The Game Developers Conference, or GDC, is a yearly pilgrimage for the brightest minds in the gaming industry. It’s a melting pot of...
GAME ON: THE STATE OF THE GAMING INDUSTRY
The video game industry is in a state of flux. Mass layoffs at major studios, coupled with the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI)...
XR Creator Spotlight: Mennat Allah Salama, Multidisciplinary Designer & Educator
Please give us an overview of your background, what inspired you to get into immersive tech, and your journey into the VR industry. I originally...
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Please give us an overview of your background, what inspired you to get into immersive tech, and your journey into the VR industry. While in college, I majored in computer science and worked as a full-stack engineer intern at a company. Halfway...
Hi Tristan, thanks so much for joining us! To get started, please give us an overview of your background. I was born and raised in Palo Alto, California, where I grew up in a laid-back environment. My mother and my stepfather were Stanford...
Hi Adam, thanks so much for joining us! To get started, please provide us with an overview of your background and share what inspired you to get into immersive technology. Also, please tell us about your journey into the VR industry. Hi there! My...
Hi Miguel, thanks so much for joining us! To get started, please give us an overview of your background. Growing up, we didn’t have a computer at home, but at 10, I was lucky enough to be enrolled in a program called Misión Huascarán at my...
Hi Arindam, thanks so much for joining us! To get started, please give us an overview of your background? I have been a computer science student since the early 2000 and have been attached to academia. My work mainly focuses on users and...
Hi Aviv, thanks so much for joining us! To get started, can you please give us an overview of your background? Sure thing! I’m a researcher and Ph.D. candidate from the University of California, Santa Cruz exploring Extended Reality and...
Hi Ana! Thanks so much for joining us! To get started, can you please give us an overview of your background? Growing up, I had three brothers, so video games have always been a part of my life. My journey to working in the gaming industry took a...
When humanity is faced with challenges, we are resilient. We scramble and adapt. And so, over the last 20 years, our technology has evolved tremendously. The COVID-19 pandemic has played a key role in innovation; compressed disruption...
Hi Cix, thanks so much for joining us! To get started, can you please give us an overview of your background? Well, my father sold various different hardware to the government, so I grew up around technology, but I wasn’t really taught in any formal...
Competition is healthy. It propels innovation and produces a fair market for the people. When one company dictates how things are done, however, the result is an unethical and unfair environment, and, unfortunately, that is the same environment the...