In the latest episode of the Building New Realities podcast, Tim chats with Max Noir about her work with FXG and developing the immersive economy in developing countries.

In the latest episode of the Building New Realities podcast, Tim chats with Rupert Breheny about his work on Google Earth VR, his observations and lessons as a UX designer focussed on virtual reality and the future of immersive technology. They cover the power of VR to improve accessibility, digital anthropology and the importance of designing with a customer focus. Guest Bio Rupert is an experienced technology advocate and conference speaker, specialising in VR/AR and mobile ecommerce,...

In today's episode, Tim speaks with Publius, the anonymous founder(s) of Beanstalk, a decentralized credit based stablecoin protocol uses a new and novel method of pegging their native currency $BEAN, to the value of $1. Together they discuss the purpose that stablecoins play in the cryptocurrency markets and what makes Beanstalk so innovative.   Beanstalk: https://bean.money/ Beanstalk Farms Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeanstalkFarms Publius' Twitter:...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Brenda Chen, a freelance Immersive Media Director and XR Artist. Brenda describes her previous jobs working on events for Justin Bieber and John Legend, as well as her thoughts and ideas about using XR as a tool for meditation. Topics discussed in this episode: • Background on Brenda [00:46 - 04:31] • What is Brenda excited about? [04:32 - 5:46] • Brenda's early steps [5:47 - 10:23] • The Metaverse [10:24 - 12:32] • Digital experiences [12:33 - 17:43]...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Emma Cooper, Project Lead at Cooperative Innovations Ltd. Together they discuss topics; the doughnut economy, The Museum of Plastic, and predictions for future technology.   Topics discussed in this episode: • Background on Cooperative Innovations [00:29 - 09:43] • What is the doughnut economy? [09:44 - 15:11] • What is the focus of Cooperative Innovations? [15:12 - 18:32] • How did Curators come about? [18:33 - 21:17] • What does the metaverse mean to...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Michael Quintana, Director of Innovation Solutions at Sony. Together they discuss the concept of 'highlight culture', and how VR can be used as a medium for discussion between individuals. Topics discussed in this episode:  • Michael's background [01:16 - 03:35] • Michael's first VR project [03:36 - 05:17] • What is Michael working on at Sony? [05:18 - 08:42] • The Metaverse and blockchain [08:43 - 13:04] • Highlight culture [13:05 - 17:37] • What does the...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Jordi Van Den Bussche, AKA Kwebbelkop. Jordi explains the concept behind NFTs, as well as his new project 'Launch my NFT'. Together they also discuss the benefits and drawbacks of being an online influencer, as well as how to manifest positivity. Topics discussed in this episode: • Background on Jordi [00:00 - 05:59] • VR and NFTs [6:00 - 17:35] • Jordi's aspirations [17:36 - 24:50] • Favourite metaverse experiences [24:51 - 31:57] • Recognisability as...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Anthony Steed. Together they discuss topics ranging from the early days of XR to what developers consistently get wrong about the metaverse. Topics discussed in this episode:  • Anthony's background [01:01 - 10:21] • People's reactions to VR [10:22 - 16:39] • The rise of the term 'Metaverse' [16:40 - 23:59] • The timeline of expectations with metaverses [24:00 - 27:55] • What is Anthony excited by? [27:56 - 33:43] • Anthony's favourite project [33:44 -...

In today's episode, Tim chats to futurist & metaverse consultant, Theo Priestley. Together they discuss topics ranging from NFTs and virtual influencers, to visions for the future of the metaverse.  Topics discussed in this episode:  • Introduction [1:03 - 3:43] • The new popularity of the metaverse [3:44 - 10:32] • Theo's earlier projects [10:33 - 15:04] • What is Theo excited by? [15:05 - 16:11] • Personal aspirations [16:12 - 20:20] • NFTs [20:21 - 26:08] • Motivations for the...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Louise Liu. Together they discuss topics ranging from how VR can generate empathy and understanding, to Louise's background before getting into XR at PwC.   Topics discussed in this episode: • Background on PwC [00:41 - 02:37] • How did the XR department come about? [02:38 - 04:37] • Importance of a disruption team [04:38 - 07:10] • Louise's background [07:11 - 10:33] • The development of UX and VR experiences [10:34 - 14:09] • VR as a tool for empathy and...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Perri Lewis. Together they discuss topics ranging from challenging preconceptions and approaches to coaching, to ideas for social programs and the power of stepping away. Topics discussed in this episode: • Introduction 00:00 - 00:14 • Background on Mastered 00:15 - 06:00 • Perri's background 06:03 - 09:10 • Perri's approach to coaching 09:12 - 14:07 • Challenging preconceptions 14:08 - 19:05 • Problems with the medium of VR 19:06 - 22:13 • Mastered's...

In today's episode, Tim chats to Alex Rühl, founder of the VR production studio CATS are not PEAS. Together they discuss techniques for guiding people through VR experiences, curiosities about where VR is headed, as well as ways to creating a more balanced society.   Topics discussed in this episode: • Origin of the name "CATS are not PEAS" [00:48 - 03:42] • Alex Rühl's background [03:42 - 10:47] • Views on narrative storytelling in VR [10:47 - 20:17] • Alex's favourite projects to have...

Welcome to our monthly podcast, Building New Realities. Future Visual’s CEO, Tim Fleming, discusses ideas and stories around building new realities with today’s XR thought leaders. A warm welcome this week to Tim's guest Antonia Forster. In today's episode, Tim welcomes Antonia Forster, an XR Technical Specialist at Unity. Together they discuss topics ranging from Unity and controllerless hand tracking, to AI and metaverses. Antonia gives some insight into the use of XR as a tool for...

Welcome to our monthly podcast, Building New Realities. Future Visual’s CEO, Tim Fleming, discusses ideas and stories around building new realities with today’s XR thought leaders. A warm welcome this week to Tim's guest Professor Karen Cham. Karen has an impressive 25 years experience in technology transformation and human centred design and she is an expert in harnessing human/machine convergence to drive complex socio-technical systems change. Karen also excels in R&D for Next Gen,...

This week Tim Fleming's guest is Claire Ellis - Brand strategist, creative, business-leader and firm believer in the power of 'so what?'. Claire is the Managing Director of Strategic Sales and Marketing Agency, JPC. Claire has spent the last 22+ years building brands, cutting through complexity and devising imaginative strategies and creative ways to help clients more effectively engage and convert.  What’s coming next for customer experience? Tune in and find out. #CX

This week Tim Fleming's guest is Sebastien Jouhans, Technology Director of Jack X at Jack Morton Worldwide. Jack X is Jack Morton’s innovation practice.Sebastien works with emerging technologies and creatives in order to inject cutting edge thinking and lead teams to deliver successful projects. Sebastien is passionate about technology, touch interfaces, natural interfaces, physical computing, Internet of Things, bots, NLP, Machine Learning and blockchain. How is Jack X connecting technology...

This week Tim Fleming's guest is Walter Davis, Head of talent and learning technology at Aggreko and technology thought leader and strategist. Aggreko is a supplier of temporary power generation equipment and of temperature control equipment. They Power everything from large events to whole geographic areas that do not have the suitable infrastructure.How is Aggreko deploying VR and AR training? Tune in later today and find out.

This week Tim Fleming's guest is Phil Rowley, Media Futurist and Futures Director at Omnicom who demonstrates his extraordinary enthusiasm and passion for futurism as an art and science.Phil works with businesses and brands to imagine and fast-track their future via emerging tech and innovation. He converts thought-leadership and tech trends into actionable innovation strategies around the future of media and entertainment, future of audio, future of gaming, future of AR, VR & AI - and...

Rachel Blackman is an actor, improvisor, theatre maker, somatic educator and embodiment trainer and coach and creativity mentor. You may remember her with a shaved head and double barrelled bazooka as Chara in Matrix Revolutions.Tim Fleming and Rachel discuss the synergy between VR and embodiment and theories around Feldenkrais and neuroplasticity.Can you achieve what you can’t imagine? Tune in and find out......    

This week Tim Fleming’s guest is Joanna Popper, HP’s Global Head of Virtual Reality for Location Based Entertainment and leads Go-To-Market initiatives for XR. Joanna is a Hollywood and Silicon Valley Media executive and one of the most influential women in VR.  Joanna talks to Tim Fleming about how HP is leading the way in the immersive space, building new realities with constant hardware innovation and taking advantage of embodiment to bring us the future of computing.

This week Tim Fleming’s guest is Simon Roberts, Business Anthropologist. Simon is one the world’s leading anthropologists in business.  He advises some of the largest global organisations, including Intel, Facebook, Spotify, Google and many other Fortune 500 companies, through his London-based consultancy, Stripe Partners. His book The Power of Not Thinking is out now in e-book and Audio format and will be published on July 9th.Simon talks to Tim about how he helps companies understand people...

Katherine Courtney, STEM Ambassador and former CEO of the UK Space Agency talks to Tim Fleming about her shared passion for space and startups and how there is a strong connection between the two communities.  Katherine shares her thoughts with Tim on how the future habitation of space might work, the impact of space data on the environment and the phenomenon of space debris.

Sarah Ticho, immersive health innovator and founder of Hatsumi VR, Project lead at VulVR, freelance producer of Explore Deep (Deep VR) and healthcare lead at Immerse UK, talks to Tim Fleming about how VR can make a difference to the future of health, why she is excited about developing interactive pleasure to alleviate sexual awkwardness and disorders and why environments are becoming even more important during COVID-19.  

Belinda Gannaway, strategy director of creative employee communications agency Fathom XP, with 20 years experience transforming cultures and helping to build brands from the inside out, talks to Tim Fleming about employee engagement and the need to challenge the status quo of organisational culture - will immersive experiences offer the solution? Tune in to find out.