January VR/AR Pitch Event at Samsung Next

Looking forward to seeing you all on January 30th.
We've got a great lineup of companies pitching. Terrific group of investors/panelists. All proceeds from this event will be donated to Scripted, a great organization that provides students at under-resourced schools with the fundamental coding skills and professional experiences that together create access to careers in technology. https://www.scripted.org/

Agenda
6pm Arrivals
6:30pm-7:30pm company pitches
7:30-9 Pizza, Beer and networking.

Investor Panel:

Luke Sandler (Supernode Ventures)
Ethan Illfelder (Supernode Ventures)
June Choi (Serval Ventures)
Doug Clinton (Loup Ventures)
Jason Pinsky (Table Management)
Christian Guirnalda (Verizon Open Innovation)
More to be announced

Companies presenting:

Company 1: A venture backed, 3D capturing company whose mission is to enable everyone to capture the world in volumetric 3D, share it on the web and in VR. Company has a unique solution producing virtual tours via 3D-enabled smartphones. The Virtual Open House, professional photos and floor plans are delivered in 2 days, at an affordable price, without sacrificing the highest quality. Services are provided by a network of freelance, on-demand photographers. GeoCV’s beachhead market is the 3D virtual open house experience for real estate.

Company 2: An early stage startup led by ex-Marines that provides distributed, immersive VR training to police departments to improve officer judgement and reduce avoidable police-citizen violence. Photorealistic Virtual Reality (VR) training allows the officers to experience highly realistic policing scenarios from the safety of their home precinct. Using state-of-the-practice VR game design and behavioral psychology the company delivers a premium training experience.

Company 3: provides a professional authoring solution for your 360° VR Experiences. Their platform allows for role playing games and field trips, training across enterprises or universities, interactive hotspots on 360° photos or videos giving viewers the possibility to shift perspective and go deeper into 360° content. Industry leading technology powers this companies offerings and enables robust growth and consistent MRR.

Company 4: is harnessing the power of augmented reality to advance medicine using three-dimensional holographic visualization. A collaboration between a neurosurgeon, radiologist, and an engineering team founded to build the future of medical education and create the novel surgical solutions that are needed to most safely and intuitively perform invasive operations. Company 5: is harnessing the collective power of mobile devices. Company has created software to enable the syncing of mobile devices to create 3D 180° videos as well as a gaming SDK for seamless cross screen gaming.

Thank you to Samsung Next for hosting us and Ed Morris for support. I am looking forward to seeing you all there.