Disrupting Technologies: The Future of A.I., AR & VR with Phil Ashcroft

       The Mavens team meets up to talk with A.I., VR and AR specialist Phil Ashcroft, the founder and Chief Creative Officer at RTSTRY.             Starting his career working with the BBC over a decade ago, Ashcroft has worked on shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and played a key role in the development of “Top Gear,” even serving as a board member at BAFTA. Since coming to the United States, Ashcroft has worked on major movies/series like “The revenant,” “True Detective,” and “Mr. Robot.” Since its inception in 2015, Ashcroft has been headlining his company RTSTRY, focused on producing virtual and augmented reality and bringing it to the forefront of modern technology, as he believes they will be the next disruptive technologies.             With the Mavens, Ashcroft discusses his work with companies like BBC, the ever-growing competition of the entertainment industry (especially in the streaming era) and the dramatically dropping price-and henceforth increased accessibility-point of the technology needed to produce quality content. “A lot of these tools have-if not free-sell very affordable versions of themselves and it’s opened up the doors to creativity again, which is fantastic,” Ashcroft said.             Tune in to hear the Mavens team andAshcroft talk about “Disrupting Technologies: The Future of A.I., AR & VR” and how VR, AR and A.I. may find it way into your home sooner than later!  You can reach Phil Ashcroft directly on Linkedin. To reach Media Mavens Podcast Host, you can get more information at www.axis-entertainment.com