Mighty Goes to Helsinki

We recently started working with Varjo, the leader in professional grade XR/VR technology, a new client HQ’d in Helsinki. Varjo provides an unparalleled immersive experience for global companies using its tech to train astronauts, pilots and nuclear power plant operators, design cars, and conduct pioneering research. Members of the Mighty team were offered the chance to meet the local team, IN PERSON, by flying over the pond to visit Varjo’s HQ offices. It was one of our first business trips since early 2020 and we are so fortunate to have had this experience as a team.?

Helsinki sits on a peninsula in the Gulf of Finland and is known for its innovative art, culture and architecture, as well as its sauna culture. The summer months are the most favorable times for locals and, unbeknownst to us, it stays light until about midnight! This photo was taken at 10:30 pm but looks like it was taken midday.?

We also learned that the whole country goes on holiday for the month of July – we are jealous! We had some free time to try a couple Finnish staples, like reindeer and the iconic long drink. And for those that don’t know, taking a hot sauna really is a substantial part of Finnish culture – we could not leave without visiting one! For the full experience, we, of course, had to jump into the Baltic afterwards.

Helsinki is a hidden gem filled with green parks, easy transportation, kind people, beautiful architecture, and cobblestone streets. We can’t wait to go back!

Varjo’s headsets bring virtual, augmented, and mixed reality to life in photo realistic visual quality. They are building a reality-based, user-led metaverse, where digitizing the real world around us enables users to build multiple metaverses in a scalable way. They aren’t the only metaverse client Mighty has taken on. We also rep Linden Lab, parent company of Second Life, the OG of the metaverse and Tilia, a licensed money transmitter behind virtual worlds like Second Life and others. As an agency, it’s so rewarding to work with companies at the forefront of technology. It’s in our DNA.