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Maya Georgieva

Maya Georgieva is an EdTech and XR strategist, futurist and speaker with more than 15 years of experience in higher education and global education policy. Her most recent work focuses on innovation, VR/AR and Immersive storytelling, design and digital strategy. Maya actively writes and speaks on the topics of innovation, immersive storytelling and the future of education and consults organizations and startups in this space.
Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

Apple’s ARKit Brings Augmented Reality Close to Home

July 15, 2018June 28, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

It’s been a busy summer and we’ve been meaning to take a look at Apple’s ARKit. There’s been no shortage of news on the Augmented Reality …

Categories Learning, Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Master Class at the NMC 2017 Conference

February 7, 2020June 26, 2017 by Maya Georgieva
Virtual Reality in Education

At the NMC 2017 conference we led multiple sessions on Virtual Reality in education. We began the week with a pre-conference workshop, Virtual Reality Master Class: …

Categories Learning, Virtual Reality

We’re in a NMC State of Mind: Immersive Learning and the Future of Education

February 7, 2020June 7, 2017 by Maya Georgieva
immersive learning and the future of education

It’s time for the NMC conference – and we’re thinking about immersive learning and the future of education. The Digital Bodies team is preparing for the New …

Categories Augmented Reality, VR News

AR and VR News at the Google I/O Event

February 17, 2020May 18, 2017 by Maya Georgieva
AR and VR news

It’s no surprise that there has been a flood of AR and VR news at the Google I/O event. As we predicted, Google announced a new standalone mid-range …

Categories Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality

Microsoft HoloLens and Cirque du Soleil Collaborate on New MR Tools

February 7, 2020May 11, 2017 by Maya Georgieva
Microsoft HoloLens Cirque du Soleil

Thinking of Microsoft HoloLens and Mixed Reality often brings me back to my childhood. Remembering how the worn-out toys in my hands could be quickly transformed in …

Categories Learning, Mixed Reality

Microsoft’s View Mixed Reality is Bringing 3D and MR to Education

February 7, 2020May 8, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

Microsoft’s new View Mixed Reality feature was announced last week along with new Surface Laptops and its latest Windows 10 S operating system. The most interesting part is …

Categories AI, Augmented Reality, VR News

AR, VR and AI Dominate Facebook’s F8 Conference

February 7, 2020April 21, 2017 by Maya Georgieva
Facebook Spaces at the F8 Conference

F8, the Facebook Developer conference, has become a go to event for Virtual Reality developments. But this year’s F8 veered off in a new direction to focus on Augmented Reality and AI.

Categories Augmented Reality

Snapchat’s New World Lenses – AR Filters for Your Photos and Videos

December 17, 2017April 19, 2017 by Maya Georgieva
Snapchat's New World Lenses

Snapchat’s new World Lenses are remarkable and the tech behind them may eventually end up in retail and learning environments. For now, you’ll have to settle for rainbows over your picnic table.

Categories Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality

HoloLens Easter Egg Hunt in Mixed Reality

February 1, 2020April 16, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

Are you ready for an Easter in Augmented Reality? Microsoft premiered its HoloLens Easter Egg Hunt at VRLA conference this weekend. As you can see from …

Categories Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality with Meta Glasses at SXSW

October 6, 2020March 17, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

Market predictions have been suggesting the rise of Augmented Reality in the next 5-10 years. With AR, our world will be enveloped in digital layers of …

Categories Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

Favorite Spots at SXSW 2017 for VR, AR and AI Experiences

November 17, 2019March 16, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

The SXSW 2017 conference-festival taking place in Austin is like no other. It starts with a conference on education and goes through interactive, tech, games, film …

Categories Future, Learning

NMC Horizon Report for Higher Education and The Future of Learning

November 19, 2019March 8, 2017 by Maya Georgieva
2017 NMC Horizon Report

In February, I delivered a spotlight talk at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting. Sponsored jointly with the New Media Consortium (NMC), the session marked …

Categories Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

The Best VR – Our VR and AR Oscars for 2016

April 6, 2020January 26, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

It’s time to select the best VR of 2016 – the Digital Bodies’ VR Oscars. Our awards honor the best Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed …

Categories Learning, Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Playground and VR Learning at ELI 2017

December 10, 2023January 18, 2017 by Maya Georgieva

In early February Digital Bodies is headed to the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. The theme for this year’s meeting is Transforming …

Categories Virtual Reality

Samsung VR’s Amazing Virtual Sleigh Ride with Santa

February 2, 2020December 24, 2016 by Maya Georgieva
Samsung VR The Night Before Virtual Reality Sleigh Ride with Santa

Samsung VR is offering a spectacular Virtual Reality experience this holiday season. If you’re in New York, catch the virtual ride on Santa’s sleigh in Herald …

Categories AI, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality

Top Tech Toys for the Holidays – VR, AR and AI

February 17, 2020December 21, 2016 by Maya Georgieva
Top Tech Toys for 2016 Holiday Season

Here’s DigitalBodies’ three picks for the top tech toys this year. We love to play with tech and our criteria for this year’s selection was affordability, …

Categories Learning, Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality and Children – My Nine Year Old Niece Dayna and VR

February 2, 2020December 18, 2016 by Maya Georgieva
Virtual Reality and Children - my nice year old niece with a VR Viewmaster

At conferences and our workshops we have been often asked questions about Virtual Reality and children in elementary schools. While the headsets like Oculus and HTC …

Categories Learning, Virtual Reality

Educause Seminar – VR and the Future of Learning

January 8, 2017November 29, 2016 by Maya Georgieva

VR and the Future of Learning conversations kept us busy at Educause. For the second year in a row we had the privilege to facilitate a …

Categories Learning

Shape the Future of Learning in the VR and AR EdSim Challenge

November 8, 2016November 7, 2016 by Maya Georgieva
Future of Learning in the EdSim Challenge

Are you ready to shape the future of learning? The U.S. Department of Education announced a $680,000 EdSim Challenge this week for the development of virtual and augmented …

Categories VR News

Google Daydream View VR Headset Arrives November 10th

February 17, 2020November 3, 2016 by Maya Georgieva
Google Daydream View headset

The Google Daydream View VR headset, announced on October 4th, will be in stores on November 10th.  The headset will be available in the online Google …

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Maya Georgieva will be speaking at AWE 2025 in Long Beach, CA

Maya Georgieva will be speaking at AWE 2025 in Long Beach, CA

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News, Media, and Events

  • We are speaking at EDUCAUSE on Thursday, October 12 | 9:45AM–10:05AM CT on The New Ethical Frontier: AI in Higher Education and Society.
  • Maya Georgieva will be speaking at SXSWedu on Tuesday, March 7th, 3:30 PM, on the The Future of Learning in the Metaverse.
  • Maya Georgieva interviewed in EdTech Magazine What Is a Metaversity, and Should You Create One on Your Campus?
  • The Metaverse Revolution with Maya Georgieva and others at Skylight Modern Gallery, in New York City.
  • Emory Craig will be speaking at the GESS Education Global Leadership Summit, Tuesday, March 23rd at 10:30 AM (EDT) on "Learning in Virtual Worlds: How Augmented and Virtual Reality is Transforming Education in a Global Pandemic."
  • Join us at the ShapingEDU Winter Games this week! Lunch Session: Wednesday January 6, 12:30-1:00pm MST for the latest on the Hummersive Learning Project and a breakout session on Thursday, 10:45am MST on "Learning with Embodied Avatars in the Future."
  • Join us at the iLRN Conference where we'll present as co-authors the Executive Summary of the State of XR Report at 1:00pm (EST), June 23rd - immersively in VirBELA.

The EDUCAUSE-ELI Series, “VR/AR: Stepping into the New Frontier of Learning”

Article Series: Stepping into the New Frontier of Learning

Articles from our New Frontier of Learning series for the EDUCAUSE Review (and summaries of the articles):

  • From VR and AR to Our XR Future: Transforming Higher Education
  • VR and AR: The Ethical Challenges Ahead
  • VR and AR: The Art of Immersive Storytelling and Journalism
  • VR and AR: Learners as Creators and World Builders of Our Immersive Future
  • VR and AR: Designing Spaces for Immersive Learning
  • VR and AR: Transforming Learning and Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • VR and AR: Driving a Revolution in Medical Education & Patient Care
  • AR and VR in STEM: The New Frontiers in Science
  • A New World: VR and AR Tech Developments
  • Introducing the VR and AR Series: Stepping Into the New Frontier of Learning Series

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