Visualizing home decor in your own space has always been a challenge for consumers - guessing what furniture could look like in your room and figuring out dimensions, space, and depth. In this episode of Into The Verse, we're diving into addressing these challenges, discussing what combining home decor and XR could lead to, and what home decor buying could look like in the future.
Kanav Singla, CEO of Metadome.ai, Akhil Meshram, CMO of Hippo Homes, and host Sagar Kalbande, aka @thergbguy discuss current trends, challenges, and their collaboration to bring VR capabilities to the home decor buying journey.
Catch it all!
Metadome:
Website: https://www.metadome.ai/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metadome/?viewAsMember=true
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metadome.ai/
Kanav Singla
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanavsingla100/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/metakanav
Akhil Meshram
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akhilmeshram/
Sagar Kalbande
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgbguy/
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Unorganized Sector Overview
02:28 - Influencer Reliance & Market Challenges
02:57 - Industry Standards
03:22 - Hippo's Role in Customer Experience
04:52 - Physical Store Relevance
06:00 - Metadome's Impact in Home Decor
08:39 - Decision Timeframes
10:33 - Role of Architects
11:45 - Technology and Family Consensus
13:33 - VR Usage by New Couples
15:35 - Sample Flat Example
16:16 - Design vs. Visualization
17:25 - Understanding Virtual Reality
18:21 - VR in Stores and the Role of Haptics
20:49 - Next-Level Technology
23:08 - Consumer Adaptability
23:59 - Current Consumer Trends
25:11 - Web Experiences in Home Decor
26:49 - AR and Recommendation Tools
27:34 - Online Design Availability
29:07 - Role of Interior Designers
32:15 - Major User Challenges
34:59 - Budget Allocation and Quality of Service
38:06 - Visualization as a Constant in Design
39:56 - Virtual Concierge Concept
41:47 - Closing Statements
AR, VR, MR, XR... complicated and confusing, right? Wrong.
Into The Verse, the latest tech podcast by metadome.ai, is here to make everything XR related easy to understand and fun to learn.
Kanav Singla, CEO of Metadome.ai, Rahul Srivastava, CEO of Intellimark AI, and host Sagar Kalbande, aka @thergbguy discuss everything from the inception of Augmented Reality to the use of Virtual Reality and Extended reality in today's businesses. (They've even covered an easy way to explain #AR and #VR to your grandmother)
Tune in now!
Metadome:
Website: https://www.metadome.ai/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/metadome/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/metadome.ai/
Kanav Singla
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanavsingla100/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/metakanav
Rahul Srivastava
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-rs/
Sagar Kalbande
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgbguy/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rgbguy/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/@RGBguy
Produced by Pickle Jar Media: https://www.picklejarmedia.in/
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - About Metadome.ai
01:54 - Meet Rahul Ranjan
03:17 - What is XR? Explained Simply
04:12 - XR Evolution: How It’s Reaching Consumers
04:43 - Apple, Google, Snapchat: AR Kits and Viral Trends
05:26 - Pokémon Go: The Game Changer
05:48 - XR Tech: How Are Users Embracing It?
10:54 - Omnichannel: The Ultimate Integration
11:59 - VR Immersion: Apple Vision Pro and Real Estate
13:24 - School Kids and XR: What’s the Attraction?
14:10 - Apple Vision Pro: Merging AR and VR
15:13 - Explaining XR to Older Generations
17:31 - XR Explained in Simple Terms
18:33 - AR in Real-Time: Practical Applications
19:55 - XR Challenges: Cost, Compute and Complexity
21:16 - Maximizing XR with 5G
23:00 - Beauty Tech: XR’s Glamorous Side
23:47 - Turning Hype into Business: Is It Possible?
24:29 - XR in Consumer Experience, Sales, and Marketing
27:29 - XR ROI: Is It Worth It for Enterprises?
29:46 - The Pain and Gain of Using XR
30:58 - Sagar’s Perspective on XR
33:55 - XR Market Size: A Booming Industry
35:49 - The Future of XR
40:15 - Wrapping Up