We were invited to speak at Google’s Campus London this week (via Skype), joining a panel to discuss the current state of the virtual reality industry and what it means for those hoping to launch companies in VR. Here are some insights we shared with the assembled audience of entrepreneurs: 1. It’s Not Too Late — While it may seem like the industry is crowded by entrenched competitors, over half of all companies publicly offering products and services in the virtual reality industry are less than one year old. For VR/AR to mature into the $150B industry some analysts anticipate, it will take the participation … Read More
How Will Sports Companies Adapt To VR?
We were invited to speak at the 2015 TV of Tomorrow Show in San Francisco this week, joining other panelist to speak about the future of sports entertainment. In this spirit, below is an Ecosystem Map to make visible some of the companies and organizations doing work in virtual reality and sports: Rights Owners What’s particularly interesting is that sports rights owners beyond the major four sports leagues have also recognized the emergent opportunity in virtual reality and have begun to capitalize. Monetization A majority of the VR sports companies (rights owners excluded) were founded within the last three years. … Read More
Introducing The First Interactive Virtual Reality Ecosystem Map
We created a Virtual Reality Ecosystem Map (pictured below) earlier this month in an attempt to clarify roles of the various industry sectors and companies, as well as the relationships between them. The goal of our side project was to create a resource for anyone to quickly get up to speed on the ever evolving ecosystem. We shared it with our friends and solicited their input. Their enthusiasm and support for the effort told us we had created something valuable, so we decided to share it publicly at a conference we attended. Much to our surprise, we ran out of … Read More
12 Free Resources To Learn About Virtual Reality
Media Websites UploadVR — Upload VR is an opinionated breaking news outlet with reviews, community events and interviews. Road to VR — Road to VR tracks virtual reality, augmented reality, and human-computer interaction trends and includes project leaks, podcasts and major event highlights. VR Focus — VR Focus is a game-heavy website that organizes its content by console. VR Scout — VR Scout takes a broader approach to covering entertainment trends, big industry project updates and company/brand marketing approahces in VR. VR Index — A VR index enabling discovery of content beyond the mainstream periphery Online & Social Media … Read More
Advancing The Future Of Virtual Reality With Insight
Last year, we noticed the resurgence of virtual reality as an industry. Like most people watching technology trends, we noticed an uptick in the chatter surrounding VR when Facebook bought a little-known startup named Oculus for $2.5b. The chatter was everywhere — on Reddit, in TechCrunch articles, and even CNN reported about it. Soon after, we saw a rush of entrepreneurial and creative people begin to dedicate their time and money to building new hardware and content for VR, accelerating industry’s bright future. We were amazed that despite this rush of people and companies behind truly innovative projects, there were … Read More
