Joe Millward & Kerestell Smith
Australia-USA
In VR, Innovation Rules!
With Karen Judd Smith
WEDNESDAY, February 16, 2022 @ 5:00 PM Eastern
The Show Streamed
Live
Wednesday February 16, 2022
5:00 PM Eastern, USA
About Joe
An Innovation Manager with over 19 years’ experience in Fortune 500 companies across diverse sectors including Education, Manufacturing, FMCG, Hardware and Software.
Recognised as an industry thought leader in the Immersive Technology industry. Joe is regularly invited to speak at international conferences and guest lecture at Universities.
Joe is tasked with leading a team to research the latest emerging technologies for TAFE NSW. He has developed expertise in identifying new trends in a wide range of digital technology from social media to mobile development and the rise of AI.
His team are currently exploring the potential of augmented & virtual reality technology, how it will enhance education and training for TAFE NSW and the broader industry. The team has already published a number of academic papers on their progress and continue to shape and influence industry best practice.
About LemmingVR
Kerestell Smith AKA LemmingVR.
Kerestell has been a software engineer at WorkDay for 9 years, and a VR enthusiast for almost as many. He and his team Eclipse excelled in Echo Arena to become the 2-time world champions in 2017 and 2018.
Now as the solo dev of the VR Project Gorilla Tag, he notes that the developers of Echo Arena created the “Rosetta Stone of VR.” He acknowledges that they set the standard high for in-game immersion and experience.
Curious and full of ideas, Kerestell set out to test out other ways to put their in-game principles to work with locomotion that mimics the real world.
As a result, he released a beta version of “Gorilla Tag” in February of 2021 that quickly, and unexpectedly struck a simian nerve in millions: We like to play. We know how to play tag. Tag is fun.