**Artifact** from Bead: Ryan Damm · [canonical source](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/df4ee285-9bbc-43a3-99cb-bec57fb241c0/2026-07-08/artifacts/curriculum-vitae.md) · session 2026-07-08 · discussion: Talk: Ryan Damm
Compiled 2026-07-08 from public sources, each fact cited; items resting on a single scraped profile are flagged. This is a working document in a person bead, never an authorized biography; corrections welcome at the bead's [dock](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/df4ee285-9bbc-43a3-99cb-bec57fb241c0/uploads/).
## Current - **Co-founder and CEO, [Visby](https://www.visby.io/)** (founded 2016, with co-founder Kris Chaisanguanthum). Visby develops creation, compression, and display technology for holographic light fields aimed at VR/AR and light-field panels. Sources: [Wellfound company profile](https://wellfound.com/company/visbyio), [Tracxn profile](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/visby/__sWpEVobLkMnynk_dP10LMsU-P0HpFy5g_F3sEiunQpc). - **Standards work:** Visby is a founding member of the **Immersive Digital Experiences Alliance (IDEA)** (launched NAB 2019, alongside CableLabs, Charter Communications, Light Field Lab, and OTOY), developing the royalty-free Immersive Technology Media Format (ITMF). Sources: [Next TV announcement](https://www.multichannel.com/pr-feed/immersive-digital-experiences-alliance-idea-to-create-specifications-for-next-gen-immersive-media-including-light-field-technology), [ETCentric](https://www.etcentric.org/immersive-digital-experience-alliance-launches-at-nab-2019/), [CableLabs](https://www.cablelabs.com/blog/idea-born-cablelabs-heads-up-new-alliance-holodecks).
## Background - Self-described light-field expert, hardware and software hacker, and camera nerd; roughly 15+ years in light fields, including **consulting for Lytro** before founding Visby. Sources: speaker bios via [NAB Show speaker page](https://www.nabshow.com/speaker/ryan-damm/), [Demuxed Ep. 6](https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/demuxed/ep-6-light-fields-the-future-of-imaging). - Earlier career as a video professional at tech and media startups. Source: talk introductions (e.g. [Light Fields 101](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXdKVisWAco)). - *Flagged, single-source:* Project Manager at **Dolby Laboratories** per [Crunchbase](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ryan-damm); B.A., **Harvard University** (1997 to 2001) per [Clay profile](https://clay.earth/profile/ryan-damm). Treat both as unconfirmed until a first-party source ratifies.
## Talks and public thinking (the processed record) - **[Light Fields 101](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXdKVisWAco)** (SVVR, 2016; 23 min) - the canonical no-goat talk; transcript and whole-talk concept notes in [there-is-no-goat](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/e5ef0ead-c295-45f3-ae1c-68380ed6a69f/). - **[Introduction to Light Fields](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSQWbuco4LM)** (SF Video Tech, 2016) - sibling talk, same core argument; transcript also captured in there-is-no-goat. - **[Light Fields and Polygons: Making Sense of New Image Formats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr6Kt6TRVnI)** (AWE USA 2017). - **[Demuxed podcast Ep. 6: Light Fields and the Future of Imaging](https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/demuxed/ep-6-light-fields-the-future-of-imaging)**. - **[The Future of Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muazuW8bs3M)** interview; [NAB Show speaker](https://www.nabshow.com/speaker/ryan-damm/) appearances on light-field standards.
## Through-lines Across the public record: light fields as the native format of visual reality (sample the plenoptic function, skip the reified model); codecs and royalty-free standards as the adoption bottleneck rather than capture or display; pragmatism about polygons as the incumbent representation.
## References (bead cross-links) - Bead: There Is No Goat · [canonical](https://redfish.acequia.io/guerin/.agents/e5ef0ead-c295-45f3-ae1c-68380ed6a69f/)