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Produced by Reality Labs at Meta, Boz To The Future is a podcast hosted by Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth where he talks to technologists and leaders building the future of technology, entertainment, and beyond. Episodes will talk about the future Meta is building, Reality Labs, AR/VR/XR, and the metaverse, Meta's core businesses, trends across technology, media, and entertainment, as well as offer perspectives on management, leadership, and building communities from the industry’s best and ...
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In today’s episode, our host, Meta CTO and Head of Reality Labs Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, is joined by Epyllion CEO, technologist, investor, and author of The Metaverse Matthew Ball. Ball captured the tech industry’s attention with his insightful and incisive deep dives into industry trends, and his essay about the metaverse was so wildly popular that…
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In today’s episode, our host, Meta CTO and Head of Reality Labs Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, is joined by technologist and author of Hardcore Software Steven Sinofsky to talk about the recurring lessons of standing up new platforms, as well as writing and how AI may benefit the craft. Together, Sinofsky and Bosworth cover a range of topics, from the mass…
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The Future of AI Research: With Guests Joelle Pineau and Yann LeCun
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In Boz To The Future’s sixteenth episode, Meta CTO and Head of Reality Labs Andrew “Boz” Bosworth talks to Meta’s VP of AI Research Joelle Pineau and Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun about FAIR, Meta’s Fundamental AI Research Lab, and the future ahead. Now in its tenth year, FAIR celebrates a decade of significant breakthroughs and contributions to th…
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The Future of Mixed Reality Development: With Guest Thomas Van Bouwel
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In today’s episode, our host, Meta CTO and Head of Reality Labs Andrew “Boz” Bosworth is joined by Thomas Van Bouwel, the indie developer behind beloved puzzle game Cubism. A former architect turned solo XR developer, Van Bouwel has been a pioneer of Meta’s Presence Platform suite of tools—in fact, Cubism was one of first Meta Quest games to integr…
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In today’s episode, our host, Head of RL, and Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth is joined by Jason Rubin, VP of Metaverse Experiences. Rubin is an industry veteran who started out as co-founder of the gaming studio Naughty Dog, where as a programmer and director he led work on titles like Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter — two pioneering games from th…
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The Future According to John Carmack
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In today’s episode, our host, Head of RL, and Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth is joined by John Carmack, former Reality Labs Consulting CTO who is currently heading up AGI at Keen Technologies. John Carmack is one of the most influential technologists of our time, and his work has shaped multiple generations of software and platforms. As a co-founde…
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The Future of Meta Accounts and VR: With Guest Mark Rabkin
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Welcome back for the twelfth episode of Boz to the Future, a monthly podcast from Reality Labs (RL). In today’s episode, our host, Head of RL, and Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth is joined by Mark Rabkin, VP of RL. As you’d expect, Boz and Rabkin take a deep dive this week into all things VR—starting with some context around our brand new Meta accou…
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Welcome back for episode 11 of Boz To The Future, where Head of Reality Labs and Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth is joined by Meta's VP and Chief Scientist of AI Yann LeCun. In today’s episode, Boz and Yann go on a deep, deep dive looking at the state of AI today and where Yann believes the future is headed. Together, they cover the origins of AI at…
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The Future of VR Displays: With Guest Douglas Lanman
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In Episode 10 of Boz To The Future, Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth speaks with Reality Labs' Director of Display Systems Research Douglas Lanman about passing the visual Turing test, what the visual Turing test is, and the technical challenges—and tradeoffs—his team faces on their quest to deliver VR displays that are almost indistinguishable from …
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The Future of Visual Storytelling in Sports: With Guests Alex Honnold and Jon Griffith
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In Episode 9 of Boz To The Future, Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth speaks with photographer, filmmaker, and alpinist Jonathan Griffith and professional adventure rock climber Alex Honnold about virtual reality documentary Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR. They discuss how immersive media like VR can advance unique sports narratives. They also talk about…
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The Future of Avatars and Identity: With Guest Aigerim Shorman
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In Episode 8 of Boz To The Future, Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth speaks with Aigerim Shorman, General Manager, of Avatars & Identity in Reality Labs’ Metaverse Product Group. Her team is tasked with building avatars and identity and exploring the ways people will want to represent themselves in digital spaces. In this episode, the two of them talk…
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The Future of Input for the Next Computing Platform: With Guest Thomas Reardon
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In Episode 7 of Boz To The Future, Reality Labs VP and incoming Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth speaks with RL Director of Neuromotor Interfaces Thomas Reardon about the more intuitive inputs we’re building for future computing platforms like AR glasses. For generations, humans have been adapting to machines and learning how to use the various input…
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The Future of Platforms: With Guest Chris Cox
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In Episode 6 of Boz To The Future, Facebook Reality Labs VP Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth speaks with Facebook's Chief Product Officer, Chris Cox about the impact of the internet and the communication tools native to it on society, how it’s changed the way people relate to each other, the promise of augmented and virtual reality, and how Facebook’s apps co…
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The Future of Digital Spaces: With Guest Ina Fried
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In Episode 5 of Boz To The Future, Facebook Reality Labs VP Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth speaks with Axios Chief Technology Correspondent Ina Fried to talk about the disintegration and integration of technology and the role of identity and self-expression in digital spaces—including the metaverse. For more on the series, visit facebook.com/boztothefuturep…
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The Future of Wearables: With Guest Rocco Basilico
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In Episode 4 of Boz To The Future, Facebook Reality Labs VP Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth speaks with special guest and EssilorLuxottica Chief Wearables Officer Rocco Basilico to talk about the shared vision for the newly launched Ray-Ban Stories, the intersection of fashion and technology, fashion's role in the metaverse, and how Facebook and EssilorLuxot…
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The Future of Content: With Guest Casey Newton
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In today’s episode of Boz To The Future, Facebook Reality Labs VP Andrew ‘Boz’ Bosworth speaks with Platformer founder and editor Casey Newton. In the first deep dive, they cover how content creation is shaping up with the traditional intermediaries, how greater mobility is leading to the collapse of local communities, and how virtualized communiti…
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The Future of Communities: With Guest Fidji Simo
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In Episode 2 of Boz To The Future, Facebook Reality Labs VP Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth speaks with Instacart CEO and former head of the Facebook app Fidji Simo on the burgeoning creator economy and the important role communities play in it. Boz To The Future is an original podcast produced by Facebook Reality Labs. For more on the series, visit facebook…
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The Future of Connection: With Guest Rebecca Van Dyck
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Listen to Facebook Reality Labs VP Andrew "Boz" Bosworth and VP of Operations Rebecca Van Dyck talk about the excitement and challenges that go into building the next computing platform from the ground up in the first episode of Boz To The Future. Boz To The Future is an original podcast produced by Facebook Reality Labs. For more on the series, vi…
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