Into The Verse

Visualizing home decor in your own space has always been a challenge for consumers - guessing what furniture could look like in your room and figuring out dimensions, space, and depth. In this episode of Into The Verse, we're diving into addressing these challenges, discussing what combining home decor and XR could lead to, and what home decor buying could look like in the future.

Kanav Singla, CEO of Metadome.ai, Akhil Meshram, CMO of Hippo Homes, and host Sagar Kalbande, aka @thergbguy discuss current trends, challenges, and their collaboration to bring VR capabilities to the home decor buying journey.

Catch it all!

Metadome:

Website: https://www.metadome.ai/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metadome/?viewAsMember=true

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metadome.ai/

Kanav Singla

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanavsingla100/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/metakanav

Akhil Meshram

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhilmeshram/

Sagar Kalbande

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgbguy/

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

01:30 - Unorganized Sector Overview

02:28 - Influencer Reliance & Market Challenges

02:57 - Industry Standards

03:22 - Hippo's Role in Customer Experience

04:52 - Physical Store Relevance

06:00 - Metadome's Impact in Home Decor

08:39 - Decision Timeframes

10:33 - Role of Architects

11:45 - Technology and Family Consensus

13:33 - VR Usage by New Couples

15:35 - Sample Flat Example

16:16 - Design vs. Visualization

17:25 - Understanding Virtual Reality

18:21 - VR in Stores and the Role of Haptics

20:49 - Next-Level Technology

23:08 - Consumer Adaptability

23:59 - Current Consumer Trends

25:11 - Web Experiences in Home Decor

26:49 - AR and Recommendation Tools

27:34 - Online Design Availability

29:07 - Role of Interior Designers

32:15 - Major User Challenges

34:59 - Budget Allocation and Quality of Service

38:06 - Visualization as a Constant in Design

39:56 - Virtual Concierge Concept

41:47 - Closing Statements

AR, VR, MR, XR... complicated and confusing, right? Wrong.

Into The Verse, the latest tech podcast by metadome.ai, is here to make everything XR related easy to understand and fun to learn.

Kanav Singla, CEO of Metadome.ai, Rahul Srivastava, CEO of Intellimark AI, and host Sagar Kalbande, aka @thergbguy discuss everything from the inception of Augmented Reality to the use of Virtual Reality and Extended reality in today's businesses. (They've even covered an easy way to explain #AR and #VR to your grandmother)

Tune in now!

Metadome:

Website: ⁠https://www.metadome.ai/⁠

Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/metadome/⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/metadome.ai/⁠

Kanav Singla

Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanavsingla100/⁠

Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/metakanav⁠

Rahul Srivastava

Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-rs/⁠

Sagar Kalbande

Linkedin: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgbguy/⁠

Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/rgbguy/⁠

Youtube: ⁠http://www.youtube.com/@RGBguy⁠

Produced by Pickle Jar Media: https://www.picklejarmedia.in/

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction

00:30 - About ⁠Metadome.ai⁠

01:54 - Meet Rahul Ranjan

03:17 - What is XR? Explained Simply

04:12 - XR Evolution: How It’s Reaching Consumers

04:43 - Apple, Google, Snapchat: AR Kits and Viral Trends

05:26 - Pokémon Go: The Game Changer

05:48 - XR Tech: How Are Users Embracing It?

10:54 - Omnichannel: The Ultimate Integration

11:59 - VR Immersion: Apple Vision Pro and Real Estate

13:24 - School Kids and XR: What’s the Attraction?

14:10 - Apple Vision Pro: Merging AR and VR

15:13 - Explaining XR to Older Generations

17:31 - XR Explained in Simple Terms

18:33 - AR in Real-Time: Practical Applications

19:55 - XR Challenges: Cost, Compute and Complexity

21:16 - Maximizing XR with 5G

23:00 - Beauty Tech: XR’s Glamorous Side

23:47 - Turning Hype into Business: Is It Possible?

24:29 - XR in Consumer Experience, Sales, and Marketing

27:29 - XR ROI: Is It Worth It for Enterprises?

29:46 - The Pain and Gain of Using XR

30:58 - Sagar’s Perspective on XR

33:55 - XR Market Size: A Booming Industry

35:49 - The Future of XR

40:15 - Wrapping Up