1.0Microsoft for Startups Bloghttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/blogBakari Brockhttps://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/blog/author/bakari-brock/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qfIoP8B2li"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/blog/ceek/">CEEK founder Mary Spio wants to make virtual reality universally accessible and enjoyable</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/blog/ceek/embed/#?secret=qfIoP8B2li" width="600" height="338" title="“CEEK founder Mary Spio wants to make virtual reality universally accessible and enjoyable” — Microsoft for Startups Blog" data-secret="qfIoP8B2li" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/startups/blog/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ceek_Shared_637811443235143191.png600338Mary Spio is a deep space engineer, tech innovator, published author and entrepreneur. She served in the U.S. Air Force for six years as a wideband and satellite communications technician. After her service, she worked at a satellite communications firm and had the opportunity to design and launch satellites into deep space for NASA. She subsequently became the head of satellite communication systems for Boeing. In 2015, she founded CEEK a virtual reality platform that streams virtual events in the metaverse.