VR is a space ripe for innovation and many Founders are working hard to be one of the leading startups in the space. Our panel of experts will take a deep dive into current challenges facing VR startups including market adoption/high costs for consumers, the need for high quality content, becoming more mobile, and more.
Siddharth Saxena is the Founder & CEO of Oblix, a virtual reality company based in Brooklyn, New York. Oblix is the developer of Go Guess, a social, geographic guessing game for the Oculus Rift. Prior to founding Oblix, Siddharth led the Architecture Genome Project at Architizer, the largest online platform for architects. Siddharth holds a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Studies from Brown University.
Cindy is the former CMO of VR game studio DreamSail Games. She built her first international research committee on location based VR entertainment while establishing a network of over 35 arcades in 7 countries to play her studio's mecha game.
A scientist with a mission, Cindy spoke on VR monetization models in Russia and VR real estate use cases at NYC Television week in 2017. She's now proud to support JAKT on their mission to use technology to create solutions that will positively impact 100 million people by 2027.
George Likourezos is a law partner at the intellectual property law firm of Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP in Melville, NY. He specializes in patent law and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He has particular expertise in fields of technology including digital electronics, computer architecture, communication systems, electrical circuits and components, optical scanning and imaging, semiconductor devices, semiconductor manufacturing, virtual and augmented reality, and related electromechanical arts.
Dennis is a Serial Entrepreneur and a Digital Marketing and Media Executive with over 20 years of start up experience in New York’s Silicon Alley. His companies have raised over $50 Million in venture capital. His “Start Up” companies included some of the most well known and prolific in the the new media industry starting in 1994. These include; Pseudo Programs, The Financial Commerce Network, Venturehighway, Wicked Wireless and ABRI. Dennis has also worked on start up initiatives within large companies such as; Newtek Business Services, Yahoo!, iCMA and LG Ad Russia Dennis is a trailblazer, and has shown tremendous ability to create functional businesses in new industries and markets.