Author: Bob Cooney

Can VR Save the Planet with Doug Griffin, Jae Maloney – The Being Virtual Show Ep 7 (30:18)

Bob Cooney May 16, 2020 No Comments

The coronavirus pandemic has caused more harm than any other event in my lifetime. Hundreds of thousands lost their lives, and hundreds of millions negatively impacted by the global lockdown…

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Jae Maloney from Air France KLM – Full Interview (39:48)

Bob Cooney May 16, 2020 No Comments

Enterprise VR adoption is skyrocketing as more and more use cases are being discovered. COVID-19 is accelerating the adoption at exponential rates. Even airlines that have a vested interest in…

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Doug Griffin from Loom.AI – Full Interview (37:12)

Bob Cooney May 16, 2020 No Comments

Working from home is here to stay. Jeffries Company CEO Rich Handler said “work and office are no longer inextricably linked.” But only a few weeks into the work from…

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Meet the Loomies, Doug Griffin (4:12)

Bob Cooney May 16, 2020 No Comments

Zoom fatigue is already setting in and we are only a few weeks into the work from home era. For remote work to be sustainable we need better tools for…

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The Real Reason Apple Acquired Next VR (4:35)

Bob Cooney May 15, 2020 No Comments

Why did Apple buy NextVR? Apple’s been rumored to release AR glasses for years now. Rumors about about dates starting back in 2019 and now extending out to 2023. They…

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XR Investor Deep Dive – Pearly Chen, Martina Welkhoff, Angelo Del Prior, Ryan Wang (1:01:41)

Bob Cooney May 13, 2020 No Comments

VR Investors are bullish again. Raising money has always been one of the most difficult parts of being an entrepreneur. Without capital, many business ideas would never get off the…

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How to Eat a Tim Tam, Bob Cooney (2:39)

Bob Cooney May 9, 2020 No Comments

Tim Tam Slam is one of the most unique Australian food experiences. Experiencing foreign cultures through food is one of the joys of being a global nomad. Sometimes we just…

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Is Virtual Reality the New VCR Rental? (4:34)

Bob Cooney May 9, 2020 No Comments

VR rental pivots are creating new revenue streams for arcade operators renting equipment for parties during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the 1980s Blockbuster Video and other video rental companies…

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VR Games Tipping Point, New Sony PSVR Controllers, Tipatat (6:16)

Bob Cooney May 9, 2020 No Comments

Virtual Reality Investor, Tipatat, co-founder of the Venture Reality Fund, called 2019 the tipping point for VR gaming. More than 100 games earned more than $1 million. The…

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The Metaverse Episode, The Being Virtual Show Ep6

Bob Cooney May 9, 2020 No Comments

The metaverse is the most important topic almost nobody is talking about. There’s a race on to create the metaverse: a computer world where we can be whatever and whomever…

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Magic Leap Layoffs, General Magic Movie (2:04)

Bob Cooney May 9, 2020 No Comments

Magic Leap haters abound, but what they tried to create was hard. They were inventing technology and creating an entire stack that didn’t previously exist. For a startup company, it’s…

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How Epic Games is Building the Metaverse (10:44)

Bob Cooney May 9, 2020 No Comments

Metaverse is a term that describes an always-on computer world that people can flow in and out of as avatars. A metaverse has an economy, with jobs, merchandise, education, entertainment,…

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