Agenda

Description

We often think of mixed reality as blurring the lines between reality and fiction - and do that effectively, developers have long battled to make virtual and augmented worlds more realistic and immersive. Significant progress has been made in displays, haptics, motion tracking, and graphics, but what role does generative AI have to play? And how can developers leverage AI to unlock a new frontier in mixed reality?

AI-driven characters will pave the way for new forms of entertainment, education, and communication. Join Inworld and our partners Niantic and Liquid City in a discussion on developing mixed reality experiences with intelligent characters.

Speakers

Kylan Gibbs

CPO , Inworld AI

Ernestine Fu

General Partner , Brave Capital

Keiichi Matsuda

Director , Liquid City

Maryam Sabour

Head of Business, Platform & AR Headsets , Niantic

Description

IEEE Future Directions drives efforts on current, new and emerging technologies for humans and the digital world. Hear about the latest initiative on the metaverse and how IEEE is advancing and navigating in this space.

Speakers

Nicholas Napp

Co-Founder , Xmark Labs

Dejan Milojicic

Distinguished Technologist , Hewlett Packard Labs

Jeewika Ranaweera

Vice Chair, IEEE Future Directions , IEEE

Kathy Grise

Future Directions Senior Program Director , IEEE

Description

With a proven 20-plus year customer track record of daily use in mission critical health and military applications globally, 3dMD’s dynamic-4D capture systems are providing the same ‘near-ground truth’ 3D images and high-throughput workflows to its tech sector customers. 3dMD captures natural human actions, behaviors, gestures, nuances, etc., thus personalizing ‘ground-truth’ people into ‘near-ground truth’ digital-3D interpretation input for Web3.0. This talk explores the true economic benefits of baselining with a ‘near-ground truth’ digital-3D Doppelganger population and how this can create derivative avatar market opportunities beyond gaming, entertainment, and social media interactions.

Speakers

Kelly Duncan

Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer , 3dMD

Chris Lane

Co-Founder, CEO, & Chief Technology Officer , 3dMD

Description

Ericsson Digital Human enables the next generation of connected, human experiences.

Make language universal with EDH AI video dubbing (Dub Sync). Dub Sync leverages the power of AI to seamlessly dub video of any speaker with audio in any language, bridging the gap better than ever between audiences across the world. Imagine a new world of possibilities for virtual conferencing, live events and content localization. Dub Sync is the first in a family of products purposed with enhancing the connections of today with the technologies of tomorrow.

Speakers

Yewon Gim

Head of Research - Ericsson Digital Human , Ericsson

Tarren Corbett-Drummond

VP, Strategic Partners and Ecosystem , Ericsson

Description

In this thought provoking talk we follow the story of John Henry, a character known for his incredible strength and stamina, as he competes against a steam drill powered by artificial intelligence in a high-stakes race to build AI powered XR applications, platforms and even reshape society.

Together we probe critical questions on AI generation of art, music, code, and more.

1. How do these AI tools affect XR creation?
2. What new kinds of applications and services do AI tools unlock?
3. How does AI support new opportunities to scale?
4. What are new kinds of AI enabled business models?
5. What concerns should we have about the rapid deployment of AI to change society?

ChatGPT, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Copilot, Lensa, and 3D XR Asset Creation are just the beginning.

Will AI eat our reality?

Join us as we consider the age-old question of what happens when technology surpasses humanity's abilities in the race to build a new XR reality and how it fundamentally changes our existing one.

Speakers

Nicole Lazzaro

President , Xeodesign Inc

Description

Join XR Producer Elena Piech for a hands-on session where you'll learn how to harness the power of AI tools to streamline your producing and project management processes. From automating repetitive tasks to analyzing data and prototyping, you'll discover how AI tools can help your teams save time, improve accuracy, and increase efficiency across teams. With expert guidance and interactive exercises, you'll leave this workshop with practical strategies and the confidence to apply AI to overseeing your team's 3D spatial workflows.

Speakers

Elena Piech

XR Producer , ZeroSpace

Description

Villa is a virtual world creation and collaboration platform in VR for enterprises and consumers who want to take meetings and productivity to the next level. The platform offers experiences that are increasingly driven by generative AI. As AI continues to permeate every aspect of our digital lives, this event aims to explore the practical applications of GenAI in XR.

Attendees can expect discussions on the efficacy of GenAI in XR, and the emerging industry opportunities and trends in the short, mid, and long term. From automating content generation and retrieval in immersive environments to the use of Avatar AI assistants and support, productivity, and creation in gaming, education, and enterprise settings, the possibilities of leveraging AI in XR are limitless. The unique nature of XR platforms, with their reliance on audio-visual interactions, presents new considerations for AI integrations.

We'll delve into challenges such as uncanniness while bridging limitations of current assistant technology like Siri. We'll explore the potential impact of GenAI interaction speed and value creation in immersive worlds where time and practicality are on a different scale, as well as the formats that users embrace. Attendees will examine how AI can deliver lasting value and an increase in user satisfaction.

Speakers

Kurt Scheuringer

Principal Prototyping Architect for Spatial Computing technologies , Amazon Web Services

Ofer Baharav

CEO , Villa

Description

AI is rapidly being adopted into game development, providing developers the ability to increase game quality and create new experiences for players, while dramatically reducing time and cost to market. This panel features leaders in the spaces of generative AI for game development, who are driving the next wave of AI technology that will transform how games are made moving forward. Verónica Orvalho, CEO & Founder of Didimo, an AI-based NPC and character generation platform, will lead a discussion on how their platform is helping game devs create thousands of unique, fully-animated characters for their worlds in a matter of hours. Emmanuel de Maistre, CEO and Co-Founder of Scenario, will share how his team is helping game titles generate high-quality assets at scale. And Kylan Gibbs, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Inworld AI will detail how they can bring advanced NPC behavior & unscripted dialogue to games. These leaders will discuss their visions for how game studios can use innovative AI tools to both greatly enhance upcoming projects and cut costs at the same time.

Speakers

Kylan Gibbs

CPO , Inworld AI

Emmanuel de Maistre

Co-founder & CEO , Scenario

Veronica Orvalho

CEO and Founder , Didimo

Emilie Joly

CEO , Zoe Immersive Inc