About

Over the past 40 years, every major leap in digital life has come from a shift in how humans interact with information: Physical keyboard → capacitive touchscreen → spatial interfaces → AI voice. Each time our interaction model changes, entire industries reinvent themselves.

But one thing has barely changed: the screen — humanity's primary interface with the digital world — is still flat.

We believe the fundamental human desire has always been the same: The digital world should come out into our world, not remain trapped behind a 2D surface.

The Leadership Team

Co-Founder & CEO

Kermit J. Shao

  • 20+ years at the frontier of hardware, computing, human-computer-interface tech. Founded and scaled multiple companies.
  • One IPO and two exits. Founded Speedata in 2008 and led it to IPO (NQ: 832442 China) , and acquired by Newland (SZSE: 000997) at a valuation exceeding US $40 million (2019). Founded Wiseasy in 2012 and exited in 2015; the company was later invested by Qualcomm (2024).
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Co-Founder & CTO

Zhaohan Li

  • Theoretical physicist turned entrepreneur.
  • PhD in physics; Patents in optical rendering and hardware system design.
  • Founded a chip-design team in 2020 and later co-founded CubeVi in 2022, where he leads R&D in spatial display architecture and holographic computing.
Strategic Advisor

Gavin Newton-Tanzer

  • President of AWE Asia and executive board member for the world’s premier XR and Spatial AI association, AWE.
  • Serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold multiple mixed reality and EdTech ventures, including the global platforms Campus360 and CampusXR.
  • Columbia University alumnus and former Carnegie-Tsinghua fellow frequently cited in The Economist and TechCrunch on international tech exchange.

What Drives Us

Every choice we make — from the physics of light to the language of interaction — serves a single purpose: to bring the digital world into true presence.

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Curiosity

A deeper way of seeing. We create technologies that reveal what flat screens hide — opening space for discovery.

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Precision

Light, engineered with intention. From photon behavior to pixel structure, we refine every detail that shapes perception.

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Humanity

Presence that shortens distance. Our work is driven by the belief that connection feels real only when it feels close.

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Playfulness

Joy as a design principle. Immersion is not just fidelity — it’s the spark that turns experience into emotion.

Our Journey

2022
Progress in light-field reconstruction and rendering research, with the first steps in optical design.
Model B1 · RealplayBox One
Holographic photo frame paired with the Realplay app and AI 2D-to-3D tools.
2023
Real-time light-field rendering and early integration with game engines, along with verification of higher-precision optical designs.
Model C1 · Companion One
Holographic companion monitor for PC gamers, powered by CubeStage 1.0.
2024
Breakthroughs in eye-tracked and continuous multi-view light-field interweaving, and steady development of the rendering middleware.
Model C2 · Companion Two
First multiview + eye-tracking dual-view prototype with CubeStage 2.0.
2025
Advances in high-resolution optical design and light-field rendering, plus major progress in correcting and calibrating non-uniformity in large-format optical components.
Model P1 · Playground One
Full-size 3D monitor for gaming and creation, running CubeStage 3.0 and the app store.
2026
Advancing holographic-gateway research, filing core patents, and shaping a product for early user feedback.
2027
Delivering the completed holographic gateway.