Speakers
Joshua Rubin, Narrative Director, Subverse Interactive Narrative
Joshua Rubin is an Interactive Emmy-winning veteran of the entertainment industry, best known as a Lead Writer for video games such as Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed 2, Bungie's Destiny, Telltale's Game of Thrones and Walking Dead, and People Can Fly's Outriders. He was recently a Narrative Director for Techland's Dying Light franchise. He won the Emmy in 2022 for Netflix's branching TV series: You vs. Wild: Out Cold. Rubin has been a pioneer in the XR and Immersive space, constantly exploring the frontiers of narrative and future tech, since his 360˚ sci-fi film The Argos File premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won Best Live Action Experience at the VRLA Proto Awards in 2017. He was Narrative Director for Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, Sony's VR sequel to the classic Bill Murray film, and Asset 15, an innovative AR thriller from director Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity). He recently wrote Netflix's Black Mirror location-based VR experience, and is leading the creation of two new LBVR experiences for Felix & Paul. He is the founder of Strange Land Comics and he regularly speaks on the future of immersive storytelling at conferences like SXSW, AWE and San Diego Comic Con. Most recently, Rubin was the Narrative Director for Orion Drift, the new massively multiplayer VR game from the creators of Gorilla Tag, the first $100million VR game.