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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Doug North CookCEO and Creative DirectorCreature

Doug North Cook is the CEO and Creative Director at Creature, the studio behind Starship Home (2024 D.I.C.E. Award Winner) and the publishing label behind Maestro, THRASHER, Laser Dance, Deadly Delivery, Prison Boss Prohibition among many others. Doug has been working with immersive technology since 2012 and has helped ship more than two dozen games. He was previously Head of VR at Robot Teddy, the founding faculty of the Immersive Media program at Chatham University and is the co-author of Human Spatial Computing with NYU professor Regine Gilbert, published by Oxford University Press in 2026.

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