# The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Storytelling with Ramy Katrib

- Show: [Oxide and Friends](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends)
- Published: 2026-07-23
- Length: 1h 04m
- Episode: 16
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib
- Listen: https://share.transistor.fm/s/73d466bc

## Summary

Ramy Katrib, founder of DigitalFilm Tree, discusses the evolution of digital storytelling with hosts Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, covering the transition from film to digital via Apple's FireWire and the current shift toward high-resolution, high-dynamic-range content. Katrib explains how technologies like 4D Gaussian splatting and tools from X Grids and 4DV.ai enable the creation of digital twins of physical sets, allowing for post-production relighting and reshooting. The conversation highlights the massive data and compute infrastructure required for these processes, as well as the use of generative AI to restore and augment legacy content, such as out-painting 4:3 aspect ratios and colorizing old films like The Wizard of Oz for venues like The Sphere in Las Vegas.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=0) Introduction: Ramy Katrib and DigitalFilm Tree
- [3:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=229) The Transition from Film to Digital and Apple FireWire
- [9:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=543) High Resolution, HDR, and the Persistence of Film
- [13:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=809) Gaussian Splatting, X Grids, and 4D Imaging
- [25:09](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=1509) The State of Virtual Reality in Storytelling
- [31:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=1900) Generative AI for Restoration and Out-Painting
- [41:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=2485) Theatrical Experience, IMAX, and The Sphere
- [49:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends/2026-07-23-the-past-present-and-future-of-digital-storytelling-with-ramy-katrib#t=2980) AI's Impact on Crafts and Democratization of Storytelling

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- DigitalFilm Tree (company)
- Apple (company)
- FireWire (other)
- Final Cut Pro (product)
- iMovie (product)
- Arri Alexa (product)
- Sony (company)
- Christopher Nolan (other)
- The Odyssey (product)
- Netflix (company)
- Amazon (company)
- Apple TV (product)
- Gaussian splatting (other)
- X Grids (company)
- 4DV.ai (company)
- XFit camera (product)
- LiDAR (other)
- Unity (product)
- Unreal (product)
- Nuke (product)
- Warner Brothers (company)
- The Sphere (other)
- IMAX (other)
- The Wizard of Oz (product)
- Scrubs (product)
- Three's Company (product)
- Mr. Ed (product)

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