eXpeRt Dialogue September 2026
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On 16 September, it was that time again: the eXpeRt Dialogue at our Munich office in the Kraftwerk was devoted to an afternoon exploring how extended reality and AI are converging. Three talks, three very different perspectives: the technical foundations behind real-time 3D, a VR training session that begins with an accident, and an honest look at AI glasses.
The journey from CAD data to AI
Simon Nagel from Unity started with the part that often gets overlooked in presentations. Real-time 3D has long been the industry standard, but the hard work comes beforehand: CAD data must first be processed so that it runs in real time. Added to this is the question of how teams keep track of their assets across multiple projects and how pipelines remain manageable as they grow. And this is precisely where AI is currently making a significant difference, from data preparation right through to working directly in the editor.
VR training: first the accident, then the cause
Together with Gerrit Mauch from the Bayernwerk Academy, we presented a VR training programme that we developed jointly on the topic of workplace accidents. The approach reverses the usual sequence: learners first experience the accident and then work their way back, step by step, to the cause. At each stage, the same question is posed: ‘Would I have done it the same way?’ This turns a safety briefing into something that really sticks in the mind.
AI glasses put to the test
To round things off, Thomas Riedel put AI glasses through their paces. The Cologne-based tech journalist hosts ‘Spatial Realities’, Germany’s largest XR podcast, organises the biggest XR meet-up in North Rhine-Westphalia, and regularly speaks at conferences and on live TV about the metaverse, humanoid robots and digitalisation. Our focus was on the question of what the current headsets are actually capable of and where there is still a gap between the promises made and everyday use.
