Award-winning artist and metaverse designer Juliana Loh has a challenge for you.

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And it’s going to be fun. Not to mention beautiful, interactive and you may just find yourself coming back to it more than once.

Juliana accomplishes these goals with her latest metaverse world, Awaken the Giants, accessible on Altspace.

Awaken the Giants, Juliana explains, is both a social experiment and a way of connecting to explore our highest aspirations. Created on Tiltbrush, Juliana’s immersive world allows you to explore concepts, share ideas and experience a sense of wonder as you literally “get inside the heads” of her giants.

Plus, you get to fly! The first thing that will happen, as you enter Juliana’s immersive world, is that you’ll be asked to turn on “flight” mode to travel. Then you zoom through a lighted tunnel to sparkly areas, taking as much time as you would like and investigating what you see on the platforms, the figures you encounter and the ideas that result from your experience.

And–you’re going to wind up with a takeaway to use in your creative life. But we won’t do a spoiler here!

Juliana talked about her background, shared the story of “Awaken the Giants” and offered a look at some of her additional work in the metaverse.

On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

• What first inspired Juliana to become an artist;

• Her memories of the first time she created art in virtual reality;

• The resources that gave her a background for creating art in 3D;

• How Juliana came to create Awaken the Giants;

• A closer look at what visitors experience;

• One of the creative challenges that helped Juliana grow as an artist as she built her immersive world;

• What she observed as people interacted with her world;

• What the figures in her world represent;

• Two of the most exciting professional honors she’s received since the start of her XR career;

• The creative takeaway which the Awaken the Giants experience gives visitors;

• Juliana’s guidance to fellow artists creating in the metaverse;

• An overall challenge which allowed her to continue growing;

• What works well for her, with setting priorities;

• A closer look at another of Juliana’s worlds–Jingleville–which she created in 2019 and which allowed her to explore some of the techniques she uses for Awaken the Giants;

• Why certain elements are present in Juliana’s Tiltbrush art;

• The real-world “magic” which inspires her;

• Her advice to fellow creatives who want to share their work to make a difference;

• An exciting opportunity that’s coming up for her (you’ll want to see this!).