Excited to announce that I\’ve joined the ranks of published authors, and some illustrious colleagues – I\’m Chapter 19, \”Immersive Media and Branding: How Being a Brand Will Change and Expand in the Age of True Immersion\” in the just-published-today Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts and Roles of Immersive Media. My chapter explores …
TEDx RoseTree 2019 done! What a fabulous experience – I met so many amazing people, and thoroughly enjoyed being in the middle of the vortex of ideas and creativity. My talk \”How VR will supercharge grassroots movements\” will be posted by TED soon, and I\’ll update it here when they do. In the meantime, I\’d …
For those interested in attending in person here\’s a link to the TEDx Rosetree (Philadelphia) event I\’ll be presenting at on November 19th. Only 100 tickets! – $100 each (incredibly reasonable IMHO…given the prices I see of other conferences). The theme is \”Grassroots\” and how every idea starts as a small concept, and requires levels …
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So my first professional book chapter\’s been officially submitted, \”Immersive Media and Branding: How being a brand will change and expand in the age of true immersion\” (could still be changed) for all those curious. It is about virtual and augmented reality, and what it will mean for brands. Among other things, I talk a …
Been kind of quiet here lately…as I\’ve been really busy IRL. Two big pieces of news: First: I\’ve officially started looking to join a company after 10 years of self employment. Lots of reasons, the biggest being I\’ve realized that it\’s nearly impossible to drive any sort of advancement in the emerging tech world by yourself …
I think this is hilarious. Outsourcing your presence via another human/body with a screen strapped over their face…how long before we\’re just lumps of body slumped in a {comfy} dentist chair, living vicariously through a VR screen and an android?
I attended the Miami VR Expo two weeks ago, at the invitation of its Co-Founder, Adrian Allen. It\’s their first year, and he told me his goal for it is very clear: to grow the AR/VR community in Miami. A noble cause. As he pointed out, Magic Leap is nearby, as is DisneyWorld\’s themed entertainment, …
I attended the Miami VR Expo two weeks ago, at the invitation of its Co-Founder, Adrian Allen. It\’s their first year, and he told me his goal for it is very clear: to grow the AR/VR community in Miami. A noble cause. As he pointed out, Magic Leap is nearby, as is DisneyWorld\’s themed entertainment, …
On May 11th I was honored to give a lightening talk at Creative Tech Week around my artist journey with the Google Tiltbrush as part of my 5 day \”VRaycation\”. This fish is the first thing I made in Tiltbrush; I talked about the shift from object creation / CAD mindset, to a world building …