Cathy Hackl is a Virginia-based consultant, growth strategist, tech journalist and futurist. She has been working in the AR and VR sector for over six years, consulting with some of the biggest names in the industry, like HTC Vive, Magic Leap, and AWS. She runs her own consulting business, Futures Intelligence, which covers all emerging technologies. She is widely regarded as one of the leading thinkers on the Metaverse with a large collection of articles on the topic, which have been featured in publications such as Forbes, Bloomberg, CBS, Vogue, USA Today and VentureBeat. She is recognized as a LinkedIn Top Voice and has been interviewed on television programmes, including 60 Minutes. She is on the board of directors for Immersive Tech, an immersive virtual reality company and on the advisory board for Immersive, a volumetric video company.
""""Hackl's fascinating account of the Metaverse's potential should be required reading for tech-savvy leaders."""" --Publishers Weekly