“Our mission is not to simply make world class experiential solutions easy & accessible but to prepare organizations for the future. The path to digital innovation is ever evolving. This is why we place a focus on the journey before the destination.”-Roni Cerga
A passionate business leader and innovator. His vision has helped shape world class offerings by utilizing cutting edge cross functional growth strategies. He maintains strong fundamentals by investing in a diverse organizational culture & people, streamlined process and the very best in product quality. He is a strong believer that the foundation to sustaining exponential growth is the result of empowering & offering a sense of ownership to everyone in the organization and beyond to our clients.
Lorne Fade – Co-Founder, COO
“As we continue to capitalize on the tremendous technological opportunities ahead we must always respect the competitive advantages that form the cornerstone of our brand – our people and our culture.”
Lorne Fade oversees all aspects of VR Vision’s application development, event activations, hardware deployment and 360 videography. He is responsible for guiding the company’s overall direction and strategic priorities by utilizing his digital marketing background to drive business development forward as well as driving sales for VR Vision through creative marketing campaigns and targeted advertising methods.
David Tucciarone – Manager of Custom Development
An experienced Creative Director and Developer, David specializes in creating immersive digital virtual experiences and interactive entertainment on both small and large scale. He has worked on over 20 successful projects with over 15 million users worldwide for both the mobile and enterprise training platforms.
At VR Vision, David oversees all productions from concept to completion to ensure all application development meets a gold standard of being completely turn-key and high quality. He has led successful projects for VR Vision with enterprise clients like Toyota, Tennis Canada, University of Toronto & Alchemy Systems.
Alex Pryor – Senior 360° Content Director
Alex has a passion for creating digital content and using multimedia to help businesses achieve their goals. The new wave of virtual reality and 360° content brings endless possibilities for business solutions and marketing material and Alex is dedicated to being at the forefront of this innovation.
He manages the 360° department of VR Vision, directing a variety of 360° content, such as 360° video and virtual tours. Alex has a keen eye to use these mediums as practical business applications to help businesses excel in the age of technology.
Joannah Apelo – SVP, Operations & Healthcare
Dedicated Nurse and technology expert with over 10 years providing client care and technology consulting in Canada and internationally. Joannah is driven to transform the way we view & approach client care. As an expert in both VR and Nursing Joannah’s goal is to greatly improve the quality of life for all.
Responsible for overseeing the development, testing, monitoring and implementation of Virtual Reality technologies. Joannah flawlessly combines science, business, and technology to make possible for life changing deployments.
She is also the CEO, Founder of Reality Well (A VR Vision Group Company). Reality Well is a Virtual Reality Platform for Senior Living. [www.realitywell.com]
Liz Nicholson – Enterprise Business Development Director
With an appetite for learning and advancing in new technologies Liz has what it takes to anticipate trends and collaborate with her peers. An experienced National Accounts Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industries for well over decade. Skilled in Contact Centers, Management, Customer Service, Account Management, and Sales. Extensive experience working with high tech executives and CEO’s producing high volume sales results advancing new business development.
Ian Jones – VP, Enterprise Sales
An experienced and accomplished business development and management executive committed to driving exceptional sales results for organizations, while exceeding all expectations for customers. Possesses a keen ability to motivate and inspire staff and colleagues to achieve success, both personally and professionally. Experienced in transforming laggard sales teams into highly focused and disciplined peak performers.
Specialties: Sales Strategy, Corporate & Business Development, Sales Management, Leadership, Coaching and Motivation, Market Planning, Energy, Legal and Tech industry.
Karan Sharma – Senior 3D Modeler/Designer
Karan Sharma is a 3D Artist with a passion for creating 3D assets and Environments for game development. He has an understanding of 3D Modeling, Texturing and Digital Sculpting and passion for Game Art along with constantly learning and advancing techniques while staying updated with industry standards.
He also has a solid understanding of composition, lighting, colour, form and structure and the ability to apply this knowledge in a 3D interactive world. Karan also has a hobby for photography and travelling.
Wei Tin Yuen – VR Developer
Wei is a young and talented Unity developer, with passion for anything involving creative design. But what good is something if it doesn’t do anything? With that in mind, Wei is highly interested in creating function as well, he loves to architect large yet pristine systems of code. With experience working as an Asset Developer, Wei’s game assets are downloaded by thousands of other Unity developers.
As a generalist developer, he is competent in both art and programming fields, and highly involved in the entire development cycle. Quickly building applications and making improvements where possible, Wei pushes the envelope of what VR can achieve.
Ahmad Askri – Junior VR Developer
I am a game developer who is passionate about exploring the new upcoming and emerging technologies and developing software for them. Aside from programming, I have a variety of different skills like 3D modelling, 3D animation, 2D animation and Video/Audio editing.
Virtual & Extended Reality (VR or XR) is taking the world by storm. We aren’t talking about the VR from days of old with cheesy graphics that looked nothing like reality; we’re talking about highly advanced technology that literally transports you to a completely new realm. You could be sitting on your coach in the middle of Nowhere Land, USA, put on a headset, and be transported to a Greek Island – and really feel like you’re there – with today’s virtual reality.
New advances in virtual reality technology are opening up a whole new world of opportunity. It can be used for much more than entertainment; business owners are using it as a way to create truly engaging experiences for their audiences and boost their client base. Imagine the growth potential a VR app could provide for your business? It can give you the opportunity to let your clients – both existing and potential – really experience what your business is all about.
Thanks to tech giants like Google, anyone who has access to a smartphone can have the opportunity to experience virtual reality. All they have to do is download an app on their device and they can be launched into a whole new world while they’re sitting on their couch, riding the train during their morning commute, or any other place they may be.
If you want to take advantage of virtual reality for your own business, you might be thinking that developing a VR app will require extreme skill, experience with coding or 3D, cost boatloads of money, and take a tremendous amount of time; Want to learn how to make a VR app for your business? Keep on reading to find out…
Things You’ll Need
In order to easily and inexpensively create a VR app for your business, you’ll need to assemble the following tools:
A virtual reality headset. There are various types to choose from, like Google Cardboard.
High end headsets like HTC Vive/Oculus Rift allow for much better immersive experiences.
The Unity Store. You can download and install a Personal account, which is free, or you can use an upgraded account, like Plus or Pro, which cost a small fee and offer more advance features.
An app building store. There are options available for both Android and iOS devices.
The Google Carboard SDK for Unity (for Anrdoid users, but there are options for iOS users, as well)
A script that will walk you through developing your app. Again, there are several options available for both Android and iOS devices.
Tips to Keep in Mind
To design an VR app for your business that users will really find engaging (and that your business will benefit from), consider the following tips:
Pay attention to scale. To really make the VR experience an incredible one, the scale between the person using the app and the environment you have created is important. In other words, the larger and more encompassing the VR world is, the more life-like and moving it will be.
Focus on spatial audio, which incorporates sounds into the environment; something to the right of the user also sounds like it is coming from their right.
Focus on aesthetics. The more visually pleasing the VR environment is, the more engaging, encompassing, and impactful the experience will be.
Contact a quality VR/AR/XR development firm that can take your ideas to life with a professionally built application.
Challenges Businesses Face with VR
Building a VR application can be a daunting task for any organization if they are not properly prepared or haven’t worked with VR programming before. Some challenges groups face when creating VR applications are as follows:
Lack of proper models and design to bring vision to life
Lack of expertise and assets in order to build a successful interactive application
Ineffective hardware roll outs or using the wrong medium to view simulations
Conflict of priorities with business focus and technology implementation
Trying to build an application in-house without the proper guidance or skillsets
Hiring the right talent in order to produce a high quality product
Extended timelines for delivery due to lack of experience
With these tools and tips, you can create a VR app for your audience that will do a world of wonder for your business. Contact us here at VR Vision today to help transform your business.
