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Aaron Pulkka
AR/VR Program Director Amber

Aaron is an interactive entertainment design and production leader with over 25 years of experience with XR, games and emerging tech, including roles at Walt Disney Imagineering, Sony, Activision, and Two Bit Circus.

He began working on VR and AI at the University of Washington HITLab, where he earned a master's degree in Computer Science & Engineering, before starting his professional career at Imagineering as a Show Designer creating groundbreaking XR attractions for DisneyQuest. Since then Aaron has worked on a wide variety of home and out-of-home entertainment projects, including independently producing award-winning spatial computing apps for Google Tango and Microsoft HoloLens and leading production of attractions for the Two Bit Circus micro-amusement park.

In addition to working at Amber on a variety of emerging tech projects for clients worldwide, he currently serves industry-related non-profit organizations as Chair of the AIXR Consumer Entertainment Advisory Group and Board Member of the XR Guild.

TALKS

May 29

01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

Grand Ballroom G
Gaming & Entertainment

Value Proposition for Location Based Entertainment

Aaron Pulkka | Amber

Selma Sabera Ruzdijic | MEOW WOLF

Joanna Popper | Creative Artists Agency Inc

Daisy Berns | Viveport

Ned Atkins | LBE News

Leila Amirsadeghi | MESH

May 29

01:30 PM - 02:30 PM

Grand Ballroom G
Gaming & Entertainment

Value Proposition for Location Based Entertainment

Aaron Pulkka | Amber

Selma Sabera Ruzdijic | MEOW WOLF

Joanna Popper | Creative Artists Agency Inc

Daisy Berns | Viveport

Ned Atkins | LBE News

Leila Amirsadeghi | MESH