Virtual Beings Salon June 26th in LA: Last Call for +1s, nominate a founder to present, & speakers announced!

Happy Wednesday, Cyborgs.

How timely that Tiktok’s AI avatars just launched, right in time for our Virtual Beings event in LA 🤯 Huge congrats to our community member Adrienne Lahens on this big announcement!

LAST CALL FOR +1s TO OUR VIRTUAL BEINGS SALON AT NEUEHOUSE VENICE BEACH JUNE 26th 👾

We’re doing a last call for RSVPs for our Virtual Beings event in Venice Beach on June 26th - we have 15 spots left! We love expanding our community through warm referrals, so feel free to share the RSVP link with one other person in your network who may benefit from joining, ideally a Founder or Builder in the AI/Future Tech space.

NOMINATE A FOUNDER TO PRESENT LIVE 🤩

We love highlighting the work of brilliant founders, builders, & creators in our community. If there’s someone you know doing impressive work in the AI, Web3, Spatial Computing, BCI or similar space, nominate them here. Feel free to nominate yourself!! We’ll grant a few 2min slots for people to share what they’re working on at our upcoming event.

ANNOUNCING OUR BRILLIANT SPEAKERS 🚀

We have an impressive lineup of leaders who have been creating & engineering Virtual Beings and avatars for years now (pre-AI hype!), who will be sharing their work and perspectives with us on June 26th:

NINOCENCE: Her digital twin transcends an avatar, embodying the post-human concept and redefining existence and virtual identity in the digital age. Nina's diverse work includes avant-garde fashion direction and innovative 3D art, featured in major publications like Forbes, Time Magazine and Vogue. NINOCENCE is the creator of Lilium Labs, her digital avatar incubator.

MELANIE PLAZA: CTO of AE Studio, where she leads a team of data scientists, developers and designers to create custom products using ML, computer vision, blockchain, BCI and other emerging tech. AE Studio is committed to increasing human agency, putting people in charge and having tech elevate their lives. Melanie recently directed the development of AskElle, an app featuring a custom avatar to guide teens through first dating experiences in a fun, safe way informed by social-emotional learning to pave the way for future healthy relationships.

SALLY SLADE: Lead XR Technical Artist at Genies. She is a veteran immersive developer, and has shipped Virtual Production, VTubing, VR, and Mixed Reality utilities and games to nearly every platform available since 2016. Before Games, she cut her teeth in Film as a VFX Technical Director, with over 30 credits to her name on IMDB.

BRENDA CHEN (Moderator): Immersive media director and artist who works at the intersection of art, music, tech, and gaming to craft experiences that are vibrant, thought-provoking, and fun. She’s directed and built VR and AR games, virtual avatars, mixed reality experiences, projection mapping installations, interactive sculptures, virtual concerts, and VJ content in collaboration with brands like Nike, Wave XR, Oculus, The Getty, Hard Summer, Verizon, etc.

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xx Dani Van de Sande