Kalan Ray is a VR Director and co-founder of VKTRY Creative Studios, as well as Development Supervisor at Magnopus. He is an animator, programmer, and designer whose work has contributed to the Emmy-Nominated interactive experiences Mission:ISS, Pixar’s Coco VR, and Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab, as well as CNNVR, and Martin Scorsese's The Audition. An expert in rapid prototyping and previsualization, Kalan has supervised and creatively contributed to development in feature films, television, commercials, music videos, theme park rides, video games, and VR experiences. His film credits include The Jungle Book, Fantastic4, and Star Trek: Beyond, at many prestigious visual effects companies, including DreamWorks, Pixomondo, and Bad Robot. Kalan is a member of the Television Academy. He was born and raised in Barstow, and holds a degree in Linguistics from the University of California at Long Beach.