this podcast are, or are trying to learn to be. And if you’ve done a lot of demos in VR/AR, you’ve probably encountered the same phenomenon, which is; you get someone to put on the headset and they say, “Oh wow, this is cool,” and they smile and they compliment you, and you probably never hear from them again. And it&

Last episode was all about the value of VR in creating virtual meeting spaces; today, we’re looking at AR. As Jacob Loewenstein from Spatial explains, both have their advantages in an enterprise setting, but AR is best suited for people collaborating together in the same room. Listen to this edition of XR for Business to find out why. Alan: Today’s guest is Jacob Lowenstein, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Spatial. Spatial’s mission is to empower people to be more connected, creative, and productive. Organizations are increasingly distributed across offices and information doesn’t flow easily; success depends on people working together. Their first product enables people to collaborate anywhere with AR. The founders have deep backgrounds in 3D user interfaces. Co-founder Anand Agarawala sold his previous startup, BumpTop — a 3D physics multi-touch desktop — to Google, and also demoed this in a TED Talk. Co-founder Jinha Lee developed pioneering AR interfaces at MIT, Microsoft, and Samsung and then also showed them at a TED talk. They are a passionate team of 3D designers, VR and AR experts based in New York and San Francisco. Our guest today, Jacob, has also been a partner at Samsung NEXT. And I’m really, really excited, because Spatial has raised a seed round from such amazing investors as Inovia Capital, Expa, Lerer Hippeau, Leaders Fund, and Samsung NEXT. To learn more about Spatial, you can visit spatial.is. Jacob, welcome to the show. Jacob: Hey, it’s great to be here. Thanks so much for having me. Alan: It’s my absolute pleasure. We had an awesome opportunity to meet at Charlie Fink’s exclusive dinner at CES this year, and I was really blown away by the warmth and passion that you bring. And so I want to just thank you for taking the time to jump on the show with me. Jacob: I had a blast at that dinner, and I believe we both had delicious Indian food together. Shout out to Charlie for organizing that. I met a ton of wonderful people, and the compliment goes right back in the other direction. I mean, you have been at this for a while as such a positive and fundamental figure, helping shed attention and light on the projects in the space that matter and that are moving the needle. And frankly, you’ve been moving the needle yourself, and have been a builder in this space for some time. And so I’m excited to chat with you, and happy to answer any and all questions. Alan: Well, on that note — and I thank you for that — tell me about Spatial. I know about it, but for the people listening — really, you guys have built enormously powerful tools. So, maybe give us the idea of what Spatial is, and how it’s being used. Jacob: Totally. So, I’m going to give you the headline, and I think the backstory is a little bit illuminating. I know you spoke a bit about that already, but I’m going to dive deeper. But the headline is that Spatial enables people to collaborate from anywhere with augmented reality. And the idea is, essentially, we’re all big believers in the VR and AR space. I imagine folks that listen to this podcast are, or are trying to learn to be. And if you’ve done a lot of demos in VR/AR, you’ve probably encountered the same phenomenon, which is; you get someone to put on the headset and they say, “Oh wow, this is cool,” and they smile and they compliment you, and you probably never hear from them again. And it&

Do AR/VR experiences complement our basic instincts, or contradict our natural tendencies? On this episode of six degrees, we explore the sociology of immersive technology with our guest Charlie Fink, an AR/VR consultant, and former Disney, AOL, and AG Interactive executive who now writes about immersive technologies for Forbes. His insights into the innovation, industry, […]

This week on the Tech Cat Show we chat with Charlie Fink, Forbes Contributor for AR, VR and New Media. Charlie is the author of the critically acclaimed AR-enabled books "Charlie Fink's Metaverse" (2018) and "Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data "(2019). Charlie will take us through how businesses are being transformed with augmented and virtual reality and how the trends will evolve. Per Charlie "AR and VR represent a revolution in computing as impactful as the smartphone." Hundreds of billions of dollars are at stake, and no one knows how it's going to end, but Charlie has some insights! Join us this week on the Tech Cat show with Charlie Fink.

Amy Peck is the founder & CEO of EndeavorVR, a strategy & consulting firm focused on Augmented and Virtual Reality. There she serves as the essential guide to connect companies and educational institutions to the right resources, partners, and approach to be successful with these new technologies.In addition, Amy is the co-chair of the Enterprise Committee at the VRAR Association, and a contributing author to Charlie Fink’s recent book, Convergence. [frequent keynote speaker, panelist, and moderator]. Most recently, you saw Amy on the main stage at the AWE conference in late May.Amy has also worked in Business Development at Leap Motion, and more recently as the Chief Strategy Officer at Periscape VR, a location-based VR company.In this conversation, Amy and I discuss the viability of the location-based VR market and the potential for AR & VR in childhood education.We get into the current opportunities and challenges in bringing spatial computing to the enterprise. One of these challenges is the difficulty in explaining a technology that needs to be directly experienced, so much so that Amy now insists C-level executives put on a headset as a first step in the consulting process.We also talk about VR & AR in healthcare, and the potential impact of blockchain technology.You can find all of the show notes at thearshow.com.

How will the convergence of 5G and AR and artificial intelligence lead to the creation of experiences that no one’s ever imagined? Join Forbes columnist and author Charlie Fink to find out! Alan: Hello everybody. Today’s guest is one of my good friends and someone I consider a mentor. XR consultant, columnist, speaker, and author, Mr. Charlie Fink. Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie is a former Disney, AOL, and AG Interactive executive, famous for coming up with the idea that turned into The Lion King. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. He was an SVP of AOL Studios and president of the American Greetings Interactive. Charlie founded and exited to venture-backed startups and has produced over 30 award-winning Broadway musicals. Charlie is leading the way in XR for business by covering and reporting on everything XR-related. With that, let’s welcome Charlie Fink. Charlie: Wow, I don’t know if I can live up to an introduction like that. Thank you Alan. Alan: Oh you’re amazing. You’re amazing and thank you so much for being on the show. First of all I want to congratulate you on the launch of your new book Convergence, an AR-enabled book about AR. Maybe you can tell us a little bit about the book, and why it came to be. Charlie: Well, we were looking at doing a second edition of the first book which sold very well, but it soon became apparent that the AR topic in particular had been sort of glossed over in the first book, which was largely about VR. So, I started to think about the idea of doing a new book, and I got a lot of support for it in the community. In fact, it is a sponsored book, meaning I got enough donations that I could afford to write the book and get it printed. It’s printed on premium paper and it’s priced high like a textbook at fifty dollars – of course it’s filled with an hour of animation – so it’s not a normal book and it doesn’t adhere to book economics. So to make it work I really needed to build a community of about 100 people around the book, many providing augmented scenes and many actually contributing thought leadership and reporting. The topic of the book kind of evolved because I, you know, originally I was thinking the title would be something like ‘the many modes of AR,’ or ‘how the world will be painted with data,’ which is a phrase I coined, which suggests a fully-scaleable AR cloud. Which would make the devices we use a whole lot more useful and interesting than they are today, where we use something called marker-based AR. And as I got into the book and editing the work of my collaborators, it was clear everyone was talking about the same thing, which is this world of ubiquitous, wearable computing. What the final form factor will be we can debate, but this idea of a magic-verse based on a mirror world became the theme of the book, which is essentially the convergence of 5G and AR and artificial intelligence that would manage all of this data for you so that it is wanted and contextual. Otherwise, if it’s interrupting you, I don’t see how that’s possibly a welcome augmentation, right? It can’t be showing you advertising; it has to show you what you want when you want it or where you need it. You don’t need to see the weather in front of your eyes spatially, although it would be fun from time to time. But the truth is you know what the weather is. So that became the title of the book, Convergence. And if you look at history you know there have been a number of moments of sort of platform innovation that launched heretofore uncon

How will the convergence of 5G and AR and artificial intelligence lead to the creation of experiences that no one’s ever imagined? Join Forbes columnist and author Charlie Fink to find out! Alan: Hello everybody. Today’s guest is one of my good friends and someone I consider a mentor. XR consultant, columnist, speaker, and author, Mr. Charlie Fink. Charlie Fink is a Forbes columnist and an author of two AR-enabled books – Charlie Fink’s Metaverse: A Guide to VR and AR, and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data. Charlie is a former Disney, AOL, and AG Interactive executive, famous for coming up with the idea that turned into The Lion King. Charlie was EVP and COO of VR Pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. He was an SVP of AOL Studios and president of the American Greetings Interactive. Charlie founded and exited to venture-backed startups and has produced over 30 award-winning Broadway musicals. Charlie is leading the way in XR for business by covering and reporting on everything XR-related. With that, let’s welcome Charlie Fink. Charlie: Wow, I don’t know if I can live up to an introduction like that. Thank you Alan. Alan: Oh you’re amazing. You’re amazing and thank you so much for being on the show. First of all I want to congratulate you on the launch of your new book Convergence, an AR-enabled book about AR. Maybe you can tell us a little bit about the book, and why it came to be. Charlie: Well, we were looking at doing a second edition of the first book which sold very well, but it soon became apparent that the AR topic in particular had been sort of glossed over in the first book, which was largely about VR. So, I started to think about the idea of doing a new book, and I got a lot of support for it in the community. In fact, it is a sponsored book, meaning I got enough donations that I could afford to write the book and get it printed. It’s printed on premium paper and it’s priced high like a textbook at fifty dollars – of course it’s filled with an hour of animation – so it’s not a normal book and it doesn’t adhere to book economics. So to make it work I really needed to build a community of about 100 people around the book, many providing augmented scenes and many actually contributing thought leadership and reporting. The topic of the book kind of evolved because I, you know, originally I was thinking the title would be something like ‘the many modes of AR,’ or ‘how the world will be painted with data,’ which is a phrase I coined, which suggests a fully-scaleable AR cloud. Which would make the devices we use a whole lot more useful and interesting than they are today, where we use something called marker-based AR. And as I got into the book and editing the work of my collaborators, it was clear everyone was talking about the same thing, which is this world of ubiquitous, wearable computing. What the final form factor will be we can debate, but this idea of a magic-verse based on a mirror world became the theme of the book, which is essentially the convergence of 5G and AR and artificial intelligence that would manage all of this data for you so that it is wanted and contextual. Otherwise, if it’s interrupting you, I don’t see how that’s possibly a welcome augmentation, right? It can’t be showing you advertising; it has to show you what you want when you want it or where you need it. You don’t need to see the weather in front of your eyes spatially, although it would be fun from time to time. But the truth is you know what the weather is. So that became the title of the book, Convergence. And if you look at history you know there have been a number of moments of sort of platform innovation that launched heretofore uncon

Charlie talks about his love of musicals, his time at Disney (including an awesome Lion King story), and there is some immersion tech mixed in there somewhere. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-virtual-reality-podcast/support

Author, speaker, Forbes journalist, ARVR enthusiast and influencer Charlie Fink joins the conversation to talk about augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, 5G, and the kitchen sink! This is part 1, so make sure to check out the next episode after this one. Hold onto your hats! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-virtual-reality-podcast/support

主人公是一个试图戒毒的流浪歌手，机缘巧合和一只流浪猫成为了伙伴，重新找回了生活的意义。今天要跟你分享的就是电影中的歌曲，无比简单的旋律配合着暖心的歌词，这两天在视频平台看完了一部治愈电影，《流浪猫鲍勃》，着实被暖到了，会让你感觉，这世界，并没有那么糟糕。《Satellite Moments》是电影的推广曲，阳光积极，唱出了电影主人公詹姆斯与流浪猫鲍勃亲密关系及暖心互动，更体现出对世界的爱意。灵动的鲍勃，轻松欢快的歌曲，无一不让人眼前一亮。轻快的英伦乡村风格，清澈纯净的嗓音，都让人感到对生活的希望与舒适。Satellite moments Charlie Fink当詹姆斯·鲍文发现一只受伤的姜黄色流浪猫，蜷缩在他家公寓的走廊里时，还不知道自己的人生将会面临怎样翻天覆地的转变。作为一个勉强度日的流浪艺人，他从未想过拥有一只宠物。但是，詹姆斯还是决定收留这只聪明的公猫，并给他起名为鲍勃。詹姆斯精心照顾着鲍勃，帮助他恢复健康，然后将他放回街头，准备就此分别。但鲍勃显然另有打算。很快，他们就成为形影不离的组合，经历了一场场或妙趣横生、或充满艰险的旅程，从彼此那里汲取力量、寻求慰藉，最终走出生活的阴霾。如今，鲍勃甚至有了自己的twitter账户，粉丝超过100万。而好莱坞也对此产生了兴趣，准备将这段温情故事搬上大银幕。就像詹姆士在书里写的那样——“我们每个人生命中的每一天都有第二次机会，但我们通常都没有把握住。”詹姆士幸好遇到了鲍勃这位喵星人伴侣，帮助他把握住了第二次机会。Second Time Around电影的台词更加煽情一点：“有时候，你是要花九条命去拯救一个人。” 九条命，这说的当然是喵星人鲍勃。从人生的谷底奋起反击的故事，总能给人带来强大的力量。詹姆斯经历的48小时痛苦的毒品戒断反应，是生活里种种艰难的具体表现，晚睡也好，贪吃也好，酗酒也好，这些难以割舍的依赖克服起来虽然没有戒毒那么恐怖，但因为自我的放纵却总也解决不掉。在最绝望的时候，放纵、颓废、绝望总会冲你招招手，告诉你生活已经很难了，来一点酒精甚至毒品，这会让你好过一些。但真正应该去追求的生活，从来不是这样得来的。如果你真的试图克服内心的软弱，重获新生的感觉，一定会让你感谢一路走来坚强的自己。Don't Give Up电影中的歌曲由Charlie Fink创作，他是一名英国唱作人，因其曾是独立民谣乐队“Noah and Whale”的主唱兼吉他而为人所熟知。他被《星期日时报》称赞为“英国最大胆又最别出心裁的作曲家”。而在电影《流浪猫鲍勃》中，他在延续了自己的风格同时，巧妙的与电影主题相互搭配，在他的歌声中让人感到一个朝气蓬勃的年轻人与自己的猫奋斗打拼的影子。不仅歌声动听，故事治愈，电影《流浪猫鲍勃》更想表达的是一种精神：陪伴与不放弃。这部改编自真人真事的电影从主人公与鲍勃生活中的有爱互动，暖化了观众的心。每当觉得活在世上没意思的时候，循环这首歌，你一定可以觉得，世界都明亮了起来Somewhere on the Avenue詹姆斯把这段不寻常的友谊如实写下，起名《一只名叫鲍勃的流浪猫》，全球畅销几十万册，翻译为18国语言。鲍勃也有了自己的twitter账户，粉丝超过百万。这本半自传体式的小书讲述了很简单的故事——一个流浪的人，一只流浪的猫，在走投无路时相遇，从此互相依赖，给予对方生存下去的力量。质朴的语言带着城市边缘生活特有的辛酸、动荡与矛盾，字里行间却充满了坚韧的品格。没有跌宕起伏的剧情，只是处处充满温馨。当詹姆斯初遇鲍勃后带受伤的鲍勃去治疗，他身上总共只有30英镑，虽然听到价格时他的心往下一沉，但是毫不犹豫的付出了22英镑。詹姆斯说，当鲍勃来敲门的时候，它敲开我的心。一个流浪汉到全球畅销作家的距离有多远？也许只需一只喵星人的友谊。电影中用暗色调表现出詹姆斯身处困境时的状态，你或许会感同身受。虽然这是一段真实的故事，但我们很难遇到一个和鲍勃一样聪明的伙伴，但生活里总要有一些值得坚信的东西，就像歌中唱到的。你是否愿意为你所爱而改变自己？这就是你所现在拥有的一切你相信自己，因为你满腔热血你会醒来看见耀眼的阳光You Need This in Your Life

This week on The Perception Podcast is Charlie Fink. Charlie is an AR/VR Consultant, Columnist, Speaker and the Author of "Charlie Fink's Metaverse, An AR Enabled Guide to VR & AR." He is a former Disney, AOL and AG Interactive executive who notably came up with the idea for "The Lion King" while a junior executive in 1987. In the 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. He is a sought-after professional speaker whose numerous appearances include SXSW, CES, and AWE. Fink is the contributing editor of Virtual Reality Pop, a Medium publication for whom he writes a popular weekly column. In addition to his work as head of story development for Disney Feature Animation during the second golden age of Disney animation (‘85-'92), Fink was SVP & CCO of AOL Studios (‘95-'99). His past experience also features successful exits from several startups, including eAgents, which sold to AG Interactive, where he then served as President for three years, and Charlie Company, an SEO/SEM affiliate marketer and consultancy that most notably created "The Other 98%" for client Moveon.org in 2009, which now has over 6M followers on Facebook. Charlie Company was sold in a private transaction in 2014. Charlie Fink is also a producer of live theater in NYC. He is the Producing Artistic Director of the New Musical Foundation, a non-profit that supports the development of new musicals and has won over 15 awards for its productions. From 2007-2017 Fink was Chairman of the Drama Desk Award-winning NY Musical Festival So lets your imagination run wild and lets jump into the Metaverse with Charlie Fink! *** As always please send any comments or questions to ask@experienceperception.com And please go to ITunes and leave us a nice review!

"Showing (is) better than talking," says Living Popups CEO Cheryl Bayer. And that's exactly what she and her team are doing. Living Popups is an interactive augmented-reality platform and media company.    The products Cheryl and company produce are episodic AR features.  And these projects, created with humor and imagination, have a number of purposes. For example, "Leonardo da Vinci" might fly into frame on a gyrocopter, in a museum.   Or, in an educational application, villainous pig "Napoleon" might pop out of the cover of George Orwell's classic "Animal Farm".  (He'll offer his views on dictatorship--and not surprisingly, he considers it a good thing!  However, he does think it's in need of a few "tweaks".) In addition, readers of Charlie Fink's Metaverse: An AR-Enabled Guide to VR & AR, get to see Living Popups' work firsthand throughout the pages.  The book festures an episodic augmented-reality series, starring the author's avatar and his two roommates.  This particular series, according to Living Popups' website, garnered a nomination for a 2018 Auggie Award, for "Best Art or Film".   (Here is the link to our earlier interview with Charlie, about his new book.) Best of all, at VRLA 2018, in the Los Angeles Convention Center in May, Cheryl and her crew introduced "The Aug-mentors".  This was the first-ever AR episodic series to be shown during a live event! Cheryl, who is both an entertainment and education professional, talked about her background, the creation of Living Popups and her experiences with the Aug-mentors at VRLA 2018. On this edition of Over Coffee®, you'll hear: What first sparked Cheryl's interest in working in the entertainment industry; How she first began working with AR as a means of storytelling; How Charlie Fink's book, Charlie Fink's Metaverse, became Living Popups' first AR project; Cheryl's experience with "The Aug-Mentors", as she and her staff presented it during VRLA 2018; What you'll see, when you watch "The Aug-Mentors" (and how to get the first nine episodes if you didn't attend VRLA!); The essential element involved, in creating augmented reality; The creative process behind Charlie, Ripley and Wade, the three augmented-reality characters in the episodes of Charlie Fink's Metaverse, as well as the characters in The Aug-Mentors; How Cheryl's work with her award-winning kids' enrichment facility, Creative Space, expanded into what Living Popups is doing in the educational field; The teachers Cheryl remembers, who inspired her most; A preview of the educational products Living Popups will be releasing, in September 2018 and January 2019; Her advice, for fellow innovators.

Charlie Fink has spent 35 years at the bleeding edge of the intersection between entertainment and technology. He was a VP of Creative Development at Disney, where he created the concept for the Lion King. He went on to be the COO at Virtual World Entertainment in the early 90s, which was the first company to bring VR experiences to retail locations across the world - what we call today, location-based VR.Charlie was later Chief Creative Officer at AOL studios during their rise to dominance, where he launched a number of brands including the Motley Fool and Love@AOL. In 1999, Charlie started a company providing email newsletters, which was acquired by American Greetings Interactive. Charlie then took over as President and Chief Creative Officer and drove one of the most popular websites at the time to profitability and success.More recently, Charlie has been focused on VR & AR as an author and columnist, and he recently published Charlie Fink’s Metaverse - a guide to what’s happen in the space today.In this, the second part of our conversation, Charlie and I dig into Augmented Reality. We discuss the camera as the new primary input device, the use of blockchain in AR, and the AR Cloud. We get into the need for common data formats and smart filters to make all of the information sharing and consumption more manageable.Charlie also reflects on the downsides of retiring early, and what advice he’d give his 25-year-old self. The answer surprised me.You can find the show notes, including a link to Charlie’s book, at our website, thearshow.com.

What if you went downtown--and saw augmented-reality information on today's meal specials appear on your favorite restaurant? That's just one of the scenarios which AR/VR consultant, author and futurist Charlie Fink says is entirely possible. In his new book Metaverse: an AR Enabled Guide to VR and AR, Charlie explores the ways in which augmented and virtual reality may become part of our daily lives in the not-too-distant future. And he doesn't just write about it.   He literally illustrates it!  An augmented-reality app by Living Popups adds another dimension of information and entertainment to Charlie Fink's Metaverse. Charlie, who estimates the date for widespread integration at 2030, says the "killer apps" of the future are...us.  People. he says in Metaverse, will drive adoption of virtual and augmented reality into daily life.  The future vision he presents in his book is both exciting, and a little scary. People will be able to occupy each other's physical reality, Charlie writes--while they're thousands of miles apart.   Artists will have new means of both creating, and sharing, their work.  But consumer adoption of AR and VR will happen slowly, with today's avenues to the technology not even close to what will be needed. In his keynote speech at VRLA 2018, Charlie talked about his background (his areas of expertise include both the entertainment industry and startups), his introduction of Metaverse at CES 2018, and some of the ways we might expect augmented and virtual reality to shape our future world. On this edition of Over Coffee®, you will hear: How Charlie first encountered VR as an entertainment-industry professional in 1992; The fundamental differences that distinguish virtual reality from augmented reality; How Charlie foresees augmented reality changing the workplace; What types of technology will provide the means to making augmented reality widespread; The ways in which VR is freeing artists to create in new dimensions; How the app works, that goes with Metaverse; Some of the biggest obstacles currently preventing the integration of AR, VR and mixed reality into daily life; What conclusions Charlie reached, from writing his book.  

Charlie Fink has spent 35 years at the bleeding edge of the intersection between entertainment and technology. He was a VP of Creative Development at Disney, where he created the concept for the Lion King. He went on to be the COO at Virtual World Entertainment in the early 90s, which was the first company to bring VR experiences to retail locations across the world - what we call today, location-based VR.Charlie was later Chief Creative Officer at AOL studios during their rise to dominance, where he launched a number of brands including the Motley Fool and Love@AOL. In 1999, Charlie started a company providing email newsletters, which was acquired by American Greetings Interactive. Charlie then took over as President and Chief Creative Officer and drove one of the most popular websites at the time to profitability and success.More recently, Charlie has been focused on VR & AR as an author and columnist, and he recently published Charlie Fink’s Metaverse - a guide to what’s happen in the space today.This is the first of two parts of my conversation with Charlie. In this first part, Charlie and I dig into the harsh economic realities of location-based VR - both in the 90s and today. We also discuss where we are in the current VR adoption curve, and some of the hurdles to overcome broader adoption of VR in the home.Charlie shares how he induced people to pay for content online, and we kick off our discussion about Augmented Reality. (Which we continue in Part 2.)You can find the show notes, including a link to Charlie’s book, at our website, thearshow.com.

This week we begin our month of exploring AR trends, joined first by Charlie Fink, author of the recently released book, “Charlie Fink’s Metaverse, An AR Enabled Guide to VR & AR”. As a former tech executive he is currently a contributor to Forbes, covering VR, AR, and new media. Today he joins us to discuss the future of AR and VR, and how developments in AI, Blockchain, and more will impact them. Connect the dots between the biggest trends in tech and get the bigger picture, right here on The Tech Cat Show!

Charlie Fink is a former Disney, AOL, and AG Interactive executive who now writes about AR/VR and New Media for Forbes and other publications.Charlie Fink writes about VR, AR and New Media for Forbes. He is the former Disney, AOL, and AG Interactive executive who famously came up with the idea for The Lion King. In the 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. He is now a consultant and frequent speaker on the topic at conferences like CES, SXSW, AWE, ARinAction, VR Toronto (keynote), VR Voice Entertainment Summit (keynote), VIFF, Digital Hollywood, and "On The Lot" by VRS (keynote). In addition to his column in Forbes, Fink is the contributing editor of VR Voice, and a regular contributor to HuffPost, Virtual Realty Pop, and CinematicVR. He is the author of the upcoming general interest business book "Charlie Fink's Metaverse, An Updated Guide to AR, VR & The Future of Personal Computing​", an AR-enhanced e-book which will be updated on a rolling basis, due from Cool Blue Press in January 2018.If you would like more information on Charlie please check out the following links below:Charlie's Twitter - https://twitter.com/CharlieFinkCharlie's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/Charlie's Medium - https://medium.com/@CharlieFinkWebsite - http://www.charliefink.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastYouTube - http://bit.ly/2xk3a9UTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/My Website - https://www.markmetry.com/

Charlie Fink is a former Disney, AOL, and AG Interactive executive who now writes about AR/VR and New Media for Forbes and other publications.Charlie Fink writes about VR, AR and New Media for Forbes. He is the former Disney, AOL, and AG Interactive executive who famously came up with the idea for The Lion King. In the 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. He is now a consultant and frequent speaker on the topic at conferences like CES, SXSW, AWE, ARinAction, VR Toronto (keynote), VR Voice Entertainment Summit (keynote), VIFF, Digital Hollywood, and "On The Lot" by VRS (keynote). In addition to his column in Forbes, Fink is the contributing editor of VR Voice, and a regular contributor to HuffPost, Virtual Realty Pop, and CinematicVR. He is the author of the upcoming general interest business book "Charlie Fink's Metaverse, An Updated Guide to AR, VR & The Future of Personal Computing​", an AR-enhanced e-book which will be updated on a rolling basis, due from Cool Blue Press in January 2018.If you would like more information on Charlie please check out the following links below:Charlie's Twitter - https://twitter.com/CharlieFinkCharlie's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/Charlie's Medium - https://medium.com/@CharlieFinkWebsite - http://www.charliefink.com/Humans 2.0 Twitter - https://twitter.com/Humans2PodcastYouTube - http://bit.ly/2xk3a9UTwitter - https://twitter.com/markymetryMedium - https://medium.com/@markymetryFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/mark.metry.9Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/markmetry/My Website - https://www.markmetry.com/

VR/AR Editor for Forbes, & Huffington Post. What is going on in Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality? @charliefink (twitter) NYC Breed and went out west. Charlie speaks about industry topics like Magic Leap, HMDs, & what the next 10-20 years look like. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Cameron Ralston is the house bassist and a producer for Spacebomb, a collective of musicians based in Richmond, Virginia, who set up a record label and production company based around a house band. They followed a model established by the likes of Stax or Motown, with a signature style inspired by a love of great American soul music. As The Guardian put it, "they make albums that sound like a million dollars" - and this and this October they assemble in London for a one off show that will include guest collaborations with the likes of Natalie Prass, Slow Club, The Waterboys' Mike Scott, Foxygen and Charlie Fink from Noah and the Whale. Ahead of that show we met Spacebomb bassist Cameron Ralston to talk about something he likes to do when he's not in the studio or on the road: gardening. Catch up with our earlier shows by subscribing on Apple Podcasts with this link: bestf.it/talktheline

Tom Edwards is taken on a trip to the cinema by film critics Karen Krizanovich and Tim Robey as they discuss August’s movie releases, we learn about Maud Russell, a woman whose diary tells stories of high society during the Second World War and we meet Charlie Fink, the former frontman of indie-folk outfit Noah and the Whale, who has set his sights on the stage.

This first interview with Keith Boesky, a board member with the Osterhout Group, marked the launch of a 4-day non-stop interview fun fest with technology leaders throughout the VR and AR industry. Dubbed the "Virtual Reality Games & Entertainment Extravaganza", it took place online between July 24-27, 2017.

Charlie Fink from Noah and the Whale joins us and Fall Out Boy come back to save rock'n'roll. Plus tracks from Phoenix, Duke Dumont and Carbon Silicon in Singles Club

Will Obama become more progressive in a second term? Does the election strengthen his hand against Iran? Hint … our guests think so! Fred Harris, who served in the Senate with the late George McGovern, has a surprising candidate to wear the mantle of McGovern progressivism in these times – Barack Obama. Mike Ussery, who was an ambassador in two Republican administrations, says the election gives President Obama a stronger hand against Iran. And Bill Press interviews Charlie Fink, whose group of patriotic millionaires favors higher taxes on the rich. Fred Harris Fred Harris, a former senator and chair of the DNC, says President Obama is a worthy successor to the late Senator George McGovern as an icon of the progressive movement. And, he says, the American electorate really does have a strong populist and progressive streak. Mike Ussery One result of President Obama returning to office, says Republican foreign policy expert Mike Ussery, is that he has more room to move in dealing with Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Charlie Fink Bill Press and his guest,  Charlie Fink, of Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength. Jim Hightower A telling insight into Mitt's soul