The Matrix: One Global Society Within The Metaverse 
Season 2 | Episode 16
Right out of the gates, Matthew Wren, President of BundlAR (bundlar.com), shares his hopeful, yet practical vision for the metaverse when they join Nathan C for The AR Minute. “Immersive technologies allow for wider distribution of information and training—they even allow us to train to different learning styles and levels of experience.”
While many see a dystopian shade when they hear the word “metaverse” Wren, sees opportunities to empower a new workforce and inspire people about the possibilities of an augmented reality future.
Blending this enthusiasm with practical advice is Wren’s sweetspot, and while he’s bullish on the impact and ROI of AR-powered training, he also cautions “Don’t get stuck on 3D. Often when teams get excited about XR, they try to do everything in 3D. That’s where the complications are, where the development costs are, where projects stall-out trying to be all 3D.”
You likely already have 90% of the content you need to make AR. Especially if you already have an educational designer building robust training manuals and modules. Taking that content (audio, instructions, images, and even video) and using it in AR can get you most of the way—and then you can focus on the couple 3D assets and models that really make the spatial training relevant and interactive.
“It’s got to be as simple as making a PowerPoint.” YES! We love this creator-first, no-code approach to building accessible AR apps and experiences. By giving any creative or educator the ability to share ideas with added spatial context, that can be shared to nearly any smartphone, BundlAR is doing the work to reduce barriers to entering an augmented world—both for creators and for viewers and the XR-enabled workforce.
This 16th episode of Season 2 of The AR Minute concludes the interviews we captured at AWE USE 2022, in Santa Clara, California. The second half of the AR Minute continues in the New Year with 24 more episodes from experts at AWE EU 2022, Lisbon, Portugal.
Learn more and join the conversation with the world’s largest community of metaverse professionals at awexr.com
