Dekker Dreyer (born November 16, 1980) is an American multi-disciplinary artist working in film, visual art, and music also known as Phantom Astronaut. He is a prominent creator in virtual and augmented reality. Early life Dreyer was born on November 16, 1980 in Daytona Beach, Florida. His parents briefly performed traveling puppet shows with the family living out of the show's tour van. He spent longer periods living in New York City, Ventura, Cape Cod, and Central Florida. He attended Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, an arts magnet high school. Dreyer claims that due to living over a hundred miles outside of the local area his parents maintained a local apartment for him and that he would travel home each weekend. Artistry Dreyer works in a variety of mediums with themes intersecting around the subconscious, folklore, technology, and criticism of social systems. His work can be broadly categorized as surreal and often Fantastique. Virtual and Augmented Reality Dreyer has been called a VR pioneer by both Entrepreneur and MovieMaker. He is considered a prominent artist in immersive media and created the VR / AR Producing course at Columbia College Chicago Online. At the studio he co-founded, Clever Fox, he created and directed two of the first scripted original series in VR, The Depths and Broadcast. He has also created XR experiences for musical artists Bootsy Collins, Devo and Disturbed. His augmented reality live experience The Summoning has been called a "First of its kind" by UploadVR and received wide recognition for its innovative use of technology and creativity. Subsequent projects include the collaborative storytelling project What We Leave Behind. In 2019 he released Lucid, an immersive visual album, under his Phantom Astronaut persona. Films Dekker's first film Closed Circuit, was commissioned by Miramax to accompany the feature Naqoyqatsi, was shown at the 2002 Slamdance Film Festival. His first feature-length project The Arcadian, depicts a fascist post-apocalyptic world, starring Lance Henriksen with the music of Perturbator which was released on collector's edition VHS alongside international midnight screenings. He is also a music video director, his directorial output includes Mystery Skulls official music video for the single Music and Snowblood's "I'm Ready". He collaborated again with Mystery Skulls in 2022 to create holographic visuals for the "Beam Me Up" Tour. Dreyer has spoken at events such as The Cannes Film Festival and Sundance. Music Dreyer is known musically as Phantom Astronaut