Joanna Popper is a global head of location-based virtual reality and go-to-market strategy for HP. She focuses on building adoption for what's coming next: emerging markets and languages, new target audiences and cutting-edge technologies.

Joanna is a sought-after international speaker on VR/AR/MR/XR, entertainment, tech, future of media, marketing, innovation and diversity and she has been a speaker at Cannes Film Festival, Collision, Comic Con, Berlin Film Fest, Sundance Film Festival, CMO Conferences and more. She has a passion for creating diverse and inclusive environments and empowering teams to fully realize their dreams.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Joanna about the current and future state of location-based VR and VR arcades, HP’s product roadmap and upcoming Reverb 2 headset. They also discuss Joanna’s experience as a speaker and moderator in virtual conferences and how that compares to showing up live, and much more.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

Listen to PART 1 and 2 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP121-Joanna-Popper-Deep-Dive---HP-Reverb-2-Headset-Virtual-Conferences-Avatars-Part-1-em1658

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP122-Joanna-Popper-Deep-Dive---HP-Reverb-2-Headset-Virtual-Conferences-Avatars-Part-2-em16dj

Joanna Popper is a global head of location-based virtual reality and go-to-market strategy for HP. She focuses on building adoption for what's coming next: emerging markets and languages, new target audiences and cutting-edge technologies.

Joanna is a sought-after international speaker on VR/AR/MR/XR, entertainment, tech, future of media, marketing, innovation and diversity and she has been a speaker at Cannes Film Festival, Collision, Comic Con, Berlin Film Fest, Sundance Film Festival, CMO Conferences and more. She has a passion for creating diverse and inclusive environments and empowering teams to fully realize their dreams.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Joanna about the current and future state of location-based VR and VR arcades, HP’s product roadmap and upcoming Reverb 2 headset. They also discuss Joanna’s experience as a speaker and moderator in virtual conferences and how that compares to showing up live, and much more.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

Listen to PART 1 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP121-Joanna-Popper-Deep-Dive---HP-Reverb-2-Headset-Virtual-Conferences-Avatars-Part-1-em1658

Joanna Popper is a global head of location-based virtual reality and go-to-market strategy for HP. She focuses on building adoption for what's coming next: emerging markets and languages, new target audiences and cutting-edge technologies.

Joanna is a sought-after international speaker on VR/AR/MR/XR, entertainment, tech, future of media, marketing, innovation and diversity and she has been a speaker at Cannes Film Festival, Collision, Comic Con, Berlin Film Fest, Sundance Film Festival, CMO Conferences and more. She has a passion for creating diverse and inclusive environments and empowering teams to fully realize their dreams.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Joanna about the current and future state of location-based VR and VR arcades, HP’s product roadmap and upcoming Reverb 2 headset. They also discuss Joanna’s experience as a speaker and moderator in virtual conferences and how that compares to showing up live, and much more.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

Joanna’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannapopper/

Joanna’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoannaPopper

Listen to PART 2 and 3 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP122-Joanna-Popper-Deep-Dive---HP-Reverb-2-Headset-Virtual-Conferences-Avatars-Part-2-em16dj

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP123-Joanna-Popper-Deep-Dive---HP-Reverb-2-Headset-Virtual-Conferences-Avatars-Part-3-em16jc

Charlie Fink is an XR expert, Forbes columnist, and author about the future of work and remote collaboration, which is the subject of his forthcoming book, called “Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work”.

Charlie also teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California.

Fink is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR world. As a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." In the 1990s, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VR pioneer, Virtual World Entertainment.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie about how things like robots, virtual reality and remote telepresence will change work forever.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

Charlie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/

Charlie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieFink

Listen to PART 1 and 2 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP118-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-1-em15eg

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP119-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-2-em15hh

Charlie Fink is an XR expert, Forbes columnist, and author about the future of work and remote collaboration, which is the subject of his forthcoming book, called “Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work”.

Charlie also teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California.

Fink is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR world. As a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." In the 1990s, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VR pioneer, Virtual World Entertainment.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie about how things like robots, virtual reality and remote telepresence will change work forever.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

Charlie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/

Charlie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieFink

Listen to PART 1 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP118-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-1-em15eg

Charlie Fink is an XR expert, Forbes columnist, and author about the future of work and remote collaboration, which is the subject of his forthcoming book, called “Remote Collaboration, Virtual Conferences and the Future of Work”.

Charlie also teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, California.

Fink is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the XR world. As a 28-year-old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for "The Lion King." In the 1990s, he was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VR pioneer, Virtual World Entertainment.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Charlie about how things like robots, virtual reality and remote telepresence will change work forever.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

Charlie’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliefink/

Charlie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieFink

Listen to PART 2 and 3 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP119-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-2-em15hh

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP120-Charlie-Fink-Deep-Dive---Virtual-Collaboration-and-the-Future-of-Work-Part-3-em15ld

Ben Davenport is a co-founder and CEO of VRsenal. Ben provides a unique combination of forward-facing innovation grounded in practical business sensibilities that is helping to make LBVR a commercially viable reality today.

VRsenal designed and manufactured the first fully automated Virtual Arcade cabinet. This automated cabinet allows the customers to just slide their game card and the system takes care of the rest. This includes providing sanitation and headset fit instructions, walking them through how to play the game and more. It means that no attendants need to be present, the cabinet does all the job. Their first title is the global Beat Saber.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Ben about their fully automated Virtual Arcade cabinet, how it works and how they came up with this idea and much more.

DISCLAIMER: The audio at times was illegible in the recording, so we edited out some of the original webinar.  Sorry about that.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

VRsenal website: https://www.vrsenal.com/

A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making by Dave Snowden: https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making

Listen to PART 1 and 2 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP115-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Ben-Davenport-of-VRsenal-Part-1-ek8348

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP116-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Ben-Davenport-of-VRsenal-Part-2-ek836i

Ben Davenport is a co-founder and CEO of VRsenal. Ben provides a unique combination of forward-facing innovation grounded in practical business sensibilities that is helping to make LBVR a commercially viable reality today.

VRsenal designed and manufactured the first fully automated Virtual Arcade cabinet. This automated cabinet allows the customers to just slide their game card and the system takes care of the rest. This includes providing sanitation and headset fit instructions, walking them through how to play the game and more. It means that no attendants need to be present, the cabinet does all the job. Their first title is the global Beat Saber.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Ben about their fully automated Virtual Arcade cabinet, how it works and how they came up with this idea and much more.

DISCLAIMER: The audio at times was illegible in the recording, so we edited out some of the original webinar.  Sorry about that.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

VRsenal website: https://www.vrsenal.com/

A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making by Dave Snowden: https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making

Listen to PART 1 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP115-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Ben-Davenport-of-VRsenal-Part-1-ek8348

Ben Davenport is a co-founder and CEO of VRsenal. Ben provides a unique combination of forward-facing innovation grounded in practical business sensibilities that is helping to make LBVR a commercially viable reality today.

VRsenal designed and manufactured the first fully automated Virtual Arcade cabinet. This automated cabinet allows the customers to just slide their game card and the system takes care of the rest. This includes providing sanitation and headset fit instructions, walking them through how to play the game and more. It means that no attendants need to be present, the cabinet does all the job. Their first title is the global Beat Saber.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Ben about their fully automated Virtual Arcade cabinet, how it works and how they came up with this idea and much more.

DISCLAIMER: The audio at times was illegible in the recording, so we edited out some of the original webinar.  Sorry about that.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

VRsenal website: https://www.vrsenal.com/

A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making by Dave Snowden: https://hbr.org/2007/11/a-leaders-framework-for-decision-making

Listen to PART 2 and 3 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP116-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Ben-Davenport-of-VRsenal-Part-2-ek836i

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP117-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Ben-Davenport-of-VRsenal-Part-3-ek8390

Leila Amirsadeghi is an author, speaker and XR & Immersive innovator with more than 20 years of experience working in Entertainment, Technology, Marketing & Event Production. She is also a founder & CEO of MESH Management, which is a consultancy providing strategic guidance, planning & execution of XR projects, immersive installations and interactive experiences. Their services include Brand & Business Development, Investor Strategy, G2M Marketing, Social Media, Venue Operations and much more.

In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Leila about her learnings from OneDome Immersive in San Francisco, which shut down last year and much more.

Let’s dive in!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:

Leila’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/leilaamirsadeghi

MESH website: https://www.meshconnects.com/

OneDome Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1IzFtVeQvM0wjfyKGCbZA

Sono Ultrasound Wipes: https://www.ultrasoundwipes.com/

Varwin website: https://varwin.com/

Listen to PART 1 and 2 here:

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP112-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Leila-Amirsadeghi-of-MESH-Part-1-ei85jk

https://anchor.fm/bobcooney-vrdeepdive/episodes/EP113-Bob-Cooneys-Virtual-Reality-Deep-Dive---Leila-Amirsadeghi-of-MESH-Part-2-ei85n7