2025 Speakers
Mark Schramm, Director of Engineering, Creature
Mark is a leading developer in the XR industry with over 10 years VR, AR, MR & NUI development experience as well as 15 years of experience in software development. He is the director of engineering at Creature, working on "Starship Home", a mixed reality game transforming your living room into the bridge of a starship. Mark was the lead VR developer of the Quest version of "SUPERHOT VR". He is also working on the upcoming mixed reality title "Laser Dance". Based in Canberra, Mark has extensive experience working with remote teams. In addition to him leading other teams, he is an independent XR developer and has released or worked on several critically acclaimed titles such as Gravity Lab, Nighttime Terror, Low-Fi, Technolust and Aussie Sports VR in cooperation with the Australian government. Industry veteran John Carmack called Nighttime Terror "competently done and well executed". Mark has won a Proto Award of the Virtual Reality Foundation for his game "Nighttime Terror" and was nominated for his game "Gravity Lab". Mark is an alumni of the German National Academic Foundation. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Computing and Human Computer Interaction from the Dresden University of Applied Sciences as well as a Graduate Diploma of Computing from the Australian National University.
