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NJIT holds conference for women designing the future

Murray Center for Women in Technology “Digital Realities” Conference Explores New Career Opportunities NEWARK — The Murray Center for Women in Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will hold a one-day conference, “Women Designing the Future: Digital Realities, Today and Tomorrow,” on Friday, April 1, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the university’s Campus Center …

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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.

WiVR members spotlighted at Vision Summit 2016

WiVR founding members Nonny de la Pena and Jacki Morie were featured prominently at Vision Summit 2016, a Unity-hosted conference dedicated to virtual and augmented reality held this month in Hollywood, California. This is the first year for the conference, which is a cross industry event for artists, engineers, programmers, designers, musicians, directors and producers, hardware manufacturers …

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StoryNEXT conference features virtual reality

Immersive storytelling takes center stage at first-ever annual event featuring innovators from across the virtual reality landscape, including, HTC, Google, USA TODAY, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and Framestore ……..Read http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2015/10/storynext-conference-features-virtual-reality/

WiVR featured in Fortune magazine

Fortune magazine featured Women in Virtual Reality in a story yesterday titled Meet the women shaping our virtual future. The author, Susan Price, interviewed Women in Virtual Reality president Maria Korolov, founding member Nonny de la Pena, visual effects studio head Christine Cattano, and Elizabeth Baron, who heads up a virtual reality laboratory at Ford. \”As with many …

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Emblematic Group creates Women in VR scholarship with Oculus VR

  The VR industry is working to bring even more women to pursue careers in virtual reality.  The Emblematic Group has lined up with Oculus VR  in creating a women in VR scholarship for the September OC2 event. To learn more about the Oculus Connect 2 event and the scholarship offer read http://vrfocus.com/archives/19893/emblematic-group-creates-women-in-vr-scholarship-with-oculus-vr/