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October 25, 2019 57 mins
Don't miss this interview with leading innovators in virtual reality as they share how it is being used and future opportunities to connect to a new world through VR.   About Daniel O'Brien Dan joined HTC in 2008 and is currently Vice President of VR Planning and Management leading where he manages the strategy and go-to-market efforts of the Virtual Reality portfolio at HTC. He is responsible for the Vive content and developer engagement, as well as marketing and sales of the HTC Vive. With more than 18 years in the wireless industry, Dan brings to HTC a strong understanding of sector economics, multi-million dollar/multi-level development lifecycles, and integrated product and application implementations.  Having introduced inaugural LTE, Android, Windows and World smartphones into the marketplace on behalf of numerous leading wireless carriers, Dan has a depth of experience in working with pioneering technologies, shaping products value to the marketplace and identifying industry impact.   About Iva Leon Fashion/wearable tech designer. Co-founder of VRLab. VR community builder. Early retailer of mobile VR headsets. Co-organizer @AR/VR women, @VRO2 and @VRLab.com   About Adam Bruce Adam Bruce is an advisor and co-founding partner with VRLab. He consults with start-ups and pioneers companies with user acquisition focused social products. He co-founded Vidiac a pre-YouTube UGC video service that scaled to millions of monthly unique users across thousands of SaaS powered domains. They pioneered concepts such as embed video players and UGC video encoding. This technical success propelled their brand StreetFire through two rounds of Sand Hill Road venture financing and eventual exit via sale to a major media company. He has incubated and advised a couple of venture-backed deals since, including an early YouTube MCN funded by Google and am presently an Advisor and development Partner creating solutions at a Virtual Reality start-up in the Bay Area.   Links:     Find Powerful Conversations on | | |
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