Boz To The Future

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 the AI community, thanks to Meta’s continued commitment to open research and science. They talk about how some of this early work laid the fou...

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 the early days of the PlayStation platform. Following that, he worked across a range of gaming, social media, and technology businesses before la...

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 accounts. If you missed the news: In August, we’ll begin rolling out a new Meta account structure that gives people more flexibility and control in VR. ...

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 reality. For more on the series, visit Tech@Meta. For feedback and suggestions, drop Boz a message @boztank on Instagram or Twitter.

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 about how avatars and representation of self will be core to the metaverse, and why continuity will be so important for people who will ...

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 could look like in the metaverse. For more on the series, visit facebook.com/boztothefuturepod. For feedback and suggestions, drop Boz a messa...

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 EssilorLuxottica designed a pair of stylish smart glasses that will allow you to capture memories while staying present in the moment. For more on ...

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.com/boztothefuturepod. For feedback and suggestions, drop Boz a message @boztank on Instagram or Twitter.