GDC

USA Today: Why virtual reality gaming needs women developers

WiVR member Helen Situ interviewed at the GDC conference. “You’re really creating these incredibly powerful, emotional experiences where you\’re shaping worlds,” says Helen Situ, virtual reality evangelist at NextVR, at the Game Developers Conference here this week. Excluding part of the population creates a gap in the experience, she said. Read full article here.

Erin-Reynolds

GDC featured record high female speakers

This past week\’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco featured more female speakers than ever before, according to new analysis from Vocativ. According to the report, the number of women speakers at the conference has doubled, fromĀ 10 percent in 2011, to 20 percent this year. Read full report here.