Name: SVVR XR FIRESIDE CHAT w/ Drue Kataoka & Jesse Damiani
Start: 2018-09-20T18:30:00-07:00
End: 2018-09-20T21:00:00-07:00
Location: SVVR

Join us for an XR Fireside Chat with DRUE KATAOKA (artist-technologist-activist) and moderator JESSE DAMIANI (VRScout/Galatea)

Drue Kataoka is an artist-technologist-activist & CEO of Drue Kataoka Art Studios (www.Drue.Net). Creating in both material art genres such as steel sculpture and painting as well as new technologies such as virtual reality, she is known for her interactive and reflective visual mazes and experiences, which distort the perception of space-time. Her relativistic artwork “Up!” was featured in the first zero-gravity art exhibit at the International Space Station. She is Artist in Residence at Google VR Tilt Brush and is a Facebook Oculus VR Launchpad Fellow, & her distinctive Virtual Reality creations have been widely featured around the world. She is passionate about XR as a medium for artistic expression.

Named a Young Global Leader & Cultural Leader of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Drue presented a solo exhibition at the WEF in Davos and has presented at the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016. A member of the WEF’s 2018 Steering Committee on VR/AR/AI for the Creative Economy. Drue has been invited to speak in Tokyo, NYC, Singapore, St. Petersburg, Buenos Aires, Oslo, Ulaanbaatar, Abu Dhabi, Yangon, Beijing, Geneva, Puerto Vallarta & more for various corporations & governments. She is the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Institute Award for extensive social impact.

// Can't make it to Mountain View?

Join us in VR via High Fidelity and the SVVR Reality Portal. It's free!
https://hifi.place/svvr

Follow us on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/svvrlive

// Notice of Photo + Video Consent

Video footage (including 360 Video) and/or photos may be taken during this event, which may or may not include your recognizable image. Please be advised, by participating in this event, you agree to allow SVVR and its partners to use the images in print, digital or web-based formats for promotional and archival purposes.

Karl Krantz

Nana Usui

Silicon Valley Virtual Reality

Technology

3D Modeling

Game Modding

Virtual Reality (VR)

Game Design

The Future of Video Games

Independent Game Development

Computer Graphics

Human-Computer Interaction

UX Design

3D Gaming

Oculus Rift

Virtual Worlds

Augmented Reality

Virtual Reality (VR) & Augmented Reality (AR)

Mixed Reality

SVVR XR FIRESIDE CHAT w/ Drue Kataoka & Jesse Damiani

SVVR

Share

Silicon Valley Virtual Reality

SVVR XR FIRESIDE CHAT w/ Drue Kataoka & Jesse Damiani

Silicon Valley Virtual Reality

Details

Members are also interested in