Filmmakers whose films were chosen to appear in the 2025 Seattle AI Film Festival.
Joey Sipos is a game developer by trade with a passion for video and music production. Born and raised in Seattle, he studied Computer Science and landed a job at Microsoft at just 19 years old, where he had the opportunity to work on his favorite title, Microsoft Flight Simulator. In 2016, Joey founded his own virtual reality game studio, 5D Realities, where he has served as CEO for the past nine years. He’s best known for creating the VR games Glider Island and Glider Sim, available on Steam the Meta Quest headset. In his free time, Joey enjoys composing music with his MIDI keyboard and Ableton Live, and often works remotely while traveling, pursuing creative projects in video and music production. Over the past decade, he’s been deeply fascinated by the rise of artificial intelligence and is committed to exploring its creative potential as the technology evolves.
On the cusp of an AI-driven revolution, we find ourselves at the crossroads of progress and uncertainty. As society stands on the edge of rapid, transformative change, the time to awaken and prepare is now. Welcome to the New Age delves into the rise of AI—its immense power, its boundless promise, and the profound questions it leaves in its wake. Are we entering an era of limitless potential, or racing toward a future we cannot handle?