Tolga Kart spent seven years building massive 3D worlds for Call of Duty at Sledgehammer Games. Then he left gaming for Tesla Autopilot, led simulation at Parallel Domain, and now he's the CEO of Third Dimension AI, a company building neural simulators that reconstruct reality from sensor data.

In this episode, we dig into SuperSim, Third Dimension's first product, which takes driving logs and reconstructs them into photorealistic 4D environments where robots can train and validate their behavior. The results look so real that Tolga has to convince people they're not just watching video.

In this episode we discuss:
- How SuperSim reconstructs real-world scenes in hours, not months
- The difference between a "digital twin" and a "digital cousin"
- Why procedural generation hit its limits for robotics simulation
- The domain gap problem and why it's finally being solved
- Generating synthetic edge cases: erratic drivers, collapsing bridges, kids running into the street
- Why Gaussian Splatting is a good medium for robotics simulation
- What's next for simulation for humanoids, drones, and beyond

About Tolga Kart:
Tolga Kart is the Co-Founder and CEO of Third Dimension AI. He brings over 2 decades of experience building cutting-edge technology in gaming, autonomy, and AI. Tolga began his career in gaming, shipping two Call of Duty titles at Activision Games before transitioning to autonomous vehicles. At Tesla, he built the Autopilot TPM team and rebuilt the simulation team, fully integrating it into Autopilot's development framework. Most recently, he led and scaled Parallel Domain's engineering organization in two years.

Follow Tolga on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tolgakart/
Follow Tolga on X: https://x.com/tolgakart

About Third Dimensions AI:
Third Dimension AI is a spatial generation company building the 3D worlds that will power tomorrow's embodied AI—from robots to autonomous vehicles—and enable new frontiers of creativity in gaming and entertainment. Third Dimension was founded in 2024 and backed by venture capital firms Felicis, Abstract, Soma Capital, MVP Ventures, and Solari Capital.

To learn more, visit https://www.thirddimension.ai

Thanks to Lightwheel for making this episode possible. Learn about how Lightwheel is making physical AI successful at: https://www.lightwheel.ai