The Journey of Dynimated: From Futurism to Phygital Reality

The story of Dynimated begins long before its phygital hub in Kerala. It starts with a vision. What if visuals could not just be seen, but felt, interacted with, and lived?

Early Vision and Experiments

Back in 2001, Changez Khan, the founder, was obsessed with animation, visual effects, and gaming. He didn’t just want to create content but shape the technology behind it. Futurism, holography, and sci-fi were his sacred trinity. He thus began working in the fields of animation, visual effects, filmmaking, and gaming. Alongside creative work, he explored the technical side of these fields, focusing on hardware and software development with a particular interest in design, futurism, and holography. His early inspirations were drawn from classic science fiction literature by authors such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Jules Verne.

Between 2004 and 2006, Khan was based in the United Kingdom, where he engaged with several production houses and collaborated on experimental projects related to gaming and visual effects. During this period, he conducted independent research into holographic display technologies, eventually establishing contact with developers associated with early holographic screen systems used in Hollywood films such as Minority Report (2007). He later acquired prototype technologies for his own experimental projects, laying the groundwork for what would become Dynimated.

Bold Early Projects

By 2009, Khan pitched a modernization project for the National Archives of India, a blend of heritage interiors and futuristic holography. Funding fell through, but his vision remained intact. Around the same time, he collaborated with German innovators on 3D projection and mapping technology, exploring holography in ways no one had before.

In 2010, he proposed the world’s first 3D-mapped advertising square in Delhi. This project also did not proceed beyond the planning phase due to limited public and institutional awareness of the technology at the time. Following these setbacks, Kxan shifted toward independently developing technologies under his own brand. This led to the establishment of Dynimated as an independent project focusing on custom hardware, software, and immersive multimedia systems.

Europe and Global Collaborations

In 2012, Greece, Mr. Khan collaborated with Athenian artists to merge art and technology. By 2013, he had moved to Italy, where Dynimated began shaping its identity.

Italian collaborations opened doors to projects at the Cinema Museum, Disney’s Star Wars Legion 501, Warner Bros., Marvel Studios, and Universal Pictures. In Milan, he worked with Claude Desan of Wingnut Films on The Hobbit. He also led projection mapping projects for the Italian government, including Expo Gate at World Expo 2015. The vision extended to Pisa, where he proposed the Galileo Galilei Museum, a hub for technology, futurism, and community, still in development.

Dynimated at Disney Star Wars Legion 501, Comic Con 2014, Milan, Italy

From 2014, Dynimated partnered with RICHTECH Systems in China, developing holographic and AR products globally, from Coca-Cola to projects spanning Germany, Russia, the UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and the UAE.

The Innovention Hub in Kerala

After exploring options in Dubai, Mauritius, and Nepal, Khan chose Kochi, Kerala as the home for Dynimated’s first phygital property. December 2022 marked the birth of the Dynimated Innovention Hub, DYND IH, a space where the digital and physical worlds intersect.

As of now, DYND IH is divided into four immersive domains

Dimensions is the Museum of Futurism where you can travel through alternate realities, time, and space using cutting-edge holography.

Andrometa is the cyberpunk lounge, a hub for music, gaming, and late-night creativity in futuristic pods.

Valerian is the R&D space, a minimalist zone for deep work, research, and innovation surrounded by nature.

Avra is the production studio, a fully equipped space for podcasts, vodcasts, YouTube videos, and multimedia creation supported by tech experts.

Managed by the Kxan Holo Foundation and Aimwel Foundation, DYND IH operates as an open-source, volunteer-driven ecosystem, a creative playground for technologists, inventors, and storytellers.

Looking Ahead

Dynimated is not just about holography or spatial design. It is about creating experiences that blend imagination with reality, visuals with interaction, and technology with human creativity. From early experiments in the UK to the Innovention Hub in Kerala, Dynimated continues to ask one question. What if the future could be designed today?