• Hi!
    I'm Degly

    Senior XR Specialist & CEO
    Mentored over 700+ creators globally
    Regular Speaker at AI/XR conferences
    Featured at MWC 2025 & MIT

  • Building the
    Future of XR

    Global partnerships with MIT, KDDI, Meta
    Apple Vision Pro presenter at MWC 2025
    291M+ XR interactions on Social Networks

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About Me

Who Am I?

Hey I'm Degly Pava, Senior Extended Reality Specialist and CEO in Tokyo, Japan. I've mentored 700+ developers globally, created 291M+ AR interactions, and built partnerships with MIT, KDDI, and Meta.

Featured at MWC 2025 with Apple Vision Pro demo • Developed STYLY platform hosting 50,000+ XR experiences • Global XR community leader

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Computer Engineering

Augmented and Virtual Realities

Innovative Technologies

Research and Innovation Focus

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@deglypava

Speaking & Leadership

Global Impact & Recognition

XRTokyo - AI/XR Glasses Talk August 2025

Featured Speaker - Presented on the intersection of AI and XR Glasses technology at XRTokyo. Discussed emerging trends in spatial computing, AI integration in XR experiences, and the future of wearable mixed reality devices.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 February 2025

Featured Presenter - Showcased Apple Vision Pro game "Astroscoop" as part of KDDI's XR innovation showcase. Demonstrated cutting-edge spatial computing and immersive gaming experiences to global audience of 100,000+ attendees.

MIT Reality Hack & Partnerships 2024-2025

Strategic Partner & Mentor - Built bilateral partnerships between STYLY and MIT for XR innovation. Mentored student teams, provided technical guidance, and facilitated collaboration between academia and industry.

Tokyo Game Show & Global Events 2024-2025

Industry Speaker - Featured at Tokyo Game Show, SushiTech, AWE, and other major industry events. Presented on XR development, global community building, and emerging technologies to international audiences.

Developer Community Leadership 2021-Present

Global Mentor & Educator - Led technical workshops across US, Korea, Latin America, and Japan. Mentored 700+ developers through hands-on training, code reviews, and career guidance in XR technologies.

My Work

Recent Work

You can find some of my amazing projects here, if you want more information about them just check out my GitHub, Instagram or the videos included in some of them.

What's new?

Latest Experience

Senior Extended Reality Specialist – Manager at STYLY Inc. July 2024 – Present

  • Coordinated a Unity-based space exploration game demo designed for Apple Vision Pro called Astroscoop, showcased at MWC 2025 as part of KDDI’s forward-looking XR initiative; contributed to STYLY’s growing reputation in immersive gaming and experiences.
  • Led global developer outreach and bilingual partnerships for STYLY, facilitating collaboration between Japanese and international teams; built strategic relationships with MIT, Parsons School of Design, and leading XR developers across the US, Korea, and Latin America.
  • Drove platform growth through mentorship, technical workshops, and global event presence—supporting over 700 developers and contributing to a catalog of 50,000+ published XR contents; featured at Tokyo Game Show, MIT Reality Hack, SushiTech, AWE, and other major industry events.

Senior Unity AR Engineer, Solution Division at Pretia Technologies October 2023 – July 2024

  • Developed core AR systems powering mobile games like ARPuzzleGame, AnimalPal, and ARgamemadeEZ, released in 173 countries and featured at Universal Studios Japan.
  • Collaborated with global gaming giants including CAPCOM and Nintendo, leading cross-functional teams and managing external developers to deliver polished AR gameplay experiences.
  • Pioneered AR glasses development through Qualcomm’s AR Developer Pathfinders Program, focusing on multi-device collaboration, seamless UX, and high-performance mobile-to-headset interactions.

Founder / XR Engineer at Omni Applications LLC & LucidDreams S.A.S April 2021 – September 2023

  • Created and launched high-impact AR experiences across TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat driving over 291 million lifetime interactions and helping brands deliver immersive marketing and gaming campaigns through full-platform XR strategies.
  • Lead XR developer events in Colombia in collaboration with XRCol, building strong ties with the Meta Oculus Start community and supporting local creators; prototyped original game demos including an environment-reactive VR shooter built for spatial gameplay.
What can I do?

Here are some of my skills

VR/AR/XR Developer

Working and learning everyday to finally fool everybody's brain

Startup Enthusiast

Founder of Omni Applications, LucidDreams and La Panadería Gourmet

S&Computer Engineer

“Scientists study the world as it is; engineers create the world that has never been.”

Photonics

It's incredible how much information our eyes receive..

Languages

I can translate your name to Español, Français, 한국어 or 日本語

Social Skills

Music Production, DJing, Photography and Sports, I'll be able to do everything

Projects
Research groups
Awards
Visited countries

Professional Certificates

Meta Oculus Start Developer

Top Voted MIT / Hackathon Mentor

Apple Vision Pro Developer

Meta Spark Creator AR Certification

Unity and C# Proficiency

VR and AR game development using multiple SDKs

User Experience User Experience & Interaction Design for AR/VR/MR/XRamp; Interaction Design for AR/VR/MR/XR

AR AR & Video Codec Streaming Services Emerging Techamp; Video Codec Streaming Services Emerging Tech

Experienced in Global Relationship and Partnerships

Education

Certified Education

Master of Science in Imaging and Light in Extended Realities

  • IMLEX Program Scholarship
  • Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
  • Manutech-Sleight Scholarship
  • BRMI Scholarship

University of Eastern Finland (Finland), Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan), University Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne (France) and KU Leuven (Belgium)

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá

  • Best Highschool Graduates of Colombia - Full Scholarship

DNA Music Academy, Bogotá, Colombia

The HIVE at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

  • HoloBrain 2.0 2018 - 2021
  • Online Clinical Simulation 2019 - 2021
  • Mr. Manikin 2019 - 2021

Honors & Awards

Programa crédito beca - COLFUTURO (Colombia)

Full Masters Program scholarship for the best students in Colombia

Bourse de la région Auvergne Rhône Alpes (BRMIE)

Scholarship from the Région Auvergne Rhône Alpes in France

MANUTECH SLEIGHT

Scholarship and Certificate from Université of Lyon and Université Jean-Monnet

Erasmus Mundus

Mobility Award from the University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu (2021)

ERASMUS - IMLEX

Full tuition scholarship from the ERASMUS IMLEX Consortium (2021-2023)

ELAP - VIRS Award

Government of Canada & The University of British Columbia (2019-2021)

Purdue Fellowship

Grant for research at IronHacks - Purdue University (2018)

Full Scholarship

Best Graduates of Colombia, National University of Colombia (2013-2019)

Skills & Impact

XR Leadership & Technical Expertise

XR Community Impact

200+ members across 4 countries

Technical Expertise

Tech Stack

Career Focus Distribution

Pre-2021

Previous Experience

Founder and Developer at Omni Applications L.L.C. 2020

Company specialized in providing augmented reality solutions for e-commerce, retail, healthcare, marketing & advertising, gaming, education, industrial and associated sectors. Our goal is to bring Augmented and Virtual Reality to the regular customer. Based in The United States

XR Development Fellowship 2018-2019

As a Visiting International Research Scholar in Canada I was in charge of the first version of the HoloBrain project in collaboration with the Microsoft Garage Internship programme. Developed a volumetric rendering of an MRI scanned brain efficient enough to work on HoloLens v1 .

Lead Developer 2017-2019

Developed a NetLogo software based on Industrial Engineering classes of Product Management. This simulation was focused in the areas of Material Requirements Planning and Scheduling

IronHacks Fellow and Developer @ Purdue 2018

One of the researchers who made Purdue - UNAL Fall IronHacks 2018 a reality. Also, developed a HTML and Amazon Web Services (AWS) research based software focused on helping civil engineers and architects find the best way to build an energy efficient building by using data obtained from EnergyPlus processing, Open Data and Matlab Cloud Computing for costs calculation.

Teacher Asset-Tutores 2016-2018

Give out classes for school and college students in need to improve their knowledge and their skills in a certain topic related to English, Mathematics, Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and related.

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