On 3 August 2021, Deepa Mann-Kler, CEO of Neon and Future Screens NI awardee recently held a masterclass in association with NFTS Scotland and The Glasgow School of Art on how creatives are using Extended Reality to explore and push boundaries in Augmented and Virtual Reality. Mann-Kler shared her experiences as an artist and as Chief Executive of Neon, a company using immersive technologies to enhance health and wellbeing.
Deepa Mann-Kler is Chief Executive of Neon and Visiting Professor in Immersive Futures at Ulster University. Deepa is an is an internationally acclaimed, multi-disciplinary artist with over eleven years’ experience of major international exhibitions and public art programmes. Recent awards include Royal Television Society Finalist RETNE “Interactive Entertainment” 2017. WinTech Series Finalist “Tech Start Up Of the Year” 2018. PitchAtPalace Finalist 2018. TEDx Speaker “Being Human” 2019. Digital DNA Finalist “Tech For Good” Talking Sense AR App 2020.
Neon uses immersive technologies to enable choice for people over their own health and wellbeing. For more information on Neon visit www.discoverneon.com
The programme was made possible with support from StoryFutures Academy and Creative Scotland.