VALIS MISSION
VALIS studio’s core mission is to revolutionize the entertainment & education industries by creating and monetizing intelligent AI-driven virtual characters via partnership with premier IP owners.
We envision a future where artists have full control over their digital identities, enabling them to preserve their legacies and create new opportunities in an AI-driven world.
They are an IP holder’s dream, enabling versions of the artist/educator otherwise impossible — any age, any career stage, any language.
For the first time in history, we have the technical capability to implement hyper-realistic AI-driven digital doubles of iconic Musical Artists, Actors, Educators…
OUR MISSION IS TO IMMORTALIZE ICONIC ARTISTS AND PRESERVE THEIR LEGACY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
VIRTUAL HUMANS
Virtualization enables the artist or icon to be anywhere in the world, at any age, speak any language, preserve legacy, achieve immortality.
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Creating cinematic, game-engine driven, immersive content for existing and emerging digital platforms
XR/EXPERIENTIAL
The dynamic fusion of Digital and Physical. Transporting the viewer via immersive storytelling to a new space where anything is possible
TEAM
Peter Martin
FOUNDER + CEO
Peter is an Academy Award nominated & Emmy winning Producer. He is a Creative Futurist and a recognized thought leader in next generation entertainment.
Peter embraces emerging technology to create engaging, immersive content, his erudition extending to virtual character creation, gen AI, holograms, and immersive storytelling in VR and XR. Peter is a valued thought leader and has been a keynote speaker about the future of virtual humans and storytelling at conferences around the world.
Peter has Directed a number of pioneering virtual productions: M.I.A. & Janelle Monae Audi A3 launch holographic duet, Run the Jewels "Crown" VR music video for New York Times VR, Capturing Everest, an Emmy Winning 4-part series for Life VR, Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue in VR, and the Smithsonian Museum Cinematic 6dof VR for Intel.
He created an immersive music experience with Justin Timberlake’s “Montana” for Paul Allen’s MoPop. And i 2020 he Produced “The March VR”. a groundbreaking Virtual Production for Time magazine, featuring a virtual representation of Martin Luther King performing his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech in front of a crowd of 300,000 people at the Lincoln Memorial.
Emiliya Gureyeva
HEAD OF EXPERIENTIAL
Emiliya has Produced and Creatively Directed the majority of the VR and immersive experiences for VALIS.
Ari Palitz
PRODUCER
Ari Palitz is an award winning Director and Producer in feature film, documentary, commercial, music videos and virtual reality. Palitz produced the live action elements for Arcade Fire’s “The Wilderness Downtown,” directed by Chris Milk. This interactive video went on to win the Gran Prix at the 2011 Cannes advertising awards in the Cyber category as well as the FWA (favorite website of the year) Award.
He has also entered into the world of Virtual Reality story telling – working as a Producer with Here Be Dragons and Within on: Clouds over Sidra, Waves of Grace, “The Possible” series, U2’s “Song for Someone”, NYT “Take Flight”, and 30 episodes of TRVLR for Discovery VR and Google.
Ari has been the lead producer on both the Justin Timberlake and MLK “March on Washington”productions.
He is a specialist in conversational ai avatars, working with the pioneering ai company Storyfile, before setting up his own studio Narrator, a key partner to VALIS studios ai avatar projects.
Lauren Selig
LEAD ADVISOR
Lauren is an entrepreneur and executive with a 18-year track record of global impact in the entertainment, real-estate and start-up communities. Selig executive produced the Elton John biopic Rocketman, the Academy Award winning film Hacksaw Ridge directed by Mel Gibson, and American Made starring Tom Cruise
In the immersive space, Selig was the Head of IMAX VR and created the Facebook 360 studio bringing important content strategies to the emerging VR ecosystem, with a major focus on key areas such as audience development, talent partnerships, and community building.
Lauren has Executive Produced multiple projects for V.A.L.I.S. including the Smithsonian American Museum of Art VR project and Justin Timberlake’s immersive project for Paul Allen’s Vulcan. She also partnered us with Endemol to produce the first virtual reality summit of Mt. Everest.
Selig's other up and coming development projects include Neal Stephenson's best selling sci fi book The Diamond Age, the documentary Dudamel with Participant and live entertainment events world wide.
