#154 - JULES URBACH

Published: Nov. 22, 2023, 10:01 a.m.

Jules is the CEO of \u2060OTOY\u2060, the definitive cloud graphics company, and founder of \u2060\u2060Render Network (RNDR)\u2060\u2060, which facilitates distributed GPU rendering on the blockchain. He is a pioneer in computer graphics, streaming, and 3D rendering with more than 25 years of industry experience. Follow Jules on X @JulesUrbach.

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[0:16] - How Dragon's Lair and Star Trek sparked Jules\u2019 career in computer graphics and rendering

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[7:15] - The potential for holograms and AR

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[14:43] - Why Jules remains hard at work in the same space he's been obsessed with since his teenage years

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[21:51] - Jules\u2019 perspective on how the metaverse will manifest

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[33:36] - The importance of digital provenance in a generated future

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[40:14] - How the Render Network functions and enables an efficient, decentralized market for GPUs

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[49:24] - The future of RNDR

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