Our guest is Erika Barraza, Founder/CEO of Emerging Visual Realities, Inc., which is a decentralized marketplace for Digital Publishers and creators to sell, syndicate, and manage content teams and digital rights of virtual and augmented reality content. We talk in depth about how EVRealities is creating a new ecosystem for creators, and why they’re initially focused on the news and journalism industries. Sign up for free at www.evrealities.com or email Erika at erika@evrealities.com ....
Nov 21, 2018•46 min
Tyler Gates, who is the Principal of Brightline Interactive & President of the VRARA DC Chapter, talked with Cory Key and Gina Scarpulla of Discovery Communications at a past event held by the VRARA DC Chapter. Connect with Tyler Gates at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gatestyler/ Connect with Cory Key, VP Digital, Discovery Communications at https://www.linkedin.com/in/corykey/ Connect with Gina Scarpulla, Supervising Producer, Discovery Communications at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginascarpu...
Nov 15, 2018•22 min
Alexander Goldman and Jeremy Kirshbaum (co-founders) of SixerVR, a research and prototyping outfit are our guests this week. They have been building worldscale VR experiences (50m+ x 50m+ play area) for the Vive Focus outdoors, most of which are designed to be played on soccer fields. On this episode we are talking about worldscale VR, its unique affordances, and whether 'location-based experiences' might have a future beyond arcades and dedicated spaces. Get in contact with Alex and Jeremy at s...
Nov 15, 2018•45 min
Michael Conelly, President & Creative Director of Blackthorn Media with is an Academy and Emmy award-winning team of content creators, Paula Fairfield, an accomplished sound designer. We discuss their latest project, Caliban Below, an immersive VR experience set in 1680 in Northern Italy where you, Caliban, have to learn why you’ve been trapped in a dream. Caliban Below is available now on Steam. Michael is a VFX creator turned VR Director. He is a prolific visual effects designer with over ...
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 13 min
We are joined by Oliver Noteware Co-Founder & CEO and Alice Formwalt, Co-founder & CPO Street Smarts VR, which provides immersive virtual reality simulations for reality-based training of law enforcement and public safety personnel. Their mission is to improve policing outcomes and officer safety. Streeet Smarts VR recently won a $25,000 business grant from Bob Evans Farms (and a one-on-one mentoring session with Daymond John) to help further grow the company and provide more law enforce...
Nov 01, 2018•36 min
We are joined by Tim Nakonechniy, CMO at Live Animations, who is talking with us from Kiev, Ukraine. Live Animations is an international IT company specializing in the development of innovative products with augmented reality (AR) for children. Live Animations has released 4 world-famous children's books with Little Hippo: "Little Red Riding Hood", "Three Little Pigs", "Velvet Rabbit", "Masha and the Three Bears". Books with augmented reality have already appeared on the shelves of 3,650 Walmart...
Oct 25, 2018•44 min
Our guest is Sam Watts, Director of Immersive Technologies at Make Real. Make Real, develops immersive digital products for learning and change. This includes virtual reality, augmented reality and serious games for global customers. In previous leadership roles, Sam has delivered and supported dozens of digital products at Zynga, NCsoft, Kerb and Epic. Clients have included BBC, EDF Energy, Sky and Sony PlayStation. Find out more on Make Real at http://www.makereal.co.uk/ and connect with Sam a...
Oct 18, 2018•35 min
James Giglio, Founder & CEO, of MVP Interactive is our guest. MVP Interactive enhances brand experiences through custom-built experiential technology such as virtual reality, augmented reality, gesture, facial morphing, social media platforms and mobile applications. James has been working with Coca-Cola (among other major brands) over the past few years to create in-venue and out-of-venue experiences and programs that are on the forefront of experiential technology. MVP Interactive has work...
Oct 11, 2018•41 min
On this episode we are joined by Mark Milstein, Founder & Managing Director at Microstock Solutions & Creator of VRmeta. VRmeta allows you to effectively meta-tag your immersive media content to ensure that it's searchable and monetizable via search. Mark has a fascinating story of how he built Microstock Solutions, and how it lead to the new services of VRmeta, a service that seems applicable to most any content creator in the immersive media space. VRmeta is offering to every VR/AR Ass...
Oct 04, 2018•28 min
Dan Burgar, Vancouver Chapter President of the VR/AR Association, and notably, the Vancouver chapter is one of the largest and fastest growing chapters globally. Dan is also a writer for VRScout, one of the world’s leading immersive media companies, reaching over 250 million people. Dan is also a contributing writer for the Daily Hive and he travels the world speaking at industry conferences regarding trends in VR/AR and immersive media technologies. Dan talks about the Vancouver VR/AR ecosystem...
Sep 27, 2018•29 min
Kris Kolo, the Global Executive Director of the VR/AR Association, makes a return appearance to the podcast. Kris talks about industry insights he’s seeing at a global level, the upcoming VR/AR Global Summit related to speakers, topics and experiences you can expect, and it goes into detail about the VRARA industry committees, white papers, and ecosystem reports being generated by these association committees. We also discuss some of Kris’s and my predictions for the coming years in XR. Connect ...
Sep 19, 2018•29 min
Alan Smithson, CEO of MetaVRse joins us to talk about MetaVRse and their vCommerce (Virtual & Augmented Reality for Retail and eCommerce). MetaVRse is also building the XR Learning Centre and was recently accepted to the Museum of the Future Accelerator in Dubai. Alan is a LinkedIn VR/AR thought leader with millions of views of his articles and videos. We also talk about his upcoming keynotes at the VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver with topics including Virtual Conferences of the Future, and...
Sep 13, 2018•49 min
On this episode we talk with Mfon Akpan Assistant Professor of Business at National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois. Mfon discusses the powerful opportunities that we have to apply VR in education. Mfon was originally inspired by the game Second Life, and began thinking about how VR could be applied in a game-like setting to teach auditing and accounting practices in an applied environment. He is now forging new ground in the University education ecosystem that you’ll find inspiring. Mfon ...
Sep 06, 2018•38 min
Anne-Marie Enns, Executive Producer of the VR/AR Global Summit, shares with us the inside scoop on what to expect at the Global Summit conference, taking place in Vancouver on September 21-22 2018 at the PARQ Hotel & Casino. We talk about speakers, topics, workshops, the startup pitchfest, business speed dating, after-parties and more. This is a fun discussion on the excitement around VR/AR, Vancouver and the global leaders coming together. To connect with Anne-Marie about exhibiting or spon...
Sep 04, 2018•26 min
We are joined by Reekita Shah Alias Gala who is the Founder of Virtual Marketing Revolution (VMR), which is an organization that hosts events in Virtual Reality for the Marketing Industry and also co-founder of Virtual marketing Revolution and founder of VRARE. We have a fascinating discussion about how here team is building a VR conference platform, and how they’re taking consideration of the social networking elements of conferences in VR. Reekita also discusses industry trends and her other t...
Jul 26, 2018•35 min
We are joined by Mafalda Ricca, who is the Executive Sales & Marketing Director (Tech and Tourism Sector) of GEMA (Jemma) Digital. GEMA Digital develops immersive and interactive experiences for events, brand activations and museums. Virtual reality, augmented reality, holograms, interactive installations, video-mapping and 4D rooms are examples of what our working animals produce everyday. Mafalda discusses some of the exciting implementations their team has done in Portugal, Mexico, Spain,...
Jul 19, 2018•22 min
Nick Busietta, Managing Director of Liminal VR is our guest for this episode. Liminal VR is working with a global network of developers, to help create short virtual reality experiences that are designed to empower people to consciously choose how they want to feel and perform. Nick goes on to explain the details of this fascinating challenge that his team is overcoming in VR of using entertainment to help achieve targeted psychological outcomes. Liminal VR is also currently taking applications ...
Jul 12, 2018•28 min
Halo Labs Co-Founder and CEO Eran Helft along with Co-Founder and CMO Dror Spindel join us on this episode of Everything VR & AR. Halo Labs is a VR/AR prototyping, design and collaboration solution. Halo brings all aspects of VR/AR product design under one roof in order to help product and design teams with a fast and efficient way to plan, visualize and communicate VR/AR concepts. Eran and Dror talk about how they started the company and how it’s growing. We also discuss 3 main verticals wh...
Jul 05, 2018•29 min
Tyler Kem, Founder and CEO of Visionary Tax is our guest on this episode. Visionary Tax is a R&D tax credit consulting firm focused on providing valuable tax expertise to the emerging technology industries including artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, software development including virtual and augmented reality. Tyler talks about how R&D tax credits work, how they evolved, activities and expenses that qualify, and how foreign companies doing R&D work in the US can benefit. ...
Jun 28, 2018•23 min
We’re joined today on the show by John Sallaway, CEO and Co-Founder of vSpatial. vSpatial is redefining the way we meet, and the way we work with VR meetings and offices, allowing people to work from anywhere. John talks about the unique user interface their team built, and the amazingly vast amount of usability within vSpatial whereby they’e integrated most any browser or application you can use on your laptop, into vSpatial. Learn more at www.vspatial.com or contact John at jsallaway@vspatial....
Jun 21, 2018•30 min
This episode we talk with Siddharth Saxena, Founder & CEO of Oblix , a VR startup based in Brooklyn New York. Siddarth joins us to discuss their first product release - Go Guess - which is a multiplayer geographic guessing game for virtual reality. It's now available on Steam for Rift and coming soon on VIVE. Siddharth talks about how their team concepted and built the experience, and where the game is headed in the future. He also talks about the industry’s distribution challenges, and how ...
Jun 14, 2018•34 min
On this episode we are joined by Taylor Wilding, Head of Business Development at roOomy. RoOomy is an AR/VR home staging platform whose app allows real estate agents, potential buyers, and sellers showcase a property, without the cost of virtual staging. Users can virtually design spaces with actual pieces of furniture. Further more, they can purchase the home furnishings directly through the app. Taylor dives into their unique approach, and the value that roOomy is bringing real estate agents, ...
Jun 07, 2018•25 min
Kalin Stoyanchev, the Project Lead at RNDR and VP of Distributed Systems and Blockchain at OTOY, is our guest this episode. Kalin does an excellent job of explaining how blockchain in general is impacting VR/AR/MR, & where RNDR fits within the ecosystem. RNDR is a decentralized rendering software. Built on a blockchain-based system, RNDR is a decentralized and open global rendering system that makes high-powered rendering tools readily available to Hollywood studios and everyday content crea...
May 31, 2018•45 min
Ori Inbar is the Co-Founder and CEO of AWE, (Augmented World Expo) and Partner at Super Ventures. AWE is the world’s largest event dedicated exclusively to the AR + VR industry. Ori talks about the beginnings of AWE 9 years ago and how it has evolved into a conference held in multiple locations throughout the world, and specifically the 9th annual AWE USA being held May 30 - June 1 in Santa Clara, CA. Ori also describes the fascinating topic of the AR Cloud. Register for AWE at www.augmentedworl...
May 25, 2018•34 min
In this second episode of a two part series, we talk with a number of companies that were at VRLA 2018. We also want to thank those of you who were able to take advantage of the special listener code to attend VRLA 2018. The companies who we talk with on this episode and information are: Quantum Capture represented by CEO and Founder Morgan Young Website - Quantum Capture Twitter - @ QuantumCapture RYOT represented by Nora Kirkpatrick and Chris Smith Website - RYOT.org Twitter - @NoraKirkpatrick...
May 24, 2018•26 min
In the first of a two part series, we talk with a number of companies that were at VRLA 2018. We also want to thank those of you who were able to take advantage of the special listener code to attend VRLA 2018. The companies who we talk with on this episode and information are: Beast Inc represented by Vivian Tan Website - Beastpets.com Twitter - @beastpets Email to sign up for beta access - beta@beastpets.com Escape VR represented by CEO Simon Chu Website - Escapevrgames.com Twitter - @ EscapeV...
May 17, 2018•33 min
We are joined this week by John Buzzell, who is the President of, YOU ARE HERE. YOU ARE HERE is an immersive experience lab that helps agencies and brands engage customers with a strategic mix of innovation technologies for events, marketing, and training all over the world. John is also the President of the Atlanta Chapter of the VRARA, and Co-Chair of the Marketing and Advertising Committee. Connect with John at www.youareherecorp.com , by email at jbuzzell@youareherecorp.com or on Twitter at ...
May 10, 2018•39 min
This week we are joined by Adam Draper, Founder & Managing Director at Boost VC. Adam is a 2x entrepreneur and a 4th generation venture capitalist. Boost VC invests in pre-seed VR and blockchain companies. Since 2012, Boost VC has invested in 200+ startups from over 30 countries. This is a fantastic discussion about how Adam and Boost VC are viewing the VR and AR ecosystem. Connect with Adam at boost.vc or email him at adam@boost.vc...
May 03, 2018•47 min
Nathan Nasseri, Founder of RE in VR, is our guest to discuss how VR is changing the new construction real-estate market by adding cost efficiencies and accelerating the sales process. RE in VR provides an all-in-one solution to real-estate developers, construction companies, and architects to deliver an all-in-one virtual replica of their entire building both inside and out. Their system provides a video fly thru, renders, accurate exterior views, virtual reality tours, photo realistic experienc...
Apr 26, 2018•42 min
Cosmo Scharf, Co-founder of VRLA and Co-Founder Mindshow, is our guest this week. This years VRLA is taking place May 4-5 2018 at the LA Convention Center and is one of THE conferences you must attend this year. Cosmo talks about the inspiration for VRLA several years ago, and some of the philosophical questions and opportunities we should all be considering as we leverage the next generation of immersive and transformative technology. VRLA 2018 is expected to see 12,000+ attendees, hundreds of ...
Apr 19, 2018•22 min
