Ben Woodford
Co-Founder at Spawnpoint
England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolBen Woodford is a VR engineer and entrepreneur with 11 years' experience building immersive, location-based multiplayer systems. As Co-Founder of Spawnpoint and CEO/CTO of Fennec Labs he leads development of one of the industry’s most scalable freeroam VR platforms, combining systems design with operational know-how for arcades worldwide. Previously as Engineering Lead at SpringboardVR he founded core distribution and venue management tooling, then scaled a small team to deliver reliable, maintainable products. Ben’s strength is translating complex networking and untethered VR constraints into performant, production-ready experiences that work at scale. He pairs a first-class honours degree in Computer Games and Programming with hands-on expertise across Unity, Unreal and bespoke multiplayer stacks. Less obvious: his background includes Kinect-era innovations and a habit of shipping pragmatic, venue-focused features rather than chasing experimental demos.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games and Programming, First Class with Honours, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Games and Programming, First Class with Honours at Staffordshire University
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Github Skills (200)
htc-vive10
automation10
udp10
home-automation10
hardware10
vrtk10
privacy10
python10
home-assistant10
mqtt10
graph10
garden10
mrtk10
hololens10
indoor-positioning10
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
FennecLabsLtd/libsurvive
Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
Lightweight HTC Vive Library
Contributions:1 release, 6 pushes, 1 tag in 1 year 9 months
vivehtcandroidhtc-vive
FennecLabsLtd/VRUtilityBelt
May 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:86 commits, 1 PR, 97 pushes in 6 months
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