Alan Smithson of MetaVRse

Alan Smithson, CEO of MetaVRse joins us to talk about MetaVRse and their vCommerce (Virtual & Augmented Reality for Retail and eCommerce).

MetaVRse is also building the XR Learning Centre and was recently accepted to the Museum of the Future Accelerator in Dubai.

Alan is a LinkedIn VR/AR thought leader with millions of views of his articles and videos. We also talk about his upcoming keynotes at the VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver with topics including Virtual Conferences of the Future, and Enterprise XR use cases.

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. This is a fun and informative discussion with Alan.

Find him on LinkedIn searching Alan Smithson, or email him at alan@metavrse.com.

Mfon Akpan of National Louis University

On this episode we talk with Mfon Akpan Assistant Professor of Business at National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois. Mfon discusses the powerful opportunities that we have to apply VR in education.

Mfon was originally inspired by the game Second Life, and began thinking about how VR could be applied in a game-like setting to teach auditing and accounting practices in an applied environment. He is now forging new ground in the University education ecosystem that you’ll find inspiring.

Mfon is on the Education Committee of the VRAR Association, and will also be giving a TedX presentation in Franklin, NH on Sept. 15, 2018.

Connect with him via email at makpan@nl.edu   

Anne-Marie Enns of the VR/AR Global Summit

Anne-Marie Enns, Executive Producer of the VR/AR Global Summit, shares with us the inside scoop on what to expect at the Global Summit conference, taking place in Vancouver on September 21-22 2018 at the PARQ Hotel & Casino.

We talk about speakers, topics, workshops, the startup pitchfest, business speed dating, after-parties and more. This is a fun discussion on the excitement around VR/AR, Vancouver and the global leaders coming together.

To connect with Anne-Marie about exhibiting or sponsoring at the VR/AR Global Summit, reach out at am@thevrara.com or visit http://www.thevrara.com/vr-ar-global-summit/.

Reekita Shah Alias Gala of Virtual Marketing Revolution

We are joined by Reekita Shah Alias Gala who is the Founder of Virtual Marketing Revolution (VMR), which is an organization that hosts events in Virtual Reality for the Marketing Industry and also co-founder of Virtual marketing Revolution and founder of VRARE.

We have a fascinating discussion about how here team is building a VR conference platform, and how they’re taking consideration of the social networking elements of conferences in VR.

Reekita also discusses industry trends and her other two companies VRARE, which does VR and AR training, and XRMR which focuses on consulting businesses on how to apply their marketing strategies within XR.

Connect with Reekita on Linkedin at  https://www.linkedin.com/in/reekita-shah-alias-gala-2ab01368 and you can get more information on the marketing conference being held in VR at www.virtualmarketingrevolution.com. Also make sure to visit http://www.ar10xsales.com/ to learn more marketing tips for the AR industry.

Mafalda Ricca of GEMA Digital

We are joined by Mafalda Ricca, who is the Executive Sales & Marketing Director (Tech and Tourism Sector) of GEMA (Jemma) Digital.

GEMA Digital develops immersive and interactive experiences for events, brand activations and museums. Virtual reality, augmented reality, holograms, interactive installations, video-mapping and 4D rooms are examples of what our working animals produce everyday.

Mafalda discusses some of the exciting implementations their team has done in Portugal, Mexico, Spain, Brazil and the U.K..

Connect with Mafalda on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mafaldaricca and on the web at www.gemadigital.com.

Nick Busietta of Liminal VR

Nick Busietta, Managing Director of Liminal VR is our guest for this episode. Liminal VR is working with a global network of developers, to help create short virtual reality experiences that are designed to empower people to consciously choose how they want to feel and perform.

Nick goes on to explain the details of this fascinating challenge that his team is overcoming in VR of using entertainment to help achieve targeted psychological outcomes.

Liminal VR is also currently taking applications for their alpha tester partner program so if you are interested in this specific field, make sure to inquire to see how you can get involved.

You can find out more about the company and the partner program at www.liminalvr.com or email them at info@liminalvr.com.  

Eran Helft and Dror Spindel of Halo Labs

Halo Labs Co-Founder and CEO Eran Helft along with Co-Founder and CMO Dror Spindel join us on this episode of Everything VR & AR. 

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.

Eran and Dror talk about how they started the company and how it’s growing. We also discuss 3 main verticals where they are seeing high growth and also where they see growth geographically.

They also recently announced some cool new product features within Halo Labs including team collaboration, and an export to Unity feature.

Connect with Halo Labs at https://www.halolabs.io or email them at team@halolabs.io .

Tyler Kem of Visionary Tax

Tyler Kem, Founder and CEO of Visionary Tax is our guest on this episode. Visionary Tax is a R&D tax credit consulting firm focused on providing valuable tax expertise to the emerging technology industries including artificial intelligence, blockchain, fintech, software development including virtual and augmented reality.

Tyler talks about how R&D tax credits work, how they evolved, activities and expenses that qualify, and how foreign companies doing R&D work in the US can benefit.  This is actually quite an interesting conversation and applicable to almost anyone working in tech.

Reach out to Tyler at tyler@visionarytaxes.com or www.visionarytaxes.com.