Everything VR & AR

This week, Yulio Founder, CEO and Managing Director Rob Kendal joins Kevin to talk about how Toronto based Yulio helps turn 3D content into immersive experiences. We also discuss what Rob's first VR experience was like along with how he feels that Yulio stands out from others in the space. Also, make sure to check out the Yulio blog as there is a lot of great posts from the company there, many of...

Sometimes we use technology and our devices to escape from the day to day stress of the world we live in. Our guest this week, Nick Alcid, has started a company called Escape to Virtual Reality that offers people a chance to do just that without needing to spend hundreds of dollars on equipment. Based in Los Angeles California, Escape to Virtual Reality gives visitors a chance to have some fun wit...

Learn more about the VR/AR scene in Dubai from Salman Yusuf who is the Founder & Managing Director of a company named Takeleap  which has been in business since 2013 providing clients a wide range of services to help bring their businesses into the VR/AR age. Hear Salman talk about his responsibilities as Managing Director along with why he feels Dubai is poised to be one of the big players in the...

Learn more about how  MetaVRse  continues to establish themselves as an industry force to be reckoned with from two of the companies founders,  CEO Alan Smithson  and  President Dan Flatt . We also talk about what brought these two together along with what they see as challenges to the growth of the industry based on their conversations with current, and prospective partners. Make sure to have a l...

What does a Wall Street stockbroker, turned actor, turned teacher, turned inventor, turned author have to do with virtual and augmented reality? Listen as iOgrapher founder and CEO David Basulto shares his story as to how he got to this point in his interesting career along with what he feels is necessary for VR & AR to succeed moving forward. Full shownotes at: http://thevrara.com/podcast-posts/i...

One of the biggest hurdles VR content creators face during development is overcoming motion sickness for as many people as possible. Our guest this week, Nathan Burba of Survios , strongly feels that his team has made great strides to make the experiences they have created such as Raw Data and their upcoming project called Sprint Vector leave users feeling pretty good afterwards. Have a listen and...

Author Blake J. Harris , of the popular book Console Wars , stops by to share some information about "History of the Future" which is his current project focused on the Virtual and Augmented Reality industry. Due to Blake's success with Console Wars , it has helped open many doors and given him access to some of the top names in the VR/AR industry to speak with along the way as the book progresses...

It is one thing to go on vacation and snap photos to share with others. It something completely different to go on vacation and snap 360 degree images and videos to share with people so that they actually feel like they were standing in the exact same spot as you were when capturing the moment. What Jim Schoonmaker and his team at EveryScape has created is just that. Building upon the decade plus...

Learn more about a company called IMMY who has been flying under the radar in regards to their upcoming VR and AR headset, called the IMMY Mark 1 and IMMY Mark 2, from the founder, CEO and CTO, Doug Magyari . Hear why Doug feels their device will stand out from the more recognizable names in the space and how important it is to him to have it manufactured in the United States. Also, learn why Doug...

Luis Navia of ODYSIA joins us this week to share the story behind ODYSIA  and what he and his co-founders plan on doing to stand out from other storytelling creators in the quickly growing world of VR & AR. We also talk about his first time using a VR & AR device along with what he hopes to see from the industry in the near future and much more. Have a listen and let us know what you think by send...

George Egbuonu of VR eCards is our guest this week to discuss how he and his team are working to create engaging VR & AR experiences for anyone looking to stay in touch with their friends and family and letting them know they are thinking of them by sending a VR eCard . Will you be sending VR eCards to friends and family members? Let us know!     Connect with George Egbuonu and VR eCards: Twitter...

In the virtual and augmented world, content is king. We expect to be wowed by a variety of experiences that engage multiple senses one by one or at the same time. Alexander Haque of Retinad VR stops by to talk about how his company can help make sure your VR & AR creations give users that "WOW!" moment by analyzing how users experience your content. Do they focus on what you want them to based on...

Dr. Emma Nichols joins the show to discuss ways her website, VRMedicineNews.com helps people stay up on the latest research regarding VR & AR in the medical space by being a one stop location for people wanting more information. Other links mentioned during this episode are: Link to her 6-week course on freelance medical writing Freelance Medical Writing on Amazon William Shatner goes inside a VR...

Learn more about how, and why, Nicolas Alcala of Future Lighthouse has made the switch from traditional filmmaking into the world of VR & AR filmmaking. Nicolas talks about this and shares tips on how content creators can also make the jump and why they should consider it and much more. Feel free to connect with Nicolas Alcala and Future Lighthouse via the links below.     Connect with Nicolas Alc...

This episode features Emmy nominated broadcaster  Cathy Hackl who is now the Chief Communications & Content Officer at Future Lighthouse . Cathy & Kevin discuss a variety of topics including her career in journalism and pivoting towards a social media focus. Cathy was also the Director of Summit Live in 2015 as live streaming was taking off with apps like Periscope. If you, or someone you know is...

Dr. Brandon Birckhead of Immergence Tech joins the podcast to talk about distraction therapy and the benefits of virtual and augmented reality technology in the medical and dental industries. Also learn more about his new company, Immergence Tech , as well as cold pressor immersion testing as it relates to distraction therapy. We also learn why Dr. Birckhead made the decision to join the VR/AR Ass...

Dallas VRARA Chapter President and Digital Strategist for Groove Jones , Gary Glass joins Kevin to talk about some of the latest things going on at Groove Jones and in the Dallas area as the chapter continues to move forward and grow. Gary also shares what led him to pursue a position with a VR/AR company along with some reasons why he is involved in an upcoming company called VrontRow and how the...

Roman Kulikov from Moscow Russia joins the show to discuss such topics as human motion tracking for full immersion VR experiences. We also discuss his experience first attending and now teaching at the National Research University MPEI (Moscow Power Engineering Institute) in Moscow. Other topics include learning more about the VR/AR technology scene in Moscow along with the accelerator his company...

Learn more about Studio Transcendent from co-founders Aaron Nicholson & John Dewar as they join Kevin on this episode of Everything VR & AR. We discuss one of Studio Transcendent's previous releases called Rapid Fire: Brief History of Flight along with another project they have worked on with AppliedVR called Guided Relaxation which Aaron & John talk a bit more about. Studio Transcendent also rele...

Kevin is joined by Laura Hall who is the  Atlanta Georgia Chapter President of the VR/AR Association and Daniel Sabio who is the Community Manager for TechSquare Labs , also based in Atlanta. TechSquare Labs held an event on January 28, 2017 called Singularity which was Atlanta's first live virtual reality concert . Laura & Daniel talk about how this event came to be, how it was received by those...

Learn why Leigh Garland and Shaun Dunne started Studio Zero along with why they feel that WebVR is looking to be one of the more desirable segments of the industry to get into. Leigh also shares his thoughts from his experience with the Hololens along with what it was like attending a recent VR/AR Association meetup in London. We finish this episode with Leigh explaining just what is behind the na...

When the majority of people new to the VR & AR technologies think of video content they are most often introduced to regular 360 video content such as what you would find on YouTube or Facebook. Dirk Gombos, Co-Founder of 3D Evolution Productions , stops by to talk about some of the differences, and challenges, between regular 360 video and 3D 360 video. Dirk also goes into more detail about the i...

As the VR/AR/MR industry continues to grow and evolve, the ways that people learn to develop software for these experiences will take cues from other segments. In this episode, Kevin speaks with Amir Esmaeil-Bozorgzadeh about a global focused hackathon he has co-founded for the WebVR segment called Virtuleap  which is based in Amsterdam. Learn more about what WebVR is, who the first organization i...

Magic Leap . Two words that make up the name of the company that many consider to be the unicorn of the virtual, augmented and mixed reality industry. To this date we have seen no real life demonstrations, but a number of short videos that can make your jaw drop as you watch whales leaping out of a gymnasium floor while numerous school children cheer or the destruction of enemy robot attackers ins...

When you hear the name LlamaZOO , I imagine the first thing you think of has nothing to do with virtual or augmented reality of any kind. But in this case you would most definitely be wrong as the "Chief Llama", Charles Lavigne , joins Kevin on this weeks episode to discuss a variety of topics including where the name LlamaZOO came from, how people in the veterinary industry are benefiting from th...