Matthew Niederhauser and John Fitzgerald are both co-founders Sensorium as well technical directors at ONX Studio. They both have been working on a number of different immersive XR projects that are including the latest generative AI and large language model technologies. It's a rapidly developing field, and they talk about their strategy of keeping up to date through the practice of making different creative technology and immersive storytelling projects.

Niederhauser spoke a bit about Tulpamancer, which has subsequently been announced as one of the 28 immersive stories in competition at Venice Immersive 2023. It uses AI to take input from each users based upon their questions exploring their memories, and then uses generative AI to create a unique immersive VR experience that is specific to that person. "Ultimately, every interaction produces a unique work that is deleted at the conclusion of its viewing, left only to resonate in the minds of each participant." I'll be on site in Venice, and I'm really looking forward to checking out this experience and following up with Niederhauser and co-director Marc Da Costa.

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