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Spatial Realities (english)
Understand the next computing revolution! Spatial Realities is your update on everything related to Extended Reality (XR), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Spatial Computing, and the Metaverse. Tech Journalist Thomas Riedel, together with co-hosts and guests, takes you behind the scenes of major platforms (Apple, Meta, Google, Samsung, HTC Vive, Snap, and more). We discuss trends such as AI glasses, Generative AI, or Gaussian Splatting, and highlight developments that matter to…
Episodes
- Spatial Realities (english)
E139 - Smart Glasses Momentum vs. VR Plateau: Samsung Leaks, Alibaba Eye-Tracking, OpenXR Containers and Ironman with Specs
Thomas Riedel Like in the old days: This is an atmospheric solo episode with Thomas Riedel. THE NEWS Samsung Smart Glasses Design Leak Google adds Android XR…
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E137 - Draymond Green’s 180° Doc, Meta VR Glasses FOV Drama, Samsung Smart Glasses & TDK’s Retinal Projection
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk WATCHING FILMS IN VR: DRAYMOND GREEN & IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING Thomas Riedel and Thomas Bedenk checked out Meta Quest’s new…
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Special - Meta Connect 2026 - All about Muse, Glasses and the Puck
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk Is Meta serious about confidential VMs for Muse? Is Charm targeted at kids? Are Meta VR Glasses the best VR glasses yet? In this…
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E136 - AI Glasses Hackathon & IFA Recap, Hardware News with HTC VIVE Eagle and RayNeo iO and NextApp Feature with Greg Fawsom
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk Greg Fawson IFA BERLIN RECAP In this Episode Thomas Riedel and Thomas Bedenk share their takeaways from IFA Berlin, balancing stage…
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E135 - The Headset-Prizes-Game, Bitkom AI Glasses Poll and how to develop for Snap Specs with Ines Hilz & Andrew Douglas (SunfloVR)
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk Ines Hilz Andrew Douglas INTERVIEW What do you do when you meet somebody at a hackathon you work really well with? You found a new…
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E134 - Developing for AI Glasses + AI Glasses News with Christoph Spinger from Telekom MMS
Thomas Riedel Christoph Spinger Interview Christoph Spinger is an XR Expert Engineer at Telekom MMS. When he isn’t leading teams and building cutting-edge…
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E133 - Meta's Glasses Drama, Even Realities Hits Unicorn Status & UBTECH's Creepy Companion
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk With the summer holidays just around the corner, we gather for one last comprehensive round of XR news before the seasonal…
- Spatial Realities (english)
E132 - Meta goes Store Brand: Introducing Meta Glasses
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk The strategy to go with an already well-established brand has been contested by its own creator: Meta introduced Meta Ray-Ban…
- Spatial Realities (english)
Special - The New Snap Specs: Premium consumer design AR in 132 Grams of Plastic Titanium
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk And here they are! In this special episode of Spatial Realities we dive into the highly anticipated reveal of the new Snap Specs at…
- Spatial Realities (english)
E130 - What's up, OpenXR? with Frédéric Plourde
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk Frédéric Plourde This interview was originally sourced during my coverage of XR Expo. Frédéric is always wearing two hats, he…
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E125 - Will AR glasses kickstart the metaverse? Sean Mann about the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk Sean Mann Just one day after RP1 and the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF) announced the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative, Meta…
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E120 - Inside Cookmate: Developing for Snap Spectacles and The Futures of Smart Glasses with Kanzul Fatima Arif from Headraft
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk Kanzul Fatima Arif Not much is known about Snap’s next device, except what CEO Evan Spiegel shared last year during their annual…
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E117 - UnitedXR: The State of the Metaverse Standards Forum, Standards for AI and what about Apple? with Neil Trevett
Thomas Riedel Neil Trevett Summary Today, we are heading to Brussels. At the premiere of UnitedXR (YouTube →), I sat down with an absolute heavyweight of the…
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E114 - XR Journalism in the Crossfire of Hype and Reality with Antony Vitillo & Jan-Keno Janssen - XRC25
Thomas Riedel Jan-Keno Janssen Antony Vitillo This Episode contains a recording of a panel I moderated at the second nextReality.Festival in Hamburg. The…
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XR in Space – Augmented Reality for Astronauts on the Moon with Leonie Bensch
Thomas Riedel Leonie Bensch This is the ignite episode of „XR in Space“, a Spatial Realities podcast-special. Imagine a shadow so black, it could…
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XR in Space - Immersive Tech for Space Simulators with Pale Blue CEO Felix Gorbatsevich
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk This Episode is part of the „XR in Space“ Series. There was one moment in Felix‘ keynote, where everybody was…
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E093 - Mixed Reality Report 2024 with Gabriele Romagnoli / Aurea Award Recap
Thomas Riedel Thomas Bedenk Gabriele Romagnoli In this Episode the Thomas² talk with Gabriele Romagnoli about his lately published Mixed Reality Report. The XR…
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E061 - Interview: Avi Bar-Zeev about Spatial Computing and its origins as far as we know it in 1992
Thomas Riedel Avi Bar-Zeev Welcome to 2024 and welcome to the age of Spatial Computing! At least that is what Apple wants us to believe. And they push hard and…
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E059 - News: Meta Quest 3 Numbers, Update v60, VIVE Ultimate Tracker announced & Gabriella Chihan Stanley, Co-Founder of Vrisch
Thomas Riedel Gabriella (Gabs) Chihan Stanley Interview In this Interview I am happy to welcome Gabriella (Gabs) Chihan-Stanley. She is co-founder and…
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E051 - Interview - Monica Arés, former Head of Immersive Learning at Meta, Executive Director at IDEA Lab of the Imperial College London
Thomas Riedel Monica Arés Interview In this episode I am incredibly happy that I was able to talk to Monica Ares. Monica is a global leader for Immersive…
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E049 - Immersive Video with iPhone 15 Pro, Roblox goes Metaverse, Meta Quest 3 Specs & Accessoires, win 2 Tickets for AWE Europe and Daniel Maas from VRPilot about pilot training with stand-alone headsets
Thomas Riedel Daniel Maas Interview In the long interview I am happy to talk to Danile Maas from the Danish VR Startup VRPilot. Daniel and his team have been…
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E046 - Ori Inbar, Founder of AWE and Super Ventures about the rise of Augmented Reality, Spatial Computing and his "Finally"-reaction at Apples Vision Pro announcement
Thomas Riedel Ori Inbar Subscribe to the English only RSS feed here, or on Apple Podcast. This episode kicks off the collaboration between AWE EU 23 in Vienna…
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E044 - Alliance for OpenUSD announced, Metaverse Standards Forum celebrates 1st anniversary, Meta Connect 23 announced and Patrick Grady from Metaverse EU about the Communication for Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0
Thomas Riedel Patrick Grady Subscribe to the English only RSS feed here. Interview In early July 2023 the European Commission published a Communication on…