By Anna Marie de la Fuente It took a global pandemic for a pipe-dream to come true. Seven years ago, Damian Perea, founder-director of the Canary Islands, Spain-based animation festival Animayo, had a vision to introduce a virtual component to the festival.
The technology did not even exist then but last year he met Don Stein, the founder-CEO of Teooh, a new avatar-based virtual event platform that enables professional and enterprise communities to sit and interact in the same digital space.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic struck. “I had two options: Shut down the festival or take up the challenge and find a creative solution,” said Perea.
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