| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.04.2020 | Here Comes The Aigency, a Talent Agency for Robot Actors | Seattle entrepreneurs Forest Gibson and Jared Cheshier today launched The Aigency, a new talent agency for robot actors.
The company connects film production studios, event organizers, and other media groups with robots. The plan is to repl... |
| 01.04.2020 | Seattle techies launch The Aigency, a talent agency for robot actors | Forest Gibson (left) and Jared Cheshier at a Boston Dynamics office. (The Aigency Photo)
Seattle entrepreneurs Forest Gibson and Jared Cheshier today launched The Aigency, a new talent agency for robot actors.
The company connects film prod... |
| 22.02.2019 | Voice technology is becoming ubiquitous | This is the third in our series of four deep dives into our technology based investing themes – outlined in January. |
| 04.06.2018 | Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry’s trajectory | After an initial frenzy of interest in virtual reality due to Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus, investors and startups alike faced a “VR winter.” This was a difficult period of time in which consumer adoption of VR was slow, funding dried u... |
| 04.06.2018 | Where is VR headed? Investors share insights on the industry’s trajectory | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
After an initial frenzy of interest in virtual reality due to Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus, investors and startups alike faced a “V... |
| 03.06.2018 | Стартапы дня год спустя: сервис кредитов Upgrade, замена 911 от RapidSOS, дилер подержанных машин Carvana и другие | Директор по стратегии и анализу Mail.Ru Group Александр Горный о судьбе проектов из рубрики «Стартап дня».
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| 24.02.2018 | Pluto’s goal: becoming the Discord of VR | If I’m not playing a game that I’m supposed to write about then chances are I’m either playing something for fun, talking about games with friends, or thinking about games while I do other things. This goes for both VR and non-VR.
Point bei... |
| 24.02.2018 | Pluto’s goal: becoming the Discord of VR | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
If I’m not playing a game that I’m supposed to write about then chances are I’m either playing something for fun, talking about games w... |
| 02.05.2017 | XR is a new way to consider the reality continuum | S. Somasegar Contributor
S. Somasegar is managing director at Madrona Venture Group and the former head of Microsoft’s Developer Division.
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| 14.04.2017 | Pluto VR Raises $13.9M in Series A Funding | According to GeekWire, Pluto VR, a Seattle, WA-based virtual reality communication startup, raised $13.9m in Series A funding.
The round was led by Maveron with participation from Madrona Venture Group and Trilogy Equity Partners.
The compa... |
| 14.04.2017 | Seattle Week in Review: ShakeAlert, Rattle, Easter Egg Roll | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Easter Sunday looks to be one of the nicest weather days in Seattle since I’m not sure when. The water year that began in October now ranks as the fourth-wettest in recorded S... |
| 14.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Friday, April 14 | OFF
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| 13.04.2017 | Pluto VR raises $13.9M to build out virtual reality communication platform | Pluto VR lets you talk to other people within virtual reality apps. (Pluto VR Photo)
Pluto VR, the Seattle-based virtual reality startup co-founded by PopCap Games co-founder John Vechey, has raised $13.9 million in a Series A funding round... |
| 05.03.2017 | 100 demos, 50 pitches, and a year with AR and VR: What we’ve learned | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We received our first market-ready VR headset at Madrona almost one year ago now, and since then, we have done VR (Vive and Rift) and A... |
| 05.03.2017 | 100 demos, 50 pitches, and a year with AR and VR: What we’ve learned | We received our first market-ready VR headset at Madrona almost one year ago now, and since then, we have done VR (Vive and Rift) and AR (HoloLens) demos for over 100 people who have stopped by our office to check out the next big computing... |
| 14.12.2016 | Inside Pluto VR: First look at this Seattle startup’s communication platform for virtual reality | Pluto VR lets you talk to other people while using virtual reality apps.
John Vechey greets me at the door of a strikingly spacious one-floor office in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, just off the water at Salmon Bay. The PopCap Games co-fo... |
| 17.10.2016 | Long Road to Mass Adoption | The Persistent Desire for Virtual Reality – The desire for virtual reality is no new revelation. Since the renaissance times artists have played with panoramas, depth, and other tools of perception to create illusions that are virtually or ... |
| 11.10.2016 | Escaping the trough of disillusionment for virtual and augmented reality | S. Somasegar Contributor
S. Somasegar is managing director at Madrona Venture Group and the former head of Microsoft’s Developer Division.
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| 10.03.2016 | Pixar and Bungie alum unveils Limitless, a virtual reality character creation platform | Limitless CEO Tom Sanocki demoing a VR experience created with his technology on the HTC Vive.
You’re in an ancient, booby-trapped Peruvian temple, standing next to Indiana Jones. He wiggles his fingers, licks his lips, and prepares to ever... |
| 03.12.2015 | The Seattle 10: Top startups sketch business models on giant cocktail napkins | A marketplace for algorithms. An eSports gambling platform. A new venture that promises to change the way people manage their health.
These are just some of the Seattle-based startups that made the cut for this year’s Seattle 10, a group of... |
| 03.11.2015 | Meet the Seattle 10: Innovative startups transforming everything from virtual reality to health care | Seattle startups are shaking up all sorts of industries, from gaming to health care to consumer Internet.
And all of those industries, and more, are on display in this year’s class of the Seattle 10, which we’re hosting again in partnership... |
| 09.10.2015 | Seattle 2035: Agenda Posted for the Future of Our Innovation Economy | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
I had a vivid dream last night. I hopped a rocket—it seemed routine—to an orbiting laboratory where I interviewed a youthful Oren Etzioni and a team of action heroes working o... |
| 26.02.2015 | PopCap cofounder John Vechey forms new virtual reality startup Pluto VR | John Vechey, the cofounder of Bejeweled maker PopCap Games, has the virtual reality bug. Like many game developers, Vechey has it so bad that he has created a new startup, Pluto VR, to take advantage of the opportunity that the resurgence o... |
| 26.02.2015 | PopCap cofounder John Vechey forms new virtual reality startup Pluto VR | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
John Vechey, the cofounder of Bejeweled maker PopCap Games, has the virtual reality bug. Like many game developers, Vechey has it so ba... |
