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Erik Summa Dell Technologies Sheri Graner Ray Dimensional Ink Online via Zoom 6:00pm Log In 6:15pm -7:30pm Presentation 7:30-8 Q&A 8pm Gaming |
Electronic gaming has risen to become a massive global industry, with revenues even larger than film and music! From casual games on smartphones to advanced games requiring the most powerful computing technologies and even massive data centers, gaming has become huge--and continues to drive technology development but also spawn new applications beyond mere entertainment. Join us as industry experts Sheri Graner Ray and Erik Summa discuss the present and future of gaming technologies (AR, VR, AI, and more), and the ways in which they are expanding entertainment and influencing education, training, marketing, design, and even business. AND stay after the presentations and discussion to play any number of online games (no experience necessary) or watch and learn via Twitch streams of many gaming sessions.
We welcome your participation! Please email us with your questions, answers and prognostications in advance.
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Erik Summa Gaming Innovation Experience Lead Dell Technologies |
Erik Summa is an award-winning Product Designer, specializing in creating new and innovative experiences that leverage touch, voice, gaze, gestures, biometrics, and more. He has 15+ years of experience in the creative industry and spent over five years of teaching design systems.
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Sheri Graner Ray
Dimensional Ink Sr Designer |
Sheri Graner Ray started in the game industry in 1989 and has worked as a designer, creative director and department head at such companies as Electronic Arts, Origin Systems, Sony Online Entertainment, Cartoon Network, and Schell Games. Her award-winning book “Gender Inclusive Game Design-Expanding the Market” was one of the first texts on inclusive design for the game industry. She founded Women in Games International and served as its Executive Director for ten years. She has been awarded the IGDA’s Game Developers' Choice award and has been on the Hollywood Reporter and WGEN’s lists of top women in games. She has served on the board of directors for the International Game Developers Association, International Game Developers Foundation and Fullsail University’s Game Development Dept. Currently she is a Senior Designer at Dimensional Ink in Austin, Texas.
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