VFXRIO LIVE: New Media, Art and Narratives.
Presenting the research and development of metaverses and the motivations that lead us to seek optimized immersive experiences with narratives that create a collective learning path.

LUIZ VELHO
Senior Researcher at CNPq and Senior Researcher at IMPA and lead scientist at the VISGRAF Laboratory. His academic background includes: a BE in Industrial Design from ESDI/UERJ in 1979, an MS in Computer Graphics from MIT/Media Lab in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1994 from the University of Toronto. During 1982, he was a visiting filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada. From 1985 to 1987 he was a Systems Engineer at Fantastic Animation Machine in New York, where he developed the company's 3D visualization system. From 1987 to 1991 he was a Principal Engineer at Rede Globo in Brazil, where he created special effects and visual simulation systems. In 1994, he was a visiting professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University. He was also a visiting researcher at HP Laboratories in 1995 and at Microsoft Research China in 2002.

MATTEO MORICONI
Director of VFXRio, a festival affiliated with ACM Siggraph, dedicated to fostering dialogue about transformative emerging technologies with socioeconomic relevance. With over twenty years of international experience creating immersive collective narratives through emerging digital technologies, Moriconi has a rich background, including formative years in the technology groups of The Walt Disney Company and Discovery Channel Europe. For years he has dedicated himself to promoting new technologies and disseminating knowledge. He is president of the Brazilian Association of Visual Technology and Director of VFXRio.

BERNARDO ALEVATO
Holds a degree in Industrial Design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1997) and a Master's degree in Design from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (2020). Currently, he is a design and computer graphics instructor at Oi Kabum! Lab and works as a freelance designer in the areas of graphic design, motion design, and interface design. He was a collaborating professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro from 2009 to 2021. He has experience in the field of Industrial Design, with an emphasis on Visual Communication and digital media.