{"id":23846,"date":"2023-12-12T14:28:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/hacking-your-thinking-with-damon-hernandez\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T14:28:59","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:28:59","slug":"hacking-your-thinking-with-damon-hernandez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/hacking-your-thinking-with-damon-hernandez\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking Your Thinking with Damon Hernandez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Aarni\u2019s guest on this episode of WDBE Talks is <strong>Damon Hernandez<\/strong>, co-founder of the AEC Hackathon and an extended reality expert. Damon attends the 90 Day Finn program by Helsinki Partners. The three-month residence allows him to explore Finnish business and technology ecosystems and create new connections with built environment trailblazers.<\/p>\n<p>Damon has worked with various industries regarding web-based 3D, virtual environments, mirror worlds, and other mixed reality\/Metaverse related technologies for over 20 years. He is passionate about the web\u2019s convergence with other technologies, including IoT, GIS, CAD\/BIM\/CAM, AR\/VR, mobile, and wearable devices. To help adopt new tech, he organizes various events and hackathon communities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/12\/IMG_7286-2.jpeg\" alt=\"-\" class=\"wp-image-2014258 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/12\/IMG_7286-2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_7286-2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/aec-business.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_7286-2-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Our discussion covers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Damon\u2019s background<\/li>\n<li>The current state of the AEC Hackathon<\/li>\n<li>The impact the hackathon has had on the industry so far<\/li>\n<li>What Damon has learned from the many hackathons across the world<\/li>\n<li>What the metaverse, his other passion, could be in the AEC sector<\/li>\n<li>How to start exploring the metaverse<\/li>\n<li>The upcoming hackathons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can meet Damon on September 28-29, 2022, at WDBE 2022, where he will be a<br \/>keynote speaker. You can review the program and register for the event at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/WDBE.org\" target=\"_blank\">WDBE.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-listen-to-the-interview-and-subscribe-to-the-podcast-on-apple-spotify-and-other-platforms\">Listen to the interview and subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, and other platforms<\/h2>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\">Podcast: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/wdbe.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/WDBE-2022-Damon-Hernandez.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw(&#039;https:\/\/aec-business.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2014246-podcast&#039;);\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/aecbusiness\/wdbe.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/WDBE-2022-Damon-Hernandez.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" download=\"WDBE-2022-Damon-Hernandez.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/aec-business.com\/hacking-your-thinking-with-damon-hernandez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aarni\u2019s guest on this episode of WDBE Talks is Damon Hernandez, co-founder of the AEC Hackathon and an extended reality &#8230; <a title=\"Hacking Your Thinking with Damon Hernandez\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/hacking-your-thinking-with-damon-hernandez\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Hacking Your Thinking with Damon Hernandez\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1062,1066],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aec-business","category-all-posts","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}