Carlo "Ceejay" Reyes Bautista Jr.

If you're anything like me, then it’s not enough to just enjoy a thing that you like. You want to know how it works, where it came from, and why it is designed the way that it is. As a kid, I loved finishing a movie and when I couldn't get enough of it, I would turn on the behind-the-scenes to see how it was made; every. little. detail. I would find art books for my favorite shows and video games to see their artistic process throughout development. I would read books or in-game narratives and contemplate the various intricacies of worldbuilding. It’s exciting to learn about how things are created and in my opinion, that background knowledge can truly enrich the engaging experience of entertainment. Sometimes learning the history of a project can give a lot of insight into how the industry around it works and why people initiate any project in the first place.

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One day in 2012, among the likes of Palmer Luckey... I was introduced to the idea of Virtual Reality and how it could potentially change the world, with the anime adaptation release of Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online.

The rest is history.