Leigh Christie

Press

SPEAKING and JUDGING ENGAGEMENTS (past and upcoming):

Foresight – 2020 link
“The Future of Data Driven Immersive Experiences” CES 2018 link
WP Engine Summit – Harnessing the Power of the Immersive Experience link
The Learning Machines – OMMA AI Forum (Sept 27, 2017) link
FutureWorks “Understanding Users” – NYC (Aug 17, 2017) link
AR in Action NYC (June 7 2017) link
AWE – SF (June 1, 2017) link
Ethereal Summit – NYC (May 19, 2017) link
MediaPost IoT Forum NYC (May 18, 2017) link
AR in Action conference at MIT Media Lab (Jan 2017) link
Adidas Creative Event (Nov 3 2016)
Isobar Brazil Hackathon (Oct 30 2016)
Judge – Realilty Virtually Hacking at MIT Media Lab (Oct 2016) link
Creative Technology Week 2016  link
Exploring Future Reality – NYC Media Lab (2015 New York, NY) link
Judge – IWS Isobar Brazil Hackathon – (2015 Porto Alegre, Brazil) – link
Judge – NYCSEF Finals at the American Museum of Natural History (2015) link
SXSW Interactive 2015 – Art Vs. Purpose (2015 Austin, TX)  link
APEGBC President’s Dinner Keynote- (June 2014) – link
Together Boston (2014 Boston, MA) link
Google X – Tech Talk (2014 Silicon Valley, CA) link
Solve For X -Google X talk via TEDxYouth (2013 Boston, MA) link
Retune Conference (2012 Berlin, Germany) link
Artisan’s Asylum (2012 Somerville, MA) link
Harvard Architecture (2012 Cambridge) – link
Two Rivers Gallery AGM (2012 Prince George) – link
Capilano University Guest Lecture (2012 North Vancouver) – link
BC Business Challenge 14 (2012 Vancouver) – link
TEDxGeorgiaStrait (2011 Vancouver) – link
Bring Your Boomers talk with Ken Lum (2011 Vancouver) – link
Fresh Media – Remixology (2010 Vancouver) – link
Emily Carr – Foundation Forum (2010 Vancouver)  – link

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Featured: “Leigh Christie Details The Practical Future Of VR” – Media Post – May 2018 – link
Digital-Transformation 3.0 – Book by Chuck Martin link
Media Post at CES 2018 link
AdExchanger at CES 2018 link
Voices of The Internet of Things (2017)  link
Martech Today “Virtual Reality’s Adoption Issue” (Oct 2017) link
Forbes – “Virtual Reality is a Growing Reality in Health Care” (Aug 2017) link
DMN – “Isobar is Creating for the Future at NowLab” (May 2017) link
Design Engineering – Anti Robot Racer (April 2017) link
MediaPost on Augmented Reality Work (Jan 2017) link
The Aisles Have Eyes – Book by Joseph Turow link
The Future of VR (Jan 2017) link
Featured: Inverse Magazine Interview (March 2016) – link
Design Engineering (2016) – link
Featured: Creative Technology Week Interview (2015 US) – link
Featured: Isobar Taps MIT Talent To Build Out Retail Innovation Capability (2014) –link
Physics.org Article on Local Warming (2014 US) – link
MIT News Article on Local Warming (2014 US) –  link
Wired UK Article on Local Warming (2014 UK) – link
Featured: What Design Can Do (2014) – link
Engineering.com Article On Local Warming (2014 US) – link
Fast Company Article (2013 US) – link
Featured: HackaDay Feature “A New Way to Heat People” – link
TEDxGeorgiaStrait (2011 Canada) – link
Global TV (2011 Canada) – link
Capilano Courier Article (2010) – link
Featured: Generation Why Documentary (2010 Canada) – link
Mondo Spider Exhibit at Vancouver 2010 Olympics – Code Live (2010) – link
The Hour Online (2009 Canada) – link
Featured: Vancouver Is Awesome Interview – link
Featured: Granville Online Interview – link
Featured: Interesting Vancouver Interview – link
Theo Jansen Documentary – link 

PRINT COVERAGE:

My Lifestyle Magazine “Art Basel Edition” (2015) – link
Trek Magazine “Giant Spiders and Walking Machines” (2013) – link
The Aisles Have Eyes By Joseph Turow (2017) – link
Digital Transformation 3.0 by Chuck Martin – link
Metro Canada (mention – 2011) – link
CSIRO Electric Driveway Project. Supporting Electric Vehicle Adoption in Australia (2011) – link
Contactless Pickup Devices Patent – link
DNA Gel Electrophorisis Paper – link
DNA Gel Comb Patent Application – link
Folding Skateboard Patent – link
Fuel Cell Ice Drain Patent – link
MIT Thesis – link

PODCASTS:

Voices of the Internet of Things (2017) – link

Exhibitions (past and upcoming):

The Future Is Alright – NYC Oct 2017
Rural Revival – Screening NYC 2017
IRL Roomscale VR Exhibition 2016 link
Games For Change 2016 link
Creative Technology Week 2016 link
SuperFine (2015 Art Basel) link1
Venice Biennale of Architecture (2014 Venice, Italy) link
Bal Robotov (2014 Moscow, Russia) link
SolidWorks World (2014 San Diego, CA) link
EMtech (2013 MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, MA) link
Retune Conference (2012 Berlin, Germany) link
Kshitij (2012 IIT Kharapur) – link
Art with Energy (2011 Vancouver) – link
Brief Encounters 16 (2011 Vancouver) – link
USA Science and Technology Festival – link
Google I/O 2010 (2010 San Francisco) – link
Vancouver 2010 Olympics – Code Live (2010 Vancouver) – link
Gadgetoff (2009 New York) – link

Awards:

MIT Camit Award (2013)
MIT Research Award – SCL
UBC Engineering Physics Award