What are Central Florida’s advantages for metaverse tech?

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Cathy Hackl says her first augmented reality experience happened in Orlando when she rode The Haunted Mansion at Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom.

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The specters in the attraction are created with a 160-year-old technique that uses lights and mirrors, but it casts simulated objects into the real world similar to modern-day augmented-reality technology.

Since her ride in a Doom Buggy through the mansion, Hackl has built a career in technologies that allow people to interact with a virtual world. That includes stops at virtual-reality firms HTC Vive and Magic Leap, and a member of Nike’s metaverse team once dubbed her the “Godmother of the Metaverse.”

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