There isn’t any unifying voice in the world of consumer technology that talks about deeper questions.. the hows and whys of societal, social, perceptual and lifestyle impact of the devices and gadgets we make. We can’t build products that improve people’s lives, unless we truly understand who they are and what their desires, biases, motivations, and fears are. EarthRyse aims to be that bridge between discerning global consumers and innovative high tech companies.

Take Web3 advancements as an example. There are a lot of questions around how to effectively bridge the physical and the virtual world while keeping humans at the center of this inevitable hybrid future. What is the artistic lens that will help us design spaces that instigate the same emotional responses that we feel when we enter physical environments? How do we get artists and organizations to collaborate on things that matter? What does it take to ask for 5 seconds of openminded attention to a new idea? When is a system facilitating the growth of an individual and when is it putting that person in a proverbial bubble? How do we transcend geographic boundaries while enabling diversity of expression?