Julie’s personal mission, through Unlimited Awesome, is to ‘inspire and educate people to think and act in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible way’.
Julie is also CoFounder & CEO of METAVRSE, a 3D creation tool & game engine for the spatial web. Over 14+ years, she has led the production of several world-first interactive experiences across use cases; touchscreens, 360° Photo Booths, Interactive & LMS integrated maintenance & repair training labs, retail consumer gamification engagement (Web3), product showcases and immersive collaboration.
Julie is the Co-Founder of XR Women, the world’s largest global community dedicated to connecting, empowering, and supporting women’s success in virtual platforms. Over four years, Julie and her team have organized more than 185 immersive events featuring women speakers from the industry, serving a diverse and growing community of over 1,000 members worldwide, with weekly Wednesday attendance exceeding 30 participants across 8+ countries.
Julie is also Host of the Poly Awards, celebrating the immersive web and Co-host of the WebXR Summit Series and MetaTr@versal exploring best practices through experiencing virtual worlds. https://thepolys.com/profile/julie-smithson/
Julie’s leadership is focused on transforming education, training & marketing into immersive experiences to design Web3 solutions, with API integration implementation and deployment to produce growth benefits, cost savings and human efficiencies. Julie has done multiple presentations and hosting leading conversations about interoperability standards and alignments with Khronos Group and MetaTr@versal.
Julie leverages spatial awareness and perseverance to improve and support how we learn, teach, and adapt in a rapidly digitizing, post-AGI world.
