Creative Tech New York 2026

First Session Announced

We are delighted to announce the first session!

Easing the Transition to XR Design: Leaving Flatland

Question

Can a brilliant audience of creative technologists absorb the core principles and frameworks of spatial design in less than 30 minutes? 

Let’s find out! 

What we’ll do

• Unpack the tools, processes and ethical considerations of AR and VR design, specifically architected to help 2D designers and technologists transition into XR.
• Join a condensed version of a graduate-level class taught at NYU in which
• Collated design strategies in spatial computing, acquired over a decade, are shared. 
• The development and use of multiple XR design and interaction systems are explained. 

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Michelle Cortese, XR Design Director, Meta Reality Labs