In this episode, host Cathy Hackl and guest host Lee Kebler talk about the launch of Apple Vision Pro and continue their conversations around spatial computing. They segway into AI with talks of Taylor Swift deepfakes and possible legislation to protect against deepfakes. They also discuss robots and haptics and why “personas”, a reflection of you, works for a 3D presence.

Producer Lily Snyder brings you the Dispatch from the Fringe. 

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Show Notes:

• Taylor Swift deepfakes spark calls in Congress for new legislation
• The Tremendous Yet Troubled State of Gaming in 2024
• Robot avatar lets people see and feel things remotely through VR
• How TikTok created a new accent – and why it might be the future of English
• Your Satellite Needs a Tow? Call the Semi Trucks of Space

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In this episode, Cathy and Lee talk about the change in work culture with Millenials and Gen Z. 

Cathy talks about her experience ordering the Apple Vision Pro. The best-selling game of 2023 was Hogwarts Legacy. Minecraft partnered with Planet Earth for education. Walmart closed its R&D unit, Store No. 8. Producer Lily Snyder brings you the Dispatch from the Fringe.

Show Notes:

• Cathy’s experience pre-ordering the Apple Vision Pro
• What is Spatial Computing? (by Cathy Hackl)
• YouTube and Spotify Won’t Launch Apple Vision Pro Apps, Joining Netflix
• BofA upgrades Apple stock to Buy citing Vision Pro and generative AI as growth catalysts
• Las Vegas Could be Game for Atari-Themed Casino Resort - Casino.org
• Gamechangers, trends, and concerns — how AI is dominating the tech space | Watch
• For the first time since 2008, the best-selling game wasn’t ‘Call of Duty’ or a Rockstar Games title
• Experience Planet Earth III with Minecraft | Minecraft Education
• WSJ News Exclusive | Walmart Closes Store No. 8 Innovation Unit
• Alex Kipman’s new company: Analog
• What is Nightshade?

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Tech and gaming executive, Cathy Hackl and guest host Lee Kebler release their 14th episode of TechMagic, the show that dives deep into today’s tech news and explores the future of tech and gaming. This week Cathy is at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She’ll share more next week when she’s back on the podcast.

In this episode Lee and producer, Lily Snyder, host the show. Lee and Lily reminisce about Palm Pilots and tech gadgets before smartphones and discuss devices like the Rabbit R1. Lee and Lily talk about Apple Vision Pro updates. Apple released an advanced multimodal system called Ferret, which excels beyond Chat GPT-4 in computer vision tasks.

Show Notes:

• Davos World Economic Forum
• The 7 Most Important AI Gadgets You Need to Know About
• Apple says its Vision Pro is ‘spatial computing,’ not VR
• ‘Rec Room’ to Roll Out Full-body Avatars in March
• How Apple’s New AI Shakes Up the AI World by Seeing What GPT-4 Misses
• UNIVERSITY ENROLLING AI-POWERED "STUDENTS" WHO WILL TURN IN ASSIGNMENTS, PARTICIPATE IN CLASS DISCUSSIONS
• UK's antitrust agency is going to put the screws to US big tech in 2024
• AI to Make the Metaverse Relevant Again, CES 2024
• Tween taste is expensive these days. Blame social media.
• ZooGears TheButter — a "piano" for dogs
• Flappie AI cat door

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This episode is all about the Apple Vision Pro!

The Vision Pro is set to launch on February 2, 2024. Cathy and Lee are spatial computing veterans. They discuss the impact of this spatial computing launch news and how Apple won CES without even being on the ground at the event. They discuss the opportunities that lay ahead for professionals in the new era of spatial computing. 

Cathy and Lee segway into discussing more tech layoffs in gaming. Then they talk about AI, fair use, and journalism. Elvis Presley returns as a hologram. Walmart and Unity’s partnership brings physical goods to games. 

Show Notes:

• AI Is A Critical Building Block For Spatial Computing
• Apple Vision Pro available in the U.S. on February 2
• CES 2024
• This AI stock trader engaged in insider trading — despite being instructed not to – and lied about it
• A New Kind of AI Copy Can Fully Replicate Famous People. The Law Is Powerless.
• Elvis Presley is coming back with the help of holographic projections
• Walmart and Unity team up to bring immersive commerce for physical goods to games
• Media Executives Covett Games, But Are Ill Suited to Run Them (Andrew Rosen) 
• This E-tongue mimicks human taste and recommends wine with different foods

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TechMagic starts off the year with an inspiring interview to help you get your creative endeavors started in 2024.

Hackl interviews Jeffery B. Madoff, author of Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas. Creatives can control their careers whether inside corporate America or launching something new in 2024. Get inspired with great ideas and creativity in the new year. 

Jeffery Madoff is an Adjunct Professor at Parsons School of Design, keynote speaker, playwright, and producer.

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On this week's episode, Hackl and Kebler talk about Murderbot Diaries, a Hugo Award-winning sci-fi book series. Hackl and Kebler discuss the Figma Adobe merger failure. Hackl and Kebler talk about  Marriott Bonvoy Land in Fortnite and Asgard’s Wrath 2 in VR. OpenAI suspends ByteDance’s account. Kebler tries to break ChatGPT 4. Hackl and Kebler discuss Epic, Meta, and Unity joining the Alliance for OpenUSD. 

Hackl interviews Nick Vinckier, Director of Corporate Innovation at Chalhoub Group.

Producer Lily Snyder brings you the Dispatch from the Fringe.

Show Notes:

• Apple is adapting the Hugo Award-winning sci-fi book series Murderbot
• Figma and Adobe are abandoning our proposed merger
• Fortnite’s Marriott Bonvoy Land is a ghost town of video game sadness
• VR’s killer app has finally arrived” - IGN gave it a perfect score and called it a masterpiece
• OpenAI suspends ByteDance’s account after it used GPT to train its own AI model.
• Alliance for OpenUSD Unveils Roadmap for Core USD Specification and Ecosystem Collaboration
• Nick Vinckier on LinkedIn
• The hottest new climate technology is bricks

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On this week's episode, the EU becomes the first governing power to enact laws around artificial intelligence. 

Next, Hackl and Kebler discuss an article in the NY Times that focused on using AI to talk to the dead. Hackl talks about the benefits of AI for historical preservation. Also, ‘Tis the Season for Gaming and VR, as Hackl and Kebler discuss the success of the Fortnite x Lego collab and how the Meta Quests outsold AirPods on Amazon’s Black Friday sales. 

Hackl interviews Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos, founder of Abundance Studio. Kostopoulos is a strategy and emerging technology advisor. 

Producer Lily Snyder brings you the Dispatch from the Fringe.

Show Notes:

• EU Reaches Agreement on New “AI Act”: The World’s First Comprehensive AI Law
• Using A.I. to Talk to the Dead
• AI Can Reshape the Physical World—If We Regulate It Properly
• Fortnite x Lego Official Launch Trailer
• Would you believe a VR headset outsold AirPods during Black Friday? It happened
• Dr. Lydia Kostopoulos on LinkedIn
• Latinas pioneras en la IA: dando forma al futuro, un algoritmo a la vez
• Want to Trick an LLM? Try Asking It Nicely or Use Argentinian Spanish
• DLD Conference in Munich

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In this episode, Hackl and Kebler talk about games, musical avatars, and the ecological impact of generative AI.

The musical group, Kiss, retires to leave the music to their avatars. Hackl shouts out Future Chicken, a game developed by Catherine Winder and Annabel Slaight. Kebler discusses the environmental impact of generative AI prompts from MIT. Hackl and Kebler segway into the Eminem Fortnite concert. 

Hackl interviews Irena Cronin, Co-Founder & SVP of Product at DADOS Technology.

Producer Lily Snyder brings you the Dispatch from the Fringe.

Show Notes:

• Kiss say farewell to live touring, become first US band to go virtual and become digital avatars
• Kids Want Digital Currency And Subscriptions More Than New Games This Xmas
• The Game Awards trailer gets us hyped for the games of 2024
• Fortnite’s Eminem concert teased the future of the game
• A former Lucasfilm exec created this time-traveling chicken to help kids cope with climate change
• Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone
• Irena Cronin on LinkedIn
• Who wants to farm potatoes in the metaverse? Exploring Roblox’s corporate hell-worlds

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In this episode, Hackl and Kebler talk about a possible Lego x Fortnite launch, Fortnite partnering with Oakley, Fortnite Creative and the importance of thumbnails. They also discuss gesture technology, like the early “slide to unlock” to today’s double tap on the Apple Watch. Hackl gives her reaction to the Vario XR 4 and they discuss the spatial computing sessions at AWS re:Invent event. Kebler and Hackl talk about an article from The Guardian that talks about women in AI, and Cathy wishes for more Godmothers of AI.

Hackl interviews Zoe Scaman, founder of Bodacious on gaming, Gen Alpha, and the multiplayer brand.

Show Notes:

• Everything you need to know about the Lego x Fortnite collab
• Varjo XR-4 Promises Mixed Reality "Practically Indistinguishable From Natural Sight"
• Will Hand Gestures Replace Touchscreens and Keyboards?
• Most advanced virtual and mixed reality headsets for professionals – Varjo
• Finnish startup Varjo launches new $3,990 mixed-reality headset to take on Apple, Microsoft
• AWS re:Invent
• Save the Date: Spatial Computing at AWS re:Invent 2023
• Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard

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Over the weekend, Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI and a lot of tech news and tech drama unfolded over the last few days. Hackl and Kebler share their thoughts on OpenAI, Altman, and why the big losers of this news story are potentially the users. 

Hackl shares her first article published in the Harvard Business Review was just published and shares why it's about more than just mixed reality, it’s about the future of human-computer and human-to-human interaction, and yes, AI is at the core of Spatial Computing. The hosts also chat about Roblox’s latest virtual fashion report, and also how a TikTok makeup trend might be just a fad or could be the future. 

Hackl interviews Greg Kahn, CEO at GK Digital Ventures and President and CEO at Emerging Tech Exchange. Producer Lily Snyder brings you the Dispatch from the Fringe.

Show Notes:

• What Leaders Need to Know About Spatial Computing (by Cathy Hackl)
• A Wearable World (by Cathy Hackl & Lily Snyder)
• FIU and tech futurist Cathy Hackl announce the launch of Virtual Fashion Design Endowed Scholarship
• Roblox’s 2023 Digital Expression, Fashion & Beauty Trends Report
• TikTok Trend - makeup from the uncanny valley
• Swallowable device to track vital signs
• Scientists invent micrometers-thin battery charged by saline solution that could power smart contact lenses

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