Meet The Team

Here are the people who make and have made XR Tokyo possible.

Our incredible team

The people that currently drive forward our XR community, helping to coordinate events and activities.

Leonard Burton

Leonard Burton

Founder

An original founder of XR Tokyo's first incarnation VR Hub Tokyo, Leonard has been active in running the community since its inception. With experience prototyping and getting hands-on with VR, his early projects received press coverage by both the BBC and Motherboard.

Scott George

Scott George

Founder

Scott has a strong commitment to emerging technologies and community driven innovation. As an organizer with XR Tokyo, and a regular contributor since 2017, he helps coordinate events and foster collaboration among creators, developers, and industry leaders in the extended reality space.

Yugo Atobe

Yugo Atobe

Team

After co-organising Vision Dev Camp Tokyo, a hackathon for Apple's Vision Pro, Yugo joined the team to help build the XR Tokyo community.

Amanda Parks

Amanda Parks

Team

An XR developer, and experienced marketeer, Amanda also brings a wealth of community experience from her time as the organizer of Australia's Melbourne Metaverse meetup.

Active Contributors

Some of the excellent people who contribute, sharing their valuable experience, advice and time to help the community grow.

Nima Zeighami

Nima Zeighami

Community Consultant

Having worked professionally in XR for over a decade, and as an organizer for SVVR (the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality community and meetup), Nima has been a consultant, contributor and friend to XR Tokyo - sharing valued guidance to the team.

Juliusz Fedyk

Juliusz Fedyk

Founder

An experienced engineer, manager and meetup organiser, Juliusz was pivotal in rebooting the event after the pandemic and co-founding the new chapter of XR Tokyo.

Sean Brown

Sean Brown

Volunteer

A talented photographer and videographer, as well as a skilled engineer, Sean often helps with capturing moments and ensuring events run smoothly.

Past Contributors

We're grateful to the amazing people who have helped shape XR Tokyo throughout its existence.

Artis Birzins

Artis Birzins

Founder

One of the co-founders of the original VR Hub Tokyo and XR Nights meetups, Artis is a Digital & AI advisor, and future thinker.

Misaki Iwai

Misaki Iwai

Team

One of the original event co-organizers, Misaki's then work at the Impact HUB in Meguro helped bring together and run the events that laid the foundation of our community.

Interested in volunteering?

We often need volunteers help with events, online content, community outreach, and more. Whether you can offer a lot or a little, every contribution matters. Get in touch and let's chat about how you can get involved.