When designing content creation tools for the masses, most platforms have to make trade-offs across accessibility, ease of use, capability, and power of the toolsets. However, AI has the potential to provide the best of both worlds. For instance, co-pilot technology empowers non-technical creators to write code, and 3D gen-AI enables entire environments to be created from simple command line prompts.
We’re seeing a number of companies emerge that are taking advantage of AI in order to compete with UGC gaming incumbents like Roblox and Fortnite. To help us understand the opportunities ahead, host
David Taylor is joined by
Vishnu Hari and
Peggy Wang, the co-founders of
ego, and
Tabish Ahmed, the founder of
Playroom. Additionally, we spend some time discussing the potential of Discord and Meta Horizon Worlds as emerging platforms in their own rights.
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