Indigenous Language & culture
Futurism

XR technology for good, augmented reality applications via webXR, mobile devices and AR glasses

About

The term "Glittering World" is a Diné (Navajo) cultural reference. During emergence in the  Navajo creation story, there was a prophecy of a time when the Diné people would be living in a world full of outside influence and glittering technology. During this time, the Diné people were prophesized to lose their language and culture due to outside influence. From emergence, this world was named Nohokáá' Disxǫs (Glittering World) and is the present world that we live in right now. 

Despite this prophecy, Glittering World Girl was established to use emergent technology to flourish language and culture revitalization.

Glittering World Girl was founded by Akilah Martinez, an award-winning artist and creative technologist who focuses on the creation of building an Indigenous-based circular economic ecosystem that cycles off of language & culture revitalization through video art and XR technology.
Akilah Martinez creative technologist, augmented reality, indigenous XR, Navajo

Partners

  • Virtual World Society partner Akilah Martinez Glittering World Girl XR Technology Augmented Reality

recognition

  • Akilah Martinez Glittering World Girl World Model XR Hack San Francisco 2026 1st Place Web Spatial Pico Emulator
  • Akilah Martinez Glittering World Girl wins MIT Reality Hack 2025 1st Place
  • Akilah Martinez Glittering World Girl wins MIT Founders Lab 2025 1st Place
  • Akilah Martinez Glittering World Girl awarded New Mexico Women in Tech 2024 Emerging Leader
  • Akilah Martinez Glittering World Girl wins Stanford XR Immerse The Bay 2024 Snapchat 1st Place

Media Coverage

  • Akilah Martinez Glittering World Girl Media Coverage

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