Jack Maddalena is the co-founder of VRCraftworks.Founders of VRCraftworks, Peter and Jack were experimenting with immersive technology for years before it became a talking point in mainstream media. Their interest began when they became a part of a small online community with the likes of "parmtech" (Palmer Luckey - Founder of Oculus) and other leading figures in the field. The online community along with Peter and Jack initially wanted to buy the first VR headset from "parmtech" until a kickstarter created Oculus, now one of the top selling providers of VR headsets. From the developments in hardware Peter and Jack decided to dive in, creating VRCraftworks and haven't looked back since. The first application the father and son duo created, Orbulus, became a hit. Orbulus was published as one of the 'Top Ten' VR apps to download. With this interest grew, with the likes of Google wanting to include our app in the launch of the Google Cardboard headset. Since then VRCraftworks has grown and so have the projects. With Peter's skills in running businesses and Jack's marketing and sales, plus the passion of immersive technology, the company blossomed.www.vrcraftworks.comPlease contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

VU Dream - VR/AR Podcast

Ep. 17 - Jack Maddalena | What Needs To Happen For VR & AR To Go Mainstream

Dror Spindel is the Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer of Halo Labs.Halo Labs is a VR/AR prototyping, design and collaboration solution. Halo brings all aspects of VR/AR product design under one roof in order to help product and design teams with a fast and efficient way to plan, visualize and communicate VR/AR concepts.https://www.halolabs.io/Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 16 - Dror Spindel | Successful Marketing in the Virtual and Augmented Reality Industry

Alex Jackson is the CEO of Hone Virtual Education and former Chapter President of the Calgary VRAR Association.Hone Virtual Education Ltd. Was founded with the vision of changing the way Emergency Services and Healthcare Professionals learn and prepare for emergency situations. The potential for impact on the community is profound; better preparation and training positively influence patient outcomes. Hone is changing the way Emergency Services and Healthcare Professionals learn and prepare for emergency situations by creating highly immersive learning experiences through Virtual and Augmented Realities.https://www.honevr.ca/https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-jackson-39540899/Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 15 - Alex Jackson | Real World Virtual Training in High Risk & High-Stress Environments w/ Hone VR

Since its founding in 2010 in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Dimenco has become the leading technology company in the world that brings excitement and reality to your home in 3D. Dimenco is recognized as a world market leader in 3D with high-quality award-winning products. Dimenco is moving towards Simulated Reality. Simulated Reality vision creates a new way to experience the world. To bring people together, enhance communication and redefine what’s possible...Depth perception is created by bonding a specially developed lenticular overlay to an LCD screen, in such a way that projected light is transmitted in different directions. Introducing interference into what each eye perceives results in the perception of depth on a flat surface. The observer’s left and right eye see different images on the display, which the brain fuses into single image, without requiring cumbersome, inconvenient 3D glasses. Dimenco’s 3D technology allows viewers to sit anywhere in a room and see a customizable 3D image. This is easy on the eyes and can be watched from different angles.In addition to the design of the lenticular overlay and optical bonding to an LCD, the technology developed by Dimenco also encompasses 3D image processing. Dimenco also offers vast experience in industrial 3D display and component manufacturing.www.dimenco.euVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 14 - Maarten Tobias | Simulated Reality - 3D VR without the Virtual Reality Headset

Tom Buchanan is the Co-Founder & Chief of Product at Contact Ci. Started in Syracuse University students in 2014, the founding team began Contact CI’s work on extending the reach of human hands. Mutual passions for biomimetics, wearables, immersive technology, gaming, and robotics has continually help shape the team’s vision for natural and realistics human computer interfaces. Since leaving campus, the team has expanded, secured crucial partnership, raised initial funding, and is preparing to ship the first Maestro gloves to external partners this quarter. The goal today remains the same with the team headquartered in Cincinnati, passionately developing Maestro to enable intuitive hand controls.-Trained in the integration of native SteamVR tracking into VR input devices. Led to the development and implementation of native 6 degree of freedom tracked objects designed for a room scale environment -Formulated agile development cycles that halved the weight from our E3 2016 to our SVVR 2017 models and then halved the weight again for Leap Motion integration-Prototyped motion capture glove capable of 19 of 27 degrees of freedom of the hand-Co-founded and have worn many hats during the early stages of development for the company-Managed the integration of soft and hard goods in the product development process-PCB Design and R&D-Haptic systems R&D-Demoed our motion capture system with HTC Vive integration at E3 2016-Demoed first prototype of motion capture and force feedback haptics at SVVR 2017 Expo-2015 Kairos K50 Company member-One of the earliest developers with access to the HTC Vive Trackerhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tfbuchanan4/contactci.coVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 13 - Tom Buchanan | Bringing Intuitive Touch, Gesture and Interaction into Immersive VR World's

Alan Smithson is the CEO of MetaVRse, North America’s leading virtual and augmented reality product development company focused on the intersection of VR/AR/3D and e-Commerce. Alan is a globally recognized thought leader in business applications for AR/VR. MetaVRse was named Top 100 Rising Startups by Techweek and nominated Global VR Startup of the year by VR Awards. Alan is on the Forbes Council, Founding Member of the VR/AR Association and Techstars MentorPrior to MetaVRse, Alan invented invented Emulator, the world’s first touchscreen DJ System; used by Linkin Park, Armin Van Buuren, Microsoft, Sony, Heineken and more.Alan’s purpose in life is to inspire and educate the next generation of young entrepreneurs to think and act in a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable way.https://www.linkedin.com/in/alansmithson/VU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 12 - Alan Smithson | Business Solutions for a New Reality w/ MetaVRse

Atdhe Trepca is a commercial director based out of Los Angeles, CA who has directed award-winning films (A Little Bit of Time, Mimesis, Me or the Bear and Vëllezërit). Theo also directs the popular web series, The Syllabus, which has garnered over 500,000 organic views.Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comwww.atdhetrepca.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/atdhe-trepca-82350991/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6659528/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1VU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 11 - Atdhe Trepca | Future of Virtual Reality Storytelling in Filmmaking & A Little Bit of Time

Ian Hall is the chief product officer of Yulio Technologies, leading Yulio’s vision of VR as a practical, everyday business tool. Ian is also the Co-founder of Pixel Tours Inc., a design consultancy specializing in human factors engineering and development, and was previously Director of Product Management for Truespectra Inc., acquired by Adobe. Ian has over 15 years’ experience in imaging technology and has participated in much of Yulio’s 1000+ hours of VR user testing. Yulio is end-to-end Virtual Reality software for architects, interior designers, real estate management and construction engineering companies to easily publish and share Virtual Reality Experiences. After decades of experience serving the North American commercial design market, the Yulio leadership team recognized the gap between designer vision and client perception. Traditional design tools—like sketches, 2D renderings, and floorplans—couldn’t give clients an accurate experience of the finished space, leaving them disengaged and unsatisfied. Yulio’s Virtual Reality technology was designed to close this communication gap and redefine how designers work with their clients. Yulio is available in the App Store, Google Play and Samsung’s Oculus Store for Gear VR.Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ianchall/https://www.yulio.com/VU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 10 - Ian Hall | Practical and Everyday Business Uses for Virtual Reality (VR)

Greg Glass is the Director of Business Development at Vaylian. Greg has 30+ years of experience in the development, marketing and sales of entertainment content, entertainment brands, licensed products and talent. His specific expertise is in the areas of content development, branded entertainment and business development.Greg began his career in the music business, handling regional and national distribution and marketing for the Handleman Company. In this capacity, Greg spent 11 years working directly with the country’s largest mass merchant retailers, including Walmart, Kmart, Sears and others. From retail distribution, Greg would transition to the label side of the business, working for 12 years with independent labels Simitar Entertainment and BCI Eclipse – both offshoots of the famous K-tel brand. From 2006 to 2017, Greg would transition again, this time to television, to use his business development experience to help expand the efforts of BCII in its core business of cable television programming production/sales, as well as create branded and commercial units at the company. His most recent contribution being the creation of a strategic alliance with Vaylian Studios for the creation of groundbreaking AR/VR/MR and VFX content for traditional advertising, experiential marketing and app engagement.For 2018, Greg is putting 100% of his efforts into advanced digital media as the Director of Business Development at Vaylian Studios. With a series of award-winning projects already on their resume, Vaylian Studios will expand beyond client-direct experiential content and will also be pursuing immersive scripted/non-scripted series content, agency-partnered immersive projects, technology-driven projects and I.P. development in the AR/MR space.Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/gregglassbcii/http://www.vaylian.com/VU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 9 - Greg Glass | Emerging Immersive Media Technologies (VR/AR) in Future Experiences from Hollywood

Nicolas Perret is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at 3dRudder. A foot-powered controller to move in VR or PC games like you move in real life. Every day, you use your feet to walk, run, ride a bike, or drive a car. With the 3dRudder foot controller, you can finally use your feet to naturally move in VR worlds. If you want to ski, fly a plane, or drive a tank, the 3dRudder will move your experience to the next level.Do you play your favorite VR or PC game with a keyboard, a mouse, a gamepad, a HOTAS, or a joystick? Select the appropriate mode in the 3dRudder Dashboard and your PC will recognize your 3dRudder as the second peripheral of your choice. You’re free to use the 3dRudder alone or combine it with your usual controller. Sit down, step up, and control your games with easy and effortless movements: push with your toes or heels to move forward or backward, tilt to the left or right to move sideways, rotate to turn around, and apply an opposite pressure with your toes & heels to go up or down. A small or full movement will allow you adjust to your speed. All movements can be combined together.You can also use the 3dRudder to control the altitude of a plane or a starcraft. Tilting the device upward will bring the nose of your vessel up.The 3dRudder is fully compatible with Windows 8 & 10. All you’ll need to do to use it is plug the foot controller into your PC, install the 3dRudder Dashboard, automatically download and install the latest Dashboard and firmware updates, and get ready to enjoy a new way to play games.Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/nperret/https://www.3drudder.com/VU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 8 - Nicolas Perret | Move in Virtual Reality or PC Games with 3dRudder a New Controller

Neil Singh is a consultant specializing in Immersive Technologies and working towards helping companies create Augmented, Virtual, Experiential Reality marketing solutions for their products and services.For 18 years Neil has held positions in business development, online marketing, software development, education and training.Neil also holds qualifications of a Master of Business degree earned in 2012 in New Zealand, and has journal publications in ANZMAC and Journal of Internet Research on the topics of Brand Consumption Behavior in 3D Gaming Environments and Service Culture .Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/biz-g33k/https://www.bizg33k.com/VU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 7 - Neil Singh | Augmented, Virtual (VR/AR) Experiential Reality Marketing for Business

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are forecasted to be a $108 billion market by 2021. James Laudermilk's Vision: I hope to show people how great VR is by the videos I create in VR and to help people adopt VR by being able to make money from within Virtual Reality! (Email: VR Videos@ImmersiveCareer.com if you would like an Immersive Animated VR Video created for your personal business, brand, company or just want the latest Immersive VR advertisement!)● Embodiment and shapeshifting through this immersive technology allow the audience to experience a story like no other medium before it.● This isn’t simply consuming a piece of journalism; it’s living through an experience prepared by the storyteller.● Our VR Story-Living videos will make clients and viewers both keep coming back for more! Have a story you want told in VR? Want us to create a branding intro VR video for you?(Nielsen and Airpush conducted a VR ad effectiveness study and found that ads in VR were more effective by 1.5 to 18x depending on the content and metric, brand recall was 8x more effective, and 2x more likely to share. - Credit: Marketing New Realities, Hackl & Wolfe, Amazon)My Mission: I'm trying to create a new VR startup, I love Virtual Reality! Unless you have experienced Virtual Reality, you will not know what I'm talking about.Investors please email: Investors@ImmersiveMarketVR.com (Pitch Deck Available, only need one investor)My Passion: Creating VR Story-Living videos and a Virtual Reality experience that anyone can create a career in and make money with and then share it with others! Let's create the "Oasis" together!● 19 Years Military Service. Iraq Veteran● Published Android App for Magicians "D'Ball" (Featured in July 2013 M-U-M Magic Magazine)● 2017 Created my first published VR Application● 2017 Created DCG's first ever SharePoint online site● O365 Global Admin, SharePoint Admin/Developer 2007 - 2016Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comJames' LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameslaudermilk/VU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 6 - James Laudermilk | Future of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality with Founder of Immersive Market VR

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are forecasted to be a $108 billion market by 2021. Now's the time to understand the world of VR/AR, how these technologies can improve your organization, the unique challenges and opportunities they present, and the growing industry in Alberta.Join Lethbridge College and the VR/AR Association (VRARA) for Merging Realities: An event of multiple perspectives - the first full-day VR/AR conference held completely in virtual reality.This is a full-day event that has been planned by students and features speakers from the VR/AR industry in Alberta and abroad. The day starts with two amazing keynote presenters: Alan Smithson from MetaVRse and Alex Katzen from Google. Presenters and participants will be connected in a virtual conference session, powered by Rumii. The full-day conference concludes with an amazing closing keynote from Cathy Hackl.Following the full-day conference, an in-person VR mixer will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. at Lethbridge College. This mixer will bring together Lethbridge College students who have created 360-degree experiences and VR video games; VR businesses including Mammoth VR, VRKade and CTRL V; the Regional Innovation Network of Southern Alberta, Economic Development Lethbridge, the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce; and many more participants.Due to the high demand for this event, a limited amount of people will be able to participate in the VR sessions, but every attendee will be able to participate via the live-stream. Live-stream viewers will get to ask questions of the presenters as well. In addition, you can also watch the live stream on campus at Lethbridge College's IB Theaters (lunch will be provided). Registrants will be sent information prior to the event on how to view the live stream.Engage with people from around the world, learn from industry professionals, and explore the capabilities of VR/AR.For more information, contact Kris at 403-320-3202 ext. 5489 or kris.hodgson@lethbridgecollege.ca.Mike McCready is a Multimedia Production Instructor at Lethbridge College in Alberta, Canada.Mike's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmccready/Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 5 - Mike McCready | Merging Realities World’s First Conference Held Entirely in Virtual Reality

Today's episode features Puya Abolfathi, CEO & Co-Founder at Visospace. Abolfathi and I talk about the future of VR and its potential role in our advancement, rehabilitation engineering, exoskeletons, human-machine interfaces, new ways to deliver energy, science communication and innovating using smart and efficient electromechanics.Puya's specialization is in human-machine interfaces, haptics, and exoskeletons. He is deeply experienced in running development teams and manufacturing and has a real passion is creating engaging experiences in VR.Visospace was founded to bring to market revolutionary technology to bring about new ways to interact with the virtual and digital world. This technology promises to disrupt many industries including Medical, Rehabilitation, Education and Training, Gaming, Tele-presence and Tele-robotics to name a few.Puya's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/puyaabolfathi/Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 4 - Puya Abolfathi | Future of VR/AR Innovations and Human-Machine Interfaces with Visospace

Today's episode features Samuel Huber, Founder of Admix.in, the first adtech platform for mixed reality, giving VR/AR/MR developers the best tools to monetize their content. Sam is also a frequent speaker at VR/AR/adtech conferences. Human communication has evolved from text, to photos, to videos, so I believe that the transition to immersive media is inevitable. However, the current rules of advertising don't apply within immersive media, mainly because of the intrusiveness. Admix aims to solve this problem and maximize revenue for the content creators.Admix (previously Advir.co) enables non-intrusive, programmatic product placements within the content. Think, a can of coke on a table, or a video playing on a billboard. Admix's vision is to become the largest virtual estate company by giving VR and AR developers the best tools to monetize their immersive content, whether it is through advertising, e-commerce or transactions.Samuel is also the co-president of the VRAR pledge, a commitment against intrusive advertising signed by companies such as Yahoo or Orange.Sam's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/samhuber/Sam's Website - http://www.samhuber.com/Admix - http://admix.in/Please contact us if you have comments, suggestions and guest inquiries - mark@vudream.comVU Dream - http://www.vudream.com/VU Dream's FB - https://www.facebook.com/VUDreamOfficial/VU Dream's Twitter - https://twitter.com/VUDreamOfficialVU Dream's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/vudreamofficial

Ep. 3 - Samuel Huber | Monetizing VR/AR with Admix, First Adtech Platform for Mixed Reality

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