Lead With AI · 2026-06-09 · 30 min
Most technology asks people to adapt to it. We hunch over screens and learn the rules of each new device. In the physical world, humans do the reverse. A person walks into a room and instantly knows where the furniture sits, what moved since yesterday, and who has been there. Computers still cannot read a space that way. Kirin Sinha built Illumix to change that. The spatial AI platform lets software understand 3D environments the way people do, localizing a space in under a second at centimeter accuracy, running entirely on the device with no cloud, and powering immersive experiences for global brands after a turn through the Disney Accelerator. In this episode of Lead with AI, Dr. Tamara Nall speaks with Kirin Sinha about the gap between human and machine spatial understanding, the horror game that proved Illumix felt real when players backed into the corners of their own rooms, and why the company processes every camera frame on the device instead of in the cloud. Kirin also breaks down what mainstream AR glasses will do by 2030 and why she thinks today's AI chatbots will look like the command line in a few years. Want to see what spatial AI can do for real-world spaces?
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