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The Futurists: Kickstarting Zombie Sci-Fi

The Futurists: Kickstarting Zombie Sci-Fi

We’re big fans of Kevin J Anderson. What an amazing opportunity to spend time with him. I mean, he’s written spin-off novels for Star Wars, StarCraft, Titan A.E. and The X-Files, and with Brian Herbert, they’ve co-authored the Dune prequel series. On this weeks episode, Brett King and I are joined, one again, by New York Times Bestselling Author, Kevin J Anderson. Kevin takes us on a journey as to how technology has dramatically changed his connection with his readers…

The Futurists: The Future of Apple’s Vision Pro and Spatial Computing

The Futurists: The Future of Apple’s Vision Pro and Spatial Computing

What’s it like to wear Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset? This week on The Futurists, hosts Brett King, Katie King, and Brian Solis are joined by the dynamic duo of Robert Scoble and Brian Roemmele, both highly regarded futurists as we dive into the implications of Appleā€™s Vision Pro. Roemmele was at Apple’s launch event and was one of the lucky few to experience Apple’s inaugural take on augmented reality and virtual reality. We also explore spatial computing and…

The Futurists: Living Futures with Brian Solis, Brett King, and Robert Tercek

The Futurists: Living Futures with Brian Solis, Brett King, and Robert Tercek

via The Futurists In this weekā€™s show futurist, digital analyst and anthropologist, along with being a Global Innovation Evangelist for Salesforce, Brian Solis joins hosts Brett King and Robert Tercek to talk adapting to life in the future. As a renowned specialist on experience design, CX, digital transformation, and digital Darwinism, Brian discusses what itā€™s like to be a futurist at one of the worlds largest tech companies that is increasingly mission focused. And we get into the implications of…

Facebook Bets on Libra, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

Facebook Bets on Libra, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

Facebook Inc. unveiled plans to launch Libra, a payment system it describes as ā€œglobal currency” thatā€™s based on blockchain, the same technology powering bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Itā€™s backed by real assets and attached to stable government securities. Iā€™ve heard that more than two dozen corporate partners are on board, including financial behemoths MasterCard, Visa, PayPal and Coinbase. With partners contributing membership fees of $10 million each, Facebookā€™s goal is to line up a total of 100 corporate partners and…