Best Startup
At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based Founder operating in the Virtual Reality space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Marcy Boyle
Co Founder, CEO of Hot Bit VR
Marcy Boyle is the CEO and co-founder of Hot Bit VR, a upcoming webVR marketplace of experiential social shopping. Hot Bit VR has been featured on ZDnet, Entrepreneur, Fox News, and listed as one of the “30 Best Virtual Reality Companies to Change Your World Soon.” She and her co-founder’s VR experiences have been featured in art galleries, universities, conferences, and festivals including FIVARS in Toronto and VRUK in London. Hot Bit VR was selected for the first class of the AR/VR/XR accelerator at the Green Screen Institute, and Silicon Valley’s Women’s Startup Lab. Prior to working in VR, she co-directed the feature film, NOBODY CAN COOL, which was released internationally. Marcy is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University and is a member of Women in VR, Women in Film, and on the Board of the Alliance of Women Directors.
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About Hot Bit VR, Oculus: An experiential marketplace in virtual reality.
Brian Schimpf
Co-Founder and CEO of Anduril Industries
Brian Schimpf is Co-Founder and CEO of Anduril Industries. Previously, Brian was Director of Engineering at Palantir Technologies, where he led a large engineering organization developing and deploying data integration and analysis products. He served numerous domestic and international government organizations across the intelligence, defense, and law enforcement sectors. Previously, Brian was the Founder and Lead of Cornell University’s autonomous vehicle research program where his teams competed in DARPA’s Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge. Brian graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.
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About Anduril Industries: Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.
Matt Grimm
Co-Founder and COO of Anduril Industries
Matt Grimm is Co-Founder and COO of Anduril Industries. Matt was profoundly moved by the tragedy wrought on his community and many others around the world by the attacks of 9/11. It was then that he decided to combine his passion for building with a deep sense of mission to further the country’s national defense—a career path that ultimately led him to co-found Anduril. While classmates at Cornell University, Matt co-founded with Brian Schimpf the university’s autonomous vehicle entry into the DARPA Grand Challenge and Urban Challenge competitions. He graduated from Cornell with both a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a Master of Engineering in Systems Engineering. After consulting for the Department of Defense at Booz Allen Hamilton, Matt was an early hire at Palantir. In this role, he deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan to ensure U.S. forces had the best technology for the mission. Matt co-founded Anduril after some time working in venture capital in the San Francisco Bay Area. He lives in Orange County, California with his wife and two children.
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About Anduril Industries: Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.
Palmer Luckey
Founder & CTO of Anduril Industries
Palmer Luckey is the Founder of Anduril Industries. He is also the designer of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality head-mounted display, and the founder of Oculus VR. Frustrated with the inadequacy and high cost of the existing HMDs on the market, Palmer began experimenting with his own designs in 2009 at the age of 16. In 2012, he formed Oculus VR, which was acquired two years later by Facebook for $2.3b. Palmer began attending Golden West College and Long Beach City College at the age of 14, and studied at California State University, Long Beach before dropping out to found Oculus VR. His deep interest in defense technology was driven by his time at the USC ICT MxR lab, where he built hardware used to research immersive PTSD treatment for US veterans. He continued to support various military applications of VR during his time at Oculus, informing his belief that radical modernization of US military technology is a prerequisite for preserving our way of life.
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About Anduril Industries: Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance.
Halsey Minor
Founder and CEO of Live Planet VR System
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About Live Planet VR System, VideoCoin Network: Live Planet’s VR System is the first end-to-end solution for easily capturing, storing, streaming, and recording immersive VR video
Derek Belch
Co-Founder and CEO of STRIVR
Derek Belch is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of STRIVR.
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About STRIVR: STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance.
Jeremy Bailenson
Co-Founder of STRIVR
Professor at Stanford University, head of Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab, and VR expert. Jeremy Bailenson is a Co-founder and the Chief Visionary at STRIVR. He is the founding director of Stanford University’s world-renowned Virtual Human Interaction Lab and a Professor in the Department of Communication at Stanford. He is one of the world’s leading experts in virtual reality. His findings have been published in over 100 academic papers in several fields including communication, computer science, education, law, medicine, and psychology. Bailenson is an author of the book Infinite Reality which was recently quoted by the Supreme Court outlining the effects of immersive media.
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About Cognitive Leap Solutions Inc., Stanford University, STRIVR: STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance.
Trent Edwards
Co-Founder & Sports Training of STRIVR
Trent Edwards is a Co-Founder at STRIVR. He was a Former Stanford and NFL Quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles. Trent is a former Stanford and NFL quarterback. He was drafted in the third round by the Buffalo Bills in 2007 and spent three seasons as the team’s starting quarterback. Following his stint with the Bills, Edwards spent a season each with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles and two training camps with the Oakland Raiders. Edwards brings his experience as a quarterback at the professional, collegiate, and high school levels to the development of STRIVR’s products and services.
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About STRIVR: STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance.
Anthony Borquez
Founder & CEO of Grab Games
Anthony is experienced in building and scaling creative tech businesses. His first company he co-founded, Spacient Technologies, was an early mobile GPS software platform that was acquired by Trimble Navigation. Anthony’s prior game company, Blue Label Games, built some of the first mobile gaming technology and content. In 2006, Blue Label Games was acquired by Japanese gaming leader Konami. The acquisition helped enable Konami’s mobile gaming division to become a top worldwide mobile game publisher. Anthony is also a Professor at the University of Southern California, where he teaches courses in Entrepreneurship and Gaming.
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About Faceroll Games, Flightly, Grab Games, University of Southern California, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business: Grab is focused on creating high-quality entertainment content across all major interactive platforms.
Morgan Mercer
Founder, CEO of Vantage Point
Morgan Mercer is the founder of the VR-based enterprise training company, Vantage Point. Vantage Point’s suite of immersive training tools is initially aiming at tackling Anti-Sexual Harassment and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training. Mercer was recently regarded as one of the Top 10 Female Tech Innovators [in history] by TechRadar and has been featured in 4+ dozen publications including WIRED, NPR, The Economist, Vogue and more. Mercer was regarded by the UN Women chapter as a “Champion of Change” in the ‘Era of Equity’.
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About Vantage Point: We create experiences that change the way you think. Vantage Point is the future of workforce learning.
Travis Wu
Co-Founder of LumiereVR
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About LumiereVR: LumiereVR is a film studio that uses virtual reality technologies to make films.
Hao Li
CEO & Co-Founder of Pinscreen
Hao Li is Founder and CEO of Pinscreen, Inc., and Distinguished Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. He was previously Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California, Director of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, a visiting professor at Weta Digital and a research lead at Industrial Light & Magic / Lucasfilm. For his contributions in non-rigid shape registration, human digitization, and real-time facial performance capture, Hao received the TR35 Award in 2013, recognizing him as one of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35, from the MIT Technology Review. He was named Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair in 2015, and was awarded the Google Faculty Research Award and the Okawa Foundation Research Grant the same year. He won the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award in 2018. He is best known for his work on dynamic geometry processing, facial animation, and data-driven techniques for making 3D human digitization and facial animation accessible to the masses. During his PhD, Hao co-created the first real-time and markerless system for performance-driven facial animation based on depth sensors. The team later commercialized a variant of this technology as the facial animation software Faceshift (acquired by Apple Inc. in 2015 and incorporated into the iPhone X in 2017). He was brought on as visiting professor at Weta Digital to build the high-fidelity facial performance capture pipeline for reenacting the deceased actor Paul Walker in the movie Furious 7 (2015). His recent research focuses on combining techniques in Deep Learning and Computer Graphics to facilitate the creation of 3D avatars and to enable true immersive face-to-face communication and telepresence in Virtual Reality.
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About Pinscreen, University of California Berkeley: Revolutionizing digital communication and online human interactions with user-generated and personalized 3D virtual avatars.
Graham Gaylor
Co-Founder of VRChat
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About VRChat: VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality content.
Chris Milk
Co-Founder, CEO and COO of Supernatural
Chris Milk is the Co-Founder, CEO, and COO of Supernatural. He is an artist, director, and technologist.He is the founder and CEO of [Vrse](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/vrse#/entity). Milk has gained recognition as a music video director, working with Arcade Fire, U2, Kanye West, Green Day, Johnny Cash, Gnarls Barkley, Chemical Brothers, John Mellencamp, Courtney Love, and Modest Mouse. He has been honored with the top industry awards for his music video and commercial work, including the Grand Prix Cannes Lion, the D&AD Black Pencil, the Grand Clio, and SXSW’s ’Best of Show’, as well as multiple Grammy nominations, MTV Moon Men, and the UK’s MVA Innovation Award. Milk’s short film, Last Day Dream, played at film festivals around the world, and he directed the second unit of A Mother’s Promise, the film that introduced Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards recognized his work in design and art in 2011. The Wilderness Downtown was named as one of TIME Magazine’s 30 Best Music Videos of all time, and was exhibited at MoMA in NY for 6 months in 2011. Milk builds multiple projects with Virtual Reality as the canvas. The collaboration with Beck called “Sound & Vision” has been exhibited in an Oculus Rift at the Future of Storytelling Summit, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, and Tribeca Film Festival. Chris Milk was born in New York.
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About Here Be Dragons, Supernatural, Within (VR/AR): Supernatural is an immersive, virtual reality fitness experience that combines music, coaches, destinations, and movements.
Alex Hern
Founder and CEO of Tsunami XR
Alex Hern has been an entrepreneur for more than 25 years. During his career, he has focused on early stage companies and on the incubation of technology companies. Alex Hern co-founded and served as a Director of Inktomi Goldman Sachs-led IPO (INKT), which powered and was the search technology for MSN, Yahoo and AOL. He was also the co-founder and Director of Yesmail Alex Brown led IPO (YESM), an email marketing and web directory company, which went public and then sold to CMGI, now ModusLink Global Solutions, for $650 million ten months later. Alex Hern co-founded Military Commercial Technologies a technology commercialization incubator funded by Lockheed and L-3, where he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. In addition, Alex Hern co-founded and served as Director of Arcsight (ARST), a cyber security company, which also went public and was sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.5 billion. Alex Hern co-founded and served as Director of CloudShield a network security company which sold to SAIC, a large technology and engineering firm specializing in government and commercial projects. Alex Hern also founded and served on the Boards of NewHomes.com and of Triton Network Systems (TNSI). Alex Hern has also served on the board of Zero Knowledge Systems, a security and encryption company now named Radial Point.
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About Tsunami XR: Tsunami develops and delivers advanced digital collaboration services for teams.
Snehal Dhruve
CEO & Founder of Cameraah
CEO & Founder at Cameraah
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About Cameraah, Dakiyaa App, Superfan Studio, Superfan.ai: Cameraah is a no-code tool to create AR experiences for Social & Commerce in minutes
Rizwan Virk
Founder & Executive Director of playlabs
Riz Virk is the Founder & Executive Director at Play Labs.
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About 500 Startups, Bayview Labs, BitMovio, Griffin Gaming Partners, MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition, playlabs: Play Labs is a new startup incubator/accelerator program for MIT-affiliated startups using playful technologies in any industry.
David Holz
Co-Founder & CTO of Leap Motion
David Holz is the CTO & co-founder of Leap Motion. Prior to founding the company, David contracted for NASA’s Langley Research Center and conducted neuroscience research while at The Max Planck Institute. He studied Applied Math at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ultimately leaving his PhD program to co-found Leap Motion in 2010.
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About Leap Motion: Leap Motion is a software and hardware company that develops 3D motion-control technology for virtual reality and additional platforms.
Matthew Stoudt
Co-Founder and CEO of AppliedVR
Matthew Stoudt has a strong track record of building innovative businesses. Matthew is currently the co-founder and CEO of appliedVR. appliedVR’s mission is to drive positive behavioral by leveraging the unique properties of VR. The company is initially focused on the health care market and has rapidly become the leading medical VR platform delivering validated therapeutic VR content to health care providers in the US and internationally. Prior to founding appliedVR, Matthew founded and built Outcast Media into the largest digital video platform at gas stations across the US. Matthew sold the business to Verifone in 2014. Matthew was also an EIR at McDonald’s Corporation where he successfully launched multiple businesses including an in-restaurant digital video network and a ready-to-heat meal solution in grocery stores across the US. Matthew began his professional career in finance, raising over $1 billion in capital for high growth companies while at DLJ and investing in high growth companies while at Triumph Capital Group.
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About AppliedVR: AppliedVR offers virtual reality-based therapeutic treatments that address the complexity of chronic pain.
David Sackman
Co-Founder of AppliedVR
David Sackman is the Co-Founder and Chairman at AppliedVR.
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About AppliedVR, Material: AppliedVR offers virtual reality-based therapeutic treatments that address the complexity of chronic pain.
Vitaliy Goncharuk
CEO and Founder of Augmented Pixels
I am CEO and founder of Augmented Pixels, based in Palo Alto, California, which provides software for simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for augmented reality(AR/VR Glasses) and autonomous navigation(Robots / Drones). In 2016 I was honored to be a mentor and a judge at NASA(USA) Space Race project (link: http://bit.ly/2k1pTRX ) and was also asked to report in front of the board of directors of National Academy of Sciences (USA) about the long-term impact of Artificial Intelligence in several industries(link: http://bit.ly/2jPQ3Vy ). My hobbies: Skydiving, Good books, Mafia game(not Werewolf :=)), Jiu Jitsu(japanese style) and Control Line.
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About Augmented Pixels: Augmented Pixels – a leader in precise 3D geolocation and 3D maps crowdsourcing technologies
Nanea Reeves
CEO and Co-Founder of TRIPP
As CEO of TRIPP, Nanea Reeves brings over 15 years experience in digital distribution, video game technologies and mobile application development. Prior to co-founding TRIPP, Nanea was President & COO of textPlus, one of the top mobile communications applications on the iOS and Android platforms. Before joining textPlus, Nanea was the COO of Machinima, an online video influencer and content network focused on video games now owned by Warner Brothers. Nanea has also served as Chief Strategy and Product Officer at Gaikai, a cloud gaming company acquired by Sony Playstation. Previous to Gaikai, Nanea was SVP/COO of Global Online for Electronic Arts where she was responsible for building the foundation for EA’s digital revenue streams. Nanea came to EA through their acquisition of JAMDAT where she was SVP of Enabling Technologies. JAMDAT was one of the first breakout mobile games company with a successful IPO in 2005 before being acquired by EA in 2006. Nanea is very committed to supporting the evolution of the technology sector in Los Angeles and has worked as an Advisor and Angel Investor in many exciting So-Cal start-ups including Oculus, Haku and Saucey. Nanea is an active mentor and enjoys public speaking having given 3 Tedx talks on various subjects – including one focused on why girls should play video games. An avid meditator, Nanea also spends her free time playing video games, her ukulele and golf. She is also very active in her late husband’s non-profit Bodhicitta, Inc. as well as dedicated to helping women in recovery at the Peggy Albrecht Friendly House.
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About TRIPP: The award-winning digital psychedelic wellness platform that uses the power of virtual and augmented reality to change the way you feel.
Aaron Koblin
Co-Founder, President of Within (VR/AR)
Aaron Koblin is the Co-Founder, President at Supernatural. He is also the Co-founder and President of Within, an augmented and virtual reality company.Prior to Within, Aaron created and lead the Data Arts Team at Google from 2008-2015. Aaron has received many awards including the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Interaction Design and the National Science Foundation’s award for science visualization. He received an Emmy in 2014, and two of his music video collaborations have been Grammy nominated. In 2010 Aaron was the Abramowitz Artist in Residence at MIT. He received his MFA in Design|Media Arts from UCLA. His work is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) in London, and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His projects have been shown at international festivals including TED, Sundance, Tribeca Film Festival, Ars Electronica, SIGGRAPH, the Japan Media Arts Festival, and more.
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About Here Be Dragons, Supernatural, Within (VR/AR): Within is a virtual reality and augmented reality media and technology company.
Robert Stromberg
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of The Virtual Reality Company
Robert Stromberg is the 2-Time Academy Award winner for the production design on Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, and the Director of Disney’s Maleficent which has passed over $760MM in worldwide box office, the highest grossing directorial debut in history. No one can make a claim to a better track record of creating new and imaginative worlds using the top virtual camera tools. No one is more qualified to tackle the visual challenge of designing specifically for the immersive experience of VR.
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About The Virtual Reality Company: The Virtual Reality Company is a content studio that creates virtual reality experiences by combining technology, art, and storytelling.
Rex Wong
CEO & Co-Founder of AIVON
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About AIVON, Famecast Media, Intelligent Video Solutions: AIVON is a decentralized blockchain platform and protocol built on an Artificial Intelligence (AI) network.
Jonathan Waldern
Founder & Chief Scientist of DigiLens
Optimistic technologist Jonathan Waldern received a PhD in Virtual Reality at Loughbrough University of Technology under the United Kingdom’s advanced computing initiative. His first company, Virtuality Inc., became a pioneer in virtual reality training and entertainment. After a successful IPO, Jon came to California and founded DigiLens, the leading waveguide optics platform. A named inventor on over 70 patents, Jon has also received three national small business awards for innovation, manufacturing and management.
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About DigiLens, Metamaterial Inc.: DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).
Jason Sperske
Co-Founder & CTO of Zeality Inc.
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About Grammarly, Zeality Inc.: Zeality Inc. is the leading provider of innovative cloud solutions for delivering immersive media content across all connected devices.
Darshan Shankar
CEO & Founder of Bigscreen
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About Bigscreen: Bigscreen is a popular VR/AR platform that enables people to work, play, hangout, and collaborate in immersive worlds
Taylor Freeman
Founder & CEO of Axon Park
Taylor Freeman is the Founder & CEO of Axon Park, a virtual campus where students from around the world can learn together in VR. He has been working at the intersection of VR and education over the last five years during which time he established two incubation spaces in LA and San Francisco housing over 150 AR and AI startups, hosted over 500 events focused around VR and AR, oversaw the training of nearly 1,000 students in-person on VR development, consulted with companies like NASA, Stanford Medical, Google, and IDEO and built a news media platform focused on VR that reaches millions of people per month. Taylor was awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017 for his work building the industry and he taught the first remote in-VR class with at MIT in 2018. He is deeply passionate about using VR to unlock new levels of human cognition and overcome the challenges many students face in the classroom around geographical limitations, student and teacher bias, and overall accessibility.
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About Axon Park: Welcome to your new virtual campus. Empowering organizations and individuals to harness the power of XR + AI for learning.
Kosta Popov
Founder & CEO of Cappasity
Kosta Popov, CEO and Founder, has 20+ years of experience and a successful track record as a software company CEO. Under Kosta’s lead, Cappasity has so far successfully raised $6.4M. Kosta is an expert in 3D technologies, SaaS solutions and mobile applications and was named one of the top innovators by Intel Software.
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About Cappasity: Cappasity is a cloud-based platform that lets online stores easily create and deliver 3D, VR and AR shopping experiences
Greg Castle
Managing Partner, Founder & CEO of Anorak Ventures
Greg is the Managing Partner of Anorak Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on emerging technology. Based in Silicon Valley, the firm focuses on VR/AR, robotics, autonomous vehicles, blockchain, deep learning and artificial intelligence. Portfolio companies include Against Gravity, Catalog, Lightform and 6d.ai. Prior to Anorak, Greg was an active angel investor with 26 investments counting Flexport and two exits including Oculus, which was acquired by Facebook for $2bln. With strong ties to the VR/AR community, Greg focuses much of his time investing in, and mentoring startups in this sector. Previously, Greg led marketing for the popular game development company Scaleform (acq. 2011) and for Autodesk’s Game Technology Group.
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About Anorak Ventures: Investing at the earliest stages in transformational people and technology
Kirin Sinha
CEO & Founder of Illumix
Kirin Sinha, 25, is the founder and CEO of Illumix, a Lightspeed and Maveron backed AR gaming and technology company focused on developing adaptive and immersive experiences for the mobile phone. Previously, she founded SHINE for Girls, a national nonprofit targeted at encouraging middle school girls to pursue the study of mathematics. Not your typical gamer or CEO, Kirin is a Marshall Scholar and holds Masters degrees with honors in mathematics and statistics focused on machine learning, specifically computer vision, from the University of Cambridge and LSE respectively. She received a degree in electrical engineering / computer science and mathematics from MIT, and her MBA from Stanford University.
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About Illumix: Illumix develops augmented reality games.
Travis Putnam
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Navitas Capital
Travis co-founded Navitas Capital in 2008 and is a Managing Partner with the firm. He is focused on next generation energy efficiency and green building technology solutions. His investments include Serious Materials, PowerMat, Lunera Lighting, Arxx, and Sustainability Roundtable. Prior to launching Navitas Capital, Travis founded Genesis Management Group (2005-2007), a business-development consulting firm focused on the built environment. Clients included Crest Steel Corporation (Reliance Steel Corp / NYSE: RS), Cal-Star Cement (green cement), and Artisan Precast. Travis also co-founded ValuSteel, Inc. a web-based steel trading platform. Prior to Genesis, Travis worked for Murphy & Associates Capital (2002-2004), a boutique investment bank, where he advised clients on mergers & acquisitions, private placements, and financial restructurings. Travis holds a degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Finance.
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About Navitas Capital: Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm with a focus on real estate and construction tech.
Jim Pettit
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Navitas Capital
Jim Pettit is a Co-Founder and Advisor at Navitas Capital. He currently serves as either a board director or observer on a number of boards, including Aquicore, Cherre and Optimum Energy. Prior to Co-Founding Navitas, Jim was a Principal a Bancroft Capital, a real estate investment firm located in California, and a Managing Partner at JP Morgan (Hambrecht & Quist). Jim received a bachelor’s degree from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley with an emphasis on Finance and Real Estate.
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About Navitas Capital: Navitas Capital is a venture capital firm with a focus on real estate and construction tech.
Nikhil Jain
Co-Founder & CEO of ObEN
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About ObEN: ObEN is an AI company that is building a decentralized AI platform for intelligent avatars.
Elise Smith
Co-Founder & CEO of Praxis Labs
Elise Smith is a co-founder and CEO at Praxis Labs. Prior to co-founding Praxis Labs, Elise invested in and coached entrepreneurs developing diversity and inclusion solutions at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy. Prior to that work, she developed ed-tech products and led ed-tech partnerships at IBM Watson. Elise holds a B.A. in Geography & Social Inequity from Dartmouth College and an MBA and MA in Education from Stanford University. Inspired by her parents’ fight for educational equity, Elise is dedicated to scaling access and opportunity with the goal of creating a more equitable society.
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About Praxis Labs: Praxis reimagines corporate bias training, integrating research-backed curriculum with cutting-edge VR technology.
Melina Lopez
Founder of Praxis Labs
Melina Lopez is a Co-Founder of Praxis Labs.
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About Praxis Labs: Praxis reimagines corporate bias training, integrating research-backed curriculum with cutting-edge VR technology.
Heather Shen
Founder of Praxis Labs
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About Praxis Labs: Praxis reimagines corporate bias training, integrating research-backed curriculum with cutting-edge VR technology.
Shiraz Akmal
CEO & Co-Founder of Spaces
CEO & Co-Founder at SPACES Inc.
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About SABH’s Big Adventure, Spaces: SPACES designs VR, AR and MR experiences for theme parks, retail, and other public locations worldwide.
Maureen Fan
Co-Founder & CEO of Baobab Studios
CEO & Co-Founder of Baobab Studios.
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About Baobab Studios, Gold House, Producers Guild of America, The World Economic Forum: Baobab Studios is a VR animation company that creates story and character driven cinematic experiences.
Youssri Helmy
Founder, CEO of Eonite Perception
Youssri brings over 25 years of experience in engineering, product management, marketing, and business development in a wide range of technologies to Eonite. He is a serial entrepreneur who has successfully cofounded, operated and exited several startups globally.
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About Eonite Perception, Si-Ware Systems: Eonite Perception is a 3D mapping and tracking company on a mission to enable machines to understand the real world.
Walter Parkes
Co-Founder of Dreamscape Immersive
Walter F. Parkes is an American producer, screenwriter, and media executive. The producer of more than 50 films, including the Men in Black series and Minority Report, he is the co-founder and co-chairman of Dreamscape Immersive. Parkes helped to build DreamWorks as the head of its motion picture division, and served as the president of Amblin Entertainment. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards, receiving his first nomination as the director/ producer of the 1978 documentary California Reich; his second for co-writing the original screenplay for War Games; and his third as a producer of Awakenings.
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About Dreamscape Immersive: Dreamscape Immersive is a company that uses VR technologies to create an entirely new form of mainstream location-based entertainment.
Tony Mugavero
Co-Founder & CEO of Rad
Tony Mugavero is an experienced tech entrepreneur and executive with a media, business, blockchain, and computer engineering background. He is the Founder and CEO of Littlstar, a premium immersive network putting viewers at the center of experiences, and creator of the blockchain platform Ara. Ara is a distributed and decentralized system for all digital content and assets to be made available for sale on the blockchain.. Littlstar leverages this technology, and has the best content in the world from companies like NBCU, Warner Brothers, Universal Music, Showtime, Nat Geo, Discovery, PBS, Red Bull, Virgin, Disney, and more. He was a Co-founder and CTO at Galvanize, Inc., having co-founded and launched the 6-month gSchool engineering program, the co-working space, and Galvanize Venture Fund I focusing on early stage venture capital. In addition, he evaluated tech and media investments, raised money for Galvanize, and mentored startups on a daily basis. His work there won awards and countless features in the press. While at Galvanize his efforts took the company from $0 to $200k per month recurring revenue, sold out classes at Galvanize University with all graduates getting $60k per year jobs or better, and multiple investments in companies like Keen.io, Dabble, Pangea Organics, and more. Prior to building Galvanize, he was the Founder/CEO of MoovAtom, a simple API for providing cloud-based media encoding and delivery, which was successfully acquired in 2012. MoovAtom had clients like American Airlines, Pepsi, MEC Global, and TriNet. He was a Co-Founder of the music discovery app GigBeat, which was a Google MWC/IO Partner and AppCircus winner with over 1 Million users.
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About ARA Blocks, Rad: Rad is the Netflix of Blockchain, with NFTs, Crypto Rewards, and tokenized subscriptions.
Sly Lee
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Emerge
Sly is a first generation American Entrepreneur & Scientist who is passionate about creating positive global impact through design and exponential technologies. He is co-founder & CEO of Emerge, a teleportation company with a vision to connect people’s emotions and feelings, on the path to ultimately “teleporting” our presence. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 class of 2018 recipient, a Singularity University Global Solutions Program 2015 Alumnus, World Economic Forum Global Future Council Member for AR/VR, has presented at the Skoll World Forum, and can be found surfing Venice Breakwater most mornings.
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About Emerge: Emerge is a virtual connection company that develops a device where users can have virtual gatherings with tactile effects and interactions.
Mauricio Teran
Co-Founder & Head of Insights of Emerge
Mauricio Teran is the Co-Founder and the Head of Insights at Emerge.
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About Emerge: Emerge is a virtual connection company that develops a device where users can have virtual gatherings with tactile effects and interactions.
Isaac Castro
Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Emerge
Isaac Castro is an immigrant entrepreneur and co-founder & co-CEO of Emerge, a Los Angeles-based company bringing touch and emotion to the metaverse. Emerge’s mission is to empower those who are separated to feel more present when it is not possible to be physically together. Isaac believes in a future where technological progress brings us closer together and where nobody is left behind. He is an MIT Technology Review ‘Innovator Under 35’ recipient for the invention of a medical device for more effective cancer treatment. As a World Economic Forum’s Global Shaper, he actively worked on inspiring youth and fostering peace and reconciliation with former FARC guerrilla members in Colombia, work for which he was invited to participate and speak at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. Isaac holds a master’s degree in telecommunications engineering, and he is a graduate of Google X and NASA sponsored Global Solutions Program at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley.
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About Emerge: Emerge is a virtual connection company that develops a device where users can have virtual gatherings with tactile effects and interactions.
DJ Roller
Co-Founder of NextVR
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About Liquid Pictures, NextVR, YPO: NextVR is a technology company that captures and delivers live and on-demand virtual reality experiences.
Sergii Mashevskyi
Founder, CEO of Cameo FX
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About Cameo FX, Prope: Visual effects and animation company
Arjun Nagendran
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer of Mursion
Arjun completed his Ph.D. in Robotics from the University of Manchester, UK, specializing in landing mechanisms for Unmanned Air Vehicles. Prior to Mursion, he worked for several years as an academic researcher leading the ground vehicle robotic system for Team Tumbleweed, which was one of the six-finalists at the Ministry of Defense (UK) Grand Challenge. During his academic career, he has contributed to several projects and manuscripts including the development of a robot to explore the Great Egyptian Pyramid, adaptive robots to catch fast-moving objects, and robots that can grasp objects of any shape. The latter parts of his academic career were focused on developing camera-based computer vision systems to detect faults in railroad tracks, aerial video gathering platforms for action recognition, and the bridging of virtual reality and robotics to impact social behavior in people.
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About Mursion: Mursion, a virtual reality environment or platform where professionals practice and master the complex interpersonal skills.
Sabrina Kemeny
President, Co-Founder of Tap Systems
Sabrina Kemeny is a cofounder of TAP, a high tech start-up that is changing the way people interact with the electronic world. Dr. Kemeny co-invented the camera-on-a-chip technology which revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera, while working for Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Subsequently, she was cofounder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the company that successfully commercialized the fledgling CMOS sensor technology. After managing several rounds of equity financing and negotiating many strategic alliances with players such as Kodak, Intel and Hitachi, she oversaw the acquisition of Photobit to Micron Technology, Inc. • BS, MS and Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University o Received the Helena Rubinstein “Outstanding Women in Science” award • Member of the technical Staff at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory o Co-Inventor of the CMOS active pixel image sensor technology: the Camera-on-a-Chip that revolutionized digital imaging and is at the core of every cell phone camera today o The United States Space Foundation inducted her into the Space Technology Hall of Fame • Co-Founder and CEO of Photobit Corporation, the industry-leading supplier of CMOS image sensors that was acquired by Micron Technology, Inc o Negotiated exclusive license for the JPL patent portfolio o Negotiated strategic alliances with companies such as Intel, Kodak and Hitachi o Managed equity financing and oversaw the Micron exit. • Business advisor to several high tech start-ups in the Los Angeles area and an angel investor with Tech Coast Angels.
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About Tap Systems: Tap Systems is a developer of a wearable Bluetooth keyboard designed to help users type by tapping fingers on any surface.
Anthony Duca
Founder and CEO of Cavrnus
Anthony Duca is CEO and Founder at Cavrnus.
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About Cavrnus: Cavrnus is a software company that specializes in spatial collaboration via extended reality.
Devkumar Gandhi
CEO & Co-Founder of Moback
Devkumar is the Founder of NEXAGE, and was the CEO from 2006 till early 2010. For last 20 years, Devkumar has been involved in wireless carrier operations and high-tech entrepreneurialism with experience in developing and marketing mobile & online advertising and media technology. Devkumar has experience in management team recruiting, company formation, entrepreneurial finance, capital acquisition, strategic business development, technology and marketing strategy. Devkumar raised over $10M in financing for companies he has founded, including venture capital and angel investments.
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About Dobango, Hmatix Inc, Moback: Moback is a specialist in Robotics Telepresence, Autonomous Vehicles’ User experience and Enterprise software development.
Suzanne Borders
CEO and Co-Founder of BadVR
Suzanne is the founder of BadVR, the world’s first immersive data analytics platform. She is best known for leading the design of 2D data analytics platforms at Remine, CREXi, and Osurv. In her spare time, she’s traveled to 75 countries, lived through the Egyptian revolution, and met her hero, Alejandro Jodorowksy.
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About BadVR: BadVR uses virtual reality to craft immersive data experiences that help you see the whole picture and gain actionable insights.
Ciro Donalek
CTO & Co-Founder of Virtualitics
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About Virtualitics: Visualize and understand your data as never before thanks to our innovative use of VR/AR, Machine Learning and Natural Language.
Giovanno Yosen Utomo
Co-Founder and CEO of Fulldive
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About Fulldive: Fulldive Browser – browse, chat on any page and earn coins for your data, available on iOS and Android | Fulldive VR – #1 VR app on Android.
Edward Andrew Ow
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Strategist of Fulldive
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About Fulldive: Fulldive Browser – browse, chat on any page and earn coins for your data, available on iOS and Android | Fulldive VR – #1 VR app on Android.
Payam Shohadai
Founder of Luma Pictures
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About Luma Pictures: Luma Pictures is a visual effects studio that specializes in providing a range of services for the film, advertising, and tech industries.
Neville Spiteri
Co-Founder and CEO of WEVR
Neville Spiteri is co-founder and CEO of Wevr, the leading virtual reality studio and distributor. As one of the top software engineers and creative executives in the industry, Neville has been at the forefront of interactive storytelling for two decades, from his time at Electronic Arts to his early days at Digital Domain. Under Neville’s leadership, Wevr produced the award winning virtual ocean experience theBlu: Encounter, which earned partnerships with the Smithsonian, OceanElders, Samsung and HTC. Neville read his first book on Virtual Reality in 1991.
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About WEVR: WEVR is a developer of a technology platform used to offer virtual reality content.
Brett Jones
CEO & Co-Founder of Lightform
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About Lightform: Lightform designs software & hardware for projected visuals.
Kevin Karsch
CTO & Co-Founder of Lightform
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About Lightform: Lightform designs software & hardware for projected visuals.
Rajinder Sodhi
Co-Founder of Lightform
Rajinder Sodhi is the co-founder of Lightform, where we’re making the first computer for projected augmented reality. Connect Lightform to any projector and instantly create magical experiences with light.
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About Lightform: Lightform designs software & hardware for projected visuals.
Botao Hu
Founder of Amber Garage
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About Amber Garage: Amber Garage is a creative art and technology studio based in Silicon Valley.
JB Lee
CPO & Co-Founder of AmazeVR
JB Lee is a Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at AmazeVR.
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About AmazeVR: AmazeVR is a virtual concert platform for the highest quality VR content creation and mass distribution using the proprietary technologies.
Steve Lee
Co-CEO & Co-Founder of AmazeVR
Steve Lee is a Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at AmazeVR.
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About AmazeVR: AmazeVR is a virtual concert platform for the highest quality VR content creation and mass distribution using the proprietary technologies.
Jeremy Nam
CTO & Co-Founder of AmazeVR
Jeremy D. Nam is the CTO and Co-Founder of Amaze VR.
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About AmazeVR: AmazeVR is a virtual concert platform for the highest quality VR content creation and mass distribution using the proprietary technologies.
Brad Hillstrom MD
Co-Founder & Chairman of vMocion
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About vMocion: Putting the Motion in Virtual Reality™
Todd Chernecki
Co-Founder and CEO of SUBPAC
Todd Chernecki is the CEO & Co-Founder at SUBPAC.
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About SUBPAC, SUBPAC: SUBPAC is a patented tactile audio technology that transfers low frequencies directly to a users body and more.
Kentaro Matsui
Representative Director / Founder of infinite loop
Born in 1977. Born in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. In July 2004, he launched a technical information site ke-tai.org for mobile phone programmers. Infinite Loop Co., Ltd. was established in June 2007. We develop browser games, including browser Kingdoms, and develop games for smartphones. Established Virtual Casts Co., Ltd. in July 2018. Using a 3D live-action model, also active as “Matsui Sha Cho” in VR space
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About infinite loop, SoftBank Vision Fund, Virtual Cast: infinite loop is a game development, application development, and web development company.
Eugene Chung
Founder, CEO of Penrose Studios
Eugene Chung is Director, Film & Media at Oculus VR. Previously, he was an investor and filmmaker based in New York City. He was with TechStars and New Enterprise Associates (NEA), where he focused on venture capital and seed investments in technology companies. Prior to NEA, Eugene worked in film production at Pixar Animation Studios. Earlier in his career, Eugene was a private equity investor at Warburg Pincus and an investment banker at Morgan Stanley. He earned his BS degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
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About Penrose Studios: Penrose is a group of artists, engineers and storytellers pushing the boundaries of virtual and augmented reality.
Jimmy Maidens
Co-Founder, Chief Scientist of Penrose Studios
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About Penrose Studios: Penrose is a group of artists, engineers and storytellers pushing the boundaries of virtual and augmented reality.
Kevin Farnham
Founder & CEO of Mirra
I am an Experience Designer and Design Executive. I recently founded and launched Mirra.co, a PaaS that allows anyone to create professional quality AR and VR experiences – without 3D expertise and without code. Over the course of the past few decades, I’ve worked directly with leaders from companies such as Apple, the BBC, Microsoſt, MoMA, Nike, Google and TED Conferences to help them conceive, create, and deliver new products and brands. One of my primary skills is in identifying and managing talent from many disciplines at every experience level. I have sourced, hired and managed several strategy, design, technology, and operations teams on an international basis. In 1998 I founded and was CEO of the design and innovation consultancy , which over the course of 15+ years I helped grow to a $30m+ARR, 100+ person firm with offices in San Francisco, New York, and London. I also conceived and cofounded one of the first design-focused product accelerators, Matter Design Lab, headquartered in London. In 2013 I co-authored a book entitled “Experience Design: A Framework for Integrating Brand, Experience, and Value”. The book focuses on how businesses can most effectively harness design to create greater customer engagement.
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About Mirra: Mirra allows people to build, share, and explore immersive experiences
Steven McCloskey
Founder and CEO of Nanome
Steven McCloskey is Founder and CEO at Nanome Inc.
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About Nanome: Nanome is a virtual reality software company that offers a collaborative XR software platform for molecular design.
Simon (Seockhoon) Bae
Founder and CEO of Cupix
Serial entrepreneur. * Founded CUPIX in 2015. Currently working hard to provide entirely new and amazingly useful virtual tour experience while making the content creation process fast, easy, and affordable. * Lead the strategy development and its implementation for a 3D printing specialized cloud platform and client apps at 3D Systems. * Founded VisPower in Sunnyvale, CA in 2010 and lead the company to develop and market TeamPlatform.com, a unique and pioneering SaaS app disrupting the product design collaboration market. VisPower was acquired by 3D Systems in 2013. * Founded INUS Technology in Seoul, Korea in 1998 and served as CEO until 2010. Its flagship Rapidform software had been the world’s best-selling 3D redesign and shape inspection software using 3D scan data. INUS was acquired by 3D Systems in 2012 and has operated since successfully as the Geomagic brand.
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About Cupix: Cupix provides a cloud based software to automatically map 360 photos and create 3D models only with consumer grade 360 cameras.
Arnaud Dazin
Co-Founder and CEO of ADVR
Arnaud Dazin is Co-Founder and CEO at ADVR.
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About ADVR, MAP, ThousandEyes: ADVR is the premiere solution for native monetization technologies for VR and AR developers.
Manish Gupta
Co-Founder, CTO of Vivid Vision
Manish left IBM to co-found the company in 2014. Experienced in both engineering and design, Manish leads development at Vivid Vision.
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About SeQuent Scientific, Vivid Vision: Vivid Vision uses cutting edge technology to create unique vision tests and treatments.
James Blaha
Founder, CEO of Vivid Vision
Founder, CEO of Vivid Vision.
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About Vivid Vision: Vivid Vision uses cutting edge technology to create unique vision tests and treatments.
Alexander Silkin
Co-Founder & CTO of Survios
Alex Silkin is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Survios, a virtual reality game developer dedicated to creating active, immersive experiences that push the limits of VR innovation. He oversees the design and implementation of the proprietary technology that powers Survios’ VR gaming titles, including the critically-acclaimed action sci-fi VR game ‘Raw Data’ and upcoming adrenaline platformer ‘Sprint Vector’. By trade, Silkin is a software engineer with an extensive background in consumer hardware, motion controls and software development and his resume includes stints at NASA, Microsoft, and the Information Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California (USC).
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About Survios: Survios is a virtual reality company that creates groundbreaking interactive content powered by cutting edge immersive technology.
Radu B. Rusu
CEO & Co-Founder of Fyusion
CEO and Co-Founder at Fyusion, Inc.
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About Fyusion, Open Perception Inc.: Fyusion develops products powered by 3D computer vision and machine learning.
Stefan Holzer
CTO & Co-Founder of Fyusion
Stefan is the CTO and Co-Founder of Fyusion, and a worldwide renowned scientist in the field of Computer VisionBefore Fyusion, Stefan was affiliated with the Computer Vision group at the Institute for Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), a PhD student at Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), and a maintainer with the Point Cloud Library (PCL) project.
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About Fyusion: Fyusion develops products powered by 3D computer vision and machine learning.
Irena Freidrica Heiberger
Co-Founder of High Fidelity
Irena Freidrica Heiberger is a High Fidelity co-founder and advisor. Her background spans technology, finance, business operations, and music production. Prior to High Fidelity, she served as COO of CIBT, a $200M PE-backed rollup in the travel industry. She also co-founded Siren Systems, a digital music company, and led Accenture’s eCommerce management consulting practice. Heiberger received her bachelor’s in economics from Harvard University and her MBA from Kellogg.
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About High Fidelity: High Fidelity is an open source software for shared virtual reality.
Ryan Karpf
Co-Founder & CCO of High Fidelity
Ryan Downe Karpf is co-founder and chief creative officer. Prior to working at High Fidelity, Karpf worked as chief of staff and head of product at Linden Lab, maker of Second Life. While there, he oversaw product development and content production operations during a period of explosive growth in user-generated content. Prior to working at Linden Lab, Karpf was a successful recording artist with Island Records, releasing multiple recordings featured on MTV and in television.
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About High Fidelity: High Fidelity is an open source software for shared virtual reality.
Kenneth Ryu
Co-Founder & COO of BinaryVR
Kenneth served as VP of Operations at Playnery for over 2 years. He was responsible for launching two mobile game titles in the global market, where he also experienced and learned everything that a start-up could possible teach. Prior to Playnery, he was Monetization Manager at Gala-Net, a Webzen company. Kenneth received a BA in Business Administration from Yonsei University, and earned an MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
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About BinaryVR, Hyprsense: BinaryVR develops facial expression tracking technology for AR/VR.
Morris May
Founder & CEO of Specular Theory, Inc.
Morris May is the CEO and founder of Specular Theory. May has curated and led teams of artists, technologists and producers, fusing talents to optimize workflow for award-winning studio films as well as top gaming projects for major players. His expertise for creating unique pipelines that integrates technical solutions with creative storytelling led him to the exploration of virtual reality. He has been a Hollywood visual effects expert for more than 25 years, working on 30+ films including two Academy Award winners: Spiderman II and Happy Feet. In addition, May has worked for industry leaders Industrial Light & Magic, Sony Imageworks, and Animal Logic. He has been the CG supervisor on major blockbuster films such as: Spider-Man 2 & 3, Star Wars: Episode II, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Underworld, The Mummy Returns, Godzilla, Fast & Furious. Additionally, he was lead Visual Effects consultant at the Microsoft Gaming Division. At Microsoft Games studio Black Tusk, he built innovative solutions using particle systems and real time fluid dynamics to bring the game to a level that was not traditionally associated with existing game engines.
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About Specular Theory, Inc.: Award-Winning VR/AR/AI training applications for Defense and Commercial Enterprise. A SBIR Phase III company. Based in Los Angeles, CA
Ryan Pulliam
Co-Founder & CMO of Specular Theory, Inc.
Ryan is the Co-founder and CMO of Specular Theory, the award-winning immersive content and technology studio that creates and distributes cutting-edge VR/AR/MR experiences that are redefining the gaming, entertainment, technology and training industries. She is a frequent keynote speaker at major events and conferences including CES, Web Summit, Collision, and NAB and was named Top 20 Women in VR and Top 101+ Women Leading the Virtual Reality (VR) Industry.
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About Specular Theory, Inc.: Award-Winning VR/AR/AI training applications for Defense and Commercial Enterprise. A SBIR Phase III company. Based in Los Angeles, CA
Alex Iravani
Founder & CEO of OVI
Alex Iravani started OVI in response to the increasing cost of high-end virtual reality hardware. OVI has already generated buzz amongst the top players in the VR community. Alex’s passion to drive a singular consistent brand, as well as expand focus on fully immersive consumer facing virtual technologies, are what lead the vision for OVI. Alex’s background in virtual reality technology began in 2014 where he began working alongside the biggest names in the space. He founded TreehouseVR, one of the first educational VR content aggregation platforms ever built. Prior to his work in VR, Alex spent nearly a decade working in entertainment-based production and digital imaging technology. Alex pioneered theatrical digital imaging technology in Hollywood; his work helped facilitate the transition from film to digital for companies like VIACOM, CBS, MTV Networks and many others.
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About OVI: Location Based Virtual Reality
Jikhan Jung
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Subdream Studios
Jikhan Jung is an entrepreneur and gaming visionary with over 10 years of experience across PC & Mobile platforms. Jikhan began his gaming career at Excite Japan in 2004 and then moved on to found Gala-Net, Inc a year later. Gala-Net was the first free-2-play PC gaming portal (named gPotato.com in North America in May 2005). Capitalizing on the positive reception in the NA market, Jikhan moved on to expand the business across Europe and South America by establishing Gala-Networks Europe and Gala-Net Brazil respectively. Over 22MM gamers have used Gala-Net/gPotato. In February 2013, gPotato was successfully sold to Webzen at a $20MM valuation.
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About Subdream Studios: Esports Game Developer and Publisher.
Phoebe Hayman
Founder and CEO of Seedling
Phoebe Hayman is the co-founder and CEO of Seedling USA, Inc. Born in New Zealand, Phoebe spent her childhood in the US before returning to earn her BFA in art and photography. Forming her first business at the age of nine, Phoebe seemed destined to become an entrepreneur. Phoebe founded Seedling in 2007 after noticing a lack of toys that inspired open-ended play. Drawing on her experiences as an artist, a curator and an active member of the early childhood education community, Phoebe is the driving force behind the company’s strategic direction. She remains actively involved with design, brand development, and sales for Seedling, whose products are now sold in over 20 countries. Phoebe is a seasoned speaker and has shared her insights at industry events including ShopTalk 2016 and the Greycroft Summit.
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About Seedling: Seedling engages in creating products that encourage families to build, imagine, and play together.
Khizer Khaderi
Founder & CEO of Vizzario
Founder & CEO, Vizzario. Medical Advisor, Magic Leap. Member of Stanford AI community.
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About CITRIS, Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University School of Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Vizzario: Using AI to Improve Human Computer Interactions
Jacob Mederos
Co-Founder & Lead Software Engineer of Vizzario
Co-Founder & Lead Software Engineer, Vizzario.
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About Stanford University, Vizzario: Using AI to Improve Human Computer Interactions
Ryan Holmes
Founder and CEO of SpaceVR
Ryan Holmes, CEO, SpaceVR is the world’s first virtual reality platform allowing users to #BeAnAstronaut and experience space firsthand from any mobile, desktop or virtual reality device. Through the use of 360-degree cameras, SpaceVR technology feeds footage from low earth orbit back to Earth so consumers can experience space travel in immersive virtual reality.
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About SpaceVR: SpaceVR is a virtual reality (VR) experience in zero gravity floatation, delivering cinematic, virtual space, therapy and super learning.
Michael Rucker
Co-Founder & COO of OmniVirt
Michael Rucker is the Co-Founder and COO of OmniVirt, a 360° VR advertising and distribution platform. Prior to OmniVirt, Michael spent 7 years at YouTube holding a variety of different leadership positions. Michael led YouTube’s content strategy across its 5 main verticals: Entertainment, Music, Sports, News, and Education. Joining YouTube in 2007, Michael helped drive YouTube’s growth from its early days, launching YouTube’s first monetization products to leading consumer marketing for the site across Asia-Pacific. Michael has touched both the consumer and business side of the digital video business.
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About OmniVirt: Leading Immersive Advertising (VR/AR) Platform
Andrew Chen
Founder of Send Reality
Andrew Chen is a founder of Send Reality.
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About Send Reality: Send Reality enables anyone to capture a 3D model of any space, starting with real estate.
Luke Wilson
CEO/Founder of ManageXR
Luke Wilson founded Weightless Studio with the intention of using new technologies to improve patient care. Partnering with the Stanford CHARIOT Program at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Luke has developed VR games, mindfulness experiences, and physical therapy tools. He also works with the Starlight Children’s Foundation, using VR to bring moments of joy to hospitalized kids. Luke studied computer science at Stanford University, and currently lives in Santa Cruz where he spends his free time hiking in the redwoods and learning to surf.
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About ManageXR, Weightless Studio: ManageXR is an enterprise device management platform designed for VR and AR devices.
Fernando Alonso
CTO/Founder of Voovio
Entrepreneur. Highly interested in mathematics and coding.
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About Voovio: Voovio’s Knowledge Automation platform enables the process industry to boost productivity & reduce downtime in plants.
Evi Meyer
Co-Founder & CEO of uMake
Led Design and Product Management at Autodesk’s AutoCAD mobile project. Unrelenting solution creator, with a natural knack for problem solving.
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About uMake: uMake offers an application that enables iPad users to create designs in 3D form.
Erik Sapir
Co-Founder & CTO of uMake
Erik Sapir joined uMake as CTO & Co-Founder in 2014.
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About uMake: uMake offers an application that enables iPad users to create designs in 3D form.
Jan-Hein Pullens
Co-Founder and COO of roOomy
Jan-Hein Pullens is the Advisor To The Board at Loft.
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About roOomy: roOomy’s patented 3D/AR/VR technology brings your listing, home and décor to life with fast, scalable 3D modeling and rendering services.
Pieter Aarts
Board Member and Co-Founder of roOomy
Pieter Aarts, co-founder and CEO of roOomy, pioneers roOomy’s momentous efforts to continue to lead the world in 3D, augmented and virtual reality technology in the interior decorating space. Bringing more than 25 years of diverse industry experience to the roOomy team, including entrepreneurship, management, and sales, Pieter knows a thing or two about strategically driving success. His passion for proactively seeking the cutting edge drives roOomy’s mission of helping Real Estate professionals and home buyers visualize a home’s space through the power of 3D, AR and VR. Born in the Netherlands, he is a traveler at heart.
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About Bi4 Group, LOFT, roOomy: roOomy’s patented 3D/AR/VR technology brings your listing, home and décor to life with fast, scalable 3D modeling and rendering services.
Nilesh Gharia
Founder/CEO of NVMEngines
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About Numem, NVMEngines: Provider of Non-Volatile Memory Semiconductor IP of STT-MRAM and ReRAM
Edward Tang
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Avegant
Edward Tang oversees the technical direction of Avegant from its groundbreaking Retinal Imaging Technology used in the award winning Glyph to new developments in the company’s upcoming family of products. Edward Tang has extensive optical and electrical engineering experience garnered from years at Tang Engineering Consulting LLC, a consulting and design firm for the MEMS community. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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About Avegant, Avegant: Avegant specialize in developing display technology to enable previously impossible augmented reality experiences.
Elaine Lu
Co-Founder & COO of Visbit
Elaine Lu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Visbit Inc.
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About Visbit, Visbit: Smart transmission and playback of premium quality immersive media across headsets, mobile, and web.
