ZEBRAR - Key Persons


Andrew Lodge

Job Titles:
  • Visual Effects Supervisor
Andrew is a Visual Effects Supervisor, with over 16 years experience in CGI for the Film and TVC industry. He has worked at the top post houses including Animal Logic, MPC and Method Studios. His work includes Lego Star Wars for Cartoon Network, Marvel's Iron Man and The Hunger Games to name a few. As well as the award winning ‘Bombing of Darwin' VR experience.

John Doolan

Job Titles:
  • Technology Director
John is one of Australia's leading Software Engineers and Graphics Programmers. He has been coding since he was 8 and he is the founder of the Official UE4 Sydney Meetup. He was the first in Australia to create code to handoff from Vuforia to ARKit/ARCore, he built a platform that enables any screen to become interactive with a webcam, he created a world first AR rotational skyline tracking system and has developed multiple machine learning models.

Saxon Dixon

Job Titles:
  • Experience Director
Saxon is one of Australia's top Real-Time Artists and a leading Experience Director for Immersive Technologies. With an extensive background in the video games industry, Saxon was one of the first in Australia to work in Mixed Reality. He designs striking and optimal user experiences in everything from Mobile AR to VR.

Simone Barker - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
Simone is a seasoned experiential, design and visual effects producer of over 25 years working in New York, London and Sydney. She has produced a variety of content including global channel rebrands, bespoke large format content and feature films. Since co-founding Virtual Immersive in 2017, she has managed the growth of the business, producing jobs all over the world including mixed reality activations and installations for clients such as Salesforce, Accenture, IBM and Optus.