Julian Reyes is the Founder and Director of the Virtual Worlds Museum™, whose mission is to explore, preserve, and showcase the evolution of immersive worlds. In recognition of his contributions to the XR industry and digital preservation, he was awarded the AUREA Impact Award 2025, alongside Lisa Egger of Arrival Space.
Julian has also held positions at Meta, Cisco Systems, Jacobs Associates, Founders Workshop, and Exponent. Additionally, he received training from the Oculus Launch Pad and Oculus Start programs and the EveryRealm Metaverse Academy.
As part of the Virtual Worlds Museum effort, Julian Reyes is currently working on mapping immersive worlds. Julian has spoken at AWE XR Conference 2024, MetaCenter Global Week, Spectrum Business Conference and was invited to judge at the 2024 MIT XR Hackathon and the Polys WebXR Awards. Julian is also the founder of Keyframe-Entertainment, which produced media projects, events, VR demos, and 3D worlds.
LIST OF PANELS AND TALKS:
Julian Reyes presented and was recognized the 2025 AUREA Impact Award, alongside Lisa Egger of Arrival Space. This award recognizes our commitment to creating immersive experiences that not only entertain but also educate and inspire. The “WebXR Worlds Exhibit” has been instrumental in advancing our mission to preserve and showcase the rich history of virtual worlds.
The AUREA Awards brings together global technology and entertainment leaders to honor the best products and experiences in XR. Finalists are invited to pitch the All-Star jury live at an exclusive VIP gathering in Southern Germany, where tech and entertainment meets to celebrate excellence in AR and VR Entertainment.
Julian Reyes, was deeply honored to join visionaries Tony Parisi and Cynthia Maller onstage at the SplitX Summit 2024. SplitX is a global platform dedicated to exploring the intersection of technology and innovation, and it was a privilege to contribute to the conversation.
Julian, Tony, and Cynthia shared their insights on the dynamic relationship between art and technology, a topic that sparked engaging audience participation and inspired lively dialogue. Speaking alongside Tony Parisi, a trailblazer in virtual reality, music, and 3D web technologies, and Cynthia Maller, Leading 3D Creative Tech Innovator, made the experience truly memorable.
In June 2024, Julian Reyes presented a panel at AWE XR alongside Evo Heyning, Craig Allen, Rachel Joy Victor, and Erin Reilly. “Creative Frontiers: Navigating the Artistic Landscape in the Age of AI” zeroed in on the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on the creative industries. The panel of innovative artists and thought leaders delved into the role of AI as both a collaborator and a tool in the hands of modern creators.
The Virtual Worlds Museum was selected for the second annual M100 Innovators Awards list presented by The Metaverse Spectrum. This prestigious recognition celebrates excellence in the immersive media industries of AI, Metaverse, AR, VR, and Web3 technologies. Notable fellow honorees include industry giants such as Epic Games, NVIDIA, Roblox Corporation, and Meta, among others.
2023 Metacenter Global Week
“The Future of Music Experience”
Julian Reyes was a panelist at the 2023 Immerse Global Summit, where he joined a remarkable group of visionaries and creative pioneers to explore “The Future of Music Experience: AI, Immersive Worlds, and Spatial Sound.” Alongside industry leaders like Brittany Marine, Paul Segura Jr., Corey Llewellyn, and Billboard artist Shawn Mims, Julian delved into the forefront of technology and creativity, redefining the very essence of music in the digital age. The Immerse Global Summit was a melting pot of inspiration and innovation, as the panelists discussed the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence on music creation, the breathtaking possibilities of immersive worlds, and the captivating realm of spatial sound. Julian’s expertise and insights were invaluable in shaping this thought-provoking discussion on the future of music and sound.
The Polys 4th Annual WebXR Awards – Julian Reyes invited as Judge – March 3rd, 2024, NYC
Julian Reyes was invited as a judge to the Polys WebXR awards event that honors the pioneers of the medium.
The event was hosted by Julie Smithson and Sophia Moshasha and Director Evo Heyning.
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2024 MIT XR Hackathon – Julian Reyes invited as Judge – Jan 25-29, 2024
Julian Reyes was honored to be a judge at the MIT XR Hackathon. MIT Reality Hack is an annual community-run XR hackathon comprising thought leaders, brand mentors and creators, participants, students, and technology lovers, who come together and attend tech workshops, talks, discussions, fireside chats, collaborations, hacking, and more. Participants of various backgrounds and all skill levels attend from all over the world.
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The Metaverse Spectrum Business Conference – “The Seeds of the Metaverse” – December 6th, 2023, online
In this presentation, we explored and analyzed the evolution of metaverse platforms and the benefits that these virtual worlds provide businesses and brands. We delineated the differences between Web2, Web3, and WebXR immersive worlds. Understanding the differences between these technologies is important to brands, investors, and marketers for their Metaverse business planning initiatives. We reviewed the virtual world landscape and organizations working to advance ethics and open standards. These efforts revealed business advantages such as improving marketing, collaboration, community building, and education through the implementation of an immersive strategy. Julian’s Virtual World Museum was also recognized for his outstanding achievements at the 2023 M100 Innovators Awards.
The conference places a special focus on AI’s role in enhancing the business metaverse. It provides coverage of both strategic and implementation issues relating to the business metaverse, and examines the growing impact of Web 3, AI, VR, and AR on the metaverse.
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BitBasel – December 2023, Miami, FL
Started as a digital art event on December 5th, 2020, BitBasel has been at the forefront for the rise of Bitcoin, NFTs, and Miami as the global crypto capital. Made up of a local community who have been leading blockchain education efforts across Florida since 2013, BitBasel empowers grassroot creators with the tools and support to launch their first NFT collection and win in Web3.
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IMMERSE GLOBAL SUMMIT 2023, Orlando, FL – The Future of Music Experience: AI, Immersive Worlds, and Spatial Sound
This session delved into the fusion of immersive environments and the spatialization of sound. The discourse was moderated by Brittany Marine with the panel consisting of: Sean Mims, Paul Segura, Jr., aka DJ Biggie Pauls, Corey Llewellyn (aka CL), and Julian Reyes.
About the session: AI, immersive worlds, and spatial sound Technology has a transformative effect on how we experience the world around us. Innovation is happening at lightning speed. Technology offers possibilities that were previously impossible, increasingly embedding digital hyperreality into our daily lives. This transformation is evident in all aspects of our lives, including music. This also prompted many music minds to ponder… what else is possible? Slowly but surely, we are embracing the new opportunities that technology provides, including artists, creators, and the listeners themselves. What are the possibilities and how can we harness them? The answer is yet to be fully discovered, but experimentation is certainly in full swing!
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AUGMENTED WORLD EXPO (AWE) 2023, Santa Clara – Mapping the Web3 Immersive Platforms
This presentation explored a list of today’s most visited Web3 virtual worlds, along with interoperable MetaTr@versal portal crawls to review how Web2, Web3, and WebXR are deploying immersive worlds. Understanding the differences between these technologies is important to brands, investors, world builders, marketers, and users. We identified companies that are currently surveying virtual worlds and organizations working on open standards. We viewed a proof of concept (POC) system for mapping virtual worlds and learned how this 3D data visualization solution can help immersive platforms in their interoperability efforts.
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BOOM FESTIVAL 2023, Portugal – The Frontiers of Art and Tech: The Imagination Paradox
An XR tech panel discussion on the changing and prominent role of immersive virtual worlds in our lives and their roles in imagination, reality, coding, and engineering. Panel with Mynah Marie, Julian Reyes, Amos Gaynes, quendera and Batuhan Bintas.
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OZORA FESTIVAL 2023, Hungary, Chambok House – “The Seeds of The Metaverse”
This impromptu presentation explained the origin of virtual worlds and how they can be the precursors to the upcoming Metaverse. Julian also covered MetaTr@versal portal crawls, and the differences between Web2, Web3, and WebXR immersive worlds.
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BOOM FESTIVAL 2018, Portugal – Amplify Her screening presentation
Keyframe hosted a screening presentation of ‘Amplify Her’, and showcased Fifer Garbesi’s “¡Viva La Evolución!” and HelloEnjoy’s “Fantasynth” at the Castro Theater.
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Oregon Eclipse 2017 – Hosted the ReInhabiting the Village area
Keyframe hosted the ReInhabitng the Village area at this event featuring a range of festivals collaborating from around the world.
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Lucidity Festival 2017 – ReInhabiting the Village presenter.
Executive Producer Keyframe and Associate Producer Lucidity Festivals presented the “ReInhabiting the Village” book and community project at the event.
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Symbiosis Gathering 2016 – Hosted ReInhabiting the Village workshop
The ReInhabiting the Village workshop focused on sharing principals that include Thinking Global, Acting Local practices, regional resilience, appropriate technology, cultural literacy, holistic health, living economy and more.
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Keyframe Transformational Cultural Forum Permaculture event @ EcoSystm, San Francisco (2014)
The event focused on the intersection of Transformational Culture and Permaculture. It presented a discussion between permaculture advocates, educators, and community organizers, exploring the question of how these two movements can cross-pollinate and support each other.
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BOOM FESTIVAL 2012 – Electronic Awakening screening presentation
Executive Producer Keyframe screened ‘Electronic Awakening’, an ethnographic documentary feature film that investigates the spirituality of Electronic Dance Music Culture.
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