Michael Mares Mendoza is a visionary tech-artist with a desert heart and a cosmic compass. He fuses augmented reality, historical narrative, and public art into immersive journeys that live between the physical and the digital. Michael crafts experiences that are as thoughtful as they are adventurous. Part strategist, part storyteller, he navigates grant writing, federal contracting, and startup operations with the same fluency he brings to curating AR pilgrimages honoring the Virgin Mary or building archival tributes to Comanche Chief Quanah Parker. His work dances across dimensions—always rooted in place, always reaching for the fantastical. Above all, he believes in collaboration over competition, accessible tech, and the power of narrative to anchor memory, identity, and innovation.
Neema Rezaee
Founder & CTO
Neema Rezaee is the architect of the unseen—the engineer who turns visionary sparks into living, breathing systems. As augzoo®’s CTO and co-owner, Neema is the technical backbone behind the magic, building robust architectures that make location-based AR feel effortless, scalable, and future-ready. From AWS GovCloud solutions to zero-code editors for creators, Neema translates complexity into clarity, designing infrastructures that balance enterprise-grade security with playful accessibility. He’s not just writing firmware—he’s charting the pathways that let AR stories stretch across deserts, cities, and skies without breaking stride. Equal parts problem-solver and innovator, Neema has a knack for spotting where tech meets possibility, ensuring augzoo’s tools don’t just work, but work beautifully at scale. His fingerprints are all over augzoo’s evolution: resilient systems, fluid user experiences, and the hidden engines that carry art into augmented worlds.
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Founded in 2016, augzoo is a pioneer in mobile application design and publishing,
specializing in immersive augmented reality experiences. Our platform brings cultural stories to life, enhances brand activations, and transforms conferences into interactive experiences. Whether through location-based AR, Mixed Reality solutions, or custom-built AR channels, augzoo empowers businesses, artists, and event organizers to engage like never before.
Born from years of R&D and public art experimentation, augzoo blends storytelling, cultural preservation, and location-based media into unforgettable experiences. Our new Storyboard tools make it easy to animate characters, place 3D content, and build walkable AR scenes with no code required—whether you're making live-action animation, educational trails, or brand activations.
From public parks to pop-ups, museums to mobile screens, we build sustainable AR solutions for nonprofits, creatives, and enterprise clients alike. Whether on-site or remote, augzoo helps you Augment Your World®.
Publish your own augmented reality channel through the augzoo® platform today!