Ben Reynolds is a Senior Fellow of Innovation Engineering at the PTC Reality Lab, which he co-founded with Valentin Heun in 2017. Ben studied Computer Science at MIT, where he earned a bachelor's and master's degree. With a background in game design, art, and programming, Ben first experimented with AR in 2013, and in 2017 his master's thesis focused on building a drag-and-drop augmented reality programming tool. Since joining PTC, Ben has been a key technical member of the PTC Reality Lab, including leading the development of the Vuforia Spatial Toolbox spatial computing platform and industrial metaverse research explorations.