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We sit down with Roo MacNeill, Lead Artist at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, who shares how his passion for creativity began with a trial CD of Lightwave and evolved into a career in real-time projects. He tells us about the importance of team dynamics, embracing challenges, and how photography keeps his creativity alive. Plus, he reveals his unique survival strategy for a zombie apocalypse—winning over the undead with gourmet meals!

We catch up with Tunde Glover, Lead Artist at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, to learn more about his pivot to XR after 20 years in the game industry and how if you ‘try hard, all the time’, you’ll get far in life!

Discover how we put together a Virtual Art Department (VAD) for Amazon Prime Video’s Fallout series and seamlessly integrated the virtual and physical elements to maintain the show’s unique visual style.

We catch up with Senior Product Manager, Daksh Sahni, to hear more about his role in the Product team, how cultivating relationships with colleagues can have a lasting impact, and why human connection is so important.

Chris Kinch is a Junior Artist at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, and has recently celebrated his 1 year anniversary at the company. We caught up with him to discover what attracted him to ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß in the first place, and hear more about his pivot from Psychology to Art. 

We managed to sit down with Ian Villamor, Senior Cultural Ambassador at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, in between him hosting clients at the office, to chat to him about his career, the qualities needed to do his job, and his dream dinner party guests!

This month we sit down with Blair McLaughlin, Project Manager at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, to discover what it takes to be a good PM, the most important lesson she’s learnt in her career, and how she accidentally landed a job at Disney!

2023 was a transformative year that saw ‘spatial’ emerge as our word du jour; the groundbreaking launch of UEFN; and the long-awaited entry of Apple into the immersive industry. So here’s a quick recap of all the significant moments from the last year, as well as some things we’re proud of.

This month’s Meet The Magnopians features Senior Producer Ashley Bravo, who tells us about the essential skills needed to be a producer, what attracted her to ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, and the job she’d be doing in an alternate universe.

Connected Spaces merge the physical and digital worlds to create a better human experience. They are the building blocks of the 3D spatial internet. Learn more about what connected spaces are, and how they can be used.

In this instalment of Meet The Magnopians, we sit down with Pam Peterson, Program Manager at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß. We learn all about Pam’s journey in the industry, her favourite project that she’s worked on so far, and also hear the three qualities she thinks are essential for anyone in her job role.

We sit down with George Nerkowski, Senior Designer at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, to find out how he got into the industry and what advice he’d give for others wanting to do the same. We also discover his secret hidden talent!

Over the years, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß has worked hand-in-hand with the Epic team, using their tools and even helping them build more to empower creators and developers. Now, we’re proud to have been named an Unreal Engine Service Partner by Epic Games.

Today, we’re announcing a big milestone in our journey: we’ve open sourced our Connected Spaces Platform (CSP). Our hope is that other people on a journey similar to us can benefit from the work we’ve done to facilitate interoperability of spaces connected across physical and digital experiences.

In this installment of Meet The Magnopians, meet Principal Realtime Artist Tony Kwok and discover the best project he’s worked on, what he’s been reading, and the advice he’d give to people wanting to get into the industry.

We sit down with Senior Lead Software Engineer, Chris Chavira, to get the lowdown on his day-to-day, what he gets up to in his spare time, and of course, his plan for a zombie apocalypse.

We have a chat with Ceri Llewellyn, Director of Production (UK) at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß to discover his career journey, the podcast he’s currently listening to, and the biggest lesson he’s learned during his career.

The fashion industry has changed more in the last 24 months than it has in the last 24 years. The rise of NFTs, 3D worlds, and digital fashion is revolutionizing the way we think about style and self-expression.

Epic Games’ State of Unreal 2023 keynote at GDC quite literally changed the game. The announcement of Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), Unreal Engine 5.2 enhancements, and MetaHuman Animator as well as a host of other ecosystem tools, showed the industry the future.

This week, we sit down with Ivone Alexandre, Creative Director of Design at ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÔÚÏß, to find out their origin story.