OUR TEAM - VIRTUAL REALITY
MEGAN LUBASZKA
Board Advisor - VIrtual Reality
MEGAN LUBASZKA is a Regional Creative Media Leader at Gensler, the largest architectural firm in the world. Megan has been instrumental in incorporating Virtual and Augmented Reality into Gensler’s daily architectural practice, working both on the development side of VR/AR applications and the socialization and user experience side of the technology. She writes a weekly newsletter called Reality Check that identifies trends in VR/AR and co-hosts weekly VR Jams in which architects from any Gensler office can come together as avatars in the same 3d model for a “virtual site walk” with the building’s design team. Megan has guided over 1,000 people through their first Virtual Reality experience. She holds a B.Arch and M.Arch from the Tulane School of Architecture in New Orleans and worked as an architectural designer of retail stores, shopping centers, banks, theme parks & mixed use projects. She is a LEED AP through the US Green Building Council and an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the World Future Society, and serves on the long-range planning committee of the Los Angeles chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute.
OUR TEAM - VIRTUAL REALITY
OUR TEAM - VIRTUAL REALITY
MEGAN LUBASZKA
Board of Directors - VIrtual Reality
MEGAN LUBASZKA is a Regional Creative Media Leader at Gensler, the largest architectural firm in the world. Megan has been instrumental in incorporating Virtual and Augmented Reality into Gensler’s daily architectural practice, working both on the development side of VR/AR applications and the socialization and user experience side of the technology. She writes a weekly newsletter called Reality Check that identifies trends in VR/AR and co-hosts weekly VR Jams in which architects from any Gensler office can come together as avatars in the same 3d model for a “virtual site walk” with the building’s design team. Megan has guided over 1,000 people through their first Virtual Reality experience. She holds a B.Arch and M.Arch from the Tulane School of Architecture in New Orleans and worked as an architectural designer of retail stores, shopping centers, banks, theme parks & mixed use projects. She is a LEED AP through the US Green Building Council and an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the World Future Society, and serves on the long-range planning committee of the Los Angeles chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute.
KIRSTEN HUBBELL
Executive Director - Zaw Studios - Beyond the Influence Team
KIRSTEN HUBBELL’s passion to share stories began with her involvement with Zaw Studios Beyond the Influence Team where she traveled to remote regions of the world to give a voice to stories few will ever hear about.
Ms. Hubbell's background in Religious Studies from the University of Arizona has led to her Masters in Library Science from San Jose State University. With an eye for organization, she has climbed up the ranks of Zaw Studios as an Executive Assistant as well as serving as the Director of Operations for their Non-Profit Sector specializing in training interns, Virtual Reality, Photography and Video Production.
DAVID MANN
Director of Music Technology
DAVID MANN is a highly innovative composer writing for film, television and interactive media in Los Angeles. His body of work includes music for Disney, Fox, National Georgraphic and PBS, among others. One of the top graduates of the USC Film Scoring program, he began writing for film over ten years ago and has gradually moved up the ranks with a host of films, documentaries and theatre productions. His style fuses electronic, orchestral and world music idioms to create a product which is both rich in detail and emotionally powerful.
In addition to his composing work, Mr. Mann was the DJ on over forty editions of KKCR's Sunday Classical program and is named principal inventor on at least two patents for music technology inventions.
On March 9th, 2017, David made a seminal breakthrough by creating a computer algorithm that could write music on par with that of a human. By taking his years of composing experience and translating this into instructions that could be executed by machine, he was able to write a cello piece electronically, that fooled even the most discerning ears, including the cello player himself. David's UltraMusician and UltraJamSession Pro can be found in the iTunes store.
ADRIAN ZAW
VR Director & Producer - Zaw Studios
Myanmar-American Entertainer ADRIAN ZAW is best known for his role in the Emmy Award Winning Show "Satacracy 88" as Aerial Zim & SyFy Original Show "The Resistance" as Syrus Primoris.
Currently, Mr. Zaw serves as the CEO of ZAW Inc. and working as an Executive Producer at ZAW STUDIOS. Adrian strives to support his fellow filmmakers by sharing resources while also contributing to Non-Profits, Charities, around by giving them a voice to share their stories so that we may all be the change we want to see in the world.
