EP109 Bob Cooney's Virtual Reality Deep Dive - Stephen Greenwood of Ballast Technologies (Part 1)
The Being Virtual Podcast - with Bob Cooney
English - August 01, 2020 14:08 - 19 minutes - 43.9 MBEntrepreneurship Business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Stephen Greenwood is a Co-founder & CEO at Ballast Technologies, based in San Francisco. Ballast VR creates incredible aquatic virtual reality experiences. Their Aquatic VR experience is one of the most powerful applications of virtual reality where people can experience VR in a space of no gravity.
They aim to immerse their consumers in worlds that take advantage of sound, tactile sensations, vibration, zero gravity and other amazing properties of water, and as a result place them at the center of an experience that will blow their minds.
In today’s episode, Bob will be talking with Stephen about their aquatic VR experiences and why people like it, also how it is different from other VR experiences out there and much more.
Let’s dive in!
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN FROM THIS EPISODE:
Who is Stephen Greenwood and what is his company about
What do people really want and where does Stephen see fraction
How is Ballast VR showing up at IAAPA in Orlando
Stephen talks about DIVR VR experience
In what sort of locations can their VR experiences be used
Are lifeguards needed when using Ballast VR experiences
The cost per experience
DIVR experience video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cd_jGa249s
Stephen’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/greenwoodstephen
Spephen’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spgreenwood/?hl=en
Ballast Technologies Website: https://ballastvr.com/
Ballast VR Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BallastVR/
Ballast VR Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ballast.vr/
Listen to PART 2 and 3 here: