RCN Podcast 44: Creativity as the Path to Better Reality Capture with Michael Warren

Episode 44 of RCN welcomes back Michael Warren, the Director of Digital Practice and Technology at AECOM. He’s in rarified air, having three decades of experience in reality capture and wisdom to reflect it.   Episode Timeline 2:20 What happened to Michael at Carnegie Mellon that opened his mind to the power of new technologies 11:30 Michael’s venture that uses light to more accurately capture and render data 14:00 Why defining roles, personas, qualifications, and KPIs is crucial 18:05 The nine reality capture archetypes, with a White Rabbit tie-in. 27:07 Gaining inspiration and ideation from other industries and applying it to reality capture 30:30 What Michael did for his children to encourage creativity, and how to overcome the no-versus-yes mindset in business 36:53 What Michael did with Excel 20 years ago that illustrates how rarely we explore our full capabilities 41:13 How intellectual property can stifle collaboration, and what science fiction can teach us about ideas - and their execution 47:32 Notre Dame, video games, and the state of the mesh 54:46 Walking through the point cloud with a VR headset - or just driving down the highway - and experiencing The Matrix 57:52 What will the integration of artificial intelligence into reality capture mean for project development 1:03:30 How we’re still at ground level for problem solving in the built environment, and what needs to be done to expedite mass adoption To learn more, visit https://realitycapturenetwork.com/podcast/episode-44