Posts tagged enterprise
David Bonelli (Pulsar) on Building AR Hardware that Actually Works

David shares his experiences from his time at the once venerable ODG. Since then he founded Pulsar, a company of mechanical and optical experts, and worked with companies such as Rokid, Red6, Qwake, and Microsoft, on projects for everything from fighter pilots to firefighters to space explorers. We chat about those projects, the current state of AR hardware, and his opinions about which technologies have the best chance of winning over the long term.

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Brad Scoggin (ArborXR) on Enabling VR/AR at Scale as a Non-Tech Founder

Brad shares his experiences working at the frontiers of VR & AR as a non-tech founder of Springboard VR and ArborXR. He discusses scaling up (and down) a startup in VR/AR as well as the importance of managing pace, creating transparency, riding the creative tension between focus and experimentation.

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Jay Wright (Campfire 3D) on Innovating Ahead of the Curve and the Future of Workplace Collaboration

Jay shares stories from the early days of mobile computing and why Campfire is the right product right now in the AR market. We also talk about the evolution and learnings from Vuforia, which Jay started at Qualcomm and led after its sale to PTC. He shares a lot of wisdom about entrepreneurship and AR.

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Mark Greget (NuEyes) on Bootstrapping an AR Hardware Startup and the Path to the Pro 3 Glasses

Mark describes how he started NuEyes with the goal of using AR to improve the lives of those with low vision. We talk about the demise of AR glasses maker ODG, and the resulting struggles and opportunities for Mark and the team at NuEyes. And we get into the recent release of the Pro 3 and Pro 3e.

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Adam Davis (Amalgamated Vision) on Focusing on What Matters with Wearable Displays for Healthcare and Enterprise

Adam shares how his deep appreciation for 3D medical imaging led to the development of a new type of wearable display highly suitable to medical environments. We dig into the technology and the unique perspective that is driving its development.

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Hannah and Matthew Arevalo (Pinfinity) on Fan Commerce and AR-enhanced Collectible Pins

Hannah and Matthew discuss fan culture, the pin collectable movement, and how augmented reality fits into a broader concept they call “fan commerce”. They go on to describe some of the lessons from their previous experience in a high-growth subscription box business, and how they are applying them to Pinfinity.

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Nathan Pettyjohn & Mike Lohse (Lenovo) on the ThinkReality A3 and Providing an End-to-End Solution to Enterprise

Nathan, Mike, and I chat about Lenovo’s role in delivering holistic, end-to-end AR and VR solutions to companies. This includes software, services, and hardware. We talk about Lenovo’s new A3 headset, key use cases, and how it fits compared to offerings from Microsoft and RealWear.

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Angelo Stracquatanio (Apprentice.io) on AR-Enabled Collaboration for Life Sciences

Angelo describes the unique challenges faced by teams focused on life sciences, and how AR plays a role in solving them. He shares how the business has changed since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as his own evolution as an entrepreneur over the last 6 years.

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Chi Xu (Nreal) on the Conception, Competitors, and Clear Potential of the Nreal Light

Chi talks about the origins of the company and how his team is outpacing the competition. We talk about how smartphones fit in the mix and the path from wearable displays to fully featured AR smartglasses. He also speaks about the copycat products as well as the lawsuit from Magic Leap.

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Kelly Peng & Garrow Geer (Kura) on Breaking From the Past to Build the Smartglasses of the Future

Kura is building a new kind of optics and display module that will enable smartglasses to achieve a groundbreaking set of specs. Kelly and Garrow share the startup environment they’ve created, the unique perspective they have on the technology, and how they are in bringing their vision to life.

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