LANCE G. Powell Jr.

Product / Design / Community / Development / Social Content Creator / Writer / Speaker /Researcher...in VR


  • Oversaw the launch of Remio on the Official Meta Store and it's steady growth to 100K+ MAU

  • Facilitating regular update launches with communication across a remote & multicultural team, project quality assurance, coordinating uploads, and release notes

  • Game, level, and sound design for spaces added to Remio, including: WingIt, Rem City, Animal City, and The Mines

  • Maintaining relationships and coordinating events with clients and platform partners

  • Building relationships with customers through the virtual community through in-app communication, prize giveaways, moderation, and qualitative research

  • Coordination across developer, academic, and executive teams for the VR Language app Language City while leading level and game design

  • Project management for an A.I.-driven, 360 video workforce development app and Chinese Horoscope app while also leading level and content design

  • Running an internship program for technical artists and developers on two educational VR apps: 'A Classroom Afloat' and 'Hydroponics'


XR Training / Speaking Events / Podcasts


Content creator

  • The creator and host of VR Special, a semi-improvised, comedy show in multiple Social VR platforms

  • Informational and entertainment content for YouTube and TikTok for Remio, some videos reaching 300K+ views


Wrıter and researcher

  • Toured the Metaverse for my novel 'Mirror Box' and seeking a publisher for a book series called 'NON'

  • Contributor and interviewer in VR's early days to the consumer market through my blog on Medium and the first ever lifestyles magazine for Social VR

  • Contributor and interviewer in VR's early days to the consumer market through my blog on Medium and the first ever lifestyles magazine for Social VR

  • Wrote fundamental research on virtual worlds called A Framework for Understanding and Detecting Harassment in Social VR for Masters Cognitive Science degree at Boğaziçi University


Rec Room Creator

Have built several rooms in the world's #1 Social VR platform Rec Room


VR Developer

Creator of the VR Penny Arcade and VR Kangaroo Simulator (first- ever kangaroo-based exercise app for VR)