Dream Machines: Physical AI, Robotics, Being Human

Today’s guest is Will McDonald , co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Miris . Miris is rethinking how high-fidelity 3D content gets delivered at scale. Their thesis: the future of 3D depends entirely on simplifying distribution. In that vein… we talk about why pixel streaming falls short, how Miris uses volumetric data instead, and why that matters for everything from e-commerce and gaming to r...

If you want to understand what it takes to get robots out of the lab and into production, this one’s for you. Today, I’m joined by the cofounders of Bifrost : Charles Wong (CEO) and Aravind Kandia (CTO). Bifrost is one of the leaders in synthetic data generation and simulation for evaluation. They’ve built some of the most impressive tools I’ve seen to date for helping robotics developers train, t...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link This was the most unique and fun episode I’ve done in a while, and it starts in a very unexpected place… With the art of clowning. Strange I know, but stick with us, because we quickly connect that world to technology, robotics, and why it holds surprisingly powerful lessons for this moment in time; especially if we want to design intelligent, embodied syste...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link What if machines could learn the world the way humans do? Not by crunching data and predicting tokens, but by understanding the world and how it works? Imagine a robot that doesn’t just see a chair, but understands it— its purpose, its relationship to the table, the way you might pull it closer before sitting down. That’s the world Matt Miesnieks is building...

Today’s guests are building one of the most ambitious startups in the entire spatial computing industry. The company is called RP1, and we’re sitting down with co-founders Sean Mann and Dean Abramson. On its face, RP1 is the world’s first true metaverse browser , trying to do for spatial computing what browsers like Mosaic and Internet Explorer did for the web. But that’s just the tip of the icebe...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link This interview is with Alvin Graylin — one of the boldest voices out there today on AI, reimagining civilization in the age of intelligence. Alvin is the best-selling author of the book, Our Next Reality , which is a super thought provoking exploration of how immersive tech and artificial intelligence are going to reshape every layer of society. Prior, Alvin...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link Today’s guest is a legend within spatial computing. We're speaking with Philip Rosedale , one of our spaces most renowned pioneers and the visionary founder of Second Life . Long before the 'metaverse' and 'web3' became buzz words, Second Life was the first, commercially successful, virtual world, with a self-sustaining, digital society where millions could...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link It’s time for some straight talk. No hype, no press release optimism, no corporate spin. Just two guys with some scar tissue—and a lot of history—talking about what’s really happening in the world of spatial computing/XR. In this episode, I sit down with Kharis O’Connell—former design leader at AR headset startup: Meta (the original Meta) , Google, and Amazo...

Medium Energy is now Dream Machines, narrowing the focus on the most powerful force in technology today: the convergence of spatial computing and AI. These tools are two sides of the same coin. Problem is... most people don't realize how and why. Nor do they realize what it means for their business, their careers, their children, their relationships, the list goes on. This newsletter/pod will chan...

Today’s episode is an inspiring ride through the future of medicine, healing, and human potential. My guest is Dr. Walter Greenleaf, a legend in the world of virtual reality and healthcare. For nearly 40 years, Walter’s been building and studying how immersive tech can treat PTSD, chronic pain, anxiety, addiction, and even rewire how we think and feel. Walter's primary role today is within Stanfor...

* Apple Podcast Link * Spotify Podcast Link I recently sat down with Ashley Crowder, CEO of VNTANA , on her podcast Connected in 3D . We discussed all things at the intersection of spatial computing, digital twins, and AI, and where this convergence is heading within the enterprise space. We covered… * Why spatial computing is more than just headsets—it’s any system that sees and simulates the wor...

How much of your life is spent staring at a screen? Probably more than you care to admit. Now imagine, all that distraction and friction disappearing. No more scrolling, typing, tapping. No more barriers between you and the information you need. No more heads down moments, getting lost in an array button, menus, and icons, breaking the flow of conversation and connection. Instead, AI gets unleashe...

We’re closing out the year with a special one… As most of you know, part of the Medium Energy mission is to explore what it means to be human in the age of exponential technology. If that question interests you, this conversation absolutely delivers. We’re peeling back the layers of the human psyche and exploring the future of emotional and psychological well-being. At the heart of the conversatio...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link Welcome to our quarterly market update for Q3 2024, with Hatem Dhiab, Managing Partner at renowned investing firm, Gerber Kawasaki. In this series, we share our observations & leanings from the most recent quarterly earnings calls. The goal of this series is to help you stay calibrated to the latest market & investing trends. This conversation kicks off with...

Alright folks, we're taking a different tack with this episode. We’re diving into some more… soulful topics, while also getting rather personal and vulnerable. Part of our core thesis at Medium Energy is that exponential technologies like Spatial Computing and AI… these are democratizing tools. They’re going to help more people climb the proverbial ladder that is Maslow’s ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ , al...

Today’s episode is as sci-fi as it gets. We're exploring the complete merging of man and machine via spatial computing and BCIs (brain computer interfaces); a combo that will give us the ability to control machines with our minds. And yes, this stuff is way more real and way more imminent than you think. To explore the topic, we're diving into a company at the cutting edge of this frontier. The co...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link If you're interested in how to build a more immersive and experiential internet (aka the spatial web), than this is your episode We're interviewing an old friend and old colleague, Felix Herbst Felix the CEO and co-founder of Needle, which has the most impressive suite of tools I've seen to date for building web-native, spatial applications. For years now, t...

This is Part II of our mini-series with prominent bitcoin investor, thinker, and creator, Marty Bent in which we chart the necessary path towards ‘Bitcoin Enlightenment’, aka the phases of knowledge required to fully appreciate Bitcoin's purpose and potential. The goal of this series is to address Bitcoin's marketing problem as one of the most misunderstood yet important technologies in common par...

Despite being around for a while now, bitcoin remains woefully misunderstood. It’s alarming to me how many people still roll their eyes at the topic. Yet, more often than not, these same people haven’t made any effort to understand why Bitcoin exists, what problems it solves, and why its useful. This is especially alarming considering the current fiscal and economic environment we're in (as I disc...

This episode was a huge milestone for the podcast and a major personal goal, which was to interview Matthew Ball, author of the renowned best-selling book, ‘The Metaverse’. If you want a quick and robust download on the latest/greatest in immersive tech + spatial computing, this is as good as it gets... Matthew is one of (if not the) world’s most esteemed experts on the metaverse and spatial compu...

Welcome back to our mini-series on spatial computing in the enterprise with Sven Brunner, CEO of Sphere: one of the top apps for enterprise grade collaboration/communication. If you missed Part I, highly suggest you back and take a listen. Lots of important context around the state of enterprise adoption today, along with where & how companies are having success with AR, VR, and 3D more broadly. H...

Apple Podcast Link Spotify Podcast Link Good day friends! We have another great show for you all today… especially if you're interested in all things spatial computing in the enterprise, along with its intersections with AI. This interview is with Sven Brunner, the Founder & CEO of Sphere. Sphere is one of the leading spatial computing apps in the enterprise space today. I liken them to a spatial...

Alright folks, we’re launching a new addition to the content lineup: ‘The Quarterly Market Update’ Typically, we cover the more philosophical and practical sides of AI, Spatial Computing and Crypto. Today, we’re exploring how to make money and grow wealth from these innovations. Towards that end, this new segment will explore the most important things happening in financial markets and in the econ...

Welcome back friends to Medium Energy! This is another live panel recording from SXSW. It’s also one of my favorite panels to date… It was titled ‘Redefining Reality’, so as you probably guessed, it’s about all things spatial computing i.e. the full spectrum of immersive, interactive real-time 3D experiences… from 3D on the web, to headsets like the Vision Pro, to simulations on phones/tablets/lap...

This is a live recording of a panel with Artist & the Machine during a 'Spatial Computing Salon' in LA. Artist & The Machine is an awesome new event series put on by my friend Dani Van De Sande . She's pulling together an amazing community of builders, brands, and investors to connect in-real life to share ideas, co-create, and meld minds; all with a similar focus as Medium Energy: to champion the...