Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Paul Tassi @paultassi.bsky.social The Forbes Destiny guy and also other things
alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social 🍹 an aperol spritz in human form 🍹
📝 senior reporter @ digiday 📝
📚 The Rage Game: Video Games and the Politics of Reaction due out summer 2027 📚
(views expressed are mine alone)
Nick Calandra @nickjcal.bsky.social Co-Founder and Editor in Chief of @secondwindgroup.com Creating the video series Unpacked, and working on secret projects. Former Editor in Chief of The Escapist.
Email: nick.calandra@secondwindgroup.com
Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social Multi-award-winning reporter at @kotaku.com. Formerly: @ign.com, @gibiz.bsky.social, and more. kansas city kansas city. She/her. Exuberant, always. Email: rvalentine@kotaku.com Signal: duckvalentine.47
Andy Biar @andybiar.bsky.social Senior Software Engineer, XR at Unity
Jia-Bin Huang @jbhuang0604.bsky.social Associate Professor at UMD CS. YouTube: https://youtube.com/@jbhuang0604
Interested in how computers can learn and see.
Euromersive @euromersive.bsky.social Euromersive is the Pan-European federation uniting Immersive & Emerging Tech ecosystems to drive the future of technology and enabling humanity to forge ethical and sustainable tech for a better tomorrow
Joanne Popinska @joanneaska.bsky.social XR filmmaker, producer, curator
🇨🇦 🇵🇱
Steve Biegun @sbiegun.bsky.social Senior Technical Artist @ Industrial Light & Magic, Cats and Shaders all day. Opinions are my own. KC based.
Rune Berg @runeberg.social Sr Dev @RiotGames. Khronos OpenXR advisory panel member. Worked on SteamVR & OpenXR @valvesoftware, @unrealengine.
Jon Hibbins @hibbins.bsky.social CEO and Game Director of Psytec Games, Windlands 1+2, Crystal Rift, for Quest, PSVR and PCVR, BAFTA Member
Frooxius @frooxius.bsky.social Creator of Resonite - realtime collaborative social VR sandbox platform. Original Oculus Kickstarter backer. Can be caught stealing reality. Furry. https://patreon.com/resonite
Zach Tsiakalis-Brown @zulubo.bsky.social Game dev, creator of Zulubo Productions, Vertigo, and Vertigo 2.
Stuff at www.zulubo.com
he/him
Ash Pinnick @tvdinnerdev.bsky.social Artist & Creative Director @ TV Dinner Studios ★ Prev: Starship Home, Cosmonious High, Color Space VR, Stadia R&D, Tilt Brush ★ 🤠🎮👽
Portfolio: ashleypinnick.com
John Austin @johnaustin.bsky.social Founder of Pontoco and Project Lead for The Last Clockwinder. Engineer, Game Designer, Tea Lover; in no specific order.
Previously: Lead XR Eng at Funomena | Research at Google Brain
@kleptine on the Hellbirdsite
Denny Unger @Cloudhead @dennycloudhead.bsky.social * CEO/CCO VR/XR person www.cloudheadgames.com (2013-present)
* https://tinyurl.com/Pistol-Whip , Valve Aperture Hand Lab, Call of the Starseed, Heart of the Emberstone
Dennys Kuhnert @dennys.bsky.social XR Developer • Neuro & Biotech Engineer • Creator of Hand Physics Lab, Surgineer & Holoception • Co-Founder & CTO of Holonautic
Cezary Skorupka @cezaryskorupka.bsky.social Game designer, chief at Something Random (Toy Trains, Harpagun), husband, dad, regular human being.
Formerly SUPERHOT story/design SUPERHOT VR project lead SUPERHOT:MCD project lead
Ian MacKenzie @xrnerd.bsky.social 👨💻 Software by Day ☀️ 💀 Skeleton by Night
🥽 🤓 AR/VR Nerd 👀 Game Dev 🎮 Unicycling Ukulele Player⁉️
Dibely 🐙 @dibely.bsky.social Lead Unity developer @ Nomad Games | Ex EA, Chillingo, TootleGames, Eurocom
Game dev | VR | Retro games | Boardgames | D&D | Miniature painting | Space LEGO | Electronics | Robotics | Films | Anime | Niwaki | DCFC
Views are my own
http://dibely.com
Bernie Yee @tripmaster.bsky.social Co-founder of game studio @windupminds, ex-Oculus/PopCap/Bungie/Harmonix. Make games, race bikes, eat foods.
Making a game that loves you back, a modern Nintendogs+a li'l Animal Crossing. www.windupminds.com/wishlist
@sticklez.bsky.social @sticklez.bsky.social game dev , VR, AR
I’m just lurking atm
Dan ᯅ/💪 @dandandaaan.bsky.social =Daniel Nyirfa (CET) • #VR/#AR fitness advocate • Digital and irl wanderer • Head of Comms/Marketing @XREALGames since 2018
Pawel Gaida @pg68.bsky.social Marketing Director @Kluge Interactive | Synth Riders | FINAL FURY
Dani @derdani16.bsky.social Game dev from Austria, mostly doing VR.
Love games, football and books.
Currently working on Deadly Delivery, previously We Are One, Caravan Chaos.
graham graham @grahamgrah.am https://electric.horse/
20+ year, non-award winning game/computer vision/interactive/xr/graphics/network/tools developer.
I also tell people I'm an artist.
Play too much poker.
Brighton, UK
https://www.instagram.com/soylentgraham
Blair Renaud @anticleric.bsky.social Award winning indie game developer Working on LOW-FI #VR for #PC #PS5 https://irisvirtualreality.com/low-fi/
Previously RockstarGames
Founder: IRIS VR, QuantumCapture, OccupiedVR
Philipp Sigl @phillovanillo.bsky.social VR Game Dev from Austria.
Worked on the VR Game "We Are One", currently working on "Deadly Delivery"
Warping Realities VR @warpingrealities.com Solo developer of VR Pulp-Lovecraftian horror games
#GameDev #Godot #VR #ProcGen
Mike Stevenson @stopmotioner.bsky.social Former stop motion animator turned game developer.
Collaborating with Graceful Decay.
Building the puzzle/exploration game Red Frame.
https://redframegame.com
Melle @wellemelle.bsky.social I do game art for VR games, living in Austria
Co-Founder at Flat Head Studio
Greg Dziemidowicz | MarineVerse @dziemid.bsky.social Founder @marineverse.bsky.social | Software developer.
MarineVerse | VR Sailing @marineverse.bsky.social ⚓ Sail in virtual reality ⚓
Go sailing with MarineVerse Sailing Club!
Not Suspicious @notsuspicioushq.bsky.social XR games & research. https://www.notsuspicious.biz/
🧪 Tablecraft: https://vr.meta.me/s/1Y4EewoMMahrHSP
💥 Airspace Defender: https://vr.meta.me/s/1ThvQVWNWNWSdWO
🏹 Banners & Bastions: https://vr.meta.me/s/1OeK2AnZpEo0nZ1
Liam Cary @liamcary.bsky.social Staff Game Programmer at ArcadeXR, bringing arcade games to new mediums. Check out Arcade Legend on Meta Quest and Arcade Online on any web browser
Kim Baumann Larsen @kimusan.bsky.social VR architect & XR designer with 30 years of industry experience. COO, 3D Designer & Co-Founder of Viewalk - the XR fitness gaming platform where you move to play.
James @jamesbutlin.bsky.social Lead Programmer @FuturLab working on the PowerWash Simulator games 💦. Previously: lead on PWS VR 💧, on a mental health & wellbeing study in PWS 1 with Oxford University 🧑🔬 and working on Onward (VR) 🔫
Opinions are my own. ENFJ, He/Him
Anne Toole @amely.bsky.social Creator, ALLES LIEBE, ANNETTE; writer, Netflix's CANNON BUSTERS, WGA winner HORIZON ZERO DAWN, & Emmy-winner LIZZIE BENNET DIARIES. Former IGDA Board.
Joshua Angeley 🔜 DreamHack Atlanta @willfire19.bsky.social Full Time Indie Game Dev working on 11th Hour Hero!
Kyle Russell @kylebrussell.bsky.social Always learning.
gray ❄️🫧 @graycrawford.bsky.social latent space designer * generator ・ spatial design engineer ・ av ml artist
Iestyn Lloyd-Wilkins @iestyn.net BAFTA-winning nerd
Fun: 📸 Photography
Work: 👾 XR games / wearables
📍 Brighton, UK
https://www.instagram.com/iestyn.photo/
Personal account, my views are my own
Omer Shapira @omershapira.com Graphics ∩ Vision, Electronic Elsewheres. AI for XR @ Meta. Previously : NVIDIA {Research, Omniverse XR, Robotics}, much before that VR, VFX & TV.
Thinkpiece Piñata & Artist inbetween.
Opinions? No
📍Brooklyn/TLV
https://omershapira.com
Michael Becker @michaelbecker.dev Creative technology, poetic systems, interoperable worlds.
Formerly Walt Disney Studios / Pixar / Magic Leap
Brandon Jones @toji.dev WebGPU/WebXR/WebGL Dev @ Google. He/Him
"The downfall of modern civilization." - Joystiq
Personal site: https://toji.dev
Estella Tse @estellatse.com VR/AR Creative Director & Artist — among many other things. she/her.
🌲Oakland grown
🌸 Portland livin
Clients: Google, Oxford University, Adobe, AMD, Intel, Snapchat, Cartoon Network, Netherlands, more
https://estellatse.com/?utm_source=bsky
Tina Debove Nigro @tinanigro.bsky.social 🇫🇷 Entrepreneur & Creator • 10 years building AR×VR & consumer apps 👩🔬 • prev: CTO Opuscope, dev vlc · @microsoft Regional Director awardee
Other interests: 🌍 Climate, Nuke & Renewables • 🛰️ Space • 🏔️ Mountains
Cix @cix.bsky.social Built a bunch of XR companies. Working on “AI” fitness games. Interested in robotics.
Sigurdur Gunnarsson @siggigg.bsky.social Lead AI Programmer, Unreal Engine at Epic Games
Unreal Engine Game Developer - Gameplay, AI, VR.
Past: Hyperion Realms, Wargaming, Klang Games, CCP Games.
Lydia Choy @choy.bsky.social Exploring sculpture and ceramics. Former director of Substance Modeler, Adobe Medium, games and film vfx.
ArmaniXR @armanixr.com Spatial Computing Meteorologist 😎| Visit Armani's Parlour 🍨(below) | Texas A&M VR/AR Club Founder | Glitches.VR Co-Author | Learning from all realities. | he/him | My opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/armanixr
https://armanixr.substack.com/about
Haldun @haldun.bsky.social Founder & CEO of Wooorld
Prev: Founder at Cubic VR, Architect
@wooorld.bsky.social
wooorld.io
#VR #AR
Nima @nimaz.bsky.social Gaming / retro collecting / modding / VR / AR / Boarding (Skate|Snow|Surf) / computers / photography / video
Living in Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵- C John Rittenhouse @cryect.bsky.social VR Software developer for past ten years currently working at OssoVR on surgical training
Beau Cronin @beaucronin.bsky.social Technologist dedicated to the climate crisis. The only way out is through. he/him
Saschka Unseld @saschka.bsky.social Eats breakfast #pinkispunk (also Director of Pixar’s Blue Umbrella, Studio SOI & Oculus Story Studio founder, now ...)
Zach @hifi.bsky.social Building new things at Sony
Previously PM at Oculus, AWS, and Cruise
I invest in great teams and cool ideas.
Chad Verrall @chadverrall.bsky.social Principal Camera Systems Designer (Cameras/Systems/Narrative/Content). Dad. Kendo. Lover of analog games: Minis, board games and role playing.
Julie Heyde @julieheyde.bsky.social Ponies & Video Games (@flatponies.bsky.social).
Working on https://store.steampowered.com/app/858200/Scratch_The_Cat/
Jasmine Roberts @jasmineroberts.bsky.social engineering, 𝘦𝘵𝘤. ݁₊ ⊹ the tired 92%
Dimitri Diakopoulos @ddiakopoulos.bsky.social I make stuff sometimes!
when i’m not blacksmithing, i shepard a research engineering team at apple
Greg Madison @gregmadison.bsky.social ★ Award-winning XR Interaction Designer ★ 39 yrs of crafting Alternate Realities ★ Visionary @Unity Labs ★ Spatial Computing & AI agentic workflows ★ Gifted Dyslexic (2e) ★ 🇫🇷🏳️🌈 ★
pixlpa @pixlpa.bsky.social Weird Graphics, altered ideas, auditory hallucination
StanfordVR @stanfordvr.bsky.social For two decades we have built and studied VR/AR systems that explore the changes in the nature of social interaction. We research how virtual experiences impact people psychologically, and focus on education, nonverbal behavior, climate change & empathy.
Andreea Ion Cojocaru @andreeavr.bsky.social Toolmaker, XR dev, co-founder & CEO at NUMENA. Posts on tech, philosophy & HCI. https://linktr.ee/andreeavr
Sarang Borude @doomdave.bsky.social XR prototyper. Works at Meta Reality labs! Posts content about Apple Vision Pro Dev
James Baicoianu @bai.dev Speedrunning the Gartner Hype Cycle since the turn of the century
Mike Nisbet @mikesky.dev Tech lead working in the decarbonisation of heating and renewables. Passionate about fixing the climate, nature, and birbs. 🦉
Maintainer of @openbrush.app and OpenXR Extensions for Unity.
@mattmiesnieks.bsky.social @mattmiesnieks.bsky.social
CouriosityPaul @paulhoover.bsky.social Explorer of natural and virtual worlds. Principal designer at VIVE. Former Meta, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Artefact, etc.
Chris Hanney @hanney.bsky.social Building games, listening to records, eating cheese 🧀
Currently: Curiosmos 🪐Gameplainer 💾
Previously: Starship Home 🚀, Shredders 🏂 and Space Pirate Trainer 👾
Doug North Cook @dnorco.bsky.social Currently: Creative Director & CEO at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social .
Scholar is residence at NYU, running immersive Design Residency at the Fallingwater Institute.
Former: Robot Teddy, Chatham University + more
Ian @ianhamilton.net Chronicling VR makers and discoveries in virtual reality. https://www.goodvirtualreality.com
https://linktr.ee/hamiltonian
Clare Naïlo🏳️⚧️she/they @lucidvirtuality.bsky.social Polyamorous AuDHD enby trans girl. Interested in virtual reality, lucid dreaming, climate change, altered states, weirdness, whither humanity, SF, impermanence, corvids, etc. “Someone who has all the seeming of a ghost forever dreaming.”
...by Ethan Fox @byethanfox.bsky.social Indie Game Developer of Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle • Recipient - Newgrounds "Best Of" • I talk about videogames & VR🎮🥽 • Gundam nerd • Anime fan • He/Him
No space for fascists | Cr/yp/to is a scam | Support indie creators!
Steven ter Heide @steventerheide.bsky.social Creative Director at Wild Sheep Studio.
Previously: Game Director at Guerrilla
Killzone | Rigs | Horizon Zero Dawn | Maestro | Adorable Adventures
Holden Link @holdenlink.bsky.social Making silly games like Slap Out Of It! and Floor Plan at @TurboButtonInc.bsky.social. Bucket's dad. Occasional sports person. (he/him)
Xavier De Coster @zulag.bsky.social COO & Lead Game Producer at Triangle Factory working on Forefront, Breachers, Hyper Dash and other cool stuff. Music Lover. Views & opinions are my own. He/Him
Dirk Van Welden @quarkcannon.bsky.social Founder & Jack-of-all-trades @ I-Illusions & FoamPunch.
(Shredders - Space Pirate Trainer - BAM - Element4l)
Eternally stuck between art & code. Optimist.
Bastien Gorissen @bago.bsky.social VR Game dev!
Thomas Van Bouwel 🔜 NZGDC & GCAP @tovanbo.bsky.social XR Developer of Cubism and Laser Dance. Recovering architect. 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 - he/him
🔗 http://linktr.ee/tovanbo
Tommy Maloteaux @tommy.myrongames.com CEO at Myron Games
Maker of Deisim : the VR God simulator and Underworld Overseer
Tommy Palm @palm.bsky.social Serial Entrepreneur and Game Designer. Founder and CEO of Resolution. Stockholm, Sweden
Erik Odeldahl @erikodeldahl.eurosky.social Perpetually annoyed game designer, writer, mediocre musician. Chief Creative Officer at @fasttravelgames.bsky.social. Currently building Payday: Aces High with a great team. Be nice.
Ed Lago @edlago.dev 👾 Label Director at @creaturedotpage.bsky.social
🥽 Festival Manager at @vr-forever.com
👻 Board of Directors Member at @babyghosts.fund
🧠 Mentor at Game Production Guild
🔫 Former Executive Producer on Pistol Whip
The Metaculture @themetaculture.bsky.social The Metaculture is an online magazine that documents virtual spaces.
VR, digital worlds, and game criticism.
Inquiries: @kgpaints.bsky.social
themetaculture.co
James Abev @jamesabev.bsky.social AR/VR enthusiast.
Cassia Curran @cassiacurran.bsky.social Curran Games Agency founder - biz dev for XR game studios, consultant for games funds. she/they. hello@curran.games
Laurie @theeggman64.bsky.social Avid gamer; sharing industry news, views & connecting with you awesome lot. Gaming on PS5, Series X, Switch 2 and Quest 3!
Pontoco @hellopontoco.bsky.social We're an indie studio working on The Last Clockwinder, a VR game about building magical contraptions in a cozy sci-fi world. Discord: http://discord.gg/N7qQ3E4Pus
JoeyJRoo @joeyjroo.com VRChat world tour guide on Twitch (mid-'80s kid, he/him, married, 🇦🇺).
Showcasing incredible places and thanking world creators for making them.
https://www.joeyjroo.com
https://fursona.directory/@JoeyJRoo
CharacterBank @characterbank.bsky.social We're a Kyoto, Japan based company crafting the next generation of unforgettable XR experiences!
Discord → http://discord.gg/qcnQBaYxbJ
Will - PushDustIn @will.pushdustin.com 🕹️ Marketing and Production (VR and non-VR titles)
👾 Opinions are my own
🟡 Sometimes I wear yellow pants. (日本語OK)
GameOnScorpio @gameonscorpio.bsky.social VR Content Creator covering Quest 3, PCVR and PSVR2!
YouTube: http://youtube.com/gameonscorpio
For business enquiries: gameonscorpio@gmail.com
Level 40 🎮
Mark Schramm #VR #AR #MR @markschramm.bsky.social Director of Engineering @ Creature working on Starship Home;
Also Dev @ Rust LTD working on H3VR 2!
Previous: SUPERHOT VR, Laser Dance;
Made Mark's Magnificent Marble Maze & Gravity Lab;
DICE & Proto Award Winner
DMs always open!
MIXED @mixed-en.bsky.social MIXED is one of the leading online magazines about Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality.
Tamara Hughes @mamamonkey.bsky.social In a love/hate relationship with the games industry. Currently: community & marketing at Trebuchet! Previously at Rec Room, Animal Company, Deadly Delivery. VR nerd. She/her.
XRMust.com 💫 @xrmust.bsky.social Your best source for #immersive & #interactive experiences 🚀 The must of #XR creative content. #VR #AR #MR #Storytelling - By @mgcinema.bsky.social + @FHofnik.