M.L. Hariras Tongyai

Dream Build Inspire

Technology is most meaningful when it brings people together, sparks imagination, and leaves a lasting emotional impact.

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Highlights · Achievements

Beyond the work.

Live Broadcast · Nov–Dec 2025 · Head of Tech

33rd SEA Games · Sport Climbing

Head of Tech, Media and Protocol for the Extreme Sport Climbing event. Live scoring, broadcast graphics and athlete tracking systems built for Southeast Asia's biggest games — running across multiple venues and screens.

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Recognition · 2024

300 High Flyer

Recognised among Thailand's top 300 emerging talents — across design, technology, and creative enterprise. One of the youngest honourees in the cohort.

Publication · 2025 · Featured Article

Augmented City

Feature article exploring how augmented reality is reshaping urban experience in Bangkok — from street-level navigation to cultural landmarks layered with digital memory.

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Speaker · 2024 · Bangkok Post Forum

Bangkok Post Crypto Forum

Invited speaker at Thailand's flagship crypto and Web3 forum hosted by Bangkok Post. Spoke on immersive technology, AR-native economies, and how the next era of digital finance meets everyday life.

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Recognition · 2023 · Ministry of Education Thailand

Department of Education Excellence Award

Recognised by Thailand's Ministry of Education for outstanding contribution to AR-based skills education for students in Nakhon Nayok — technology built to reach classrooms beyond Bangkok.

Thailand Tatler — Gaga for Gadgets feature

Press · 2017 · Thailand Tatler

"Gaga for Gadgets" — Thailand Tatler

Featured in Thailand Tatler's April 2017 issue as a tech devotee and emerging engineer. "I aspire to use engineering and technology to help improve the future."

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Practice · Six disciplines, one studio

What I make.

XR &
Gamified
Experiences

Immersive AR/VR content, interactive worlds and spatial storytelling — built for Meta Quest, mobile and physical venues.

01 · Discipline

Mobile &
Web
Development

Real-time, cross-platform apps with Flutter, React Native, Firebase and clean API integration — ship-ready.

02 · Discipline

Unity &
Lightship
AR

Shared AR sessions, geolocation content and XR features on Niantic Lightship, Meta Quest, and the browser.

03 · Discipline

Prototyping
& Interactive
Products

3D printing, electronics, sensors and software fused into working physical–digital hybrids and exhibition pieces.

04 · Discipline

Real-Time
Event
Systems

Live scoring, tracking and engagement platforms for competitions and activations — including the 33rd SEA Games.

05 · Discipline

Creative
Tech
Strategy

Storytelling, innovation and gamification, embedded into products, exhibitions and branded experiences.

06 · Discipline

Dream. Build. Inspire.

"The future is not something we wait for — it's something we shape together."

01

Dream — Beyond the logical mind

I start where ideas feel impossible. XR allows me to bring science-fiction daydreams into modern society, and the brief is a beginning, not a constraint.
02

Build — Engineering as authorship

From XR sessions to live event platforms to medical utility tokens, I ship working systems — not slide decks. The code is the artefact.
03

Inspire — Connect authentic selves

Every project should empower communities, foster connection, and unlock new ways of playing, learning and thinking — beyond the logical and conscious mind.

Selected work · 2016 — 2026

Things made with care.

AR Holoverse · 2021 — 2022 · Founder

Motiwatt — AR Holoverse

An active gamification platform with BUNN-E, an AI accountability rabbit. Coaches, buddies, sentiment analysis and a behavioural chat system that nudges real-world movement.

XR Heritage · 2023 — Now · Founder

Baan ARVR

Retelling Thai traditions through fine XR experiences. Spatial storytelling that turns pavilions, temples and heritage sites into layered, playable worlds.

Blockchain · 2021 · Project Director

THG Medical Utility Token

Project Director for Thonburi Health Group's blockchain utility-token super-app — payments, loyalty and healthcare insurance reimagined through token mechanics.

Gov · 2016 · Contracted Developer

Royal Thai Embassy London

Revamped the embassy's website and mobile consular booking system — passports, national ID, and visa appointments for Thai citizens across the UK.

Product · 2024 — Now · Augma

Slow Post

A letter-style dating app where letters travel over time. Names unlock after the first arrives, photographs after the second. Built end-to-end through Augma Imaginarium.

Event App · 2024 — Now · Developer

Bangkok Boulder Fest · TCDA

Climber registration, festival scoring, leaderboards and waivers built for the Thailand Climbing Development Association — used across half a dozen Bangkok gyms.

AR Campaign · 2022 — 2023 · Creative Director

Grab Hot Deals AR

Augmented reality campaign for Grab Thailand — interactive hotspot experiences that drove in-app engagement across food, transport, and merchant promotions.

XR Sport · 2025 · XR Lead

33rd SEA Games — XR

Extended reality experiences for the 33rd Southeast Asian Games, Thailand. Spatial activations across competition venues, fan engagement, and broadcast-ready AR overlays.

Studio · 2019 — Now · Founder

Augma Imaginarium

The studio behind all of it. XR production, spatial computing, AI prototyping, and the products that don't fit anywhere else — built from Bangkok.

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Press & features · 2012 — 2024

What they said.

…you'd think reality wouldn't be enough for futurist Tongyai, but he's building one in Bangkok, brick by virtual brick.

Prestige Thailand Cover Feature · Innovator Issue · May 2024

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2024

Prestige Thailand

Prestige 300 Highflyer

November 2024 Issue

2021

Bangkok Post · Post Today

Cryptocurrency Forum — Panelist

THG Medical Tokens

2017

Thailand Tatler