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UploadVR is a virtual reality media company based in San Francisco, California.[1][2] The company is best known for it virtual reality-driven events and conferences[3] that involve a mixed media platform of international VR community.[4] In 2015 UploadVR received a $1.25m investment from Shanda Group.[5]

History

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UploadVR was founded in 2014 by Taylor Freeman, William Mason, and Nick Ochoa.[6] The organization formed out of a meeting in San Francisco in 2014. The first conference had 60 people and six demos ranging from DK1s to early NASA hardware.[7][8] Over the following six months Taylor Freeman and Will Mason produced over 20 events ranging from small events to AWE, a 3,000 person, 3-day conference they co-produced with Augmented Reality in June 2015.[9] The media company currently organizes conferences on Virtual Reality and operates its own web site for virtual reality news.[10]

On December 2015, UploadVR received a $1.25m investment from Shanda Group. The funding also included investment from Joe Kraus, Philip Rosedale and Tony Parisi.[11][12][13]

References

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  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. ^ "UploadVR". 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. ^ "UploadVR Raises For Virtual Reality News". Silicontap.
  12. ^ "UploadVR Secures $1.25m Seed Funding Round". Xconomy.
  13. ^ "The Future of VR a Night in VR with Boot VC UploaVR". GetshashVR.
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