Dr. Cory “Ike” Ilo — DIBIA · #Tech4Gud
XR PRIVACY & INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS · FOUNDER & CEO, DIBIA INC.

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“Magic that takes without asking is sorcery; you will learn to give.”

— THE DIBỊA’S LAW

I engineer privacy into context-aware XR — read the wearer, not the world; veil the identity, never blind the system. DIBIA is the village that builds it.

PHD, VIRGINIA TECH ’26 · IMPONDO ZENKOMO · THE STRENGTH OF THE VILLAGE IS UNDEFEATED
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dibia@nnewi:~$ ./tech4gud --init
> identity ........... ILO, CORY “IKE” — PhD
> alias .............. “KRYPTOKAGE” · LEAD RESEARCH SCIENTIST / FOUNDER / CEO
> class .............. NETRUNNER · ALCHEMIST · XR PRIVACY RESEARCHER
> org ................ DIBIA INC. — CONSULTANCY / MARKETPLACE / INCUBATOR
> base ............... OAKLAND, CA · THE DIASPORA
> doctrine ........... YOUR GAZE IS A WINDOW INTO INNER WORKINGS OF THE SOUL, BUT EVERYONE’S SOUL IS UNIQUE. LEVERAGE THE SOUL, NOT THE WORLD.
> status ............. THE STRENGTH OF THE VILLAGE IS UNDEFEATED{{ cursor }}

Dr. Cory “Ike” Ilo

“Magic that takes without asking is sorcery; you will learn to give.”

I engineer privacy into context-aware XR — read the wearer, not the world. DIBIA is the village that builds it.

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DR. CORY “IKE” ILO · “KRYPTOKAGE” · FEED CYCLING
XR PRIVACY RESEARCHER · FOUNDER & CEO, DIBIA INC.

Cory
“Ike” IloDOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

“The strength of the village is undefeated.”

— DIBIA HOUSE RULE

The blade is drawn only to protect. I engineer privacy into context-aware XR, and DIBIA is the village that carries it.

THE BLADE IS DRAWN ONLY TO PROTECT
IMPONDO ZENKOMO · #TECH4GUD
THE PURPLE FLAME · THE JUST TECH SUBMISSION
SSRC JUST TECH FELLOWSHIP · 2027 COHORT · A 5-MINUTE AFRO-CYBERPUNK SHORT

One submission, told twice — the myth and the mechanism.

“He opens the eye behind the eye.”

— BEAT 1 · THE DREAM

The Purple Flame is the mythic half of my submission to the SSRC Just Tech Fellowship. The mechanism is the work proposal: a 2027 build year — ship SpatialSensai, prototype DigiDinar and #ThirdPlace, and close with a #Tech4Gud society event where all three run live, together. Rest is scheduled, not earned.

THE FELLOWSHIP → THE WORK PROPOSAL · PDF → THE 2027 PLAN →
IMPONDO ZENKOMO — THE RESEARCH

The horns close around the herd.

ENTER THE RESEARCH →

Three studies, one decision tree — each move forced by the failure of the last.

01 · AVOIDANCE
GoldiLocks Zoning

“A stream never captured cannot betray you.”

Gaze alone, read as passive context, drives useful adaptation — no camera imaging the world.

ACM SUI 2024 · THE STUDY →
02 · MITIGATION
Hidden in Plain Gaze

“Veil the identity. Never blind the system.”

Representation is the privacy lever — keep the task utility, burn off the identity.

ACM VRST ’26 · UNDER REVIEW →
03 · PROTECTION
ARPA — the Privacy Assistant

“I see the lie before it wears a face.”

When capture is unavoidable, a human-in-the-loop assistant manages exposure — automation redistributes the burden; the council shares it.

IEEE ISMAR ’26 · COND. ACCEPTED →
DR. CORY “IKE” ILO · “KRYPTOKAGE” · OAKLAND, CA
THE RESEARCHER

Alchemist. Netrunner. Founder.

I just defended my PhD at Virginia Tech — gaze, privacy, and context-aware adaptation in extended reality, under Doug A. Bowman. My central claim: privacy in context-aware XR is necessary, feasible, and never automatic. The same gaze that adapts your interface encodes your identity — so protection must be engineered into the signal itself.

My work refuses the bargain that adaptation must cost identity. DIBIA is how I scale the refusal: a consultancy, a marketplace, an incubator — a heterogeneous, autonomous, dynamic, distributed, decentralized, diaspora-preserving human compute organization. Protection on the regular. By default. For everyone.

PHD CS · VIRGINIA TECHDEFENDED 06.15.2026ADVISOR · DOUG A. BOWMAN
DIBIA INC. — THE VILLAGE

One village. Three gates.

Consultancy
LIVE

XR privacy, gaze systems, human-AI collaboration — engagements led by a Kage-level researcher. Grab yo LLC and come build with me.

BOOK AN ENGAGEMENT →
Marketplace
COMING SOON

Odd tech jobs, handled — research-oriented developers for hire. Missions matched to cells, trust as currency.

HIRE US FOR AN ODD JOB →
Incubator
COMING SOON

Three-person research cells, guided by one to two Jonin- or Kage-level researchers. Genin enter; villages rise.

SEE THE RANKS →

“Collectivism defeats all.”

THE STRENGTH OF THE VILLAGE IS UNDEFEATED