Steven Max Patterson

Steven Max Patterson is the Executive Director of medVR Community / Medical XR Bootcamp and Accelerator, a position he has held since March 2019.1 He is also the President of Grassroots Developer Education, Inc., which produces technical competitions and hackathons focused on emerging technologies like augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), machine learning, and quantum computing.1

Patterson is known for organizing large-scale AR/VR events, including:

1. The Reality Virtually Hackathon at the MIT Media Lab, which he founded and led.1
2. The Creating Reality Hackathon at the University of Southern California.1

His professional background includes:

• Contributing as a journalist and editor for publications like Ars Technica, Fast Company, Quartz, and TechCrunch since 1996.1
• Providing communications strategy services to major tech companies such as Facebook, IBM, and Amazon.1
• Leading medVR, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that offers catalytic education in medical XR to the medical and technical community.4

Patterson's work with medVR focuses on integrating medical XR research and development into a multifaceted community, including hospitals, medical schools, healthcare organizations, and technology companies.2 The organization hosts live talks featuring experts in immersive medical technology and runs an Accelerator Program to foster innovation in translational medical XR.23