Julia Pryde Thompson is a Cuban-American writer, curator, and producer specializing in AI-powered experiences and immersive storytelling. With 10+ years of experience at the intersection of technology, narrative, and emerging platforms, she creates conversational experiences that feel genuinely human, from AI-driven companion creatures to spatial computing characters to voice-guided environmental experiences.

She's especially passionate about bringing the non-human world to life through interactive experiences: whether it's a conversational owl in the redwoods, a spirit-plant companion in Vision Pro, or an AR creature with a distinct personality, her focus is on crafting emotionally resonant experiences that make technology feel magical rather than mechanical.

Julia has collaborated with Niantic Spatial, Apple, Snap, Inworld AI, Liquid City, Refik Anadol Studio, Botto and more developing interactive narratives that blend conversational AI, XR/AR platforms, Machine Learning, Exhibition Design and Projection Mapping. Her approach combines her background in anthropology and theater with deep technical collaboration, understanding both how people naturally communicate and how to translate that into AI systems that feel authentic. Previous to working with AI and XR, she worked for McCarthur winning opera director Yuval Sharon, for Disney’s Technology and Innovation Lab, and a small creative studio in LA developing treatments for TV shows.

When not writing, she makes music and occasionally acts under the moniker Isla Vidal, loves taking photographs outside and enjoys long meandering walks.