Maker Episodes

Keiichi Matsuda is Director of Liquid City a design practice on the bleeding edge of XR, working with the world's top technology companies to define concepts of the future. He is a designer and film-maker exploring the collision of physical and virtual, as technology transforms society, and new realities are born. His work has been widely exhibited and got viral success online. HYPER-REALITY was awarded Vimeo’s “Best Drama of 2016,” Listen to this episode to learn: - How a dystopian pre...

Daniel C. Robbins is a Principal Designer at Adobe, working on both strategy and production across 3D/AR/VR projects with a focus on generative AI. He's also helped craft integrity aspects of Horizon Worlds at Meta, advanced AR/VR projects at HTC and capped a long tenure at Microsoft by helping bring the Microsoft Envisioning Center to life. Daniel regularly mentors and sponsors people from underrepresented groups who are entering the design field and he brings a passion for joy, equity, anti-ra...

Ruben Frosali aka Rubenfro is a visual effect artist and director with over 16 years of experience, specializing in volumetric captures, point clouds, and large particle-based dynamic environments. In 2018 he started focusing on immersive content producing real time art installations exhibited around Japan, Taiwan, and New Zealand as well as music videos and commercials featured in festivals and events around Europe and Asia. Join this episode to learn: - How his background as a develop...

Known for his popular collections Floating Heads, Imps and Spirits, Sander a.k.a. SuperNfty has created more than 10K unique NFTs with a trading volume of over 1800 ETH and was the first project to grant holders 3D files. His style is heavily influenced by Pop culture, Anime, Street art and vinyl Toys. And to make this project even more unique 28 y/o, Belgian 3D artist sculpts his artworks in VR. In this episode you will learn: How to turn a passion for 3D design into a profession ...

Alex Coulombe is an authorized Epic Games instructor, Unreal Engine expert and founder of Agile Lens, a NYC based XR creative studio. Projects and clients include Epic Games, Intel, Dell, HTC, Magic Leap among many others. As an architect turned into XR-chitect he focuses on building virtual environments and the spectacles within. In this episode you will learn: - The advantages and disadvantages of using Unreal for XR development - How his background as an architect influenced the v...