Jacqueline Assar is a founder, strategist and operator with over a decade of experience launching emerging technologies and building creator and developer ecosystems across AI, spatial computing and Web3 at companies like Meta, Apple, Snap and Magic Leap. In 2022, she was named a Presidential Leadership Scholar in recognition of her lifelong commitment to social impact and professional achievements.

 

In addition to her corporate career, Jacqueline's art has been featured in Vogue and showcased at galleries including the Institute For Contemporary Art in Boston and 836M in San Francisco.
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Jacqueline's work has been recognized in the industry by top companies and institutions. In 2021, she received an Oculus Launch Pad fellowship prize for Potluck, a first-of-its-kind virtual reality cooking application that uses immersive cooking lessons as a medium for cultural storytelling. She was also spotlighted by Microsoft for her mixed reality retail application HoloPay. These projects led to her roles shaping content  strategy and developer/creator tools at Magic Leap, Snap, Meta and Apple. 

 

In 2016, she received funding from MIT Play Labs for Coresights: a virtual reality healthcare platform with real-time biometrics. Coresights has since been used by medical institutions including Mount Sinai, Johns Hopkins and George Washington Medical School.

 

Jacqueline has spoken and showcased her work at events including Games for Change and the MIT Tech Conference.