I’m Lorne Fade. I build companies where immersive tech, AI and growth meet.

Co-Founder and COO of VR Vision since 2016. Founder of Fade Digital. Founder and CEO of Skill Reality, which I’m building now.

Eighteen years. Three companies. One restart.

Portrait of Lorne Fade, Co-Founder and COO of VR Vision.
Lorne Fade · Toronto
  1. Age 11

    First computer.

    My mother bought it. I grew up in Toronto and spent most of my time on that machine.

  2. University

    Computer Science.

    I studied it formally at York University. The tinkering became a trade.

  3. Dot-com era

    Founded Academic Ads.

    Digital marketing during the dot-com boom. I scaled it to millions in revenue.

  4. Then

    The partnership dissolved.

    I started again from zero. It was the best thing that happened to me, though it didn’t feel like it at the time.

  5. “Failure is just data gathering for your next success.”
    Lorne Fade
  6. 2016

    Co-founded VR Vision with Roni Cerga.

    Enterprise VR and XR training for energy, utilities, manufacturing and automotive. Clients include Toyota, Siemens, Coca-Cola, Hydro One and Enel. I run operations as COO.

  7. Later

    Founded Fade Digital.

    An AI-first GEO and SEO agency. How companies get found in search and in AI answers.

  8. Now

    Launched Skill Reality.

    AI-guided performance support on wearables like Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, for frontline industrial workers.

What I can put a number on. 📊

18
Years building companies, from Academic Ads to Skill Reality.
2016
The year I co-founded VR Vision.
3
Companies I run today: VR Vision, Fade Digital, Skill Reality.
4
Forbes Business Council articles, published in 2021.
Toyota, Siemens, Coca-Cola, Hydro One, Enel
Train their people with VR Vision.

Three companies.

I operate all of them. ☕

Skill Reality A worker’s first-person view through display glasses, with Skill Reality’s step-by-step guidance over the task.

🛠️ Now building.Founder and CEO, since May 2026.

Skill Reality

AI-guided performance support on wearables like Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, for frontline industrial workers.

It sees the task, walks the worker through it and confirms the skill on the job.

Role
Founder and CEO
Started
May 2026
Funded
Currently raising $2M seed
Hardware
Meta Ray-Ban Display and other wearables
skillreality.com

Co-Founder and COO, since 2016.

VR Vision

Enterprise VR and XR training for energy, utilities, manufacturing and automotive, co-founded with Roni Cerga.

Role
Co-Founder and COO
Founded
2016
Sectors
Energy, utilities, manufacturing, automotive
Clients
Toyota, Siemens, Coca-Cola, Hydro One, Enel
vrvisiongroup.com
Fade Digital

Founder.

Fade Digital

An AI-first GEO and SEO agency. It works on how companies show up in search results and in AI answers.

Role
Founder
Focus
GEO and SEO
fadedigital.ca

The phone is the animated hero from fadedigital.ca. Illustrative example, not a live AI result.

Contact

Want to talk? 💬

Send me a note. I read everything and reply to most of it. If it’s about VR Vision, Fade Digital or Skill Reality, say which.