I'm Rich Watson, a senior immersive producer with 10+ years delivering XR experiences across Meta Spark AR, Horizon Worlds, and XR SDK. As founder and CEO of Augmented Hype, I've built and scaled an XR production studio, delivering £500K+ in projects for Disney, Coca-Cola, Fox, Nestlé, Ogilvy, and Deloitte, while leading multi-disciplinary teams, budgets, and client relationships from brief to delivery. As a Meta Horizon Start Partner and speaker at Meta strategy events, I’ve optimised production workflows for global campaigns that engage 100K+ users with zero delivery delays. I’m excited to bring this production excellence to Visualise 4 to help brands realize bolder visions with flawless execution.

Rich Watson

I'm Rich Watson, a senior immersive producer with 10+ years delivering XR experiences across Meta Spark AR, Horizon Worlds, and XR SDK. As founder and CEO of Augmented Hype, I've built and scaled an XR production studio, delivering £500K+ in projects for Disney, Coca-Cola, Fox, Nestlé, Ogilvy, and Deloitte, while leading multi-disciplinary teams, budgets, and client relationships from brief to delivery. As a Meta Horizon Start Partner and speaker at Meta strategy events, I’ve optimised production workflows for global campaigns that engage 100K+ users with zero delivery delays. I’m excited to bring this production excellence to Visualise 4 to help brands realize bolder visions with flawless execution.

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I’m Rich Watson, a senior immersive producer with 10+ years delivering XR experiences across Meta Spark AR, Horizon Worlds, and XR SDK. As founder and CEO of Augmented Hype, I’ve built and scaled an XR production studio, delivering £500K+ in projects for Disney, Coca-Cola, Fox, Nestlé, Ogilvy, and Deloitte, while leading multi-disciplinary teams, budgets, and client relationships from brief to delivery.

As a Meta Horizon Start Partner and speaker at Meta strategy events, I’ve optimised production workflows for global campaigns that engage 100K+ users with zero delivery delays. I’m excited to bring this production excellence to Visualise 4 to help brands realize bolder visions with flawless execution.

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Intermediate
Intermediate

Language

English
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Work Experience

CEO & Executive Producer at Augmented Hype
January 1, 2023 - Present
Founded and scaled XR production studio; delivered £500K+ in projects for Disney, Coca-Cola, Fox, Nestlé, Ogilvy, Deloitte. Managed multi-disciplinary teams, budgets, and client relationships from brief to delivery.
Meta Horizon Start Partner at Meta
March 1, 2024 - Present
Selected for Meta's global XR programme, managing complex production workflows.
Production Lead at HyperNest
January 1, 2022 - October 20, 2025
Production lead for Web3 accelerator DAO, coordinating technical delivery.
Senior Campaign Producer at Productpreneur / Webtopia
March 22, 2020 - Present
Managed eCommerce & SaaS project delivery with Meta ads; oversaw budgets and stakeholder communication.
Founder & Producer at Oneironaut Media
March 20, 2019 - Present
Delivered £500k+ eCom projects via Facebook funnels; managed end-to-end project lifecycles.
Production Manager at Internet MBA Group
March 19, 2018 - Present
Scaled subscription/eCom brands through systematic project delivery.
Shopify Expert at Shopify
March 18, 2016 - Present
Project lead building/mentoring eCom businesses worldwide.

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Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services