{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f2ae0b91ea7197e1ef08ed6/64718f6f4be670001123fd0a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"This Week In XR 5-26-23, Guest Artur Sychov, founder and CEO of Somnium Space ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f2ae0b91ea7197e1ef08ed6/1681320293573-d7a844710fda3f0e93f5d3c05de1413f.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week Charlie and Ted are going old style - without Rony, who joined us last fall. Charlie and Rony are having a fireside at AWE next week. The news conversation includes Anthropic's&nbsp;$50M raise for its Claude chatbot, Meta licensing Magic Leap tech, Nreal rebrands to XReal, launches&nbsp;new Beam 3DOF headset and director Doug Liman launches Area 15, a mobile AR experience to the app stores.</p><p>Our guest this week is Artur Sychov, founder and CEO of Somnium Space, a&nbsp;SocialVR platform&nbsp;with a&nbsp;decentralized&nbsp;virtual economy based on&nbsp;blockchain with its own utility token called CUBE.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Czech&nbsp;company is also introducing their&nbsp;own VR headset called Somnium VR1 in collaboration with Vrgineers.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!</p><p>Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR!</p>","author_name":"Charlie Fink Productions"}