The Khronos Group
Mike Festa is a seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in 3D content creation and augmented reality. Currently serving as the Vice Chair of 3D Commerce at The Khronos Group, Mike guides efforts to enhance the accessibility and realism of 3D product models. As the Chief Technology Officer at Super DNA 3Dlab, Mike leads a talented team in developing photo-realistic 3D models for eCommerce. Mike is also the founder of FestaTech, providing consultancy for brands adopting 3D technologies. Earlier roles include Core Venture Partner at Underscore VC, Founder and CEO of 3XR Inc., and Director of Wayfair Next, where Mike oversaw the integration of 3D technologies. Educational credentials include a BS in Computer Science from The George Washington University and attendance at the United States Air Force Academy.
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The Khronos Group
The people listed below are not employees of Khronos, but are the volunteers, work group chairs and paid subcontractors that help make the Khronos Group so productive The Khronos® Group was founded in January of 2000 by leading media-centric companies as a not-for-profit, member-funded consortium. Khronos and its members organizations (currently comprised of 110+ organizations ranging across business and academia) are dedicated to the creation of royalty-free, open standards for authoring, accelerating and accessing visual computing on a wide variety of operating systems and devices. Khronos APIs are created by the industry, for the industry with a Board of Promoters that includes some of the biggest companies and institutions in technology. The Khronos Group is recognized as the standard-setter for providing APIs that enable powerful new graphics as well as compute, media authoring and acceleration capabilities on desktop, embedded and mobile platforms. Khronos APIs are utilized not only by operating system vendors, but also in applications ranging from consumer games to scientific visualization--they have become an indispensible enabler for accessing silicon acceleration across devices, developer tools and hardware components. Each API is accompanied by an exhaustive set of conformance tests, which must be passed in order for the API trademark to be utilized by any company implementing a Khronos specification.