UploadVR

UploadVR
Industry Virtual reality and augmented reality
Founded 2014
Founder Taylor Freeman
Will Mason
Website uploadvr.com

UploadVR is a virtual reality media company based in San Francisco, California.[1][2] The company is best known for its virtual reality-driven events,[3] digital publication uploadvr.com, and the Upload Collective, a VR focused co-working space in San Francisco.[4] The organization focuses on helping to grow the global virtual reality and augmented reality industry. In 2015 UploadVR received a $1.25m investment from Shanda Group.[5]

History

UploadVR was founded in 2014 by Taylor Freeman and Nick Ochoa out of assets developed for a client of Guru Media. After leaving Guru Media they re-branded those client assets "JustVR" and later renamed it to "UploadVR".[6] The organization formed out of a meetup group in San Francisco. The first event had 60 people and six demos ranging from DK1s to early NASA hardware.[7][8] Over the following six months UploadVR produced over 20 events ranging from small events to AWE, a 3,000 person, 3-day conference they co-produced with augmentedreality.org in June 2015.[9] The company currently organizes events, covers the industry and runs the Upload Collective.[10]

UploadVR investors include Joe Kraus, David Freeman,[11] Larry Braitman, VRI, and Shanda Group.[12][13]

Controversy

In May 2017, a former employee of the company submitted a lawsuit against the company and alleged the company of gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the workplace.[14] Although the company said that the allegations were "entirely without merit".[15]

References

  1. ↑ "UploadVR Announces The Creation of Upload Collective". VR Focus.
  2. ↑ "UploadVR Announces The Upload Collective". VR Startups.
  3. ↑ "UploadVR Showcase World's Largest Event in Augmented Reality". Market Wired.
  4. ↑ "Superpowers People Awe UploadVR Partner". Finance Yahoo.
  5. ↑ "UploadVR Focused Incubator and Co-Working Space in San Francisco Launch in 2016". Virtual Reality Reporter.
  6. ↑ "JustVR". Iterate.
  7. ↑ "UploadVR Announces Incubator in San Francisco". Video Technology News.
  8. ↑ "Will Mason On Accelerating the Growth of the VR Industry with UploadVR Coverage Consumer Facing Events". Voices Of VR.
  9. ↑ "UploadVR Companies". Virtual Reality Reporter.
  10. ↑ Parisi, Tony (2015). Learning Virtual Reality: Developing Immersive Experiences and Applications for Desktop, Web, and Mobile. O'Reilly Media. p. 140. ISBN 978-1491922835.
  11. ↑ "The Future of VR a Night in VR with Boot VC UploaVR". GetshashVR.
  12. ↑ "UploadVR Raises For Virtual Reality News". Silicontap.
  13. ↑ "UploadVR Secures $1.25m Seed Funding Round". Xconomy.
  14. ↑ Farivar, Cyrus. "UploadVR set up "kink room" at the office, says ex-employee in lawsuit". Ars Technicha.
  15. ↑ Matney, Lucas. "UploadVR sued over 'rampant' sexual behavior in the workplace and wrongful termination | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-08-25.
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