Elisha Terada

Over the last ten years, Elisha has worked closely with clients to pinpoint business growth opportunities using the latest tech innovations. He’s managed and engineered as a core contributor on more than ten SaaS products leveraging web, mobile, and machine learning technologies.

Elisha holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from the University of Washington, is a Certified ScrumMaster, and has spoken at industry events including AIGA HIVE Seattle.

An innovator at heart, he is constantly exploring emerging technology.

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What Are Common Metaverse Misconceptions?

What are the common misconceptions of the Metaverse? “Metaverse is an online game” While many Metaverse worlds are built on top of popular game engines and do their best to attract visitors with entertaining aspects, the Metaverse is not another term for online gaming. It is an open-ended space where anything could happen depending on
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Who Owns the Copyright to AI Generative NFT Art?

Recently, the U.S. copyright office ruled that a piece of artwork called “A Recent Entrance to Paradise” was ineligible for copyright protection. Their reasoning? The piece was AI generated and lacked the required “human authorship”. With no clear human authorship, the question of who can claim copyright over graphic art generated by AI tools quickly
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SXSW is back! Our SXSW 2022 Experience

SXSW is back! Johnny Rodriguez and Elisha Terada attend one day and experience educational and fun augmented reality, virtual reality, and mixed reality experiences in person. We learn about how VR is being used for good with Goliath: Playing with Reality. Johnny interviews Jamie at Amaze VR to get his thoughts on the future of
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The Sandbox Alpha Season 2 Avatars

We boot up The Sandbox Alpha Season 2 to create and play as our own Metaverse avatars in the game. As we create our avatar, we explore the NFT marketplace to take a look at different wearables. Johnny presents the differences and similarities between his avatars on Avatar SDK, Decentraland, ReadyPlayerMe, and other platforms. Then
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Web3 Regulation: Washington State Passes Blockchain Bill 5544

Washington state recently passed a bill to create a committee to advise and evaluate blockchain technology. In general, a Geekwire article says the working group will research and recommend various potential applications for the technology. Many states are trying to get ahead of the curve on crypto innovation with regulation to work together with the
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Somnium Space Virtual Reality World First Impressions

Strategic Innovation Director Johnny and Technical Innovation Director Elisha jump into Somnium Space to join a regular meetup, a networking, dance party event with attendees from all over the world. Exploring the world through teleportation seemed as if it would be an efficient process but we ended up running into UI issues attempting to teleport.
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