The role of AI in XR

Name: The role of AI in XR
Start: 2026-01-29T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-01-29T22:00:00+01:00
Location: ETH Maschinenbau ML, Room F34

The vision of Augmented- and Virtual Reality has always been amazing: To make our interaction with technology as natural as our interaction with the real world. Yet, this promise of a truly human-centered interface has so far largely remained unfulfilled and reality fell short of this promise.
This is changing. Recent advancements in AI are the critical catalyst we’ve been waiting for. When fused with modern Extended Reality (XR) systems, AI is finally starting to fulfil these decade old promises.
In this session Robert will provide an overview of how AI is changing extended reality with recent examples.

Robert Adelmann’s cross functional background spans 20 years of innovation in an increasingly merging real and virtual world: From foundational research at ETH and MIT, to start-ups and industry roles ranging from SW engineer and CTO, UX Designer, Head of UX and Augmented Reality, to his current role as Product Manager in Google’s Extended Realities (XR / Android XR) organisation.