“XR, AI and the Future of Technology” was the last events that Antony Vitillo and I have organized for AWE Nite Florence. The event took place in April 20th, 2023, and the expert panelists were: LOUIS ROSENBERG, GIANLUCA IADEMA, PIERO FIORETTI – Welcome, opening and debate by CECILIA LASCIALFARI and ANTONY VITILLO.
These are the topics talking about during the event:
– What are the risks of using AI? Should we be concerned with setting rules?
– How is the AI sector engaging the XR sector and how is the AI Sector engaging the image, music, art and literature industries?
– How can new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, NFT, Metaverse change the very essence of what we consider art?
– Do we need guardrails to ensure the AI-powered metaverse is magical but not manipulative?
– Can we combine AI and XR, to create whatever comes to mind, unlocking better communication and a faster idea to realize?
This is the video of the event, which you can find published on the AWE YouTube Channel and on the ARea6DoF YouTube Channel:
These are the highlights of the event:
0:00:00 – Presentation by AWE (slide) by ANTONY VITILLO
0:01:56 – Welcome & Introduction by CECILIA LASCIALFARI | Co-Founder ARea6DoF | Creative Technologist | Event Organizer AWE Nite Florence
0:06:58 – Presentation by ANTONY VITILLO | Co-Founder The Ghost Howls | Co-Founder New Technology Walker Co-Organizers AWE Nite Florence
0:07:50 – CECILIA LASCIALFARI presents GIANLUCA IADEMA
0:08:15 – GIANLUCA IADEMA – Director of Iadema Studio, Composer, Sound & Multimedia Artist Performer, (Italy) – “How new technologies as Artificial Intelligence, NFT, Metaverse can change the very essence of what we consider art”
Gianluca Iadema is focused on composition, sound and multimedia art, audiovisual work, performances and installations, Iadema Studio is a place for invention, creativity and innovation. Our interest relies on an artistic typology that takes into account all its expressions: sound, video, sculpture, including performance, light design and everything in between.
LINKEDIN: IADEMA STUDIO – LINKEDIN: GIANLUCA IADEMA – INSTAGRAM: GIANLUCA IADEMA FACEBOOK: GIANLUCA IADEMA
00:29:32 – ANTONY VITILLO presents PIERO FIORETTI
0:30:12 – PIERO FIORETTI – Co-Founder and CEO of Versy AI (Italy) – “Turning dreams into reality with AI and XR”
Piero Fioretti is a lifelong gamer that happened to become an entrepreneur from the age of 20. Since then he’s been working on multiple startups in the fields of business networking, hackathons and computer graphics for movies and games. A year ago he founded Versy AI, a company focused on creating technologies to enable a wider adoption of the metaverse. The latest technology that Versy is developing is called Text-to-Space, an AI model that enables companies to create 3D experiences from a text prompt.
VERSY: Business Metaverse with ROI: www.versytechnologies.com
LINKEDIN VERSY – LINKEDIN: PIERO FIORETTI
0:40:18 – CECILIA LASCIALFARI presents LOUIS ROSENBERG
0:40:51 – LOUIS ROSENBERG – CEO & Chief Scientist of Unanimous AI, Chief Scientist of Responsible Metaverse Alliance, and Global Technology Advisor of XRSI, California (USA) – “The Metaverse powered by Generative AI could be a Magical and Dangerous Place”
Dr. Louis Rosenberg is an early pioneer in the fields of virtual and augmented reality. His work began in 1991 in VR labs at Stanford, NASA, and Air Force Research Laboratory where he developed the first interactive Mixed Reality system, the Virtual Fixtures platform. In 1993 he founded the early VR company Immersion Corporation. In 2004 he founded the early AR company Outland Research. In 2014 he founded the AI company Unanimous AI.
TWITTER: LOUIS ROSENBERG – LINKEDIN: LOUIS ROSENBERG
0:57:38 – Final Q&A with ANTONY VITILLO | Co-Founder The Ghost Howls| Co-Founder New Technology Walker Co-Organizers AWE Nite Florence
0:58:13 – ANTONY VITILLO question to LOUIS ROSENBERG
0:58:34 – LOUIS ROSENBERG answer
1:00:01 – ANTONY VITILLO question to GIANLUCA IADEMA
1:01:05 – GIANLUCA IADEMA answer
1:02:50 – ANTONY VITILLO question to PIERO FIORETTI
1:03:47 – PIERO FIORETTI answer
1:05:20 – ANTONY VITILLO question to LOUIS ROSENBERG
1:05:46 – LOUIS ROSENBERG answer
1:06:42 – Closing by ANTONY VITILLO
1:07:07 – Closing by CECILIA LASCIALFARI | Co-Founder ARea6DoF | Creative Technologist | Event Organizer AWE Nite Florence | Cecilia Lascialfari on Linkedin | Cecilia Lascialfari on Twitter
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Cecilia is also an artist, photographer, videomaker, community manager and International Journalist. She is the organizer of AWE Nite Florence and she is the Italian Representative for Artivive.
Cecilia is a member of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AIxIA is a member of the EurAI/ECCAI) which includes professionals from the most important research institutions and Italian universities.
Cecilia created a project called “Flying Into The Metaverse Through Books & Culture”, which is a series of interviews with the most important professionals in the XR field and manages an online Journal called ARea6DoF, registered to the Italian Court, where she writes the articles about the different topics she is concerned with.