Press & coverage
On the record.
Every item links to its source. The first list names me. The second covers work I produced, and it names the designer, not me. The third is the event record behind that work.
01 / Names me
Stages, shows, and shout-outs.
- Local Creator Showcase speaker page (opens in a new tab)Speaker bio and talk at The Sheldon.
- Names his day-one ComfyUI MCP build (opens in a new tab)
- Recommends him after he helped create the world premiere of Pell's TEDxMiami 2024 talk, “The Moment of Clarity” (opens in a new tab)
- Xander Simms: Taking Combat Sports into Virtual Reality (opens in a new tab)On Fightopia, his immersive MMA fan-experience concept with UFC welterweight Max Griffin.
- Xander Simms #66 (opens in a new tab)On AI, AR, and fan experience in combat sports.
- Max Griffin's post-fight media session, UFC Fight Night 236 (opens in a new tab)Asked about Fightopia, Griffin credits “my guy Xander at Digital Storytellers” (from 14:27).
- Lists him among the speakers as its Metaverse Navigator (opens in a new tab)Archived copy of the CareerCon22 page (Nov 9–10, 2022).
- Speakers page lists him as NFT SF Emcee, with Sarah Honeycutt (opens in a new tab)Archived copy (the site is offline). Listed under his creator name, Xander Love; the agenda names him Xander Simms.
- Announces him as a panelist for “Meet Me In The Metaverse,” on the future of shopping and digital fashion (opens in a new tab)With Timmu Tõke (Ready Player Me), Zofia Zwieglinska (Glossy) and Sophie Benson (Dazed); moderated by Subham Jain (XR Couture).
- Xander Simms - The Future of Metaverse Art (opens in a new tab)Hosted by Mark Savant and Dr. JC Doornick.
- Official speaker NFT commemorating his NFT.NYC 2022 panel (opens in a new tab)
- Introduces the NFT.NYC 2022 panel “Engaging More Diverse NFT Artists & Collectors” and names him a co-panelist (opens in a new tab)Also names Natalie Trevonne and Ernest Spicer; Edison Ballroom main stage, June 22.
- Launches the Nessa wedding dress and thanks him by name (opens in a new tab)The designer's own launch post; she also thanks Ernest Spicer, Michael Toner and the Threedium team.
- Meet the metaversers: Xander Simms (opens in a new tab)Interview with the creative technologist and founder of Digital Storytellers Inc (the studio's earlier name). Archived copy.
- Ignis Studios announces a Black History Month NFT drop with Natalie Trevonne, Digital Storytellers Inc and Xander Simms (opens in a new tab)Reshared by Natalie Trevonne.
02 / Work I produced
The Nessa Dress, in the press.
Natalie Trevonne's NFT wedding dress for the first Metaverse Fashion Week. These pieces are about Natalie and the dress. I produced its 3D assets, AR filters, renders, and film with Threedium. Read the case study.
- Previewing Metaverse Fashion Week: Digital fashion's big experiment (opens in a new tab)Names Natalie Trevonne's Nessa dress and reports that MVFW chair Cathy Hackl's avatar will wear it. Members-only.Archived copy of the Vogue Business piece (opens in a new tab)
- Disabled AF: How to Build Inclusivity into the Internet of Tomorrow (opens in a new tab)Natalie is the guest; the episode was sponsored by Threedium.
- Natalie Trevonne Shares How She Became The First Blind Fashion Designer To Create Her Own NFT Wedding Dress (opens in a new tab)Profile of the designer, published the week of the premiere.Archived copy of the Essence piece (opens in a new tab)
- The World's First NFT Wedding Dress and Its Designer (opens in a new tab)
- Meet Natalie Trevonne: The First Blind Fashion Designer to Create Her Own NFT Wedding Dress (opens in a new tab)Reports that Cathy Hackl's avatar wore the dress.
- Blind designer proves fashion is limitless (opens in a new tab)Profile of Natalie; notes that Essence and Vogue Business picked up her story.
- Blind Fashion Designer Natalie Trevonne Just Launched Her Own Brand (opens in a new tab)On NYI, the brand Natalie and Ernest Spicer built after the NFT wedding dress.
03 / Event record
Metaverse Fashion Week, 2022.
Context for the work: the event, the Threedium Plaza, and the brands around it. None of these name me.
- Threedium Hosts Global Brands During Metaverse Fashion Week (opens in a new tab)Announces the Threedium Plaza, built with Renovi Studios.Archived copy of the Business Wire · Threedium release piece (opens in a new tab)
- Metaverse Fashion Week is here! (opens in a new tab)
- Threedium opens virtual shopping mall in Decentraland (opens in a new tab)
- Threedium and Craft Worldwide Host GM Experience During Metaverse Fashion Week (opens in a new tab)
- MVFW - Threedium Mall Opening (opens in a new tab)The event listing for the Threedium Plaza's opening.
- 'Gamify more, reward players': Metaverse Fashion Week's producer on the lessons learned (opens in a new tab)Source of the event-wide figure: about 108,000 unique attendees.
- Metaverse Fashion Week to return next year (opens in a new tab)Names Threedium among the returning 3D asset creators, with its own luxury mall.