ABOUT
We design the conditions where technology, people, and meaning become energized.
Natural Realities is not just a creative studio, and not just a tech consultancy. We work with educational institutions, creative organizations, and design-led businesses to help them adopt new technologies with both deep technical expertise and a human-centered perspective.
Our advantage isn't a single technology. It's a founding team whose combined experience spans nearly the entire lifecycle of creative technology — from pioneering computer graphics and media production to higher education, organizational transformation, and applied AI. We help organizations navigate technological change and build systems that will still make sense five years from now.
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Technical & production excellence. Grounded in decades of shipping real work across VFX, animation, media, and emerging technologies.
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Human, organizational, and long-term impact. Every decision evaluated for how it changes and applies people, teams, and the systems they work in.
EXPERIENCE ACROSS STUDIOS, INSTITUTIONS, AND
GLOBAL CREATIVE-TECHNOLOGY COMMUNITIES
ILM · Digital Domain · Northeastern University · ACM SIGGRAPH · VIEW Conference · UIUC · SVA · Vogue · ESPM · RTC · Infinity Festival ·
Terrence brings three decades of experience shaping how organizations adapt, innovate, and lead through disruptive change in media, education, and technology. A computer-graphics pioneer, producer, author, and educator, his career spans Industrial Light & Magic, Digital Domain, founding roles at Warner Bros. and The Trumbull Company, the original digital method for South Park, SIGGRAPH Conference Chair (2010), and a decade chairing MFA Computer Arts at the School of Visual Arts.
CO-FOUNDER · EXECUTIVE INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
HE ANSWERS:
→ Where is the industry heading?
→ What does executive leadership need to consider?
→ How does this fit into long-term creative production and business strategy?
CO-FOUNDER · APPLIED INNOVATION & IMPLEMENTATION
Rochele has transdisciplinary experience as emerging-technologist, strategist, designer, and researcher working where media, education, fashion, AI, processis, and complex systems collide. In higher education, she led innovation across digital twins and real-time motion capture, co-authored UIUC and SVA's first formal generative AI guidance, and co-built AI & Filmmaking course partnered with Runway. She brings a holistic and human-centered perspective to technology implementation.
SHE ANSWERS:
→ Which technologies are mature enough to implement or in experimental phase?
→ How should they integrate into existing workflows?
→ How do we build systems people actually want to use?
FOUNDERS
Two complementary perspectives.
One founder has helped shape the fields people now take for granted. The other asks how the next generation of technologies should be introduced — responsibly, creatively, and effectively.
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Emerging Technologies Strategy
Executive advisory and program design for organizations moving through technological transitions. Curriculum, production pipelines, capability building, and roadmap work grounded in decades of industry perspective.
SERVICES
How we work with educational institutions, creative organizations, and design-led businesses.
"Every important decision is evaluated from two perspectives: technical and production excellence, and human, organizational, and long-term impact. That dual lens is part of how we work."
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Sustainable Innovation
Building responsible workflows and long-horizon systems that help organizations expand into new markets and conversations while protecting craft, people, and the planet.
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Strategy & Opportunity Assessment
Identify which problems your technology, product, or expertise is best positioned to solve, and which emerging technologies, markets, and audiences offer the strongest return.
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Partnerships & Positioning
Activate our combined global networks to connect you with collaborators, institutional partners, and strategic opportunities — and clarify how to position complex technology or research for investors, partners, and the public without losing its sophistication.
CONTACT
Let's talk about what's next for your organization.
Whether you're preparing for a major technological transition, rethinking a program, or building something new — we'd like to hear from you.