Galea Webinar: At The Intersection of Mixed Reality & Neurotechnology

Описание: Panel from December 14, 2022

The past decade has seen some revolutionary movements as the world of mixed reality, biosensing, and neurotechnology have converged. Join the conversation as OpenBCI talks to experts in the industry who have had front row seats to the evolution of this intersection. Meet our panelists:

Nanea Reeves
is the co-founder and CEO of TRIPP, a leading XR wellness company that creates immersive tools for meditation and mental health. Prior to co-founding TRIPP, Nanea has held C-suite and senior positions at EA, Machinima, and other gaming, digital and mobile businesses which have generated over $1.6 billion in exits.

Amy Kruse
is a General Partner at Prime Movers Lab where she leads in-depth due diligence into potential investments in neurotech and other deeptech fields. She is also an OpenBCI advisor, angel investor, entrepreneur, former DARPA project manager, and holds a PhD in Neuroscience from University of Illinois.

Mark Billinghurst
is a professor at the University of Auckland and the University of South Australia. He has authored hundreds of papers using XR and biosensors, and is one of the world’s leading researchers exploring human-computer interaction, AR, VR, wearable sensors, and empathic computing.

Outline
02:16 - What was your first exposure to VR?
06:21 - How have neurotech and biosensing played a part in your work?
10:10 - Tripp's exploration of biosensors
14:05 - Creating adaptive VR experiences
15:19 - Closed-loop research environments
16:20 - Where do you see these technologies having the most impact?
22:25 - Building empathy & empathic computing
26:00 - Data privacy & ownership
30:23 - HMDs as the future of computers? Agree/Disagree?
39:10 - What capabilities does humanity have to gain from these technologies?
42:40 - Will BCI become part of everyday devices? When?
50:01 - Advice for the audience? How to break into this field?
56:05 - Final Thoughts

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