When we met up with Ines Said & Austin Stanbury, they were enjoying a quiet moment in the Snap lounge outside the main exhibit hall at Augmented World Expo 2022 (AWE). This all-star duo from the Digital Worlds Institute combined XR development and user researchātwo of the most crucial metaverse skillsāto design and build AR & VR experiences for the Digital Worlds Institute, University of Florida. https://digitalworlds.ufl.edu/
Austin and Ines were part of the AWE 2022 panel: Faster Iteration in AR using Unity, where they shared how they used Unity to build an XR app that helps reduce vaccine hesitancy by using body-tracking features and simulation.
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Ines Said is the epitome of the global voices who felt the power of XR tools and is now building the future of this industry. As an African woman in tech, Ines strives to use her work in VR as āan example to every little girl in Africa, to encourage them to be their best and to certainly not be discouraged from a career in STEM.ā She currently works an XR developer at Froliq (frlq.co)
She has a masters degree in Digital Art and Sciences (VR/AR) from the University of Florida and a computer science degree from the University of Florida. Her strong international background includes having worked, volunteered, and studied on 5 continents; she speaks 3 languages fluently. What a boss.
Ines is highly interested in growing her LinkedIn network of women in tech, especially in the XR field.
Austin Stanbury is a Human-Computer Interaction scholar graduating from UF's Digital Worlds Institute. His work in extended reality has been published in ACM's VRST, covered by CBS and ABC, awarded at numerous University events internationally, and installed publicly on UF's campus. His primary research interest is in developing XR applications that address social problems, especially in education and medicine.
austinstanbury.com
https://digitalworlds.ufl.edu/
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The AR Minute with Nathan C is back for season 2 of no-fluff, no-jargon interviews that demystify the worlds of AR, VR, XR and whatever else weāre calling metaverse technology these days.
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Special thanks to our Season Two series sponsor, Augmented World Expo (AWE), for creating an environment where āXR business thrives,ā ideas flow freely, and the global community comes together to push this industry forward.
Since 2010, over 5,000 XR companies and 60,000 professionals have come together at AWE events to learn from the brightest industry minds, to experience cutting-edge technologies first-hand, to challenge each other with crucial conversations, and to build the connections that drive a diverse and vibrant community and ecosystem.
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