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#womenwhocode #womenintech #augmentedreality

India is seeing an increase in the numbers of women in the tech industry, women who code/augmented reality developers Gayathri Mohan is an example and has set her visions in building her own #extendedreality creative agency someday. Gayathri is an Augmented Reality creator and creative technologist who was recently recognized in Facebook's official developer conference – F8 2021 for her voice-controlled Augmented reality experience, she was also recognized on LensList as the 8 #Snapchat Lens Creators You Should Know. She started her career as an Augmented Reality Engineer & has developed Augmented Reality applications for multiple brands like Safron, Jamaica Tallawahs and Revature. She is currently the Senior Augmented Reality Developer at Fanisko a Digital Fan Engagement & Analytics sports company that helps sports organizations connect fans and sponsors, accelerate digital revenue growth and unlock new revenue streams through sponsor activations, commerce, & NFTs.

https://mobile.twitter.com/gayathr97864702 

https://in.linkedin.com/in/gayathri-shri-101327158

#glimpsegroup #arvr #enetrprisexr #extendedreality

Lyron Bentovim holds an MBA from Yale School of Management and a Law degree from the Hebrew University. He has over 20 years of experience in executive management, technology investing and entrepreneurship. Lyron is the CEO and President of The Glimpse Group a One stop shop for VR/AR business solutions, Glimpse Group is made up of 8 New York-based XR technology startups comprised of Multiple Software & Services Subsidiaries Creating Innovative VR/AR Solutions ,products, software, and consulting services

The Glimpse Group is a company designed with the specific purpose of cultivating entrepreneurs in the Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality industry. their unique business model simplifies the many challenges faced by entrepreneurs while simultaneously providing investors with an opportunity to invest directly into the emerging VR/AR space.  The Glimpse Group funds cultivates, and manages business operations while providing a strong network of professional relationships. Being a part of the Glimpse Group allows entrepreneurs to maximize their time and resources in pursuit of their mission-critical endeavors.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyronbentovim 

https://www.theglimpsegroup.com/ 

https://twitter.com/GlimpseGroup

#volumetricvideo #metaverse #volumetriccapture

Scott o' brien is the founder of HUMENSE a volumetric video capture startup that is building for the metaverse, he comes from a pro sports background to pioneering Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) since 2009, taking realities from “magic show” to functional use cases.  He leads Sydney based startup Humense which is building an AR/VR holographic human to human communication creator audience platform including open-source software for multiple camera arrays and a production suit Humense has built 100+ AR VR apps. $6M+ of sales in AR/VR since 2010. Major global projects. 20+ world firsts. 3M+ downloads. Deep experience in high-security high-value IT/media project delivery schedules. Community builder. Multi-award winner.

https://au.linkedin.com/in/scottobrien61 

https://www.humense.com/ 

https://twitter.com/scottobrien61

#virtualproduction #greenrain #virtualreality #augmentedreality #mixedreality #unrealengine #epicgames

Karan Parikh is the Founder of Green Rain a realtime graphics studio with expertise in mixed reality, interaction design, virtual production, spatial augmented reality, virtual reality, and adaptive audio, Green Rain is the first authorized Unreal Engine training center in the region and they plan to train students, enthusiasts & enterprise immersive tech leveraging unreal engine. Karan/Green Rain is also partnering with famous studios in Mumbai and setting up the first of its kind LED wall-based virtual production shooting floor at the famous studios in Mumbai-Worli. His collaborative work has been displayed at iconic public spaces like Times Square in New York City, prestigious museums and some of the most progressive art galleries in US.

https://in.linkedin.com/in/karan-parikh-55a7a362 

https://www.greenrain.io/team-gallery

#virtualreality #experientialeducation #immersivelearning #futureofeducation

The Future of Education is Experiential & Immersive which will be enabled by Virtual Reality Steve Grubbs is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of VictoryXR, VictoryStore.com, ChalkBites, and Victory Enterprises. Early in life, Steve served as Chairman of the House Education Committee in the Iowa House of Representatives and passed the largest technology funding bill in state history. More recently, he chaired the YPO Technology Network for two years. Today, Steve is working to create a place for a virtual reality curriculum in schools. He has degrees in business and law from the University of Iowa. 

VictoryXR is one of the world leaders in virtual reality educational product development. To date & they have created over 240 unique VR experiences spanning over 50 different learning units with educational partners like Carolina Biological and Oxford University. VictoryXR has been able to develop brand-new educational encounters for VR users across the globe.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-grubbs-4708825 

https://www.victoryxr.com/

#augmentedreality #augtraveler #travel #artourism

Pankaj Manchanda is the Founder-Ceo of Augtraveler that is working on redefining the travel industry by Promoting the Culture and Heritage of a region through an Experiential Travel platform using Augmented Reality, Geo-Location and Analytics. His love for Edutech, Culture & history is reflected in his work. The platform builds on self-guided AR and Geo location-based heritage trails, which connects the travelers directly with the 'localhost communities' in the vicinity of the heritage sites thereby promoting the intangible cultural heritage of a region, whilst facilitating in the evolution of a Sustainable Livelihood Model for the 'host communities'.  The project also has a school outreach program wherein the Multidisciplinary activity books have been designed for school children in alignment with the experiential learning pedagogy. The mandate of this module is to highlight and utilize the visits to the World Heritage Sites as Knowledge Dissemination Zones, rather than being picnic spots. The project vision is aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals of 12b, 11, 8 and 4.

https://in.linkedin.com/in/pankajmanchanda 

https://www.augtraveler.com/

#extendedreality #robertbosch #immersivetech #virtualreality #augmentedreality #mixedreality

Extended Reality is transforming businesses globally & we spoke to Gulshan Purswani the  Delivery Head at Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions. AR/VR & Customer Experience. Responsible for delivery of Solutions entailing Mixed Reality, CRM, & eCommerce portfolios. Gulshan has been with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions for over 5 years, an alumnus of ICAI with about 19 years in the trade, brings a unique mix of business and technology to solve industry problems.

In addition, he has completed the Executive General Management Program from IIM, Bangalore. Gulshan is also responsible for defining the technology roadmap, thought leadership and the partner ecosystem development. He was instrumental in conceptualizing and developing the ‘Digital Workshop’, a unique workshop management system by Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Solutions, designed to act as an end-to-end solution for automotive workshops. As an Expert on Enterprise scale applications, Gulshan works with global customers to accelerate their journey towards a better customer experience

https://in.linkedin.com/in/gulshanpurswani

#epicgames #unrealengine #metaverse #virtualproduction #storyexperiencing #gamingengine #fortnite

Arvind Neelakantan is a Tech Evangelist (India/ASEAN) for Epic Games/Unreal Engine who specializes in games and in empowering film/animation studios in using real-time tech. Prior to Epic, he was the Head of Technology (Indian Subcontinent) for Unity Technologies where he drove innovation strategy and provided technical leadership. He served as Disney India's lead software architect and was responsible for driving innovation through R&D activities and oversaw games/interactive content development.

Before Disney, he was a full-stack game engineer at Nickelodeon in Los Angeles for six years. At Nickelodeon, he developed MMORPGs [massively multiplayer online role-playing game] and played a key role in the company's technology business during the major transitions to cloud-based computing.

https://in.linkedin.com/in/arvind-neelakantan 

https://twitter.com/arvindsabaneel 

https://www.unrealengine.com

WIR Group is Indonesia's leading digital reality [AR+VR+AI] technology group of companies, As the enabler for SMART Societies 5.0, WIR Group consists of several business units such as AR&CO, DAV, Mind stores, Minar & DMid with specialized expertise. Jeffrey Budiman leads the Research & Development team as Group Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder of WIR Group, he has co-founded and helped one of the technology units under WIR Group "AR&CO". AR&Co has established itself as the World’s leading and Asia’s largest Augmented Reality & Innovative technology company that serves clients globally and won various awards such as listed as one of 40 global most innovative companies 2014 awarded at the London Stock Exchange, won Auggie Award during the 2015 Augmented World Expo in Silicon Valley, and awarded gold for the SMARTIES APAC award 2015.

Senja Lazuardy is the Group Chief Technology Officer & an Augmented Reality technology pioneer and expert in Asia. He has been engaged in the field of Information Technology for more than a decade of experience. His passion for computer vision technology, especially in the development of Augmented Reality has helped to advance the technology from Indonesia to many parts of Asia.

He is also responsible for leading the IT team to deliver various augmented reality programs for global clients such as Disney, Marvel, Cartoon Network, Samsung, Nissan, Caltex, LG, Unilever, Danone, Toyota, Honda and many others. Senja has been acknowledged by prestigious events and organizations such as: Best Augmented Reality Campaign 2015 in AWE Silicon Valley, listed as one of 40 global most innovative companies 2014 awarded at the London Stock Exchange and awarded gold for the SMARTIES APAC award 2015.

https://wirglobal.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/wir-global 

https://id.linkedin.com/in/jeffreybudiman 

https://id.linkedin.com/in/senja-lazuardy-52a58aa9

Vishal Reddy is the Founder of Wow some is a Mixed Reality company based in India. they are pushing the frontiers of innovation, bring life-transforming products into this world and change the fundamental relationship of humans and information leveraging #augmentedreality #mixedeeality and Emerging Technologies.  Wow, some solves business problems by providing immersive experiences developed using Extended Reality, hyper-personalized with Deep Learning AI.

https://www.wowso.me 

https://in.linkedin.com/in/vishalreddyp