‘Godmother of the Metaverse’ Cathy Hackl to work with Orlando on new tech strategy. Here’s why.
Today, she leads metaverse consultancy Futures Intelligence Group, through which she will work with the Orlando Economic Partnership and other local partners on an initiative to establish the area from Orlando to Miami as the MetaCenter, a hub for technologies that power the metaverse. ...
How familiar were you with Orlando’s tech scene before the MetaCenter initiative? I have had a really good relationship with Full Sail University for a couple years. I’m very familiar with everything that's happening with training and simulation. I worked with Magic Leap for a couple of years as their enterprise strategist. A lot of the training simulation and things like that went through Orlando, so we have a close relationship there. I've been engaging with Orlando as a tech ecosystem for several years now. ...
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