Jennifer: And the team is also exploring how these digital twins can be useful beyond the 2D world of a video conference.
Greg Cross: I guess.. the big change, you know, the change that’s happening right now is the shift from the 2D world of the internet to the 3D world of the metaverse. So I mean, and that, and that’s what we’re always thinking about and we’re always preparing for, I mean Jack exists in full 3D, um, you know, Jack exists under complete body form. So I mean Jack could be, you know, today we have, you know, we’re building augmented reality, the prototype of Jack walking around the golf course. And, you know, we can ask Jack, how, how should we play this hole? Well, these are some of the things that we’re starting to envision about the way digital people are, the way digital celebrities are. Interact with us as we move into the 3D world.
Jennifer: And he thinks the technology can go a lot further.
Greg Cross: Healthcare and education are two great uses of this type of technology. And that’s great because we don’t have enough real people to provide healthcare and education in the real world. So I mean, you can, you know, you can envision how you can use the digital workforce to augment. And, and expanding skills and capacities, not replacing, but expanding the skills and capacities of real people.
Jennifer: This episode was produced by Anthony Green with help from Emma Cillekens. It was edited by Mat Honan and me, arranged by Garret Lang… with original music by Jacob Gorski.
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