Iara Kozan Email & Phone Number

Iara Kozan is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Virtual Grounds Interactive, a digital media studio that provides project development and technology strategic consulting on emerging technologies components for creative projects. We develop exhibit design, digital experiences, and bespoke software with a focus on cultural content. Since 2010 we have worked with cultural and exhibit-based institutions, exhibit designers, city and state historical commissions, museums without walls, historic sites, and universities.With a background in Architecture and a Master's in Information Systems, she has extensive experience in the digital processes used to recreate vanished architectural heritage, including exploring the comprehensive reconstruction of non-extant heritage for web-based and mobile applications. She has co-authored papers on virtual heritage topics published in peer-reviewed publications. At Virtual Grounds, she oversees business development; technology project planning, management, and integration; 3D modeling production, and helps design, develop, and implement digital components for cultural projects. She maintains ongoing research on AR and XR development and applications, Emerging Technologies trends and evolution, and Human-Computer Interaction and Interaction Design studies.

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  Co-Founder And Managing Partner

  Virtual Grounds Interactive

  Aug 2010 - Present

  Virtual Grounds Interactive, LLC is a digital media company dedicated to providing digital solutions through multiple platforms to cultural institutions. We are focused on presenting history-related content through desktop, web, and mobile applications for cultural and exhibit-based institutions, exhibit designers, city and state historical commissions, museums without walls, historic sites, and universities.Our studio offers comprehensive design services that cover every aspect of the exhibit design process. From conceptualization to final execution, we have the expertise and experience to handle all services required for successful project completion. VGI provides efficient project management and liaison with external companies to ensure smooth coordination and integration between all parties involved, overseeing the collaboration to guarantee a seamless execution of the design and fabrication processes.Our award-winning approach includes digital experience design, immersive media production, web-based and downloadable tours with audio and video components, interactive maps and timelines, and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences. VGI also provides technology strategy consulting, tech environment scans, and feasibility studies for clients evaluating leveraging emerging technologies.