Alles über XR, KI-Brillen, Mixed Reality, das Metaverse, Spatial Computing und die immersive Zukunft des Internets!
Spatial Realities (zuvor: Metaverse Podcast)
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Alles über XR, KI-Brillen, Mixed Reality, das Metaverse, Spatial Computing und die immersive Zukunft des Internets!
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Recent Episodes
June 16, 2026
Spezial - The New Snap Specs: Premium consumer design AR in 132 Grams of Plastic Titanium
And here they are! In this special episode of Spatial Realities we dive into the highly anticipated reveal of the new Snap Specs at the AWE 2026 conference. We take a close look at the hardware of this new AR device, exploring how its weight, display technology, and pricing compare to previous generations and competitors on the market. We also discuss the newly introduced AI-driven Lens Studio tools and what they mean for the developer ecosystem. Join us as we evaluate the real-world implications of its battery life, discuss the availability of compelling consumer use cases, and analyze Snap's privacy concepts. Tune in to hear our views on whether these glasses are poised to become finally a mainstream success we all have been waiting for.
June 4, 2026
E130 - What's up, OpenXR? with Frédéric Plourde
This interview was originally sourced during my coverage of XR Expo. Frédéric is always wearing two hats, he repeats whenever he can. One is as the head of the XR Division at Collabora. The other is the hat of an Outreach Officer for OpenXR. When you work with him as a journalist, you recognize that immediately. He is always aware of what he can and cannot say, driven by the politics within his organizations. That includes negotiations about which passages stay in the podcast and which do not. Only three small parts were removed from our original recording due to that process. None of them are important for normal people, but very important for people within the OpenXR cosmos, it seems. Why do I mention this? Working on standards like OpenXR is a matter of politics—between big corps, open-source evangelists, and XR enthusiasts. That is what I learned after the podcast recording. In this interview, Thomas Bedenk and I try to get a feeling of where OpenXR stands, how it has developed over the last couple of years, and where it is heading. OpenXR was built in 2017 with the vision to clean up a landscape of messy SDKs. In 2019, version 1.0 was released. But it has only been within the last 18 months that OpenXR has become the quasi-standard for XR development. The reason behind this is not only the existence of standards, but that major stakeholders committed to OpenXR. Google, Meta, Valve, and Pico recognized the necessity of common ground for development. Unity and Unreal committed to OpenXR as their primary interface. But standards alone are not enough if you really want to develop effectively. Monado delivers an open-source runtime which is used throughout the industry. As head of XR, Frédéric and his team are responsible for Monado. Monado is a cross-platform, open-source runtime that implements the OpenXR API to communicate directly with XR hardware like headsets, displays, and trackers. Unlike proprietary systems, its code is fully accessible to the public and is used by major tech companies as the foundational layer for their own XR ecosystems. Although many of the organization's current projects are restricted by NDAs, Frédéric shared insights into a major upcoming feature called multi-app support. This feature will provide a standardized way for multiple independent XR applications to coexist and interact realistically in the same physical space, enabling scenarios like a virtual Pokémon from one app correctly occluding a floating calendar from another.
May 21, 2026
E129 - XR und der EU AI Act mit Isabel Hernandez Cabrera von Aimforward
In dieser Episode ist Isabel Hernandez Cabrera zu Gast, die Thomas Riedel dieses Jahr auf der XR Expo in Stuttgart kennen gelernt hat. Die Gründerin und CEO von Aimforward, einer Beratungsagentur für den verantwortungsvollen Einsatz von KI, versucht mit uns das vermeintlich unmögliche: Zu erklären, wie der Einsatz von KI in XR trotz EU AI Act möglich ist. Sie ist sogar der Überzeugung: Die neue Verordnung sei kein Innovationshindernis, sondern generiere durch die Schaffung von Vertrauen und Rechtssicherheit einen Wettbewerbsvorteil für europäische Unternehmen. Ein zentraler Punkt ist die risikobasierte Klassifizierung von Anwendungen, wobei besonders für Hochrisikosysteme wie die Emotionserkennung oder biometrische Auswertungen strenge Regeln gelten. Isabel war zuvor gut zwei Jahrzehnte bei Mercedes Benz, wobei sie zuletzt daran arbeitete, hochautomatisierte Fahrsysteme, wie beispielsweise einen Staupiloten, der bei Geschwindigkeiten bis zu 95 km/h selbstständig fährt, verantwortungsvoll auf die Straße zu bringen. Ihre Aufgabe war es dabei ausdrücklich nicht, den Markteintritt dieser Technologien zu verhindern, sondern Lösungswege zu finden, um den Einsatz der künstlichen Intelligenz auf eine ethisch und regulatorisch verantwortungsvolle Art zu ermöglichen. Abgerundet wird die Episode mit drei praktischen Tipps für Unternehmen, um die regulatorischen Anforderungen bis zur vollständigen Umsetzung im Jahr 2027 erfolgreich zu bewältigen. Hinweis: Dieser Podcast vermittelt allgemeine Informationen zu regulatorischen Anforderungen des EU AI Acts aus Governance- und Responsible-AI-Perspektive. Er ersetzt keine individuelle Rechtsberatung.
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