Deputy Chief of Mission, Kevin Covert, attended the
Creative Futures industry meet-and-greet at
The Roxy Cinema , and experienced some of the ground-breaking digital interactions on display – including Dr. Grordbort’s Invaders, & works by speakers from
Disney &
Weta Digital . The Embassy was proud to support
Miramar Creative ’s Creative Futures conference – the two-day event offered insights into new technologies and demonstrated ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 13 November, 2019 | Categories: Business, Connecting with Kiwis, News, U.S. & New Zealand, Youth Outreach | Tags: AR, Creative Futures, Disney, Entrepreneurship, Gurleen Singh, innovation, Kate Hellings, Miramar creative, U.S. Embassy Youth Council, VR, Weta
Over a few days in Auckland, Ambassador Brown talked U.S. policy with constituents of MP David Seymour and the U.S. Consulate’s Youth Council, met with leaders from Auckland’s Sikh and Jewish communities, checked out a local Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality company’s tech, celebrated US-NZ business ties at the American Chamber of Commerce annual awards dinner, and shot ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 23 August, 2018 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Former U.S. Ambassadors, News | Tags: AmCham, AR, Auckland, BallanceNZ, Tauranga, USNZYouthCouncil, VR
By Public Affairs staff, U.S. Embassy Wellington. U.S. Ambassador Brown had a follow-up visit on November 6 to two of Wellington’s innovation hubs,
ProjectR (co-working space for startups in the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality /Mixed Reality space) and
Mahuk i (an innovation accelerator program for startups in Galleries Libraries Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector). The Mahuki residents, in ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 9 November, 2017 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Former Ambassadors, News | Tags: AR, GLAM, innovation, Mahuki, ProjectR, VR
By Public Affairs Staff, U.S. Embassy, Wellington. The U.S. Embassy was proud to support Jessica Manins, CEO of
Blackeye VR , in bringing U.S. transmedia producer, Caitlin Burns to keynote at the Future Realities VR/AR conference in Auckland and Wellington as part of New Zealand’s first nationwide
Tech week . During her time in New Zealand, Caitlin met with some of ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 17 May, 2017 | Categories: Auckland, Business, Connecting with Kiwis, Events, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech | Tags: AI, AR, AR VR Garage, Auckland, Augmented Reality, Blackeye, Caitlin Burns, Creative HQ, Future Realities, Mahuki, SoulMachines, Te Papa, Tech space, Virtual Reality, VR, Wellington
The U.S. Embassy were proud to host Charles Babb in Wellington, New Zealand to speak at TEDxWellington 2016. Charles is the Founder of Fairchild Consortium – a firm that has seasoned creatives and industry veterans venturing into Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality development. Charles Babb’s TEDx talk will be available in the coming weeks on the
TEDx YouTube channel , ...
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By Mike Cousins | 21 March, 2016 | Categories: Events, News, Science & Tech | Tags: Bizdojo, Charles Babb, Creative HQ, Gaming, Geo AR Games, TEDx, TEDxWellington, U.S. Ambassador Gilbert, VR, Wellington Mayor
