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Rafael Brown
Co-Founder & Creative Director
Digital Myths
Bio
Rafael Brown is a veteran game designer having worked in the games industry for the past 19 years. He has worked across the range of PC, Console, and Mobile for game studios including id Software, Looking Glass, BioWare, EA, 2K, Activision, Midway, and Retro Studios. As a game designer, developer, producer and project lead, he has worked on franchises including Thief, Rage, Doom, Quake, Wolfenstein, Need for Speed, Mass Effect, Jade Empire, True Crime, Mafia, The Hobbit, Tony Hawk and Gun. However, his best work is ahead of him with the SF Bay Area game startup studio, Digital Myths, that he co-founded, building cross-platform, original IP games for VR.
Sessions
  • Social VR: Creating Social Presence
    04:45 PM - 05:00 PM Jun 1
    As VR emerges onto the scene, the new trend is SocialVR. As a phenomena, SocialVR has emerged to combat the early tendency of VR to isolate the user. In an age where devices are Digital, Online, Connected & Shared, and where all VR/AR/MR devices will be online all the time. SocialVR and social growth across VR, AR and MR, is about creating Social Presence. We will explore the components that make up Social VR, and explore the path from Presence to Social Presence.