Arturo J. Real
Virtual Production Engineer
Arturo J. Real is the Virtual Production Engineer for the Master's in Professional Studies within the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He is a Brooklyn-based creative technologist, educator, and storyteller whose work spans photography, film, 3D animation, AI workflows, and real-time XR and event production.
Through his YouTube channel, Arturo teaches Blender, Unreal Engine, and AI tools as part of the creative process, treating technical skills as a means of bringing creative ideas to life. He is also the Logistics and Operations Lead for XR Motion, a community of more than 800 motion designers, 3D artists, and XR practitioners.
Before joining Tisch, Arturo served as Product Operations Manager at the leading energy intelligence platform, Arcadia, as Community and Product Operations Manager at the light field hologram company, Looking Glass, and as Preceptor and Technologist in Photo and Video Production at Harvard University’s flagship computer science course, CS50.
As part of the Martin Scorsese Virtual Production Center team, he brings his experience to support students as they move from concept to finished work on the stage.