Meet the 21 under-the-radar leaders building the metaverse at Apple, Facebook, Google, Niantic, Roblox, Snap, Unity, and more
Mike Podwal, head of AR apps and experiences, is another Googler working on metaverse-related products.
Anthony Maes, an engineering manager at Niantic, pointed to the game Pokemon Go as an example of the company's ethos and highlighted how the game helps people become more active, form connections with others, and explore new neighborhoods. Kayombya also emphasized that there aren't enough AR developers yet, since it is still a relatively small space."The onus is on us to make it — to show people that this is a space that's gonna be super-successful and there's gonna be money made," he said.Niantic engineering manager Ariana Mott tackles thorny technical issues presented by AR technology.
Timoni West, Elizabeth Baron, Sarah Gibson, and Greg Madison are helping Unity advance the metaverse as interest in the new technology heats up. The former magician joined Unity in 2015. He has since created a system that lets people create aspects of the metaverse inside a VR space.Snapchat has been less public in its metaverse efforts, but it's arguably been as active as Facebook in developing 3D and AR tools and experiences, and it released an early pair of glasses that offered AR elements.
Maria Pace, technology leader, and Michael Bleyer and Christopher Edmonds, principle software engineers, MicrosoftMicrosoft has large teams of people, many dubbed"architects," working on various elements of the metaverse, which the company usually calls"mixed reality." It'sfrom its HoloLens headset in favor of new devices, reportedly developed in partnership with Samsung.
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