The Game Developers Conference, or GDC, is a yearly pilgrimage for the brightest minds in the gaming industry. It’s a melting pot of...
Bridging Minds and Games: GTech Explores the Future of BCI in Gaming at GDC
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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Make no mistake: there’s an awakening happening in the world. You only need to look at the protests that have erupted over the past few months to see what I’m talking about. In Nigeria, for example, recent police brutality protests have transformed...
If you keep up with VR and XR news, then you probably already know about the Quest 2 requirement of connecting your Oculus account to your Facebook account. In response, I released my previous article, where I covered the need for our industry to...
Hi Onyekachi, thanks so much for joining us! To get started, can you please give us an overview of your background? I am a 37-year-old documentary and mainstream filmmaker, Network Professional, Participatory Program developer, and campaigner who...
With the arrival of the Oculus Quest 2, the VR world is abuzz; after all, who wouldn’t be excited about a more powerful and accessible headset? But we need to talk about the big elephant in the room: our data rights. To use the headset, Facebook now...
Hi Ricardo! Thanks so much for joining us! To get started, can you give us an overview of your background? I started working with filmmaking in 2001 in Brazil, doing stop motion animation. Computer Graphics was a new industry in the country and the...
Welcome to the next generation of all-in-one-VR: the Oculus Quest 2. Facebook’s recent announcement of the Quest 2 makes it seem like the only VR headset you’ll ever need as it comes packed with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 processors, double the...
Can you please give us an overview of your background? I’ve always been a technical person. Even as a kid, my idea of a good time was taking apart the TV and putting it back together, much to the chagrin of my parents. I’m part of the first...
The world around us is changing faster than ever before. Innovations are now transient, expectations are unreal, and execution has to be flawless. This was the “rapid world” we knew before the emergence of COVID-19. In today’s COVID-19 age...
Hey Veronica, thanks so much for joining us! Please tell us a bit about yourself. I am Veronica Flint, born and raised in the city of Los Angeles, California. Throughout my professional career I’ve worked in games, virtual/augmented reality, visual...
Hey Ylva, welcome to the XR Creator Spotlight, it’s an honor to have you. To kick things off, can you please tell us a bit about yourself? Hi, I am the founder of XR Impact, a non-profit organization that leverages immersive technologies to...
