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Future of the Metaverse

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The Future Insiders Podcast has a new name! It is now the Future of the Metaverse Podcast with Cathy Hackl.

Whether you’re a techie or traditionalist, get ready to see the future! Cathy has been to the far frontiers of tech and with this podcast will present the possibilities of the tomorrows that are actually happening today by discussing the latest news from the world of the metaverse(s), emerging tech and bringing you the insiders who are making it happen.

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The Future of Leadership & Corporate Narratives with Alvaro Cedeno

March 15, 2021 00:00 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

The Future of Leadership & Corporate Narratives with Alvaro Cedeno In this episode, Cathy speaks with long-time friend Alvaro Cedano who is the founder of Perfectible. It’s all about the narrative and you must deliver multiple episodes of the story to tell others about your country which is consistent with the political vision and also awakens engagement in others. Alvaro Cedeno The three essential skills to survive in life-threatening circumstances are to stay optimistic, to prioritize a...

Finding Spaces for Belonging with Vanessa Mason

March 08, 2021 01:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB

Finding Spaces for Belonging with Vanessa Mason Vanessa Mason discusses the increasing amount of loneliness due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and this has created a growing amount of displacement in the world today. People have less of a sense of belonging and they are less rooted. The Paradox of Choice to determine where you fit in the world going forward & how you are perceived in this world. FEATURED GUEST: Vanessa Mason, Research Director for Institute for the Future Vanessa Mason is the ...

Brain-Computer Interface For The Mass Market: Let Your Mind Take Control with NextMind Founder Sid Kouider

February 28, 2021 23:00 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MB

Brain-Computer Interface For The Mass Market: Let Your Mind Take Control with NextMind Founder Sid Kouider NextMind is changing the AI industry through new brain-sensing technology that may push the industry to adapt to neurotechnology. Brain activity is translated into real-world actions, allowing you to control a wide range of digital objects with your mind in real-time. What you think is what you do.  FEATURED GUEST: Sid Kouider Cognitive Neuroscientist and Founder of Nextmind, a comp...

Training Your Brain & Exploring BCI with Alex Castillo & AJ Keller of Neurosity

February 22, 2021 01:00 - 22 minutes - 20.8 MB

Training Your Brain & Exploring BCI with Alex Castillo & AJ Keller of Neurosity In this episode of Future Insiders, Cathy dives into training your brain for improved productivity. Her guests Alex Castillo & AJ Keller the co-founders of Neurosity. Neurosity Train your mind and free your code. The productivity trainer for your brain. Notion knows when you are in the zone and keeps you there. Our app finds the music that hacks your coding mood. Notion connects to your streaming service and...

LeaderING & Incentivizing Curiosity with Strategic Futurist, Nancy Giordano

February 15, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MB

LeaderING & Incentivizing Curiosity with Strategic Futurist, Nancy Giordano This episode takes a deep dive into how to lead in an age of change and how future generations will help to incentivize curiosity and drive strategic sustainability. Nancy helps people, organizations, and audiences build a sustainable path forward as opposed to focusing solely on growth. NANCY GIORDANO Strategic Futurist || Global Keynote Speaker || Gatherer || Author of LeaderING: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play ...

VR for Good with Cortney Harding & Callie Leone

February 07, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MB

VR for Good with Cortney Harding & Callie Leone  They have developed a platform to help you manage your stress & well-being through a pandemic. Eunoe (“you-know”), which means “good mind” in Greek, is an immersive mindset training platform that uses voice-based VR to build intentional self-awareness and self-efficacy. Our patent-pending platform uses evidence-based practices from psychology, neuroscience, gaming, and narrative storytelling to help athletes, frontline workers,  and people e...

The ARt of Teaching AR Marketing with Prof. Joachim Scholz

January 31, 2021 23:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MB

The ARt of Teaching AR Marketing with Prof. Joachim Scholz This episode dives into what students are learning in Prof. Scholz AR Marketing class at Brock University. Prof. Scholz discusses how they are breaking new ground in AR Marketing. He’s teaching what is AR and how to maximize engagement, but the core of what the students work on is an AR brand label for a winery & the customer experience. The focus is on how customers respond to their AR experience. How do we encourage customers to...

EX Is Becoming As Important As CX & VR AR Hold the Key With Immerse's Tom Symonds & Justin Parry

January 24, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MB

EX is Becoming as Important As CX and VR AR Hold the Key With Tom Symonds & Justin Parry Cathy dives deep with the co-founders of Immerse.io which is a perfect tool for the job & is in-part a blend of technologies that can deliver the very best in employee experience. In this episode, you will learn more about how Immerse helps customers like Shell onboard employees in a new & exciting way, especially during a pandemic. About Immerse.io Create, Scale & Measure Virtual Reality Training Bu...

The Future of Sound & Audio With Guy Etgar and Nick Sciorra From Insoundz

December 01, 2020 22:54 - 24 minutes - 23 MB

Sound is a critical piece of the immersion puzzle! In this episode, Cathy talks with Guy Etgar and Nick Sciorra of Insoundz about the future of sound and audio. Insoundz uses patented technology to capture and understand sound from everyone and everything – everywhere – changing the fundamentals of audio production and enabling new experiences. During this episode, they talk about the importance of audio for immersion and even the future of podcasts. 

Navigating The Years To Come With Fellow Futurist, Nikolas Badminton

November 09, 2020 02:51 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MB

In this episode, Cathy is joined by her fellow futurist and friend, Nikolas Badminton. Cathy and Nik talk about all things future including the redefinition of platforms and algorithms, the transcendence of social media into a true lifestyle business, the rise of true power to the people, emerging theatres of geopolitical turmoil, and so much more. If you want to hear two futurists having a deep and future-focused conversation that is sure to be thought-provoking this is the episode! 

Designing the Future of Work With Kyle Jackson, CEO of Talespin

November 09, 2020 02:38 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

In this episode, Cathy talks to Kyle Jackson, the CEO of Talespin. His company is using extended reality (VR, AR, MR) technology to unlock new career paths for individuals, and transform talent management for organizations. Cathy and Kyle talk about the success Talespin has had and even about Cathy's experience practicing firing an individual in VR using Talespin. They also talk about the VR Learning Survey conducted by PwC and Talespin that looked at the efficacy of VR learning and its resu...

Metaversonomics (the economics of the Metaverse) with Bronwyn Williams from Flux Trends

October 18, 2020 19:48 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MB

In this episode, Cathy talks with fellow futurist, Bronwyn Williams, about the metaverse, the economics of the metaverse, or metaversonimics, and even the future of gold and bitcoin. Bronwyn is a Partner, Foresight Lead, and Trend Analyst at Flux Trends.  They also talk about Bronwyn's upcoming book, The Future Starts Now, to which Cathy contributed a chapter on virtual worlds and the metaverse to. You can pre-order the book today. 

Winning a Primetime Emmy for Virtual Reality with ARVORE's Ricardo Justus & Ricardo Laganaro

October 11, 2020 22:45 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

In this episode, Cathy interviews Ricardo Justus and Ricardo Laganaro of ARVORE. The team recently won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming. The ARVORE team is one of the first studios to use the Oculus Quest's hand tracking for an interactive VR experience, The Line. Cathy is part of the Executive Committee of the Television Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group, the group responsible for deciding who gets this award.  The line is one of the virtual realit...

What Does It Take To Win An Emmy for AR & VR With Television Academy Governor, Lori Schwartz

October 11, 2020 22:29 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

Cathy is part of the Television Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group's Executive Committee. This is the group responsible for selecting the winner(s) for the Outstanding Innovation in Interactive Programming Award. This award was recently awarded to The Line from @Arvore and Oculus VR and to Joseph Gordon-Levitt's hitRECord.org Inc. Cathy is joined by IMPG Governor, Lori H. Schwartz to talk about what it takes to win an Emmy for #VR or #AR and much more! If you're an #XR creator and you dr...

Strange Stories About The Future With Tery Spataro, Author Of Laundrygate

October 04, 2020 18:11 - 23 minutes - 22 MB

Hear from Tery Spataro, author of the fiction book, Laundrygate: Strange Stories About The Future. In this episode, Cathy and Tery talk about her book and also about Tery's process for writing about fictional futures, some of which seem to close to home and at times prophetic. Her new book is an unusual collection of short stories about the unimagined consequences of technology and the creation of new realities. In it, Tery dreams up these wild, surreal tales and envisions the outcomes broug...

How The Midwest Is Becoming A Tech Hub with Neil Singh

October 04, 2020 17:53 - 20 minutes - 18.6 MB

During this episode, Cathy talks with Neil Singh, director of technology at Team NEO. Team NEO is a business development organization focused on accelerating economic growth and job creation throughout the 18 counties of Northeast Ohio. They talk about how the Midwest is becoming a tech hub and Neil's views about the future of economic development in the region. 

Building A Culture Of Futures-Based Thinking In National Security With Lt Col Jake Sotiriadis

September 09, 2020 20:10 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MB

In this special episode of Future Insiders, Cathy welcomes Lt Col Jake Sotiriadis, Chief of Strategic Foresight and Futures at the United States Air Force. During the episode, Cathy and Jake talk about the recent unclassified Global Futures Report that Sotiriadis worked on with a team of stellar futurists and how the Air Force can shape an adaptive future strategy. They also talk about how we are upon a new renaissance era for futurists and foresight. You won't want to miss this episode!

Why Mojo Vision Is Creating The World's First Smart AR Contact Lens

September 03, 2020 20:39 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MB

Cathy talks with Future Insider, Steve Sinclair, SVP of Product at Mojo Vision. The company is working on the world's first smart contact lens. They are pioneering the concept of Invisible Computing—a display that never gets in the way via the Mojo Lens, a smart augmented reality contact lens. The team at Mojo comes from all corners of the globe and all walks of life. They are scientists. Futurists, medical experts, and technologists and have joined forces to give people superpowers. Mojo Vi...

Virtual Fashion & Where Sneakerheads Spends Hundreds Of Dollars On Virtual Sneakers with the CEO of Aglet

September 01, 2020 23:49 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

Are you a sneakerhead? If so, would you spend hundreds of dollars on virtual sneakers? In this episode, Cathy talks with Ryan David Mullins, CEO of Aglet, an app that connects sneakerheads, creators, and brands through virtual sneakers using augmented reality. A recent Forbes article about them sums it all up really well: Where People Spend Thousands Of Dollars On Sneakers That Don’t Exist. Cathy and Ryan discuss virtual fashion, the metaverse and, of course, the future. 

Happiness As A Measure Of Business Success & Human-Centered Design With The Co-CEOs Of Youtopian

September 01, 2020 23:30 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MB

In this episode, Cathy talks with Lisa Sibilia and DP Prakash, Co-CEOs of Youtopian, a human-centered AI and XR innovations company that is changing the business world one client a time. Measuring core happiness is one of the most important metrics they track. DP has years of corporate and managerial experience and Lisa spent more than 10 years in the education industry. Inspired by Disney's Imagineering principles and guided by creativity, they seek to accelerate humanity to its full potent...

The Future of Events with Anne-Marie Enns & Kris Kolo from the VR/AR Association

August 29, 2020 22:20 - 21 minutes - 20.2 MB

Events have changed a lot in the last few months. Organizations are pivoting and exploring new formats including virtual reality and augmented reality. In this episode, Cathy talks with Anne-Marie Enns and Kris Kolo of the VR/AR Association about the future of events and their upcoming VR/AR Global Summit, that's taking place from Sept. 30-Oct. 2. 

Culture Relevance Today and in the Future with Kristina Jenkins

August 29, 2020 22:11 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

Why is cultural relevance more important now than ever? During this episode, Cathy sits down with Kristina Jenkins, Head of Strategy at Cashmere Agency to discuss why brands have ambitions to be culturally relevant and what being culturally relevant means and requires. We'll also talk about the future of cultural relevance and what's to come. 

The Future of Media with the BBC's R&D Firestarter

August 29, 2020 22:03 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

Do you know anyone who's a Firestarter? We do and his name is Ian Forrester. Ian is a Senior Firestarter at BBC R&D where he's working on the future of media and storytelling. During this episode, we talk about the living room of the future, how Ian got such a cool job title, and much, much more. Join us for this episode of Future Insiders with Cathy Hackl. 

Talking about 5G, 6G, & the Spatial Internet with Leslie Shannon

August 12, 2020 23:24 - 19 minutes - 18.5 MB

Cathy talks with Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting at Nokia, about the future of connectivity, connection, and the web. From 5G to 6G, and the Spatial Internet (or metaverse) that's being built, Cathy and Leslie tackle a lot in this episode. Leslie helps Nokia stay ahead of the curve and helps Nokia's clients prepare for the future. This is one episode you won't want to miss. 

Disruptive Futures, Business, & Education with Roger Spitz

August 11, 2020 23:09 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB

Cathy talks with fellow futurist Roger Spitz, the founder & CEO Techistential and the Chairman Disruptive Futures Institute.  After spending most of his career in investment banking and M&A, Roger now helps organizations, governments, and CEOs future-proof their business. Cathy and Roger explore the future of educational models, the future of strategic foresight, and even talk about the importance of teaching futures studies in schools. 

A Philosopher's Take On The Future of Leadership, Education, & A Lot More

August 03, 2020 22:18 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MB

Cathy is joined by Chris Mayer, philosopher & also Associate Dean for Strategy & Initiatives at West Point. Among the many things Chris does is teach Philosophy to cadets. Cathy and Chris met at the University of Houston's Strategic Foresight Professional Certificate program earlier this year. During this episode, they talk about the future of leadership, education, work, and even war.  *All of Chris's comments are his own views and opinions and do not represent those of the US Army or West...

Business To Robot To Consumer (B2R2C), Prophylactic Culture, & More

July 30, 2020 23:32 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MB

Cathy talks with Kim Bates, Chief Futurist at Faith Popcorn's BrainReserve about how marketing is changing and how marketers will need to reach consumers via robots in the near future. Kim is one of the first people to coin the term Business To Robot To Consumer (B2R2C). Cathy and Kim also discuss a Forbes article they wrote in partnership where they explore what a society focused on immunity and protection of the physical body, mind, spirit, & environment could look like. Are we entering a ...

Exponential Africa

July 23, 2020 00:57 - 12 minutes - 11.2 MB

In this episode, Cathy talks with Mic Mann, the co-CEO of Singularity University South Africa and host of Exponential Africa about how he's using VR and what the future holds for immersive tech in Africa. Mic is a well-known technology leader in his region and a champion for immersive tech. Cathy and Mic discuss everything from holding of the world's 1st press conferences in VR to attending Tomorrowland in the near future.

What Does a Futurist Do?

July 04, 2020 16:39 - 7 minutes - 6.6 MB

In this episode, Cathy sits down with world-renowned futurist, Andy Hines, to talk about what a futurist is and what a futurist does. Andy has been a professional futurist for more than 30 years and runs the University of Houston's Foresight Program. This interview was recorded in January when Cathy attended the program's Professional Certificate in Foresight week-long course in Houston. 

The Future of Gaming and Virtual Presence

July 03, 2020 15:13 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MB

Cathy talks with Keisha Howard from Sugar Gamers about the future of gaming and of virtual presence. This interview was originally recorded on LinkedIn Live.

The Future of Feeling

July 03, 2020 14:51 - 37 minutes - 34.8 MB

Cathy talks with Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips, the author of the book The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World. Kaitlin interviewed Cathy back in 2017 for an article that ran in Salon and The Week about how VR can be used to change minds on social issues. This interview was originally recorded on LinkedIn Live. 

How is the International Rescue Committee Using VR

July 03, 2020 13:54 - 8 minutes - 7.75 MB

In this episode, Cathy talks with Elena Chopyak of the International Rescue Committee about how the organization is using virtual reality for training, team building and beyond. Elena is also the winner of the Cathy Hackl Scholarship for Women. 

The Future of Education with Esther Wojcicki

July 02, 2020 02:56 - 9 minutes - 8.54 MB

Esther Wojcicki has been championing a new way to teach and raise children for many years. She is a true pioneer and visionary. Cathy sat down with Esther at the SingularityU Summit in Costa Rica. Listen and learn kids!

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Synths

June 29, 2020 22:52 - 5 minutes - 5.32 MB

Today on the Future Insider's Podcast, Cathy Hackl interviews the CEO & Founder of Sanctuary AI, Suzanne Gildert. Listen and learn everything you ever wanted to know about synthetic humanoid robots or synths. This interview was recorded live at Singularity University Summit in Costa Rica. 

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