Get ready to dive into the cutting-edge intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and extended reality (XR) This event promises to explore how AI and XR technologies are reshaping industries, enhancing user experiences, and unlocking new creative possibilities. Attendees will gain insight into the latest advancements, real-world applications, and future trends driving this transformative tech.

Panelists:

BRETT LEONARD

For over 30 years, Brett Leonard has been an award-winning film maker and technologist at the forefront of the digital media revolution. He is widely recognized as a top thought-leader of the Immersive Metaverse / AI era since introducing the concept and term of Virtual Reality to popular culture as the Director/Writer of the seminal hit film “Lawnmower Man”.

EVO HEYNING

Evo is a creator, showrunner, producer and strategist who bridges gaps between technology, media and creative teams for impactful endeavors. She’s produced mixed reality, livestreaming and virtual experiences for 20 years and wrote the book Promptcraft in early 2023, guiding the careful and ethical integration of AI within immersive and interactive media.

RANDY MARSDEN

Randy is a 5-time startup founder, and the inventor of Swype – the text input method with billions of users. Randy also sold a company to Nuance (now Microsoft), then sold another company to Apple along with leading engineering teams there. He was also the VP of Innovation at Nike. Randy is a thought-leader around using mixed-reality to help everyone engage more with the real world with current app, Skidattl.

NICOLE LAZZARO:

Nicole is the President and Founder of XEODesign and XEOPlay. A serial innovator Lazzaro designed the 1st iPhone game and discovered The 4 Keys to Fun how game mechanics create emotion. Millions of leading developers worldwide use the 4 Keys to Fun including The Sims’ AI, IBM Watson’s sentiment analysis, and gamification. Recent XR accomplishments include Follow the White Rabbit and Unscramble the Oracle: an interactive choose your own adventure audiobook for BOSE AR headsets that inspires healthy play walking around the block.

MATT HOE

Matthew is a kama’aina from Oahu who is a software engineer, exited startup technical founder and creative who has a background in VR and AI virtual interactive characters. Matthew is currently working on AI next gen automation and storytelling in interactive systems, from tools for automated software engineering to AI agent avatars for generative narrative games which program themselves with you using your creativity. He has worked on projects ranging from the art scene in San Francisco to projects for FAANG / fortune 500 companies, as well as featured in conferences and publications such as SIGGRAPH.

SHERRIE RICHMAN

Sherrie is a cross-disciplinary founder from Oahu, a creative, and community builder within the AI & immersive technologies (XR/AR/ VR) & digital space. Sherrie is also an “XR Media & Emerging Technology” major, at UCLA last year and an Abundance 360 (2024) scholar, (Peter Diamondis). She also has won several awards for her XR storytelling/producing work including “Best in Show” at the San Francisco Virtual Reality and Google’s Project Tango hackathons. Voted Top 40 VR Twitter influencer by Virtual Umbrella and listed with Venture Reality Fund’s list as a Top Female XR Innovator. She has been invited to share her thoughts as a guest speaker at World XR Switzerland, Digital L.A, SVVR (Silicon Valley Virtual Reality), Mozilla, and Hawaii Public Radio – Byte Marks Cafe.