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Stelvio Passes Us 16 Million Ways to Beat Cancer

PoppingTheBubbl - August 18, 2017 23:27 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Attila Hajdu's company Stelvio Oncology is changing how we approach cancer treatments.  By leveraging machine learning, Stelvio is gaining access to millions of new potential treatment protocols. The volume of potential combinations contained in the Big Pharma mountain of data is such that only ...

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Unifying principles and the CMO's big challenge with Neil Cohen

PoppingTheBubbl - August 14, 2017 21:01 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Neil Cohen, long time friend, trusted advisor and marketing consultant extraordinaire joined us recently to talk about his thoughts on the marketing landscape and emerging tech trends.   Neil keeps himself very busy and entrenched with the latest innovations in marketing and technology by se...

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#76 - Empowering the Experience Revolution w/ Alison Raby & James Hanusa, co-founders of Digital Raign 

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - August 14, 2017 16:03 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We chat with Alison Raby and James Hanusa, the co-founders of Digital Raign, a virtual accelerator and experiential ecosystem design & development firm focused on exponential tech and emerging media. We talk about how exponential technologies in general are converging, and how essential it is in...

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#75 - Creating Augmented Reality Superpowers w/ Matt Miesnieks, Partner at Super Ventures

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - July 31, 2017 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We chat with @MattMiesnieks, partner at @Super_Ventures, all about augmented reality, investing, and some of the VR/AR companies in their portfolio. Matt has a deep background in AR, including creating the first mixed reality platform for iOS with Dekko and leading AR product R&D at Samsung. Fro...

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IndieBio: Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Life Sciences

PoppingTheBubbl - July 17, 2017 21:42 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
The latest episode of Popping the Bubbl came on the heels of a day spent speaking with bio-tech startups that make up biotech accelerator, IndieBio’s Batch 5. We spoke with Alex Kopelyan, IndieBio’s Program Manager who gave us insight into IndieBio’s mission, what the accelerator provides for st...

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#74 - Building Games within Virtual Worlds w/ Jennifer Chavarria, Head of Studio at Kite & Lightning

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - July 16, 2017 17:55 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We chat with Jennifer Chavarria, Head of Studio at Kite & Lightning--  the VR content company behind the highly-anticipated Bebylon: a virtual world of outrageous babies. The first episode is called Bebylon: Battle Royale, a “VR vehicular melee party brawler” that features cigar-chomping babies ...

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#73 - Searching for Immersive Media w/ Sophia Dominguez, CEO & co-founder at SVRF and creator of All Things VR

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - July 10, 2017 15:14 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We talk with Sophia Dominguez, CEO & co-founder of SVRF and creator of All Things VR, about immersive media, the current state of VR/360 content, and how to qualify content as “bad” or “good.” Solving the challenge of how to find VR/360 video content, SVRF is the best way to search and discover ...

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Mark Anderson - Speak Music

PoppingTheBubbl - July 05, 2017 16:50 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Mark Anderson is the CEO of Speak Music. a company that features a voice search activated music assistant.  The product Melody is designed to keep us mobile, free and surrounded by the Music we love.  Mark sits with Pete A turner and Sandra Ponce De Leon and discusses how the music consumption...

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#72 - Forecasting Innovation w/ Peter Rojas, co-founder of Engadget, Gizmodo, & partner at betaworks ventures

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - June 24, 2017 16:18 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We chat with Peter Rojas (@peterrojas), partner in betaworks ventures, about how his background as a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Engadget and Gizmodo led him into the venture capital world. We talk about betaworks and their investing philosophy, the VR/AR companies in their portfolio (...

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Helping Female Founders close the Funding Gap, Lisa Wang of SheWorx

PoppingTheBubbl - June 22, 2017 13:56 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
It was great to welcome Lisa Wang, CoFounder of SheWorx on our latest episode who is a force to be reckoned. As a four-time national champion in gymnastics and inductee into US hall of fame, she grew up from an early age with an intense focus on priorities and an ability to structure her goals. ...

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#71 - Immersive Journalism w/ Zahra Rasool, Editorial Lead for Al Jazeera's Contrast VR

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - June 17, 2017 12:22 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We talk with Zahra Rasool (@RXahra) all about Al Jazeera’s newly-announced immersive media studio, @ContrastVR. She gives us insight into how she’s thinking about immersive journalism plus a window into Al Jazeera’s two-pronged approach: producing a series of cinematic-quality 360 documentaries ...

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Vanessa Camones dishes on the Startup Telenovela

PoppingTheBubbl - June 13, 2017 23:53 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Vanessa Camones, CEO of AnyContext,, #LatinaGeek and boss lady extraordinaire joined us on the latest episode of Popping the Bubbl. She realized early on a passion for writing and telling people’s stories during her college years where scored an amazing internship that got her high visibility ...

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#70 - Making VR Games w/ Nathan Burba, Survios co-founder & CEO

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - June 12, 2017 16:07 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
This week we talk with @NathanBurba, co-founder & CEO of @Survios, for an in-person conversation at his company's headquarters in Los Angeles. Survios is well-known in the VR space for their highly-polished game, Raw Data, that set revenue records and grossed over $1M in the first month of its r...

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The Viirre Passion of XPrize

PoppingTheBubbl - June 08, 2017 01:09 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
The Quallcomm XPrize Tricorder challenge has given humanity a powerful tool to improve a patients ability to diagnose their medical condition.  Inspired by the tricorder from Star Trek, the ultimate winner of the challenge was a machine called DxtER from the New Frontiers Medical Devices group. ...

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#69 - VR Museum Tours w/ Katrina Semmes, co-founder of Dali17

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - June 07, 2017 14:26 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We talk with Katrina Semmes, co-founder of Dali17, about the full reconstruction of the real-life Dali17 Museum in Monterey, CA into a virtual reality experience. Katrina talks about why virtual reality museum tours are important and who can benefit, as well as why surrealism in general and Salv...

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#68 - Funding Alternate Reality & the Future of Media Publishing w/ Christopher Trout, Engadget’s Editor in Chief

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - May 23, 2017 15:24 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
This week our guest is Christopher Trout, who is Editor in Chief of Engadget-- the original online publication for technology, gaming, entertainment and the future. We talk about how Christopher is thinking about the VR/AR industry through a media publishing lens, how Engadget is approaching edi...

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Tricorder XPrize Winner Dr. Basil Harris

PoppingTheBubbl - May 11, 2017 19:59 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Basil Leaf Technologies founded by Dr. Basil Harris and his brother George won the top QUALCOMM Tricorder XPrize Competition. Dr. Harris and his team built a functioning tricorder, YES! like the one from Star Trek this one tests for 34 different medical criteria. The information Dr. Harris sough...

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#67 - VR as a Force for Good & How to Amplify Your Content w/ Elijah Allan-Blitz, VR director

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - May 06, 2017 20:34 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We chat with Elijah Allan-Blitz, VR director, about VR narratives as companion pieces to traditional content and how to amplify VR experiences via traditional content and distribution methods. We talk about Elijah’s directorial role in translating Ken Burns’ PBS documentary “Defying the Nazis” i...

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Looking for Love in all the Wright Places

PoppingTheBubbl - May 01, 2017 17:33 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
As a follow up to our conversation last week with John Coulson, serial inventor and founder of SIDOG, we interviewed TJ Wright, founder of Mi Amore the first official licensee of SIDOG’s technology platform. TJ Wright has a fascinating story himself. For those of you not familiar with the name...

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#66 - Mixing the Virtual & Real Worlds w/ Andrew Trickett, co-founder & CFO of Merge VR

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - April 29, 2017 18:55 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We talk with Andrew Trickett, co-founder & CFO of Merge VR, about mixing the virtual and the real world, the evolution of mobile VR headsets, and the importance of robust business models in the VR/AR space. Merge also has developed the world’s first interactive, holographic toy that you can hold...

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SIDOG is creating a new category of Virtual Immersion Entertainment

PoppingTheBubbl - April 25, 2017 23:19 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
We recently had a conversation with John Coulson founder of SIDOG / Seti entertainment who is developing technology that would allow for truly immersive virtual experiences that enable a live, real-time social interaction while in a virtual setting. What that means, is that anyone with the techn...

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#65 - Making Games for VR w/ @PaulBettner CEO & Founder of @PlayfulCorp

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - April 08, 2017 18:15 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
Paul Bettner (@PaulBettner), CEO & founder of Playful Corp (@PlayfulCorp), created the famous mobile game Words with Friends and the lovable VR platform game Lucky’s Tale. In light of the recent one-year anniversary of the launch of consumer VR, we check in with Paul for insight into how this fi...

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Inside the SenSay Bubbl

PoppingTheBubbl - April 07, 2017 21:35 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
SenSay leverages bots to find humans that need to interact with one another.  Need a recommendation on where to go in New Orleans? Do you have a deep knowledge of Opera that you'd like to share with people longing to appreciate the art form?   SenSay will find the people that have the question...

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Impact of AI on Early Childhood Education with Jonathan Kim

PoppingTheBubbl - April 01, 2017 19:19 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
Jonathan Kim has a fascinating background intersecting various business verticals such as AI, Venture Capital and mobile with an impressive career holding down executive positions at Samsung, JPL, Crosslink Capital and Qualcomm. During his time at JPL, Jonathan saw an opportunity for AI and in...

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#64 - When Animators Do VR with @ChrisPrynoski, founder of @TitmouseInc.

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - March 31, 2017 19:33 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
Our guest this week is Chris Prynoski, founder of Titmouse--  a full service animation studio responsible for titles such as Adult Swim's Metalocalypse, Comedy Central's Moonbeam City, Fox's Son of Zorn, feature film Nerd Land, and virtual reality experience Smash Party. We talk with Chris about...

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#63 - Building the VR/AR Industry in Silicon Valley & Beyond w/ @KarlKrantz founder of @SVVRLIVE

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - March 26, 2017 16:28 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We chat with Karl Krantz (@karlkrantz), founder of the highly-influential body known as Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (@SVVRLIVE) which consists of monthly meetups, developer education, and the now-legendary SVVR expo. Founded in 2013, the SVVR expo is an annual event bringing together global V...

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#62 - VLRA & the Explosion of the VR Community with @CosmoScharf co-founder of VRLA @VRLosAngeles

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - March 17, 2017 21:25 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We talk with Cosmo Scharf (@CosmoScharf), co-founder of VRLA (@vrlosangeles), about how the conference has grown over the past three years from a grassroots community-created meetup to the world's largest VR/AR expo. He highlights some incredible new technologies that will be showcased at the up...

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Inspiring Latinas to Embrace Technology - Lala Castro of LatinaGeeks

PoppingTheBubbl - March 16, 2017 13:56 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 9 ratings
It was wonderful to sit down recently with Lala Castro of Latina Geeks whose own story of triumph over hardship and of pushing through stereotypes serves as an inspiration to us all. LatinaGeeks is a media company Lala started with partner Tanya Salcido with a focus of inspiring and empowering m...

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#61 - The Future of Art with Natalie Sun, Next Art Founder & Creative Director

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - March 10, 2017 22:07 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
Based in Los Angeles, Next Art (@nextarttech) is a platform that bridges the gap between creative industries and enhances social experiences through art tech and community. We chat with Natalie Sun (@onattyso), the founder and creative director, about art and tech in general and art and virtual ...

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#60 - Combining VR Narratives & Neuroscience w/ Sarah Hill, CEO of StoryUP Studios @SarahMidMO @StoryUpStudios

Real Virtual Show - Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Conversations - VR - March 05, 2017 20:09 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 33 ratings
We chat with Sarah Hill (@SarahMidMO), CEO & Chief Storyteller of StoryUP Studios (@StoryUpStudios), about their focus on immersive content that aims to lift people up. Sarah views virtual reality through the concept of story as a verb-- one that can provide hope, affect change and shift brain w...