AWE USA 2024

Sally Slade
Lead XR Technical Artist
Genies

Sally is the Lead XR Technical Artist at Genies in Los Angeles. She is a veteran immersive developer, and has shipped Virtual Production, VTubing, VR, and Mixed Reality utilities and games to nearly every platform available since 2016.

Sally began her career journey in VFX, working as a Technical Director for Academy Award winning studios Digital Domain and Scanline VFX. After nearly a decade of contribution and over 30 IMDB credits to her name, she made a pivot from film to games.

Landing at Magnopus, she was personally nominated as Reality Mixer of the Year by Microsoft for her HoloLens utility, Muralize. She was then drafted to work as User Experience Lead on the groundbreaking Virtual Production system used by Disney’s The Lion King.

She went on to co-found a real-time animation studio based on her “virtual production for anime” software, Vodcasto, before finally arriving at Genies.

Recognized as an "Inspiring Immersive Creator" by Forbes, Sally actively shares her expertise as a mentor, author, and public speaker, engaging with colleagues and students worldwide.