UploadVR
| File:UploadVR Company Logo.png | |
| Industry | Virtual reality and augmented reality |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 |
| Founder | Taylor Freeman Will Mason |
| Website | uploadvr |
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, three-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
- ^ "UploadVR Announces The Creation of Upload Collective". VR Focus.
- ^ "UploadVR Announces The Upload Collective". VR Startups.
- ^ "UploadVR Showcase World's Largest Event in Augmented Reality". Market Wired.
- ^ "Superpowers People Awe UploadVR Partner". Finance Yahoo.
- ^ "UploadVR Focused Incubator and Co-Working Space in San Francisco Launch in 2016". Virtual Reality Reporter.
- ^ "JustVR". Iterate.
- ^ "UploadVR Announces Incubator in San Francisco". Video Technology News.
- ^ "Will Mason On Accelerating the Growth of the VR Industry with UploadVR Coverage Consumer Facing Events". Voices Of VR.
- ^ "UploadVR Companies". Virtual Reality Reporter.
- ^ Parisi, Tony (2015). Learning Virtual Reality: Developing Immersive Experiences and Applications for Desktop, Web, and Mobile. O'Reilly Media. p. 140. ISBN 978-1491922835.
- ^ "The Future of VR a Night in VR with Boot VC UploaVR". GetshashVR.
- ^ "UploadVR Raises For Virtual Reality News". Silicontap.
- ^ "UploadVR Secures $1.25m Seed Funding Round". Xconomy.
- ^ Farivar, Cyrus. "UploadVR set up "kink room" at the office, says ex-employee in lawsuit". Ars Technicha.
- ^ Matney, Lucas. "UploadVR sued over 'rampant' sexual behavior in the workplace and wrongful termination | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-08-25.