Caitlin Burns & Associates works with companies to develop strategies and content to tell their success stories.Focusing on:– Sustainable business models for emerging media technologies and I.P.– Multiplatform strategies for franchises and campaigns– Narrative, digital and social design to engage audiencesSome Success Stories:– Transmedia franchise strategy to launch new original franchise, Disney Descendants – Creating state-of-the-industry reports on VR/AR/MR Content for Reed-Midem– IP licensing strategy for Serial Box Publishing – Production of digital social experience for The Witch that Came in for the Cold, Season 1– International Transmedia Advisor for Osos de Anteojos by 4Direcciones a program to connect Colombian children with local ecology and indigenous culture.Other Clients: Diageo, Hush, Tool of North America, Culture Shock, Odd Division, and Oregon Health Services.

Today, Candy Digital, a next-generation brand engagement platform, announced a merger with leading web3 technology and production company Palm NFT Studio. The merger unites two leading creators of officially licensed digital collectibles enjoyed by millions of fans across sports, entertainment, art and culture.Operating under the Candy Digital name, the combined company will accelerate the development and implementation of innovative digital experiences for some of the world’s leading brands, including Major League Baseball, NASCAR, WWE, Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery, and more. This is a natural evolution for both companies as they seek to scale their market-leading platforms to further develop and launch bespoke digital collectibles, marketplaces, and loyalty programs that help companies deepen relationships with communities.https://palmnftstudio.com/studio/candy-digital-and-palm-nft-studio-announce-merger/

Caitlin Burns is the Director of Story for Palm NFT Studio, where she’s responsible for leading teams of creators building new experiences for original and major franchise IP using NFT platforms and mechanics.Palm NFT Studio develops NFT strategies for large entities including Brands, IP and institutions. Palm NFT Studio is looking for people who have a passion for combining creativity and blockchain technology, and how their interplay can push boundaries and unlock new modes of expression. Palm NFT Studio is launching Palm, a new chain for NFTs, culture and creativity, built efficiently with Ethereum. Palm NFT Studio is backed by ConsenSys, Heni, Heyday Films and other leading names in technology, art and crypto.

We work with creators and executives in traditional media to help them understand both the creative and business opportunities brought by VR/360 filmmaking. Through up-to-the-minute presentations and hands on demonstrations to brainstorming sessions with independent filmmakers we create the foundation for successful VR.Recent Projects include: - VIFF Immersed 2018 (Conference & Workshops, 4 Day Public VR Exhibition, At-home content Samsung VR )- VIFF Industry Exchange & VR Day 2017- NAB AR/VR Pavilion 2017

Pax Solaria is a community devoted to a humane future that hosts live events, online forums and a monthly publication. Today, we are confronted with technologies that challenge our basic assumptions about human society. We can’t avoid a high-tech society, but we can shape it… Instead of focusing on the what, we ask why – and explore a future we all plan to live in. Bringing together up-and-coming inventors, creators and entrepreneurs whose names you don’t know yet, but will we’ll explore the art, culture and human life.

Future Colossal is an experiential innovation lab based in NYC. Founded with a mission to create immersive experiences for commercial and artistic purposes, we explore the boundaries of technology, art, and design. Our experiences are memorable and playful, using new technologies to create both physical and virtual spaces where brands and artists can create a relationship with the user. Our team is comprised of designers, creative technologists, hardware fabricators, and coders working together to craft these unique experiences. With expertise ranging from marketing to architecture to installation art, we pull off the extraordinary. Always using the latest technologies, our concepts are compelling, press-worthy interactions where brands can build relationships with consumers across all channels. Our work can be seen at many venues – brand events, digital out-of-home media, trade shows, technology events, festivals, live events, permanent installations, and museum/gallery exhibitions – across a wide variety of industries.

– Lead Instructor for 8 Week Narrative VR Bootcamp (Camera Focused)– Lead Instructor for 8 Week Game VR Bootcamp – Narrative Design and Producing Instructor for 1-Year Game Design Program

The Space Nation Astronaut Training Program is the first real opportunity for everyday people to train to become astronauts.Space Nation content puts the user at the center of each experience, providing many touchpoints to learn the right stuff to launch themselves and their crews into the stars. Content is based on scenarios developed with Axiom approved lesson plans coordinated with NASA astronaut trainers. But this isn’t fiction, starting in a mobile app and moving through AR apps, live events, and broadcast programs Space Nation will create a community trained and designed to get civilians ready for space travel.For many Space Citizens, they’ll be able to support and accelerate the progress of their crews by exploring STEM disciplines, astronautics and other disciplines that feed the needs of the developing commercial space industry. They’ll also connect to global crews that participate in large coordinated events to accelerate the training process. Space Citizens will learn to do amazing things – even if they never leave Earth.For a lucky few, participating will mean accelerated training opportunities in locations around the globe, and soon, a chance to travel to space.

Get Active. Save Lives.The US Fund for UNICEF has created the world’s first wearable for good. UNICEF Kid Power gives kids the power to save lives. By getting active with the UNICEF Kid Power band, kids go on missions to earn points and unlock food packets for malnourished kids around the world. The more they move, the more points they earn. Kid Power points are converted to funding by partners, parents and fans, and funds are used by UNICEF to deliver lifesaving packets of therapeutic food to severely malnourished childrenAs entrepreneur in residence, Caitlin developed the narrative strategy and design of the overall UNICEF Kid Power brand and produced and directed in-app missions designed to connect kids to the team of people working together to end global malnutrition. Ms. Burns oversaw domestic and international shoots of traditional footage and 360° content to show children the impact of individuals working throughout the world in different ways to help and how their actions can make a difference, one step at a time.

Datavized, Inc. is a New York City ­based immersive media studio focused on Virtual Reality production and consultancy. Caitlin Burns ran operations and creative content at Datavized to create demos and exercises to expand the scope of WebVR technologies including writing and producing "EY: The Upside of Disruption" (WebVR). Ms. Burns worked with clients and partners to understand the “why” of using immersive technologies for biomedical, geospatial, news and media and data visualization applications of cinematic and WebVR technologies. Roles included:– Consulting and industry workshops– Cinematic VR production– WebVR production– Live installation design and supportDatavized pushes the creative and technical boundaries of immersive media production by applying the skills and techniques of interactive storytelling, to create virtual experiences with real impact.

Rising from assistant to producer overseeing multiple teams on her own slate of projects, Caitlin Burns was part of Starlight Runner’s pioneering success as globally recognized transmedia producers. Developing and expanding story worlds for some of the most popular franchises of all time for Hollywood studios, game publishers, TV networks, publishing houses, and brands the transmedia strategies designed and implemented by Starlight Runner defined a decade worth of Intellectual Properties. In addition to working directly with entertainment and advertising groups, Starlight Runner was defined by public outreach – both in evangelizing and education around the world about transmedia storytelling and emerging business models.This international education outreach quickly grew into work with governments, universities and institutions to use transmedia strategies and narratives as tools for public engagement and initiatives in community development and national attitudinal research. Clients included: Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Fairies, Prince of Persia, and Tron Legacy for the Walt Disney Company, James Cameron's Avatar with 20th Century Fox, Halo for Microsoft, The Happiness Factory for The Coca-Cola Company, Dexter for Showtime, Transformers for Hasbro, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Battle Castle for History Channel Canada, Bettie Page Reveals All (2013), Men in Black III and The Amazing Spider-man for Sony Pictures, Red Faction for THQ, Valiant Entertainment, Reebok, FEMSA, Televisa, Pepperidge Farm, Stratasys and others.

Dysco Noir was an events crew and evil corporation in New York City. Pulling inspiration from corporate culture and the aesthetics of the greatest supervillains of all time, Dysco Noir engaged thousands in immersive events throughout the 5 boroughs and Puerto Rico. If they don't co-opt you, who will? Partnering with crews like Bassbot, Complacent, The Madagascar Institute, and Wonderland NYC Dysco Noir incubated musical and artistic talents and hosted events in non-traditional public spaces. From weekly bar events highlighting DJs, ambitious fully immersive loft parties hosting between 300 and 500 people and renegade street parades combining the talents of dozens of groups to create experiences for thousands. Dysco Noir focused on the following verticals:- Multigene collaborations with musicians, djs and artists disrupting the monogenre status quo- Transforming spaces with ambitious fully-immersive production design- Ruthless satire and innovative fun