Brendon Stead at Sound United

Brendon Stead at Sound United

Most people take their hearing for granted, but Brendon Stead, SVP Product 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.


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Infinite Frame Media & Tribe of Pan

Infinite Frame Media & Tribe of Pan

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.



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Tony Bevilacqua of Cognitive 3D

Tony Bevilacqua of Cognitive 3D

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.


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Andrew Searle from IO Industries

Andrew Searle from IO Industries

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.

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Dave Beck of Foundry 45

Dave Beck of Foundry 45

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.

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  • https://foundry45.com/

  • LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdavidbeck/

  • Twitter: @tylerhgates @sophiamosh

Chris Crescitelli and Greg Katano of Dreamland XR

Chris Crescitelli and Greg Katano of Dreamland XR

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 the right circumstance can make this big city of technology feel like a small town.

Randy Brown, VP of Virtual Heroes Division at ARA Part 2

Randy Brown, VP of Virtual Heroes Division at ARA Part 2

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 Virtual Reality, and some of the key elements of what’s to come.

Randy Brown, VP of Virtual Heroes Division at ARA Part 1

Randy Brown, VP of Virtual Heroes Division at ARA Part 1

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.