Management, Directors and Producers), as well as business unit employees, and the managing board throughout the global organization. Dane oversees the development of projects where previs, virtual production and real-time rendering are making significant in-roads. He manages the deployment of technology that can render high-quality visuals in real-time and works really well with real-world input devices such as mocap and cameras. His hybrid Maya/Unreal approach offers a lot of great advantages and allows his team to more easily provide tools like a virtual camera (Vcam), VR scouting and AR on-set apps. Virtual Reality Smith founded Ember Immersive in 2015 to bring premium cinematic VR experiences to the world through distribution/production of content, products (e.g. cameras), and VR Technology. Smith produced Stan Lee's Cosmic Crusaders VR. The debut episode will be presented in virtual reality, with one episode airing each day during Comic-Con International 2016 via smartphone VR viewers to be handed out at the show. Producers Guild of America Smith is also a member of the PGA as a PGA Innovation Award Jury, Power of Diversity Master workshop and the Animation and Visual Effects Committee. Author Smith curated and expanded the Visual Effects Society Handbook Volume 3 ,as an Editor, wrote contributing content, and curated contributors to The Virtual Production Field Guide V02. He is currently editing a special edition of the VES Handbook, dedicated entirely to Virtual Production. Public Speaking Smith has spoken at multiple engagements including, SIGGRAPH, CES, the PGA Animation Committee panels, ASIFA/WONDERCON panel 2019, Comicon VES, VRLA, LA Games Conference 2019, NAB Shanghai 2019, VR on The LOT, DIGITAL HOLLYWOOD. Otis College of Art and Design Digital Media Panels SXSW 2020, 2021, 2022 Visual Effects Society Vision Committee 2020 IAAPA 2021 EXPO as well as The World Animation & VFX Summit and keynote speaker at NAB 2021 and HPA 2022 Palm Springs, CA Awards 2022 THEA Award Outstanding Achievement – Attraction for The Secret Life of Pets – Off the Leash! at Universal Studios Hollywood 2022 Outstanding Achievement – Technical Innovation for Mario Kart: Koopa's Challenge at Universal Studios Japan 2022 Outstanding Achievement – Theme Park Land for Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan 2019 Promax Games Awards Far Cry 5: Story Trailer 2019 CLIO Kait, Broken Games Award 2017 Telly Awards, Won Bronze Telly for Stan Lee's Cosmic Crusaders: VR Experience 2017 Telly Award Race Through New York with Jimmy Fallon 2016 Academy Awards