Women in Games International Arizona Chapter

Want to showcase your design skills on WIGI wearables? Now’s your chance. To enter, design a brand spankin’ new shirt which promotes the idea of “women in games” AND prominently features the main WIGI logo or our icon. Once you have your rockin’ design, submit it to [email protected]. Submissions will be featured in our newsletter and social media accounts where your fellow WIGI-ers will have a chance to vote on their favorite entry. The one with the most votes makes it all the way to our official Amazon shop. Make wow WIGI gear and represent women’s achievement in the games industry.

The movement to get more Women in VR

Oculus Connect was awesome in every way for me — but one. It was teeming with expectations and energy. It was bubbling with the promise of a revolutionizing technology just hitting its stride. The speeches were inspiring, the demos dazzling and the dining delicious. So why did I, no newcomer to VR, feel strange?

Does it matter that so few VR enthusiasts at this moment are girls and women and, if so, how? Let me take you back to San Francisco. Would it surprise you to know now that the event was titled “Women In VR” although it was open to everyone? The organizers, including UploadVR who sponsored the event, gave it this name intentionally so that women would feel more inspired to attend. And they devised collaborative activities purposefully, inviting marginalized VR community members to participate fully, have voice and feel that their ideas are meaningful and worthy. I found this refreshing and it relates beyond VR.

Why is this important to VR?

It’s important because maximizing the potential of VR means knowing and understanding its heretofore untapped diverse markets. To date VR, like many technologies before it, is being spearheaded by men developing male-oriented content. However, is that a truly sound strategy for the longer term whether measured in dollars or sense? How can we know VR’s true potential if so few are at the VR table today? Women are everywhere in other creative enterprises—theater, film, storytelling and more. We need to be welcomed into VR too.

Disney Signs on as Women in Animation’s First Official Corporate Sponsor

Walt Disney Animation Studios has come on board as the first corporate sponsor for Women in Animation.

The first Female Game Developer Carol Shaw has a unique and extraordinary story