Jesse Damiani

Jesse Damiani is a writer, curator, producer, and entrepreneur. He is Director of Emerging Technology & Insight at Southern New Hampshire University, Director of Simulation Literacies at Nxt Museum, and a Forbes Contributor. He is also Series Editor of Best American Experimental Writing, Editor-at-Large of VRScout, and Founder and CEO of Galatea, a screenwriting and project management tool for immersive stories. His coverage of technology, art, and media appears in Adweek, Billboard, Entrepreneur, IndieWire, HuffPost, Quartz, The Verge, and WIRED; with syndication in CBS News, CJR, and The New Digital Storytelling textbook.

A regular speaker and host, he has appeared at conferences, shows, and events such as SXSW, Cheddar, and the School of the New York Times. He hosts TECH TOCK, a talk show in Microsoft’s Social VR platform, AltspaceVR. He was the Curator/Producer for the XR art exhibition, SPATIAL REALITY, at sp[a]ce gallery; Co-Curator of VIRTUAL FUTURES with LACMA for LA Art Show; Co-Curator of SIM-CINEMA with FLOAT and Wevr; and Co-Curator of BATTLEGROUNDS. He also curates The Tech Zone at DesignerCon and XR For Change, the XR summit at Games For Change.