“PIONEERING THE FUTURE WITH XR AND SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE” was the last events that Antony Vitillo and I have organized forAWE Nite Florence. The event took place on Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 and the expert panelists were: TOM EMRICH, ALEXANDRA GERARD, GABRIELE ROMAGNOLI. Welcome by CECILIA LASCIALFARI and ANTONY VITILLO.
Opening by CECILIA LASCIALFARI. Debate by ANTONY VITILLO.
We joined a new edition of AWE Nite Florence, an event dedicated to exploring the future of immersive technologies and spatial intelligence. In a rapidly evolving world where Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Spatial Computing were reshaping how we interacted with digital content, this gathering was a unique opportunity to hear from some of the most influential voices in the field and engage in a conversation about opportunities, challenges, and visionary ideas.
The event culminated in an open debate on the present and future of AR and spatial intelligence, followed by a live Q&A session with the audience and it can be seen on YouTube at this link: PIONEERING THE FUTURE WITH XR AND SPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
These are the highlights of the event:
00:00:00 – Presentation AWE slide by ANTONY VITILLO and CECILIA LASCIALFARI
00:02:45 – Introduction by CECILIA LASCIALFARI | Founder ARea6DoF | Generative AI Researcher & Speaker | Women in AI Lead Art & Creativity for Italy | Women in Tech Community Award for Italy 2024 | Artivive Representative | Intl. Journalist | Member of AIxIA | Event Organizer AWE Nite Florence
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00:07:08 – CECILIA LASCIALFARI presents TOM EMRICH
00:07:39 – TOM EMRICH | Senior Product Leader | 15+ Yrs in Spatial Computing | AR/VR & Wearables | Ex-Meta/Niantic | Author of “The Next Dimension” | Platform Strategy, Ecosystem Growth, GTM | Scaling Products from Vision to Reality
00:21:24 – ANTONY VITILLO presents ALEXANDRA GERARD
00:21:53 – ALEXANDRA GERARD | Director of Stereopsia | General Manager of United XR Europe – #1 XR event in the Capital of Europe | 8-10 Dec 2025, in Brussels | Belgian Ambassador for Women in Immersive Tech (WIIT) | Event production
00:32:34 – CECILIA LASCIALFARI presents GABRIELE ROMAGNOLI
00:33:00 – GABRIELE ROMAGNOLI | Founder XR AI Spotlight | Showcasing the best of XR & AI for creatives and professionals | Tech Ambassador | Podcast Host | Speaker
00:46:27 – Debate with ANTONY VITILLO | Co-Founder The Ghost Howls| Co-Founder New Technology Walker Co-Organizers AWE Nite Florence: “The opportunities and challenges of AR and spatial intelligence”.
01:04:52 – Closing by ANTONY VITILLO and CECILIA LASCIALFARI
She is a Researcher in the field of AI-Generated Images and Copyright.
Cecilia is also an Artist, Photographer, Videomaker, Community Manager and International Journalist. She is the organiser of AWE Nite Florence and the Italian Representative of Artivive. Named “Lead Art & Creativity” for Women in AI, she won an award for Women in Tech in 2024. Cecilia created a project called “Flying Into The Metaverse Through Books & Culture”, a series of interviews with leading professionals in the field of XR, and runs an online journal called ARea6DoF, registered with the Italian Court.