Digital Real Estate, Smart Cities, and Why AI Will Make us More Human with Paul Doherty

In episode 62, @Thedigitgroupinc President & CEO Paul Doherty discusses how his life resembles Forrest Gump’s, smart cities, 3Ding & the metaverse in the 1990s, working with China and the royal family of Dubai, what AI will make us, the AEC Hackathon, and more. Episode Timeline 01:02 How Paul’s life resembles Forrest Gump, early IBM & Microsoft experiences, and his AutoCAD introduction 6:25 Becoming web-based in 1994, and an author shortly after 10:30 3D modeling a professional baseball team’s stadium in the 1990s, 3D parametric CAD, and the pivot from architecture to software 12:56 The guys behind Google Earth, and Paul’s globe-spanning projects 16:18 An incredible offer from the royal family of Dubai, and Paul’s current focus 20:36 Unlocking the Metaverse, and what AI will make us 23:06 How Paul has stayed ahead of the curve for decades, and what the digital world is starting to shine a light on 28:46 Thinking outside the box when colleagues or management don’t want to, and what BBQ methodology can teach us 33:49 NPCs and avatars, with practical real-world use cases 37:09 Ready Player One 38:52 An anecdote involving music and the original Mac, and tools vs. solutions 42:08 RCN’s community building 44:00 Obstacles to accomplishment, tactics to overcome them, and the AEC Hackathon 49:17 RCN Committees and cross-technology collaboration 50:49 Specific bottlenecks & pain points Paul sees today, and the next big growth field 56:48 Data management, and inspiring upcoming generations 58:54 The precise reasons the industry is so crucial, and entrepreneurship vs. working within a company 1:02:44 Paul’s take on the future 1:09:46 “Sharing secrets” and helping peers #realitycapturenetwork #rcnpodcast https://realitycapturenetwork.com/epsidode-62