Everything Vr & Ar

Founder & Creative Director of TRICK 3D, Chad Eikhoff, joins Kevin this week to talk about a variety of topics including Fruity Pebbles cereal, Hot Wheels and Elf on the Shelf. They also discuss what Floorplan Revolution is and how TRICK 3D is helping brands make the move into the VR/AR world in regards to not only marketing but how they can use it to educate and demonstrate customers and employees on what they can do for them. Have a listen and learn more about what Chad thinks of the Hololens, and his comparison of Google's Daydream headset to Samsung's Gear VR. All this and much more!   Connect with Chad Eikhoff and TRICK 3D: Web - TRICK3D.com Twitter - @trick3d Twitter - @chadeikhoff LinkedIn - Chad Eikhoff on LinkedIn     Atlanta Chapter info If you live near the Atlanta, Georgia area you are invited to connect with the Atlanta Chapter. To do so, simply visit the chapter page at: thevrara.com/atlanta There you can connect with chapter President, Julia Hill along with keeping up with upcoming even

Joined by Niko Chauls who is the Director of Emerging Technology at the USA Today & Gannett Network on this episode to learn more about what his team is doing in the augmented, mixed and virtual reality space across their 110 locations in the United States. Niko discusses what the purpose behind the VRtually There YouTube channel, along with sharing more information about just what is the yearly StoryNEXT event that he is the Executive Director of. Also Niko shares some wonderful insight on the Hololens and what direction Microsoft is looking to head with it and so much more that it is just best to hear what he has to say.     Connect with Niko Chauls and USA Today online: VRtually There YouTube Channel VR Stories application on Google Play Store StoryNEXT website  LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikojc     Leave us a voicemail! We invite you to call in and leave us a voicemail leaving feedback, asking questions or looking for exposure for your upcoming events. To call in and do so, call us at:

On past episodes we have discussed the importance of audio and visual in regards to augmented & virtual reality. Kharis O'Connell who is the Head of Product of Archiact VR joins Kevin to discuss why design is such an important aspect to focus on in the AR/VR industry along with the increasingly popular mixed reality space. Archiact VR has a solid set of software available for multiple platforms that you may already be familiar with which you can see here. As someone who lists Apple, Samsung and Nokia as previous companies he has been a part of, Kharis has a strong resume which includes the O'Reilly Media published book titled "Designing for Mixed Reality". Kharis also shares his thoughts on whom is doing things right in regards to currently available hardware and much more. Have a listen and make sure to grab a free copy of "Designing for Mixed Reality" here.   Connect with Kharis O'Connell and Archiact VR online: Website - www.archiactvr.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rmtwrkr Email - info@ar

How would you like to have your own virtual place, that you can customize to your hearts desire, allowing you to watch videos and share photos with friends and much more? Artem Fedyaev, the Founder & CEO of myVR and myWebRoom is our guest this week to talk about how you can do just that whether on a computer or using their myVR application currently available on Android. Artem also shares his thoughts regarding the public perception of VR & AR as it currently sits. Make sure to take the myWebRoom and myVR experiences for a spin and share with us your creations.     Connect with Artem Fedyaev and myWebRoom online: Website - www.mywebroom.com LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/artemfedyaev Twitter - @RoomsInc     Leave us a voicemail! We invite you to call in and leave us a voicemail leaving feedback, asking questions or looking for exposure for your upcoming events. To call in and do so, call us at: 314-529-1998 Simply call the number above and leave your name, where you are calling from and what your que

As more research is done on the effects of virtual and augmented reality as it relates to our psychology, it is a pleasure to be joined by Tunisha Singleton on this episode to discuss this and also how it fits in with the sports world so many of us are passionate about. Tunisha is the Chief Experience Officer and consultant for JabCross Media and an adjunct faculty member in the Media Psychology Masters Department at Fielding Graduate University. Tunisha Singleton is also the Director of Consulting Partnerships at Reality Science LLC. If you are heading out to VR Summit in San Diego held December 14-15, 2016, make sure to catch her session on VR & Sports.   Connect with Tunisha Singleton online: Website - TunishaJSingleton.com LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/tunishasingleton Twitter - @TSingletonSays     Leave us a voicemail! We invite you to call in and leave us a voicemail leaving feedback, asking questions or looking for exposure for your upcoming events. To call in and do so, call us at: 314-529-1998 S

With so much focus on the visuals in VR & AR it is easy for people to dismiss how much audio plays a role in how immersive your experience is. Our guest for this episode is Adam Block who is the co-founder and CEO of 3X Studios and Craft Media Group. Adam has quite a resume with a focus on audio during his time in software development which he details. Adam will also be at the VR Summit in San Diego speaking on a panel focusing on Revenue Models.     Connect with Adam Block along with 3X Studios & Craft Media Group online: Email - adam@3xstudios.com Web - 3XStudios.com Web - CraftMediaGroup.com     Leave us a voicemail! We invite you to call in and leave us a voicemail leaving feedback, asking questions or looking for exposure for your upcoming events. To call in and do so, call us at: 314-529-1998 Simply call the number above and leave your name, where you are calling from and what your question is or anything else you would like to say and we may play your message on an upcoming episode of Every

Imagine being able to shop for real estate, whether residential or commercial, and be able to be in one part of the world yet be able to see things as if you are actually inside the building. Matt Grant, who is the Creative Director and Principal of LNG Studios, joins Kevin this week to discuss how LNG Studios is able to give users this experience and much more. Visit their website at LNGStudios.com to learn more.       LNG Studios on social media and the web: Web - LNGStudios.com Facebook - Facebook.com/LNGStudios     Leave us a voicemail! We invite you to call in and leave us a voicemail leaving feedback, asking questions or looking for exposure for your upcoming events. To call in and do so, call us at: 314-529-1998 Simply call the number above and leave your name, where you are calling from and what your question is or anything else you would like to say and we may play your message on an upcoming episode of Everything VR & AR. **Please keep it clean and keep in mind that long distance & Inter

Even in 2016, it is not everyday that someone gets permission to go to North Korea and record video. Our guest this week, Casey Sapp of Vrtul.io was able to do just that. Have a listen as Casey shares what that experience was like along with describing just what the focus is at Vrtul.io and which camera manufacturers he feels is worth your money as a video producer. Casey also talks about the upcoming panel he will be speaking on called VR Freakonomics: Pricing Professional 360 Productions while at the VR Summit in San Diego on December 14 & 15, 2016.  Feel free to reach out and make sure to let them know you heard about them on the Everything VR & AR podcast.     Vrtul.io on social media and the web: Web - Vrtul.io Twitter - @VRTULINC Facebook - Facebook.com/vrtul.io     Leave us a voicemail! We invite you to call in and leave us a voicemail leaving feedback, asking questions or looking for exposure for your upcoming events. To call in and do so, call us at: 314-529-1998 Simply call the number ab

Have you ever wondered what the average user experiences while using your VR/AR application or playing your game? Our guest this week, Robert Merki, works for a Vancouver based company called Cognitive VR who has created software to help you answer those questions. Similar to how Google Analytics can help you make your website more visitor friendly, Cognitive VR can help you get the answers to where & why users are getting stuck on certain levels and what they are spending most of their time looking at when engaged with your programs. Feel free to reach out and make sure to let them know you heard about them on the Everything VR & AR podcast.     Cognitive VR on social media and the web: Web - CognitiveVR.co Twitter - @cognitiveVR Facebook - Facebook.com/cognitivevr     It pays to listen! Listeners of Everything VR & AR can save $100 off of the purchase of a VirZoom controller by using the following promo code at checkout: VRAR So make sure to head over to VirZoom.com and use the promo code VRAR

With locations around the world in Athens, London and now New York, Mativision is in a unique position to make a variety of great connections as they continue to grow into the future after starting in 2008. George Kapellos, who is the Head of Marketing & Partnerships at Mativision, joins Kevin to discuss a variety of topics such as: How the VR/AR scenes compare in their locations In what ways the medical industry has, and will be benefitting from their VRinOR application in the future What the immediate future looks like for Mativision So we invite you to tag along, have a listen and try out some of their various application experiences to get a first hand experience of Mativision.     Mativision on social media and the web: Web - Mativision.com Twitter - @Mativision Facebook - Facebook.com/Mativision     It pays to listen! Listeners of Everything VR & AR can save $100 off of the purchase of a VirZoom controller by using the following promo code at checkout: VRAR So make sure to head over to V

Want to just sit back and experience music in a whole new way? Jon Carter who is the creative lead for Music VR from Harmonix stops by to talk about their upcoming release of this new experience from Harmonix which will be exclusive for the Playstation VR. Jon shares what users can expect to experience while exploring the various worlds that will be available upon launch while discussing what some of the possibilities are for continuing on in the series along with what it was like working with the highly anticipated Playstation VR from Sony.     Harmonix and Music VR on social media and the web: Web - Music VR from Harmonix Twitter - @Harmonix Facebook - Facebook.com/HarmonixMusic     It pays to listen! Listeners of Everything VR & AR can save $100 off of the purchase of a VirZoom controller by using the following promo code at checkout: VRAR So make sure to head over to VirZoom.com and use the promo code VRAR to save $100 off the purchase of your VirZoom controller!     Subscribe, Follow and Share Feed

We all either personally, or know someone who has spent hours over the years playing the Rock Band franchise of video games rocking out to some of our favorite music, or learning about some news songs to fall in love with. Guest Matt Boch of Harmonix joins Kevin to talk about the latest Rock Band experience that they are using to truly take you to center stage with their first VR offering simply called Rock Band VR. Available soon on the Oculus Rift, Rock Band VR will use the upcoming Oculus Rift Touch controllers which attach to most existing Rock Band guitars to let you rock out to a set list of over 50 songs when it launches while looking out at that crowd in ways you've never been able to do so without physically being on stage. We are really looking forward to this experience and would love to hear your thoughts on Rock Band VR so make sure to let us know what you think.     Harmonix and Rock Band on social media and the web: Web - HarmonixMusic.com Twitter - @RockBand Facebook - Facebook.com/RockBand

Kevin felt it was time to change things up a little bit so here is a non interview episode filled with some upcoming software & hardware discussion that he is looking forward to in the not too distant future. Also, Kevin shares some ideas for VR & AR experiences he would love to have in the future. Any of these sound interesting to you?     Links to check out from this episode   Rock Band VR Ripcoil Paranormal Activity: The Lost Soul Damaged Core Rogue One: X-wing VR Mission Happy Goggles from McDonald's FlyInside Pro for Flight Simulator X     It pays to listen! Listeners of Everything VR & AR can save $100 off of the purchase of a VirZoom controller by using the following promo code at checkout: VRAR So make sure to head over to VirZoom.com and use the promo code VRAR to save $100 off the purchase of your VirZoom controller!     Subscribe, Follow and Share Feedback To keep up with Everything VR & AR, make sure to subscribe to the show the on your favorite podcast app! Subscribe on iTunes

If you enjoy music and also enjoy Virtual Reality, you will enjoy the app that is available from SpaceoutVR Inc. that you can download for free on iOS and Android devices. On this episode, Kevin is joined by Dennis Adamo who is the Commercial Director and Chief Operating Officer at SpaceoutVR Inc.   Have a listen as Dennis explains the variety of VR experiences that you can experience on your Google Cardboard or any number of headsets including one that SpaceoutVR has specifically had created to get the most from their app.     Connect with SpaceoutVR To keep up with SpaceoutVR and what they have coming up next, you can do so the following ways: Facebook - Facebook.com/spaceoutvr Twitter - @Spaceout_VR Web - SpaceoutVR.com     It pays to listen! Listeners of Everything VR & AR can save $100 off of the purchase of a VirZoom controller by using the following promo code at checkout: VRAR So make sure to head over to VirZoom.com and use the promo code VRAR to save $100 off the purchase of your VirZoom contr

With so much attention in the world of virtual and augmented reality focused on gaming and video content, there is a significant opportunity for developers to help bring productivity tools to the companies for a variety of uses. Elbert Perez, co-founder of a company called Doghead Simulations, aims to help make collaborating with team members either locally or around the world much more functional with a solution called Rumii. We talk about Rumii and also discuss the role Elbert played at HTC in helping bring the HTC Vive to market from their early prototype and much more.     Connect with Doghead Simulations and Elbert Perez To keep up with Doghead Simulations and what they have coming up next, you can do so the following ways: Twitter - @DogheadSims Twitter - @Mechaghost Email - Elbert@dogheadsimulations.com Web - DogheadSimulations.com     New Twitter account! In case you have yet to follow the Twitter account for Everything VR & AR, we would love for you to do so and interact with us there as well a

When it comes to 360 degree video, it is hard to ignore the content that is available on the JauntVR application. David Anderman, who is the Chief Business Officer at JauntVR, discusses how they continue to partner with some of the biggest names in the industry such as Paul McCartney, Major League Baseball and the National Football League to create, produce and distribute the 360 degree video you can find on their free Android & iOS application. Since David spent 16 years at LucasFilm, we also discuss what it was like helping to secure the deal Disney made to acquire the company. Also, make sure to listen for the story of what George Lucas first thoughts of David's move into VR were.   Connect with JauntVR and David Anderman To keep up with JauntVR and what they have coming up next, you can do so the following ways: Twitter - @JauntVR Facebook - Facebook.com/jauntvr Web - www.JauntVR.com   New Twitter account! In case you have yet to follow the Twitter account for Everything VR & AR, we would love f

For many people, virtual and augmented reality technology is the only way they will get to experience different parts of the world or a variety of other activities. But what sort of effect will these experiences leave on our perception of the reality around us? Dr. Julia Shaw joins Kevin Harvell to discuss a variety of topics such as this and how other to better understand how our minds work in regards to memory retention and how it can sometimes lead people to believe something is real when in fact it is not. We also discuss her book, The Memory Illusion: Remembering, Forgetting and the Science of False Memory. You can purchase this book on Amazon via the following links: Amazon US Amazon UK     Connect with Dr. Julia Shaw To connect with Dr. Shaw and learn more about her studies and speaking engagements, you can do so the following ways: Twitter - @DrJuliaShaw Web - www.DrJuliaShaw.com     New Twitter account! In case you have yet to follow the Twitter account for Everything VR & AR, we would love f

As the VR/AR Association continues to expand around the world and grow with new members excited at the future of virtual & augmented reality. On this episode we feature Kris Kolodziej, better known as Kris Kolo, who is the New York chapter president of the VR/AR Association who has quite a bit of experience in the space. Kris shares some of his background, memorable experiences with his time using virtual & augmented reality devices and also shares some information regarding some upcoming events happening in New York. There is also a possibility that the host of Everything VR & AR, Kevin Harvell, will be in New York at one of the upcoming chapter events recording some live interviews. So if you are in the New York area, make sure to put the following dates on your calendars: August 24, 2016 - Event at the Samsung 837 facility September 8, 2016 - Hololens at Microsoft   Connect with Kris Kolo and the NYC Chapter To connect with Kris and get connected and involved with the New York City Chapter of

On this episode of Everything VR & AR, Kevin is joined by Chris Bobotis who is the Creative Director and a Founding Partner of a company called Mettle which creates a number of fantastic plug-ins for Adobe Premiere and After Effects that will help you edit 360 degree video. Also, do not forget that Mettle offers the Skybox VR Player which is a free player you can use with the Occulus Rift & HTC Vive headsets and connects directly with your Adobe After Effects and Adobe Premier Pro installs.     Connect with Chris and Mettle To connect with Mettle and learn more about their software, see what others have done with it and to download a demo to try it out, make sure to do so at: Web - www.Mettle.com     New Twitter account! Just a heads up that we have created a Twitter account for Everything VR & AR that we would love for you to follow and interact with. That handle is: @EverythingVRAR We hope that you will follow it and share your feedback about the show with us and help us all learn more about t

Sarah Hill, who is the CEO and Chief Storyteller of StoryUp VR guests on Everything VR & AR to talk about their focus on creating memorable virtual & augmented reality journalistic experiences. On this episode we discuss a recent trip to Congo to capture a story about personal mobility devices that are necessary to help those in the area who have lost the use of their legs due to disease. We also discuss some of the equipment that the team uses to capture this fantastic footage including the Theta S from RICOH and software called Liquid Cinema to help direct the viewers attention to what the storyteller wants views to focus on. Finally we wrap up our discussion talking about Sarah's passion for being able to provide VR experiences for military veterans of World War II which allows these veterans to virtually visit the World War II Memorial in Washington DC and other places around the world through programs called Honor Flight and Honor Everywhere which you can learn more about here.     Connect with S