Cevat Yerli

Yerli founded Crytek in 1997 and formally turned it into a company in 1999. His brothers, Faruk and Avni, joined Crytek in 2000 and 2001, respectively.^[2][3] The company developed games such as Far Cry and the Crysis series.^[4] In 2006 Cevat visited South Korea and, influenced by the country's gaming culture, he launched Gface in 2012.^[5] GFACE was a social gaming network that hosted free-to-play titles streamed over the internet.^[5] Yerli was the director and executive producer on nearly all games until stepping down on 28 February 2018.^[6]

In 2017 Cevat launched a new company, The TMRW Foundation, independently from Crytek.^[1] It is a for-profit organisation that develops AI- and 3D-related technologies.^[7] One of the foundation’s initial projects involved being contracted by the UAE Ministry of Health in the creation of a metaverse service centre.^[8] As of October 2022, the TMRW Foundation employed 100 people.^[1] In 2022, Cevat and The TMRW Foundation premiered ROOM 3D at the GITEX Technology Fair in Dubai. ROOM 3D, a virtual teleconferencing platform, had taken approximately three years to develop and the aim is to reduce video call fatigue and let users interact with objects and their peers in a natural and learned way.^{[1][8][9][10]} It is the first live product operating on patented and browser first RealityOS, a cloud-based social 3D communications platform which has been developed by the TMRW Foundation.^[1]