Eve Weston believes in storytelling as a force for positive change. Weston is writer/director of the award-winning world’s first 360VR immersive sitcom, The BizNest. She is also a published expert in XR narrative, author of the taxonomy for immersive POV and a professor of VR filmmaking, TV writing and immersive storytelling at top-ranked film schools.
For The Bruce Lee Foundation, Weston created Be Water: My Friend, an interactive exploration of Bruce Lee's library and philosophy, currently on view at Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum. She also serves as a consultant for Dreamscape Learn and is on the advisory board of Hoppin.world.
Weston is co-founder of TheLook.Club, the first searchable database of immersive narrative, which also features a review show. Weston’s speaking engagements include Stanford University, SIGGRAPH and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences of Emmys fame. She also founded Metaverse Talent Group to provide real people for virtual worlds, connecting businesses of all kinds with experienced individuals who can host, perform, sell, and represent their business in the metaverse.
An award-winning journalist, Weston has written about VR for Ms. Magazine and The New York Post. A produced television writer, she’s written and developed for several ABC/Disney channels and shows, including Wizards of Waverly Place - where she wrote and choreographed a viral YouTube sensation for Selena Gomez. Weston is an alumna of Princeton, USC and Goldman Sachs. Her book 10 Kick-Ass Careers for Storytellers is available on Amazon. Follow her on Medium for cutting-edge insights.
09:00 AM - 09:40 AM
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