The latest from Silicon Valley, at the New Technologies Observatory, on July 17 and 18 in Malaga

Mariana Acuña Acosta, co-founder of Glassbox Technologies, based in California, will participate in this technological forum to share the latest developments in Silicon Valley in relation to virtual reality, augmented reality, special effects in cinema and artificial intelligence.

The Mexican technologist Mariana Acuña Acosta, co-founder of Glassbox Technologies, based in California, will participate in the Observatory of New Technologies of Malaga to offer a conference on the latest that is moving in Silicon Valley in relation to virtual reality, augmented reality, special effects in cinema and artificial intelligence.

Mariana Acuña Acosta was one of the featured speakers at Connect prior to this year's edition at NAB 2019 in Las Vegas, and now she joins the New Technologies Observatory, which will take place on July 17 and 18 at the Malaga Digital Content Hub.

She was one of the ten finalists of the Women Startup Challenge VR and AI, she was also featured in Variety magazine, named one of the top 10 VR innovators. In January 2018, he completed Artificial Intelligence – Applied to Business Strategy a MIT.

Acuña is a technologist, connector and entrepreneur. During her years at The Foundry, she focused on Virtual Reality post-production workflows, as well as being the Head of Product Specialists in the Americas. Mariana was a pioneer in her hometown, Mexico City, where she founded the first VR and 360 creation agency: JoltVR.

More recently, he founded Glassbox Technologies (formerly Opaque Studios), based in Los Angeles, California, with offices in Melbourne, Australia, and Osnabruck, Germany, where they develop tools for virtual production using VR, AR, and AI, transforming the way filmmaking is made today.

Prior to her move to technologist, she worked as an on-set VFX supervisor and has over 13 years of experience in the film industry working at studios such as Sony Imageworks, CIS Hollywood, Digital Domain, HBO, Columbia Pictures and Fuse FX.

She appeared in the book Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood, as well as in the acclaimed documentary Hollywood's best trick.

The Malaga Observatory is the main multidisciplinary event on New Technologies held in Spain, compared to another that is specifically dedicated to disciplines such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, 360, Mixed Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Video Games, Serious Games, eSports...

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