Creative technologist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Marco Tempest will feature as Keynote Speaker at the IBC2023 Conference, it has been confirmed.
Tempest, an illusionist and mixed reality innovator, will give his talk, 'Virtual Production & the Metaverse: A future where everyone is invited to play', at the IBC2023 Conference, free for all show attendees.
Tempest will deliver a dynamic session with advanced insights combining generative AI, mixed reality, storytelling, gestural sensing and swarm robotics to provide a glimpse of a delightful, augmented future. The keynote will demonstrate live on stage how you can interact with new tech in a virtual world and how this new field can be accessible and equitable.
Tempest drives advancement in future technologies, augmented reality (AR), and virtual reality (VR) to pioneer new immersive experiences through thought leadership and prototyping future technologies via immersive experiences. He is a Creative Technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; a Directors Fellow Alumni at MIT Media Lab; and Founder of magicLab, a science consortium exploring illusion and digital technology.
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