The Playko Team
Yin-Chien Yeap
Yinch studied software engineering (MEng) at Imperial College London, after which he worked in multimedia and in the videogames industry, including as lead developer on a Nintendo64 project for Mindscape.
In 2001, Yinch set up Playko in London. The company sought to bring the power of videogames to non-gaming domains. Playko deployed tradeshow and showroom 3D interactives for Ford, Samsung and Mazda and evolved into a web app and digital solutions company.
More recently, Playko has moved into virtual reality, especially for non-gaming domains.The company has continued to produce apps and informational installations with the NHS as a new client.
Playko has also brought 3D graphics to the fitness space for American treadmill company, Woodway - with work on the world's first skiing and snowboarding consumer treadmill, Carver.
JO GODFREY
Jo is a cross-platform and vertical-stack web developer with experience in Unity, C#, Javascript, HTML, CSS, Vue and Sitecore.
Jo studied Physics at the University of Cardiff after which she worked as a web developer, delivering systems for the Just Eat website.
She has worked as part of an Agile team delivering high quality products and meeting deadlines by implementing an efficient end-to-end process.
Jo also has an active interest in promoting tech education to girls, virtual reality events and video production.
CHARLIE MACKE
Charlie is a VR technician, web-designer and social media specialist.
She manages Playko’s online presence across websites and social media. Ensuring that our messages are accessible and, above all, relevant.
Charlie is interested in Minecraft, League of Legends and all things Space.