Keiichi Matsuda, AI Visionary: The End of Smartphones, Apps & Interfaces

About this episode

Keiichi Matsuda discusses the future beyond smartphones and screens, envisioning a world of intelligent digital interactions.

“What comes after the smartphone? After screens, apps, and interfaces that already feel like yesterday’s paper?” This question has driven Keiichi Matsuda for years – and it sits at the very heart of this episode of THE WORLD BEYOND. Matsuda is widely regarded as one of the most influential visionaries of our time when it comes to the future of technology, space, and the human experience. Trained as an architect, former Creative Director for Microsoft Mixed Reality, Vice President of Design at Leap Motion, and founder of the studio Liquid City, he doesn’t see technology as a device – but as a living part of our environment. His work, including the cult film Hyper-Reality, doesn’t depict distant science fiction, but possible realities of tomorrow. In conversation with podcast host Michael Mack, live-streamed and produced from the Bella Vista Suite at the Colosseo Hotel in Europa-Park on the occasion of the AUREA Awards, the discussion explores nothing less than the next evolutionary step of digital interaction: a world beyond apps, menus, and touchscreens. A world where we no longer operate machines – but interact with intelligent agents. Personal. Spatial. Emotional. Keiichi…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Mack

Guest: Keiichi Matsuda

Topics covered

• future of technology
• augmented reality
• digital interaction
• AI
• human experience
• creativity

Keywords

• smartphones
• interfaces
• AI
• augmented reality
• digital beings
• creativity
• technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft Mixed Reality, Leap Motion, Liquid City

Books & works: Hyper-Reality

Places: Bella Vista Suite, Colosseo Hotel, Europa-Park

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