Daniel passed away on November 15, 2024. The Polys team and the global XR community mourns his loss. This bio is dated to 2022. Please enjoy the legacy of his passion and wisdom in his appearances on The Polys, the WebXR Summit Series, and MetaTr@versal.
Daniel Dyboski-Bryant is a humanitarian committed to XR for good. His personal mission is to explore, drive and share the development and application of benevolent and meaningful and impactful experiences with emerging technologies.
Daniel is the Executive Director of the Virtual World Society – a US non-profit – leading their mission to inspire and enable people to thrive, solve problems and create positive impact with emerging technologies. Since 2015, the VWS has run projects around the globe with families, schools and communities; has recognised and celebrated achievements in the XR community; and has contributed thought leadership to the industry.
Daniel co-founded Educators in VR in 2018 to bring together a global community of 3500 educators pioneering the integration of VR for learning, teaching and beyond. He specializes in R.I.S.E. – Remote Immersive Synchronous Experiences and Education. Educators in VR has run more than 3000 virtual events, workshops, presentations and conferences. In Feb 2020, two weeks before Covid 19 arrived, Educators in VR hosted the 2020 International Educators in VR Summit – a 6-day, 24/7, fully immersive VR conference on 5 platforms with 170 speakers, 150 events and 95% CO2 saving compared with a real-world conference. In May 2021 they ran a similar 30-day conference on 20 immersive VR platforms. Daniel will host the WebXR Production Summit on October 13.
Daniel has been an educator for 25 years, teaching languages, entrepreneurship and innovation and training trainers at colleges, universities and corporations in Germany, England, Wales and online. At Coleg Menai Daniel built and led an immersive learning Lab where he used VR to engage with migrant workers and refugees for which he won Inspire Tutor of the Year award in 2020.
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