John Gwinner

John won second place in a High School science fair for a report and math about special relativity, and has kept looking for the rocket-ship that would let him do the practical demonstration.

John joined the Marine Corps post college, where he implemented Base Area Networks, RFID systems, databases, and communications software - serving as CTO for several organizations.

John has been involved in VR since the last big wave - he developed a VR interface for CompuServe during the last wave of VR. He helped create VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) and Web3D with a focus toward PC’s, and put early versions of XML on the web. He was a returning speaker at the Game Developer Convention on 3D toolkits, AI, and VR.

John brought a consulting company in SoCal from 16 people to over 350, created offshore support offices, and been both a hands on CTO as well as a manager of managers.

Now that VR is definitely taking off again, John is once again at the forefront, developing VR interfaces to data, architectural visualization, and a bowling game that pits you against garden gnomes.

He is a most viewed writer on Virtual Worlds and Augmented Reality on Quora, answering questions about VR and its future direction.