August Creative Technologists Meetup – REYEDR

Join us this month to hear the kiwi tech startup story of REYEDR.

REYEDR (http://www.reyedr.com/) is a heads-up display (HUD) that attaches to a motorcycle helmet and displays speed, navigation, distance, caller id and more. A smartphone app enables key information about the bike, route and ride group. REYEDR utilizes the latest in holographic technology to display a virtual image at infinite focus which aims to eventually replace the physical motorcycle dashboard!

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Conceived in 2015 with an idea and a prototype REYEDR has attracted interest and support since its conception. Finalists in the University of Auckland’s Entrepreneurship Challenge 2015, and Alumni of the Lightning Lab Digital Accelerator 2016. Seed funding and a Callaghan Innovation R&D grant supported continued prototype development. In 2017 REYEDR was showcased at CES and was awarded Display Component of the Year from SID (Society of Information Displays). The company is now in a Design for Manufacture stage to ready the product for commercial release.

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Join us to go behind the scenes with REYEDR. Hear the story of the company so far and the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead. See a demo of the HUD in action and learn about the technologies selected that combine Smart eyewear, Augmented Reality, Consumer Electronics, Wearables, Apps, Geo-location and Internet of Things into a consumer device that works.

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The team will share experience and insights from their journey so far. How they keep up with the latest technologies and select appropriate components and platforms. The importance of research and development and the roles of entrepreneurship, interdisciplinarity and creativity. What are the pros and cons of investment, crowd funding, accelerators and international showcases.

Presenters:

We are very lucky to have all three co-founders from REYEDR. They make a great team that combines the broad range of skills and experience needed to succeed in this challenging venture.

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Kal Gwalani. CEO, Founder & Director.
Kal’s entrepreneurial journey started from India at the age of 19. Since 2003 he lives in Auckland, New Zealand. He has founded three previous ventures all in consumer durables, starting from automotive and then emerging technology products. In his fourth venture, Kal combines his love for motorcycles and passion for technology to create the REYEDR HUD.

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Jens Steinigen. CTO, Co-Founder & Director.
Jens has worked for several years as a Systems Integrator and Infrastructure Consultant. Educated in Germany with further education at AUT he holds in excess of twenty industry standard certifications and multiple degrees. Jens’ love of tech gadgets drew him to REYEDR where he bridges the hardware and software requirements for developing the product.

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Simon Waters. Creative & Community Manager, Co-Founder.
Simon has a keen interest in technology and entrepreneurship, and is experienced in hardware development, prototyping, robotics, programming, web design and development. He is a native Kiwi; a natural fit for the team as he has been dreaming of building HUDs since his Bachelor of Creative Technologies at AUT.

Agenda:

• 6.00pm – Welcome & Community news

• 6:10pm – REYDR Team: Kal, Simon & Jens

• 6:45pm – Tech Demo + Q&A

• 7:00pm – Formal event ends – stick around for networking and nibbles

• 8.00pm – Ends

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