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Both The Polys: WebXR Awards and the WebXR Summit Series were established by Ben Erwin from Powersimple. We have worked closely with Ben since the inception of the awards show to conceptualize and execute a live broadcast utilizing the latest in mixed reality media techniques. Every year the show aims to top itself in the presentation method! We also both participated in a few of the summit series.

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Failed to Render is a regular weekly comedy show hosted entirely within virtual reality (VR). Owner Kyle Render created the show as a response to venues being shut down during the early days of the pandemic in 2020, giving stand-up artists a chance to continue delighting audiences and keeping our spirits high. We designed one of his flagship venues which hosts comedians from all across the world.

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Founded in 2015 and led by Eric Darnell, writer and director of Antz and all Madagascar films, Baobab Studios is considered to be the world’s leading independent interactive animation studio. They have even won an Emmy Award for Best Interactive Media for every qualifying project the studio has ever created and were named Most Innovative Company for 2018 by Fast Company.

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Every year, the Solar Fight Club hosts the annual Solar Fight Night – a networking event for the solar industry that brings funding and awareness to solar non-profits and helps accelerate sustainable growth. Solar Fight Club is the largest social club in the solar energy industry, and has hosted over 7,500 attendees since its founding in 2009.

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Ben Erwin founded Powersimple in 1997 to provide forward thinking web engineering solutions. Through his company and connections, he has established both the Polys WebXR Awards and the WebXR Summit Series. Ben continues to organize teams of bright and driven individuals to help shape the future of extended reality content delivered over the Internet.

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BridgingTheGap Ventures created the YOUNGA Forum, an annual global youth takeover event uniting young people with decision-makers using VR/XR technologies to co-create a more inclusive, sustainable world. YOUNGA amplifies youth voices to build a global participatory platform for the hopes and concerns of young people to be seen and heard by the world’s top decision-makers.

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Founded by XR pioneer and entertainment marketing veteran Leila Amirsadeghi, MESH Connects is a consultancy providing strategic guidance, planning, and execution of immersive art installations and interactive virtual reality experiences. Leila has since become Head of Live Entertainment for Microsoft’s AltspaceVR platform but before doing so worked with us to produce some truly spectacular events in VR.

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Big Rock Creative is an entertainment production agency which collaborates with notable producers, artists and technologists to create immersive mixed and virtual reality experiences. They are the creators of the award-winning BRCvr, an annual virtual festival coinciding with the real life Burning Man event, and a recognized Universe of the Burning Man Multiverse.

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Educators in VR is an open, global, cross-platform community of educators, researchers, and trainers exploring and collaborating with one another in virtual and augmented reality. It operates as a connective tissue between academia and businesses in the VR education industry, and is dedicated to providing weekly educational events, trainings, and workshops for educators and learners to prepare them for the future of spatial technologies in education.

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