Travis Cloyd of Observe Media
Travis Cloyd, VR Director, VR Producer, and CEO of Observe Media joins us to discuss his experience of being the VR producer for Hannibal Pictures’ upcoming feature film Speed Kills starring John Travolta. Travis talks about the details of shooting cinematic VR, both the challenges, and some of the mind-blowing VR cuts they were able to achieve in Puerto Rico, leveraging drones, 360 cameras, speedboats on the ocean, and capturing in VR, one of the great actors of our time, John Travolta. We also discuss the present state of the VR film industry and what the future may hold for full-feature VR films.
Nick Alcid of Escape to Virtual Reality returns
We are joined for a second time by Nick Alcid, Co-Founder and VP of Escape to Virtual Reality, California’s first large scale location based VR gaming platform. We discuss the unique motion capture wireless system available at their studio, the company’s recent move to the L.A. Fashion District area, and their new partnership with meleap.com, and their AR headset system that includes the HADO gaming tournament, and HADO Cart games that will be available at Escape to Virtual Reality.
Brad Scoggin of SpringboardVR returns
Harold Hayes Jr. of SunnyBoy Entertainment
We focus our discussion with Harold Hayes Jr. of SunnyBoy Entertainment on the entertainment industry’s lack of diversity, and the opportunities that come from adding diversity into the culture of entertainment media companies. This is a fascinating discussion where we also talk about how augmented reality and mixed reality are starting to emerge in the entertainment industry, and the importance of web-VR.
Dr. Sana Farid of Munfarid
Nino Sapina and Craig Vezina of Realcast
Joining us on this episode of the Everything VR & AR Podcast are Nino Sapina, the Co-Founder and CEO of Realcast and Craig Vezina, who is the Co-Founder and CBO (Chief Business Officer) at Realcast.
Realcast offers interactive AR experiences on Hololens and Apple’s AR kit and we discuss their unique approach of leveraging Nino’s experience as a game designer and executive, along with Craig’s experience in education, to build educational mixed reality and augmented reality showcases.
Ray Kallmeyer of CreateAR
We are joined by Ray Kallmeyer, CEO of CreateAR. CreateAR is a leading Augmented Reality design and development firm and is a part of the Microsoft Mixed Reality Partner Program. We talk about CreateAR’s work with Mercedes Benz in Japan and their strategy for refining mixed reality user interface design.
