If you’ve ever wanted to join the ladies behind the prison bars in Orange is the New Black or move from sitting in the nosebleed seats to being on the court for the next NBA Finals, Littlstar can make your dreams come true. Littlstar is a content distribution network that shares immersive VR and 360-degree videos. Working with major entertainment companies like Discovery, CNN, National Geographic, and Hearst, Littlstar’s goal is to democratize VR cinema. The VR apps that use Littlstar’s platform have been downloaded 65 million times, and on the Littlstar app alone, there are millions of viewers watching more than 600 hours of content with an average session time lasting longer than 20 minutes. So to those who think it’s best to cater to only short attention spans— listen up. Today on ‘Dot Complicated with Randi Zuckerberg’ to discuss the growth of VR is Tony Mugavero, CEO and Founder of Littlstar.
“I built a co-working space. You know pretty quickly where all the problems are.”
“I was very young when my entrepreneurial journey started. My mother said to buy video games I had to figure it out. She wasn’t going to do it for me.”
“I always wanted to merge tech and media. I cut my teeth in media tech. I wrote the code for video transcoding and livestreaming.”
“I got an Oculus Rift Kickstarter and started playing around with it. We knew immediately something big was going to happen in VR.”
“We knew we wanted to dedicate our lives to an immersive company.”
“Today we’re across all the VR headsets, mobile devices and smart TVs.”
“VR is a small group of people willing it into existence.”
“We work with all the big studios and broadcasters. They bring completed content to us.”
“Star Wars did a big spot with Nissan. You can watch it in a headset or on mobile. We know everyone doesn’t have a headset yet.”
“You have to learn how to sell yourself as an entrepreneur. If you come from a tech background you aren’t a great salesperson.”
“The personal highest point in Littlstar has been when you hear people talking about us. We see random groups on Twitter in Japan talking about us.”
“The Playstation VR group on Reddit is amazing. I try to engage with them as much as possible.”
“My wife is my rock and sounding board. There are real struggles building a company.”
“We had a moment thinking we were going to run out of money after raising a small amount of funds from our family.”
“Running your own company can feel like someone else has control of your parachute and they’ve opened it as you fall to the ground.”
“You have to be thoughtful about the content. You’re taking over you’re entire visual field. Tricking your brain into thinking it’s somewhere else.”
THOMAS FREYThomas Frey is Google’s top rated American Futurist and also founder of the DaVinci Institute, a networking firm and think tank that inspires inventions and innovations in Colorado.
“I focus on technology driven change.”
“One of my claims to fame at IBM was winning more awards than any other engineers there.”
“The true value in a prediction will force you to think about that possibility.”
“It’s a fascinating profession. I work with companies around the world.”
“Colorado has quite a vibrant tech scene that’s growing rapidly.”
“The DaVinci Institute has 32 startups in our co-working space. We’re trying to understand the nature of collaboration and how things are shifting.”
“We have the DaVinci Coders for the dire need of talent in that area.”
“I wrote a column on the coming meat wars. The first lab grown hamburger cost $350,000. It was taste tested on BBC TV by two food critics.”
“It’s only going to be lower, soon lab grown meet will be under $1 a pound.”
“People are vegetarian for a number of reasons. Lab grown meat is going to be a better quality product and takes less a toll on the environment.”
“Would you buy a purse if it was made from George Clooney cells?”
“We could create mother’s milk so we can stop using so much formula.”
“Everyone has a nagging anxiety about if they are going to have a job 5 years from now.”
“Machine intelligence is a hot topic. There are a lot of built in limitations. There’s undue fear.”
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