MegaPhone was created based on the idea that the best way to play multiplayer games in public spaces is to use "your phone as your controller."

The first version of MegaPhone, called Megaphone 3000, was two player, and was introduced at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) Fall 2006 show by Jury Hahn and Chris Kairalla. The second version was multiplayer, and was launched at the Spring 2007 ITP show as Jury Hahn's Master's Thesis.

In the Fall of 2007, the commercial version of MegaPhone was launched by Jury Hahn and Dan Albritton, and has since been powering out of home games for a variety of clients all over the world.

In the Fall of 2008, MegaPhone launched its most powerful platform, called "Stadium Games," with games for up to 2,500 simultaneous players.

The MegaPhone team is a multi-disciplinary group of programmers, artists, and phone hackers. With experience in realtime multiplayer gaming and site design for the web, high performance computing for the banking and insurance industries, and call center design for major corporations and governments, we're changing what has been possible in outdoor media.

Dan Albritton CEO, Co-Founder Dan is a new media project manager, combining a background in biomedical engineering with experience in web design and production. His site launches include Sega.com and Netflix.com. For years he worked in Tokyo at Dentsu, as a manager of the NTT Docomo web team. He returned to the US to attend the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at New York University, and then went on to co-found MegaPhone. He is interested in data visualisation, motorcycle racing, and the emerging mobile culture.	Jury Hahn CCO, Co-Founder Jury makes visuals and sounds with hands and computers, and is currently working on making those things interactive in the form of games. Originally from Korea, she moved to New York to attend the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at New York University where she met some of the current MegaPhone team members. Before MegaPhone, she worked at companies including MTV, Samsung, and Comedy Central. Jury's ultimate vision for the business is to entertain players by making this new form of interactivity ubiquitous in the out of home media world. Her artistic goal for MegaPhone is a realtime collaboration at concerts between the audience and the performers Daft Punk. If you are related to Daft Punk, or the Gondry brothers, please contact us.
Jim Bell Chief Operating Officer Jim is a media visionary, having spent his entire career developing and enhancing the evolution of media into the digtal age. He has held senior management positions at some of leading media agencies in the world, such as MediaCom and Initiative. Establishing Insights & Solutions, a leading digital consultancy, he has consulted for numerous emerging digital media companies to help them with their 'go to market' strategies. He believes the Digital OOH and Mobile spaces represent the next frontier in media, and believes that MegaPhone's unique interactivity is perfectly positioned to bring them together.	Chris Kairalla Director of Technology Chris has been MegaPhone's Director of Technology since day one. Chris is also an Adjunct Professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Prior to 2005, Chris was a freelance Special Effects and Animation artist. His work can be seen in dozens of TV shows, commercials, and films, including "Hedwig and the Angry Inch", "The Kid Stays in the Picture", "El Cantante", and "Sleep Dealer".
Colin Moock Core Technologist Colin Moock is the world-renowned ActionScript expert who wrote Essential ActionScript 3.0, the Flash industry's canonical guide to programming. Colin has dedicated himself to all things multiuser, including building MegaPhone technologies and creating the Union platform for multiuser application development. He runs User1 Subsystems with Derek Clayton. At MegaPhone, Colin is personally reponsible for the client-side application frameworks that power all MegaPhone applications. In other words--yup, Moock himself writes our ActionScript code.	Derek Clayton Core Technologist Derek Clayton is the co-founder of User1 Subsystems Corporation, the creators of the Union platform for multiuser application development. A technological innovator with over 15 years experience in server-side systems research and development, Derek is one of the leading minds behind MegaPhone's server-side multiuser technologies.

MegaPhone is based in New York City, on Times Square South.

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