Meet the minds behind CANVAS
Immersive Design Studios
The award-winning team behind CANVAS Platform.
Since 2014, the Immersive team has been powering next-gen interactive media processing technologies and large-scale shared immersive experiences. Our worldwide clients in the corporate, entertainment, and education markets use our proprietary CANVAS Platform to connect and engage with audiences in never-before-seen ways.
Meet the Founders
Thomas Soetens
Co-Founder and CEO
Thomas has been at the forefront of merging physical and virtual realities for over twenty years. His dedication to creating immersive, shared experiences led to the development of the trailblazing CANVAS platform.
Fortune 500 corporations, educational organizations and celebrities use CANVAS to create engaging immersive experiences and interactive presentations that seamlessly flow from the physical realm into the virtual to interact with audiences in never-before-seen ways. To date, CANVAS has powered many firsts such as: digital twins, cloud based projects, generative AI, augmented and mixed reality projects and the world’s largest hybrid events.
Thomas’ forward-thinking approach and proven business strategies have transformed
IDS into one of the most trusted companies in the field of emerging and interactive Technologies. Under Thomas’s visionary leadership, the CANVAS platform continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the future landscape of hybrid experiences.
Thomas, an influential industry figure, is often invited to speak at prestigious events like Siggraph and Nvidia’s GTC, valued for his insights.
Kora Van den Bulcke
Co-Founder and President
Kora has been an innovator in the areas of immersive media and technology development for nearly two decades. Kora oversees the company’s general management and is responsible for developing the CANVAS experiences and creative tools.
Under Kora’s talented direction, this team of designers, technologists, and integrators collaborate on concept development, 3D and immersive content creation, interaction design, and more. Her dual background in art and architecture, combined with her passion for real-time and immersive technologies, inform her valuable insight and strategic guidance as Immersive’s CANVAS clients explore cutting edge ways to better engage with their users and audiences.
Kora previously co-founded the Workspace Unlimited Art Collective in 2001, dedicated to crafting hybrid spaces that blur the line between physical environments and virtual perceptions. Her pioneering projects and research have appeared in the Museum of the Moving Image (New York), Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal (Montreal), MIT (Boston), the Experimental Media and Performance Art Center (New York), as well as books and international media publications including the New York Times and the Globe & Mail.
Our Mission: Enabling Deeper Connections
At Immersive Design Studios, our mission is to redefine the boundaries of human connection through the power of CANVAS. We aim to transform live and virtual experiences by giving organizations the technological tools to engage audiences in immersive, meaningful ways.
Our Vision: Bringing the Real and Unreal Closer
We develop technology solutions and content that enable our clients to blur the line between real and unreal. We’re committed to remaining at the forefront of emerging technologies, with experts in game engines, 3D, virtual and augmented reality, cloud and artificial intelligence. We’re proud to partner with leading names in tech, real estate, sports, culture, and live entertainment to create new paths for immersion and connection.
Our Vision: Bringing the Real and Unreal Closer
We develop technology solutions and content that enable our clients to blur the line between real and unreal. We’re committed to remaining at the forefront of emerging technologies, with experts in game engines, 3D, virtual and augmented reality, cloud and artificial intelligence. We’re proud to partner with leading names in tech, real estate, sports, culture, and live entertainment to create new paths for immersion and connection.