The Next Medium: Why Real-Time Interactive Video Changes Everything for Developers
Every major platform shift created a new category of developers. The web created web developers. Mobile created app developers. Now real-time interactive video models are creating a new kind of builder: one who does not render scenes or script interactions, but writes code that shapes a living world as it generates. This talk explores what it means for video to become a runtime, why this moment is happening now, and what the first generation of developers building on world models are already creating. Based on work at Reactor, where developers are shipping interactive games, robotics simulations, and real-time experiences that could not have existed 1 year ago.
About the Generative Media Track
Generative Media sessions at AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 in San Francisco.
When
Thursday, July 2, 2026
2:50 PM - 3:10 PM·20m
Where
Track 1 · Room 2010
Capacity: 250 attendees
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Speaker
Ahmed Ahres
Reactor
@Boudatw
Head of Product & GTM @ Reactor. Previously was the first ever intern at Revolut, started a company backed by a16z Speedrun, built and shipped mobile games, and was a national Tennis champion.