Metaverse for the Rest of Us–An expert round-table unpacking the hype & press.

This first the AWE Nite Portland program will look to a panel of experts from many perspectives on extended reality (AR, VR, XR, Metaverse, etc) from XR development, to education and safety to help contextualize all the XR hype into real-world and practical terms.

We'll have a facilitated conversation around some core questions and end with some community questions.

Expert panelists include:

• Muhsinah Morris Ph.d. - Morehouse College
• Noble Ackerson - Cyber XR Coalition
• Stephen Christian - Iltopia Studios
• Lisa Peyton - Oregon Reality Lab
• Kristina Podnar - Metaverse Reality Check

Your guides to the future at AWE Nite Portland are co-hosts Nathan C Bowser (they/them) and Kami Karras (she/her), Streem,— together known as Awesome Future! .

Please share your interests and expertise in our AWE Nite PDX Community Survey.

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