Azad Balabanian is a Cinematographer and Photogrammetry Artist specializing in Virtual Reality.

His work has been featured by DJI, Oculus Medium, and the Institute for the Future, as a creative technologist pushing the medium in a new direction. 

His work is largely based around a 3D mapping technique called Photogrammetry, which produces photorealistic 3D reconstruction of places from around the world. His love for Aerial Cinematography has taken him from Iceland to Armenia, creating cinematic short films, and documenting a vast amount of history.

He is the Dir. of Photogrammetry at Realities.io and hosted the Research VR Podcast from 2016-2021, hosting discussions about the Science and Design of Virtual Reality and Spatial Computing.

Azad was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon and Palo Alto, CA, he currently resides in San Francisco.

Contact

az@azadux.com