Heroes of Reality

Brian did an MA in Somatic Psychology at Naropa University. He has studied and practiced both Zen and Tibetan Buddhism for over 30 years. He also trained with Byron Katie and has practiced the Work of Byron Katie for over 20 years. Brian’s motive throughout his study and search was to synthesize and distill the essence of what makes a knowledge of our fundamental okness possible and easily accessi...

As the founder of the Welcome to Humanity movement, and the True Voice Podcasting Mastermind and methodology, Dr. Fred now finds himself making the difference he came here to make. His years in the community, where he has been a physician to over 40,000 patients, and his storied and adventurous life traveling around the world, has now left him uniquely qualified to remind us all of what we already...

Mathew Koder is an artist of the human mechanism, a lifelong martial artist and yoga practitioner, bodybuilder, personal trainer, structure therapist, and performance coach. He is on a mission to help people maximize their system by being a mixed martial artist of the soul. He wants to foster Joyful communities through individual transformation.

Carrie Shaw is a medical illustrator, public health educator, and the CEO & Founder of Embodied Labs - an immersive caregiver training platform. Her vision is to see healthier & connected lives through shared immersive experiences and her mission is to connect humans more deeply and quickly to each other through sharing their lived experiences.

Dr. Adam Gazzaley obtained an M.D. and Ph. D. in Neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, completed Neurology residency at the University of Pennsylvania, and postdoctoral training at University of California, Berkeley. He is currently the David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco and the Founder &...

All of Matt's game handles are “Garreltsy”. He streams VR on twitch, and is the Founder of VR eSports Havoc. He started the team in December of 2020 and now has two Co-owners, Tbgdog15 and FatalX3rror. They are tying to build the foundation of what a VR eSports team should look like. The biggest thing they try to focus on is building a competitive non-toxic environment. Matt is also the host of th...

Lindsay is an explorer of higher truth with a passion for assisting people and groups in making the transition into not just flow-state — but a full-flow life — through a variety of methodologies. Her work is in assisting leaders access higher stages of personal development and wellbeing as means to positively impact culture by doing so. As a transformative executive coach, Lindsay has worked with...

Rohit has been an Enterprise Software consultant most of his professional life working with Oracle products. He caught on the VR/AR technology bug in 2015 when he participated and won Techweek Kansas City 2015 hackathon. Once bitten by the VR bug there was no looking back. After participating and winning multiple hackathons, it was time to spread the word about this new technology and how it can c...

Nico Perony is the founder of OTO.ai, a company recently acquired by Unity to enable safe interactions in online games. Nico is a behavioral scientist and artificial intelligence researcher with a techno-utopian bend – one of his driving passions is to enable a safe and sustainable future for humanity. Trained as an electrical engineer and behavioral biologist, Nico Perony completed his doctoral a...

Jake Sally is an Emmy-nominated producer, public speaker and entertainment executive dedicated to building the pipeline, vernacular and stories grounded in technology for audiences worldwide. Jake is the COO of Jadu, the definitive Web3 AR platform. The Mirrorverse, launching this year, is Jadu’s world-scale augmented reality gameworld pushing the boundaries of Metaverse utility by allowing 3D NFT...

Dr. Shawna Pandya is a Canadian physician, scientist-astronaut candidate program graduate with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) and Project PoSSUM, aquanaut, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with Luxsonic Technologies and Fellow of the Explorers’ Club. She is also Director of the IIAS/PoSSUM Space Medicine Grou...

John Watts has been a devotee of all-things-technology since getting his first Commodore Amiga as a young boy. Movies like “The Lawnmower Man” spurred a fascination with virtual reality that continues to fuel his imagination, one which he feels lucky to be able to indulge in a modestly professional way with his small Virtual Reality Arcade in Inverness, Scotland. As one of the Admins of several of...

Andrew Kiguel is the co-founder and CEO of Tokens.com, a publicly listed company that invests in Metaverse real estate, DeFi and NFT related digital assets. Andrew also co-founded and is the former CEO of Hut 8 Mining, one of the largest publicly listed bitcoin miners in the world. Prior to that, Andrew spent 20 years as an investment banker with a focus on technology and real estate. Andrew is an...

VR has consumed Ben. It feels like pure magic and fills Ben with wonder. So he is devoting as much time as Ben can to playing, reviewing, and curating the best VR experiences.

Christy is the owner and founder of Sano Counseling Center. A mental health facility that works with an array of psychological problems. With over 15 years of experience in clinical psychotherapy, Christy Cosper has poured her expertise and personal discoveries into co-writing a book designed for healing and growth from addictive behaviors. Transforming the Addictive Mind book contains a variety o...

Nick van Breda actively training makers to become changemakers. His mission is to help 1 million people to change the world for the better. He has helped 220.000 individuals in becoming entrepreneurial between 2014-2021. He focuses on shaping trends with them into business models, from Makers into Changemakers with social impact.

Jamar has been helping businesses prepare for the future and increase their revenue, by getting into cryptocurrency! He is a Blockchain expert who has been trading for 10+ years with a degree in Computer Science and a consulting background of over 15 years! He has since established himself as an expert in the cryptocurrency field, hosting monthly training programs such as his Blockchain Bootcamp,...

Garage Stories is an innovation Lab for content creators to explore and play with the endless possibilities that XR technologies are bringing into the table and how these are reshaping the way we interact with the world -real & virtual- that surrounds us. Our goal is to make sure that the quality of the content catches up with the development of the technology and to work together to shape the fut...

Gavin Masumiya believes that the quality of your life comes from the quality of your communication. As a multiple award winning Toastmasters International speech finalist, Gavin uniquely blends his love for public speaking, transformational coaching, and musical oration to help underdogs access their most powerful voice. Having earned his Psychology degree from UC, Irvine and becoming a Certified...

Fred Joyal is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and business advisor. He co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST. He has previously written two books on marketing, has dabbled in standup and improv comedy, acted in bad movies and excellent TV commercials. His latest book, Superbold: from Under-confident to Charismatic in 90 days, was just released in O...

Kevin Clark and Imen Maaroufi are cofounders of Point Motion. A motion-capture software for health and education institutions that allows their clients to engage in music-based experiences where each interaction within the user experience collects data on the performance of cognitive and motor functions over time.

Tiana Laurence is a technologist, an author, pioneer in the blockchain industry, and a true force in the venture capital space. She is currently General Partner at Laurence Innovation, an Austin, Texas-based pre-seed investment fund with a focus on early-stage tech companies in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) verticals that are tackling some of the most pressing challenges the world is faci...

Jason Weimann is an online educator and Youtuber. The #1 place for Unity3D Tutorials, News, & Tips! His channel is dedicated to helping game developers be better at game development. He likes to teach a bit of everything, from the getting, started, and beginner style stuff to advanced techniques and patterns.

Anthony Collova is a heart-centered entrepreneur who has built and exited multiple seven-figure businesses in the online space. His self-given labels include husband, artist, burner, psychonaut, and one hell of a cookie maker.

Steve McCloskey is an Alumni from the first class of Nanoengineering at the University of California, San Diego. Steve’s work is focused on emerging technologies applied to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). During his time at UC San Diego Steve worked directly with the founding Chair of the Nanoengineering Department, Ken Vecchio helping set the foundation for the Nanoengin...