Anahita Dalmia graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Narrative Studies and minors in Cinematic Arts and Entrepreneurship (Zoom Class of 2020). She is the co-founder of Alterea (www.altereainc.com) and has been creating large-scale, story-driven, interactive and immersive events since she was 16. She is a three-time-published author and her projects have received extensive recognition, including a finalist position for the South by Southwest Innovation Awards. In her very limited free time, you are equally likely to find her exploring underground tunnels or at a Forbes conference.
As legend has it, in 1896, when the Lumière Brothers premiered their short film The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, audiences were so shocked by the locomotive moving towards them on the screen that they screamed and leapt out of their seats. Whether this is entirely true or not, Auguste and Louis…