The Closer Cut x Cortney Harding •🥽ᯅ🎮• Spatial Tech Expert • Emmy-Nominated Producer • Author

In this edition of The Closer Cut, Waseem Mirza sits down with a leading authority in spatial technologies – Cortney Harding – and finds out whether the future really is right in front of us…Cortney is the founder of Friends With Holograms, an Emmy-nominated producer, a Top 100 Global Woman in AI (Davos 2025), and the author of The Spatial Race. She’s built AI avatars and immersive training for Amazon, Walmart, Lowe’s, Target, Verizon and PwC – tackling the hardest workplace issues, from bias and exclusion to mental health.In this episode: why smart glasses need a “Blackberry Moment” before an iPhone one, why the office – not the factory floor – could be where they go mainstream, and how immersive tech can make work more human, not less. Plus, Waseem shares why he’s still using the original TCL NXTWear glasses from CES for XR today – although with one big problem!🎙️ Book Cortney Harding through The Closer Speakers Consultancy:https://thecloser.consulting/[email protected]📖 The Spatial Race – Cortney’s latest book is out now🌐 https://cortney-harding.comIf you enjoyed the conversation, like, subscribe, follow and share – it really helps the show grow!More about the host Waseem Mirza:https://thecloser.consulting/waseem-mirza#TheCloserCut #Smartglasses #SpatialComputing #AI #FutureOfWork #WaseemMirza #TechPresenter© 2026 MIRZA Productions. All rights reserved. Distributed via YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Amazon, LinkedIn, and key podcast networks. Re-uploading, reproduction, or redistribution of any portion of this audio or video content without an explicit written licence is strictly prohibited.