Buendea is a group dedicated to technical innovation and breakthroughs in real-time graphics for XR simulation, training, and education. We are passionate about storytelling and creating new forms of shared experiences that bridge the physical and digital.

Our team consists of leaders in the fields of AAA game development, XR, and audio technology with decades of experience, committed to realizing this vision.

Coverage

NASA /Help NASA Develop Virtual Reality to Plan for Future Mars Missions

IGN / NASA Wants To Use Unreal Engine 5 To Prepare Astronauts For Mars

NASA / Mars Immersion: NASA Concepts Bring Precision to New Virtual Reality Experience

CNET / The future of Mars colonization begins with VR and video games

Fortune / NASA is offering $70k as a prize for the best design for a Martian metaverse to help train astronauts

NASA / Mars Immersion: NASA Concepts Bring Precision to New Virtual Reality Experience

NASA Spinoff / NASA Research Sends Video Game Players on a Journey to Mars

Forbes / First Manned Mission To Mars Is A Virtual One, And You Can Tag Along

MIT / Getting real — on Mars

Fortune / How Anyone Can Explore Mars Through Virtual Reality

Phys.Org / Mission to Mars in a 'three-dimensional time machine'

Design Boom / Mars 2030, an immersive virtual reality experience that takes you to the red planet

Fast Company / You Too Can Explore Mars (In VR) Just Like Mark Watney

The Boston Globe / At SXSW, ‘Mars 2030’ offers a virtual tour of the red planet

Road to VR / "NASA-Backed ‘Mars 2030′ Is A Breathtakingly Real Slice Of Martian Landscape The Size Of ‘Skyrim’."

Inverse / “We’re Using A Video Game Engine,” Reyes Said….To Create Something As Scientifically Accurate As Possible.”

Fast Company / What It Would Feel Like To Walk On Mars

Space.com / Mars 2030: What It Was Like to Explore the Red Planet in Virtual Reality

Fast Company / This NASA-approved VR game drops you on Mars and tasks you with surviving

VR Focus / Modding The Red Planet Thanks To Mars 2030 Editor

HP / HP Rockets into Mars Race with Virtual Reality Experience

Buendea was founded by Julian Reyes, developer and thought leader in the XR industry for over 10 years. Julian was Director of Fusion Media Group Labs, a team dedicated to immersive and innovative content creation under the Univision company umbrella. He also leads technology strategy at the eco-innovation group Parley for the Oceans with a focus on generating impact and solutions to protect our Oceans. He awarded Folio's 30 Under 30 Award in 2015 and has had is work featured at SXSW, Nvidia GTC, US Capitol, Tribeca, Geneva Film Festival, and Aspen Ideas Festival. He is Director of Technology for Miami's III Points Festival since 2016. From 2009 to 2014 worked as a producer for Art House Records, award-winning recording studio in Miami, Florida.