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My journey began in a small lab I called the Ice House Innovation Space, serving as Inventor-In-Residence creating the early models and prototypes in my Case Studies. The university would later rename the facility JMU X‑Labs, then move it to a purpose-built complex on their main campus, where I launched the Concept Visualization Studio. In a new role, I hosted frequent seminars on game design and virtual reality, while mentoring faculty and students in 3D concept visualization and rapid prototyping. At the height of X‑Labs' popularity, I was relocated to a quiet NMR Facility at the east campus Physics & Chemistry Building, where I invented the ChemSim‑VR Prototype. Conditions there were ideal for educational software development, with faculty providing subject-matter expertise and students supplying end user feedback. This poster encouraged everyone at James Madison University to visit the original Innovation Space at the off-campus Ice House Building in downtown Harrisonburg.