Giving Your User Super Powers – A Heroic Approach to UX in VR

Jason Rhoades, founder of Toolbox No. 9, will discuss the rapidly evolving principals of User Experience in Virtual Realities. Learn how UX heuristics apply to emerging technologies and practical examples of bleeding-edge UI.

Join us for lecture, discussion, and a VR demo setup. After the talk, questions will continue with Jason and Dave Beck of Foundry 45

• Our speakers
Jason Rhoades is the Founder of Toolbox No. 9 – a Digital Experience agency founded in 2005.
Jason has been designing interactive experiences for 29 years. Has visited 7 continents. Owns over 1000 Pez dispensers. Bowled a high score of 289. Can deadlift 435 pounds. Married 1 super cool wife. Owns one mentally deranged Boston Terrier. Was stabbed with a knife 2 times.

Dave Beck is a founder and Managing Partner at Foundry 45, an Atlanta-based company that helps brands train their teams and tell their stories through Virtual and Augmented Reality. His company has built over 150 experiences for notable clients such as AT&T, Coca-Cola, Turner, and U.S. Bank.
Before starting Foundry 45, Dave served as the Chief Operating Officer at EquipCodes, a mobile SaaS and Augmented Reality company. Dave also serves on the board of the MAK Historic District and is very active in the Georgia Tech community as a mentor and frequent guest speaker. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Wake Forest University and his MBA from Georgia Tech.

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