Fast Company has selected Rebecca Allen, Director of Nokia Research Center Hollywood and Nokia Research Center Cambridge U.S., for its "Most Creative People in Business 2010" list.
Each year Fast Company spotlights 100 people it considers as the most creatiave in business. Citing Rebecca's recent work at Nokia and previous work at MIT and UCLA, Fast Company awards her with a spot in the top 50. As an international artist working in 3-D computer graphics, music video and video games and much more, Rebecca's work has been featured globally.
From FastCompany's profile on Rebecca:
"The beauty of mobile," says Rebecca Allen, 56, "is you're actually navigating and interacting. You're not stuck behind a computer." As the head of two Nokia labs, Allen is imagining a future that weaves entertainment and technology into real life. At MIT in 1978, Allen and a team that included Nicholas Negroponte created the Aspen Movie Map, a "surrogate travel system" for the virtual exploration of the Colorado town. Now the Emmy Award winner has unveiled the Westwood Experience, which allows participants armed with a Nokia N900 to see how the L.A. neighborhood looked in the past even as they experience it in real time -- a concept her labs will apply to travel, shopping, and live-action gaming. "The audience not only walks through the story, it becomes a character," she says. -- Mark Borden
For more information, and to see the other top creative people, check out FastCompany's article here.
