Is this the real Kim Libreri (left)? If so, he's the CTO of Epic Games.

Epic Games’ Kim Libreri on how real the metaverse can look

If there is a small circle of people to ask how realistic we can get when we try to make a world seem flawlessly realistic in the metaverse, Kim Libreri is one of those people.

Libreri has had a long career at the intersection of movies, special effects, games, technology, and science fiction. He created the famous “bullet time” scene in the original film, The Matrix. And he made the shift from linear film to visual technology for games, and he now the chief technology officer of Epic Games. And he has made some memorable demos at Epic like Hellblade, Siren, and A Boy and His Kite. He also happens to have a cameo role in the The Matrix Resurrections film that came out in December with original stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.