How we should rethink media when creating for an immersive medium with Rob Morgan

The next guest on our podcast for the XR week is Rob Morgan, Creative Director and Founder of Playlines, Author, 'Storytelling for Spatial Computing & Mixed Reality' and a Digital Dramaturge. Rob has been telling award-winning stories with VR, XR and immersive theatre for well over a decade. A pioneer of AR theatre, Rob's helped create story worlds and immersive experiences for some of the world's largest IPs and cultural institutions. He started his career as a Lead Game Writer at PlayStation, where he wrote the first playable demo for PSVR and co-wrote two groundbreaking AR games for the world's then-largest IP. He created the critically-acclaimed A Fisherman's Tale, VR Awards Game of the Year 2019, as well as numerous VR games and training simulations, including the first accredited VR business masterclass, used by Coca-Cola and Nike. As Creative Director of Playlines, he directed augmented reality theatre internationally, and created XR arts & culture installations in partnership with Sky Arts, London's West End, The National Gallery, Netflix and Hasbro.

In this episode, we discuss Rob’s journey into XR, his background, his current projects and his upcoming book 'Storytelling for Spatial Computing & Mixed Reality', as well as his hopes and predictions for the future of XR and his own projects.

Each week we are releasing an episode in the field of either Metaverse/Gaming, Web3/Crypto/Blockchain, AI or XR. In case we have an extra Tuesday in a month, we have a guest from the Creative industries. Tune in, there are more amazing guests and stories to come up in the future.

To connect to Rob:

Website: https://robmorgan.space/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robgmorgan/

Book: https://augmentingimagination.com/

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