Everything VR & AR

Most people take their hearing for granted, but Brendon Stead, SVP Product Development and Engineering at Sound United, talks to us about how important sound is in our daily lives and especially when used properly within immersive technology experiences.  Links: Sound United's homepage LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brendon-stead/ Twitter: @tylerhgates @sophiamosh  Visit the VR/AR Associat...

Joanne-Aśka Popińska and Tom Hall from Infinite Frame Media speak to us about their powerful immersive storytelling journey and innovation in volumetric capture techniques.  Their most recent project, The Choice XR, is an intimate and powerful experience that shares interactive conversations with women about their struggles and experiences with women's reproductive rights.  Links: Website: https:/...

Tony Bevilacqua, Founder and CEO of Cognitive 3D, discusses the power of utilizing metrics in AR/VR, the evolution of metrics in technology, and how this awareness can give users a better understanding of the holistic view of the trainees performance.  Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tbevilacqua/ https://cognitive3d.com/ Enterprise Guide to Scaling VR Training Twitter: @tylerhgates @sophiamosh ...

Andrew Searle from IO Industries discusses the importance of camera technology in a direct relationship with the capabilities of volumetric capture within virtual and augmented reality. Over the past 30 years, IO industries have innovated the use of specialty sensors within cameras to empower and advance the immersive technology industry. Links: Company website: http://www.ioindustries.com/ Get to...

Dave Beck, CEO and Founder of Foundry 45, shares his insight into some of the challenges he faced in starting a VR company and how Foundry 45 helps clients connect the dots on creating effective VR training. Dave helps us understand how VR training can be used not only for upskilling and reskilling, but also to improve workforce wellness. Links: https://foundry45.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linked...

Long term collaborators and XR community builders Chris Crescitelli and Greg Katano share their journey through 3D film making, virtual reality, and the power that immersive technology brings to creating meaningful relationships. Join us in this light hearted conversation that helps us understand the importance of creating opportunities for connectivity in XR and how meeting the right people in th...

In our second episode with Randy Brown, VP of Virtual Heroes Division at Applied Research Associates (ARA), we pick up our conversation where we left off… 2013 and the introduction of the Oculus Rift DK1. With over 30 years working within the immersive technology space, Randy helps us understand the technological advancements to get to where we are now, the importance of the last 10 years for Virt...

Randy Brown, VP of Virtual Heroes Division at Applied Research Associates (ARA), tells the story of Virtual Reality from the vantage point of the university research facilities in the late 80's all the way to the Oculus spark in 2013 that reinvigorated the industry.   Links: https://www.virtualheroes.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallabrown/ Twitter: @tylerhgates @sophiamosh  Visit...

Ibrahim Jilani takes us through his journey and UL's efforts in establishing UL8400, the first safety standards around immersive technologies.  Tyler and Sophia discuss with Ibrahim what it means for immersive technology to start to come of age for consumers and how creating standards for VR and AR hardware allows manufacturers to build and scale the technology in a safe and meaningful way. Links:...

We talk to Jason Marsh, CEO and founder of Flow Immersive. Jason explains his journey and how he saw the need to create an enterprise platform that allowed users to tell their data story using spatial content. Flow makes the content creation process easy and accessible across all computers and phones. We dive into the power of data visualization and collaboration using immersive technology. Links:...

VRgineers CEO and Co-Founder, Marek Polcak (inventor of the XTAL Head Mounted Display), gives us a behind the scenes look at what's required to invent game changing hardware capabilities within the immersive technology space.  From establishing successful use cases, filtering out critiques, and meeting demanding requirements from top clients, this conversation is a must listen for anyone looking a...

What does the next generation of digital media look like?  Kim Adams and Maxwell Planck of Adventure Lab take us through a delightful conversation through their experiences at Pixar and Oculus/Facebook and how that brought them front and center to the mainstage of creating a platform that supports immersive theater at scale.   Links: https://www.adventurelab.fun/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/...

Join us for an in-depth look into the policy world of immersive technology with Ellysse Dick, Policy Analyst for the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). Ellysse talks with us about some of the challenges, solutions and the stories behind how policy is shaping technology and how in return… technology is shaping policy. Links: https://itif.org/publications/2020/12/14/how-address...

We are excited to welcome Jeremy Dalton, Author and Head of XR at PwC, to discuss with us his new book, Reality Check: How Immersive Technologies Can Transform Your Business . This conversation takes us through the story of what is XR, why it is valuable in business and what are some of the common misconceptions about XR. Links: http://www.pwc.co.uk/vr https://www.pwc.co.uk/XRInIndustry https://re...

Tyler Gates and Sophia Moshasha once again sit down with Cynthia Maller, Head of CGI at Walmart and Art.com, to discuss how the brain delights in novelty and how realism may not, in fact, be the ultimate goal in immersive technology. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiamaller/ Twitter: @tylerhgates @sophiamosh  Visit the VR/AR Association at www. TheVRARA.com for more information a...

Mark Sussman, retired Captain in the U.S. Army, medical practitioner in surgical critical care and CEO/Founder of Aardvark AI talks with Tyler and Sophia about how Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence allows medicine to take the next step into more effective and efficient healthcare. Links: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-sussman-688166140/ Twitter: @tylerhga...

Cynthia Maller, Head of CGI for Walmart and Art.com takes us through an honest and experienced story about the importance of solidifying the operational structure required for successful scaling of immersive technology within a large corporation.   Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiamaller/ Twitter: @tylerhgates @sophiamosh  Visit the VR/AR Association at www. TheVRARA.com for mor...

Join us as Paul Travers, President/CEO and Matt Margolis, Head of Business Development of Vuzix share their story and how they are navigating their company's A-Z journey through spatial computing and wearable technology.  Vuzix has been paving the way for AR and VR companies for over two decades and is at a pivotal point in providing the best of the best products to market in 2021.   Links: Linked...

In this episode, our hosts, Tyler Gates and Sophia Moshasha, sit down for the "2020 Year in Review" edition of the podcast. It has been an exciting year of conversations with some of the best in the industry. We've highlighted some key takeaways from some of our favorite episodes. At the Everything VR/AR Podcast, our goal is to give a voice to the technologies. We are so grateful for our loyal lis...

Today we are speaking with Saai Sundar from Sify eLearning. As Tech Expert and Practice Head for Sify's Center of Excellence, Saai has been with the company since 2006 and has been part of Sify's AR and VR progression since the beginning.  In this conversation, we get an incredible introduction to the type of thought process and experience needed to make a real impact in immersive technology.  Lin...

Take a journey to the beginning moments of mobile AR all the way up to where we are today as Tyler and Sophia talk with the Chief R&D Officer & Co-Founder of Zappar, Dr. Simon Taylor. Zappar is an App that helps you build AR and allows you to Zap stuff… will the industry's killer AR app be built through Zappar?! Links: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/all-newzapbox/all-new-zapbox-awesome-mixed...

This week, Tyler and Sophia had an opportunity to sit down with Dr. Vijay Anandraj from Sify eLearning.  Dr. Vijay Anandraj is the Tech Expert of AR & VR solutions at Sify eLearning who has been working in immersive technology for a very long time.  Tyler discusses with Vijay the transition that large organizations make from traditional learning to immersive training. Links: LinkedIn - https://www...

This week the podcast highlights all of the teams who took part in the annual Iron Dev competition at I/ITSEC 2020.  Iron Dev is a team competition similar to competitive cooking shows, where teams will be given a challenge and "secret ingredient" to develop a training solution to improve warfighter readiness. Teams will consist of diverse members with skills in AR/VR development, simulation netwo...

The first ever all-virtual IITSEC Conference will begin on November 30th and run through December 4th.  We had the opportunity to sit down with the President of the National Training & Simulation Association, Admiral Robb, to discuss the importance of IITSEC and all of the many benefits of the conference including STEM and other educational initiatives. Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...

Tyler and Sophia talk with Tim Zenk of Avatar Dimension on the incredible possibilities of volumetric, 3D capture of real humans for better realism, and human-to-human connectivity across industries. Links: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-zenk-b046b310/ Twitter: @tylerhgates @sophiamosh @avatardimension @SabeyDC @dimensionstudio www.avatar-dimension.com/ https://tour.cocastl.org/ Th...