Media

Featured Engagements

Recent

10/2022: Seoul Performing Arts Festival, Keynote Speaker, Korea
10/2022: Unreal Fest, Speaker, New Orleans
08/2022: SIGGRAPH, Art Paper Speaker, NVIDIA Featured Speaker, Vancouver
07/2022: Broadway Tech Accelerator, Speaker
07/2022: Unreal Engine Broadcast Fellowship, Artist and Instructor
06/2022: Cornell University, Guest Lecturer
06/2022: AWE, Workshop, "Building a Live Show from Scratch: XR Boot Camp w/ Heavenue," Startup Pitch Contest for Heavenue, Santa Clara
04/2022: Korean National University of Arts / Pohang Tech University, Guest Lecturer
03/2022: GDC, Speaker, Future Realities Summit: Up Close & Virtual: The Power of Live VR Actors, San Francisco
03/2022: USITT, Speaker/Panelist, "Game Engines in Performance Design, Film Production, and Architecture"
02/2022: NYU Tisch, Guest Lecturer
02/2022: Chapman University, Guest Lecturer
02/2022: Unreal Engine Advertising Fellowship, Artist and Instructor
01/2022: The Next Stage, Speaker/Panelist, Los Angeles (cancelled due to COVID-19)
11/2021: NVIDIA GTC, "Heavenue," Speaker
11/2021: NxtBld 2021, Speaker, “An Architect in the Metaverse: Social VR, NFTs, and New Opportunities," London
09/2021: BadX Stories: "Starchitect Wars"
09/2021: POWER UP: Exploring the intersection of art & technology, Dance Ireland, "Up Close & Virtual," Speaker / Panelist
08/2021: SIGGRAPH, Talk/Paper, "VR Theatre on No Budget", Co-Presenter/ Co-Author
08/2021: SIGGRAPH, Talk, "RealTime Architecture Perspectives"
07/2021: Laval Virtual Europe, The Rise of Virtual Architecture, Speaker/Panelist
07/2021: AIA Convention, Experiential Design: The Future of Architecture, Speaker
05/2021: AIXR Insights Live: Going Digital: Pivoting Live Events to Virtual Experiences, Host
05/2021: ViveCon2021, Developer Track, "Dev-ing Into Vive Focus 3", Speaker
05/2021: Syracuse Architecture, Impending Certainties Studio Final, Guest Critic
05/2021: NYU ITP, VR Thesis Finals, Guest Critic
04/2021: Columbia Architecture, Virtual Architecture Studio Final, Guest Critic
04/2021: RealTime Conference, Host/Curator, Architecture Track. Speaker: Social VR, NFTS, & Virtual Worlds: Architecture's New Domain? (w/ Kim Baumann Larsen)
04/2021: Syracuse Architecture Alumni Roundtable Discussion, Speaker
04/2021: NYU Steinhardt, Business of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality, Guest Lecturer
03/2021: 5th Wall Forum, Reveal, Co-Host
02/2021: Vienna CIVA Festival, UE4 Instructor
02/2021: NYVR Art in VR, Speaker
01/2021: Somnium VR Architecture Fireside Chat, Panelist
01/2021: VRAR Chicago: The Next Evolution in Art & Culture, Panelist
12/2020: 5th Wall Forum, Co-Founder, Connector Track Host
11/2020: NxtBld: How VR Helped Us Design a Theater from the Inside-Out, Speaker
10/2020: Here Fest, Speaker
09/2020-12/2020: NYU Tisch, Brendan Bradley Integrative Technology Lab, VR Live Performance, Instructor
08/2020: CURRENTS New Media Festival, Speaker, "XR. Theatre. Architecture."
07/2020: AIA Florida Convention, Speaker, (conference cancelled due to COVID-19)
06/2020: Computational AEC Melbourne, Speaker, "5 Ways XR Makes You a Better Architect"
06/2020: NxtBld London, Speaker, (conference cancelled due to COVID-19)
06/2020: RealTime Conference, Storytelling Track Curator, Host, Virtual Social Architect
06/2020: TCG Phoenix, XR Curator, Speaker, Workshop, Demos
05/2020: Theatre for a Young Audience, Keynote Speaker
04/2020: Continuing Professional Development in VR, Live from Dubai, Panelist
04/2020: RealTime Conference, Architecture Track Curator, Host, Speaker
04/2020: USITT, Speaker, "Using VR to Design a Venue from the Inside Out" (conference cancelled due to COVID-19)
03/2020: Here Fest, Speaker, "How We Made Ghosted: A Speed-Haunting Experience for Magic Leap" (conference cancelled due to COVID-19)
02/2020: ARKit Meetup, MIT Reality Hack, Speaker, "When I was little..."
01/2020: Arts Council Korea: Theatre and XR using Spatial
01/2020: Head Stretcher Society, Inaugural Speaker, "It's Like You're There: Virtual and Augmented Realities in Architecture, Theatre, and Everything In Between"
01/2020 - 05/2020: Syracuse Architecture, ARC 682: Media, Unity3D Instructor

2019

12/2019: Cosmos Within Us, Unreal Operator
11/2019: ARKit Meetup, "Magic Leap for Architecture and Theatre"
10/2019: National Alliance for Musical Theatre Conference, Featured Panelist: New Works & New Technology
10/2019: State of Art ADX, Epic Games Featured Speaker, Virtual and Augmented Reality for Real-time Design Exploration, Mogliano, Italy
09/2019: NYC Media Lab Summit, Ghosted AR (Winner: Audience Choice)
08/2019: Venice International Film Festival, Official Selection, Loveseat, Italy
07/2019: 3ds New York, Speaker, Crafting Meaningful Immersive Environments, NYC
08/2019: North Bend Film Festival, Official Selection, Ghosted AR (Winner: Most Innovative Immersive Experience), Washington
06/2019: IEEE GEM, Speaker / Performance, Making of That Kind of Guy, Alive in Plasticland, Yale
06/2019: TCG National Theatre Conference, XR Curator / Speaker / Workshop / Demos, Miami, FL
05/2019: Total Chaos, Speaker, A Strange Symbiosis: Interactions between Architecture and VR, Sofia, Bulgaria
04/2019: St. Johnsbury Academy, Speaker / Workshop, XR: Creating the Future, Vermont
04/2019: SXSW, Workshop, Producing Live Performance in VR, Austin, TX
02/2019: NYVR Art in VR, Competitor, New York, NY
01/2019: Immersive Architecture Asia, Speaker / Demos, Singapore

2018

12/2018: Syracuse University School of Architecture, Guest Critic for ARC 606- Impending Certainties: Hypothetical Futures of Architecture
10/2018: NYVR Expo, Speaker/Panelist, NYC
10/2018: Virtual Reality Strategy Conference, Speaker, San Francisco
09/2018: The Smithsonian, VR for Design
06/2018: Unreal Engine London, UE4 for Enterprise Solutions
06/2018: Autodesk University London, Beyond Presentations: Designing Naturally in VR
06/2018: ITEAC, VR in Theater Design, London
06/2018: Immersive Architecture, Beyond Representation: Active Design Inside VR, Venice
05/2018: Propelify Innovation Festival, VR in Architecture From Conception To Completion, Hoboken
05/2018: Urbahn Architects, VR Tech Today and Tomorrow
04/2018: VR Scout: Architecture and Real Estate Go Immersive, Los Angeles
04/2018: KPF, Custom Digital Design Solutions
04/2018: AIA New York Digital Design Community, Drawing with Z
03/2018: DisruptCRE NYC, VR thru an Agile Lens
03/2018: SMPS Northeast Regional Conference, Virtual Reality: The Best Marketing Tool You’re Not Using Yet, Baltimore
03/2018: VR Voice Virtual Reality and Healthcare Symposium, Creating Your First VR Experience in Less Than 1 Hour, Boston
02/2018: VIP Structures, The Future of Design
02/2018: ZGF Architects, Why VR?
02/2018: VRARA VR & AR in Architecture Engineering Construction Online Symposium, How to Add VR Sketching to Your Design Workflow
01/2018: Spector Group, Vizor and VR for Architecture
01/2018: VR Voice Virtual Reality and Architecture Symposium, VR for Design from Conception to Completion, Washington DC
01/2018: SOM, How to Design with VR

2017

12/2017: Syracuse University School of Architecture, Guest Critic for ARC 606- Impending Certainties: Hypothetical Futures of Architecture
11/2017: Autodesk University, From First Line to Final Design: VR as the Ultimate Creative Medium, Las Vegas
11/2017: Autodesk University, A vision for the future of Virtual Reality in Design Viz: Advice from the Experts (Panelist), Las Vegas
11/2017: Autodesk University, 3ds Max to Unreal Engine: BD and AD (Before and After Datasmith), Las Vegas
10/2017: VR 20/20 Summit, Virtual Reality Moves into Real Estate (Panel Moderator), NYC
09/2017: Jump into VR Fest, Using VR Art Tools to Design Space, NYC
09/2017: Jump into VR Fest, Survival Guide for VR Entrepreneurs & Creators (Panel Moderator), NYC
09/2017: Holzman Moss Bottino, VR for Theaters
07/2017: IDEO, Immersive Principles for Game Design, NYC
06/2017: NYVR, WebVR Hackathon Recap
06/2017: Theatre Communications Group Conference, Virtual Reality Petting Zoo, Portland Oregon
04/2017: NYVR, Introduction to Agile Lens: Immersive Design

past

12/2016: Syracuse University School of Architecture, Guest Critic for ARC 606- Impending Certainties: Hypothetical Futures of Architecture
11/2016: San Diego State University, Future of Art
07/2016: VenueConnect, VR for Architecture, Fans, & Training and Panel Discussion, Minneapolis
03/2016: VirtuAOL, Agile Lens Presents the VR Design Process, NYC
02/2016: Equinox, VR for Marketing and Design
12/2015: Syracuse University School of Architecture, Guest Critic for ARC 606- Impending Certainties: Hypothetical Futures of Architecture
10/2015: Syracuse University School of Architecture, Virtual Reality for Design, NYC
07/2015: Bjarke Ingels Group, BIG Picture Talk, VR + Architecture + Theaters
04/2015: NYVR, Designing Theaters with VR
05/2014: New York Institute of Technology Intersections Symposium, Oculus Rift for 3D Modeling