The intersection of XR and Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic, and this is the start of a 17-part Voices of VR podcast series where I've interviewed different immersive artists and XR developers over the past four months about how they're integrating AI into their workflow in creating virtual and augmented reality projects.

I'm starting the series off with Evo Heyning, how has done a deep dive into dozens of generative AI programs, and she wrote an entire book called Promptcraft: Guidebook for Generative Media in Creative Work that explores our relationship to generative media. I had a chance to talk to her about her book at AWE where we talk about her journey into generative AI, her world in virtual worlds and the Open Metaverse Interoperability Group, and her various projects that live at the intersection of immersive media and AI.

Here is a list of the 17 episodes in this series on the intersection of XR and AI:

#1253: XR & AI Series Kickoff with Evo Heyning on a Promptcraft Guide to Generative Media

#1254: Using AI to Upskill Creative Sovereignty with XR Arist Violeta Ayala

#1255: Using GPT Chatbots to Bootstrap Social VR Spaces with “Quantum Bar” Demo

#1256: Using GPT for Conversational Interface for Escape Room VR Game "The Unclaimed Masterpiece"

#1257: Talk on Preliminary Thoughts on AI: History, Ethics, and Conceptual Frames

#1258: Using XR & AI to Reclaim and Preserve Indigenous Languages with Michael Running Wolf

#1259: AWE Panel on the Intersection of AI and the Metaverse

#1260: Using ChatGPT for XR Education and Persistent Virtual Assistant via AR Headsets

#1261: Using ChatGPT for Rapid Prototyping of Tilt Five AR Applications with CEO Jeri Ellsworth

#1262: Using in AI in AR Filters & ChatGPT for Business Planning with Educator Don Allen Stevenson III

#1263: MeetWol AI Agent with Niantic, Overbeast AR App, & Speculative Architecture Essays with Keiichi Matsuda

#1264: Inworld.ai for Dynamic NPC Characters with Knowledge, Memory, & Robust Narrative Controls

#1265: Integrating Generative AI into Live Theatre Performance in WebXR with OnBoardXR

#1266: Converting Dance into Multi-Channel Generative AI Performance at 30FPS with "Kinectic Diffusion"

#1267: Frontiers of XR & AI Integrations with ONX Studio Technical Directors & Sensorium Co-Founders

#1268: Survey of Open Metaverse Technologies & AI Workflows by Adrian Biedrzycki

#1269: Three XR & AI Projects: "Sex, Desire, and Data Show," "Chomsky vs Chomsky," and "Future Rites"

This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon.

Music: Fatality