FounderLive event producerVR creatorAI Workflow ArchitectSpeakerComedian

KYLE
RENDER

Building in VR since the Oculus DK1 dev kit. Today I’m a live event producer running the longest‑running pro comedy club in VR, with shows people keep coming back for.

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The press room

In the press.

Wall Street Journal: Trapped in the Metaverse
The Wall Street JournalFailed To Render featured in WSJ’s 5.2M-view metaverse video
Variety: Kenan Thompson
VarietyKenan Thompson adds an FTR VR stage to his talent hunt
Professor Raccoon celebrating in confetti on the Failed To Render stage
Raindance Immersive 2023Best Immersive Experience
Also in

The spotlight

On stage. On the mic.

Kyle Render, AWE speaker portrait
AWE USA 2024Leaving the Bricks Behind: The Next Stage of Stand-Up ComedySpeaker ↗ AWE USA 2025AWE Gaming Hub Comedy Happy Hour with Failed to RenderHost, Gaming Stage ↗

Talk topics

  • Live VR comedy business
  • Directing AI to build real systems
  • Work & life with AI agents
  • VR training for industry
  • Holograms & hybrid shows

Podcasts: Between Realities · Bob Cooney

The workshop

Made, shipped, on stage.

VR games, worlds, Roblox, music, comedy, talks, consulting and the tools behind them. Some I build by hand, some with an AI-native workflow.

XR consulting · since Oct 2024

Tokyo Electron US

VR Developer & Consultant on a three-person team. I build VR, XR and AR training that lets semiconductor engineers practice critical skills before they step into customer factories, and I advise TEL leadership on bringing XR into the company for the first time. Backed by a $3M grant from Gov. Greg Abbott, who saw our Virtual Training Lab demo.

DISK & DRIVE key art
VRChat world · opens Dec 25, 2026

DISK & DRIVE

Deadhead VR key art: the gunslinger priest at the AlamoDeadhead VR gameplay: a zombie horde in the dark woods100,000+ copies sold
VR game · Level 2 VR · 2014–2018

Deadhead VR

Gunslinger VR shooter, launched on Gear VR in Dec 2015 and multiple platforms. 100,000+ copies sold.

More
  • Founder & CEO of Level 2 VR, San Antonio. Led programmers and testers and drove the launch.
Mighty Tiny lobby in Meta Horizon WorldsPlayers with Kyle (World Creator) in Mighty TinyWorld of the Month
Meta Horizon Worlds

Mighty Tiny

Meta made it World of the Month several months in a row, and it stayed a featured top world for about six months. Hide-and-seek for up to 14 players, co-built with Kirsten Hudson.

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Music

“Static in the Air”

Single by Render the Artist.

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Company · 2023–present

Rendered Talent

Social Concept Group, Inc. Partners: Microsoft (original AltspaceVR), Meta, Proto holograms. Produced a music video filmed in VR.

Open source · Oct 31, 2026

Lainframe

AI agent mod with Lain’s face for the Valve Steam Frame. Featured in The Ghost Howls.

GitHub ↗
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Sites & ops

bigalgonzales.com + more

A daily agent reads Big Al’s booking emails and keeps his tour dates current. I run failedtorender.com, bigalgonzales.com and diskanddrive.com the same way.

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The bot shop

COMEDYBOT

My idea, my design · running every day

COMEDYBOT turned my VR club into a social media machine.

Every show used to disappear when the stream ended. Now COMEDYBOT turns each night into a ready-to-post clip and puts it online every day. No editor, no uploading, no extra work for me.

  • A new clip every day
  • No editor needed
  • YouTube · Instagram · TikTok
Avatars on stage at the Failed To Render clubLIVE SHOW → DAILY CLIPCOMEDYBOT mascot: a chubby, grumpy robot holding a microphone
  1. Watches the showPulls up last night’s show on its own.
  2. Finds the funnyListens for the big laughs and backs up to catch the setup.
  3. Cuts the clipTrims it into a short phone-sized video that opens on the best moment.
  4. Adds captionsPuts the words on screen and the club’s name in the corner.
  5. Posts itUploads a new clip every day to YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
  6. Gets smarterChecks which clips people watched and adjusts itself every week.

It also runs the club’s Discord: show reminders, member ranks and spam protection.

The resume

Experience

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VR Developer & ConsultantOct 2024 – PresentTokyo Electron US (TEL) · Austin, TX
  • Build VR/XR/AR training simulations on a 3-person team for TEL’s training center, part of a state-funded VR training program.
  • Produce and build training scenarios in Unity + XR Interaction Toolkit for Meta Quest 3 with AI coding agents, so engineers rehearse critical skills before entering customer factories.
  • Shape TEL’s XR strategy as the organization’s first XR advisor to leadership; demoed the Virtual Training Lab to the Texas Governor.
  • Project details confidential.
Founder & ProducerApr 2020 – PresentFailed To Render Comedy Club · VRChat (launched in AltspaceVR)
  • Longest-running professional stand-up club in VR: 1,500+ live shows, 750+ pro comedians, 2 million+ VR viewers, 3 shows a week streamed on Kick.
  • Best Immersive Experience, Raindance Immersive 2023.
  • Staged the world’s first hybrid VR + in-person comedy shows in Las Vegas with a Proto hologram; partnered with Kenan Thompson on his nationwide talent hunt; put Howie Mandel in VR.
  • Migrated the club across three social VR platforms (AltspaceVR → Meta Horizon Worlds → VRChat), moving the community each time.
  • Host Render After Dark, where Joe Exotic called in from federal prison (Aug 2025).
Kyle in a VR headset beside a hologram booth showing his avatar, Las Vegas
Founder2023 – PresentSocial Concept Group, Inc. (DBA Rendered Talent) · California corporation
  • Social VR + AI studio behind Rendered Talent, Failed To Render and the AI-directed builds above. Team: Kyle (CEO), Al Gonzales (VP), Kirsten Hudson (CMO).
  • Built and shipped multiple Meta Horizon Worlds, including Mighty Tiny (co-built with Kirsten Hudson): Meta’s World of the Month several months in a row and a featured top world for about six months.
  • Produced a music video filmed entirely inside VR.
  • Partnerships: Microsoft (the original AltspaceVR, where FTR launched) · Meta (live-comedy-in-VR consulting; metaverse incentive program partner) · Proto (holograms).
  • Separately, led an investor round for Chicken Waffle, an Austin startup.
Founder & CEOJul 2014 – May 2018Level 2 VR LLC · San Antonio, TX
  • Launched Deadhead VR (Gear VR, Dec 2015) worldwide, a gunslinger VR game built on shooting mechanics, across multiple platforms: 100,000+ copies sold.
  • Led a team of programmers and testers; owned product direction and drove launch through social media marketing.
  • Organized the San Antonio VR meetup (2016).
VIP Technical DirectorMar 2019 – Mar 2022Robo6k LLC
  • Network/wireless infrastructure, AV installs and tech support for high-profile clients.
Senior Process Executive (Contingent)May 2018 – Mar 2019Facebook
  • NDA project; reported critical security vulnerabilities in an internal system.
Real Estate Appraiser~10 yearsLane Enterprises (family business)
  • Residential valuations from field inspections and market comparables.

The club

Founder & producer · since April 2020

Failed To Render: the longest‑running pro comedy club in VR.

Three live shows a week in VRChat, streamed on Kick. The world’s first hybrid VR + in-person comedy shows, in Las Vegas with a Proto hologram.

1,500+
Live shows
750+
Pro comedians
2M+
VR viewers reached
3/wk
Live shows, every week
’23
Raindance Best Immersive Experience
Kyle in his white jacket on the hybrid stage in Las Vegas
Kyle in his white jacket on the hybrid stage in Las Vegas
Kyle and the FTR hologram at the Laugh Factory
Kyle and the FTR hologram at the Laugh Factory
Professor Raccoon, Kyle’s avatar, on the FTR stage
Professor Raccoon, Kyle’s avatar, on the FTR stage
Hybrid show crowd in Las Vegas
Hybrid show crowd in Las Vegas
Render After DarkJoe Exotic calls in from federal prison Howie Mandelvisits the club in VR KTNV Las Vegason the hybrid VR shows

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