WELCOME TO THE SF CHAPTER OF THE VR/AR  ASSOCIATION

WHERE IT ALL BEGINS

"I love attending VR/AR Association events in San Francisco. It is a terrific community and every event has been an amazing source of inspiration with great speakers and insightful discussions."  -- Martina Ori, Ph.D., Hyperfair VR

WHY JOIN VRARA SF?

As the world's technology epicenter, San Francisco and Silicon Valley have become hotbeds for VR and AR. VRARA positions companies of all sizes to capitalize on this next major computing platform shift.

Carried by chapter leaders that are embedded in VR/AR front lines, a thought-leadership approach is taken towards member support. This happens through the chapter's research, editorial output and events.

These content assets are education to members and visibility channels for them.  The industry contacts we develop through this knowledge base also serve members through introductions and networking.   

All of the above is cultivated through:

• Free access to VRARA events with A-list speakers (examples below)

• Discounts to third party events

• VRARA blog (SF coverage here)

• Weekly newsletter

• Podcast

• Access to VRARA's theDIRECTORY

• Participation in industry committees

Full list of member benefits can be seen here.

A-LIST EVENTS

I feel it's a "cut above" many of the other VR/AR/MR Meetups around as far as content and the people involved.

-- Tim Aldridge, Performa Apps

WHAT ATTENDEES ARE SAYING...

A fantastic job moderating, synthesizing, contextualizing, harmonizing . . .  the speakers and audience were lucky…  was also inspiring to see the buzzed turn-out and run into friends I didn’t expect to see.

-- Linda Jacobson, Founder, East Bay Virtual Reality Alliance

I love attending VR/AR Association events in San Francisco. It is a terrific community and every event has been an amazing source of inspiration with great speakers and insightful discussions.

-- Martina Ori, Ph.D., Hyperfair VR

I really like what VRARASF is creating and community that has formed around it; it's of value to me to see the organization to continue and thrive- I feel it's a "cut above" many of the other VR/AR/MR Meetups around as far as content and the people involved.

-- Tim Aldridge, Performa Apps

All the talks were very interesting and informative. Moreover, in listening to Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, I felt like I stumbled into my favorite kind of a comedy show. In addition, I was very impressed to see the diversified crowd in the room and that over 40% of the guests were women.

-- Yaara Guetta, MBA, Hult International School of Business

FEATURED MEMBERS

CHAPTER LEADERSHIP

Everett Wallace, SF Chapter President everett@thevrara.com

Everett Wallace has focused for nine years on the VR/AR and gaming industries, with particular focus on emerging markets and bridging APAC with the rest of the world. He has built an extensive and diverse global network in the process. He first cut his teeth on navigating foreign markets working in Malawi, Africa at SZ Investments, securing deals in the mobile finance industry. He then built the Western office of the startup China-publisher Oniix, bringing leading Western games and products into the Chinese market as the market rapidly evolved and grew over 5x.

In 2017 and 2018, he built the publishing department of Chinese advertising platform Yeahmobi after a $100M raise. He shifted the status quo of how an Asian partner approaches Western partnerships and achieves results, in the process building a strategic partnership with respected publisher Flaregames.

He formed SGA in 2019 to meet consistent strong demand from both sides of the table, and after seeing one too many brilliant products not reach their global potential. He now champions product and creative studios in building opportunities with global investors and partners.

Everett is passionate about discovering and building scaled opportunities in unexpected ways. He believes the key to all business is finding and working with good, talented people.

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