With over ten years of industry experience, Sean Ong is a thought leader who has published on topics ranging from holographic computing to the economics of clean energy systems. As founder of the tech company Ong Innovations, Sean and his team actively work with clients around the globe to push the boundaries of mixed reality and holographic computing. He is also co-founder of a robotics platform company, Laborbot - where he is actively developing a VR telepresence and AI robotic system.

Sean previously worked with EMI Consulting, Navigant and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, working on technical and economic analysis for renewable energy and energy efficiency systems.

Away from work, Sean enjoys time with his family, hiking, and tinkering with microcontrollers, 3D printing, computer vision and robotics. He also frequently publishes technology-related videos and articles and enjoys engaging with his 40,000+ subscribers on YouTube.

Sean graduated in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Physics from Seattle Pacific University. He received a Master of Engineering in 2013 from Colorado School of Mines. Sean is currently based in Austin, TX.

Varun Kumar Siddaraju is a holographic and mixed reality engineer at Ong Innovations. He is at the forefront of Ong Innovation's effort to push the intersection between energy, engineering and holographic computing. Varun is also an experienced researcher and published author at Texas State University. His research includes the development of Augmented Reality applications to extract useful indoor environment coordinates from spatial computing devices, and development of facet models for Ray Tracing algorithms. Varun is skilled in Matlab, OpenCV, Unity, C#, and C++. He holds a Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering from Texas State University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University. Varun is currently based near Austin, TX.

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