There are a lot of VR and game events that we have attended, worked or demoed at over the past couple of years and Pocket Gamer Connects has been a consistent one of the past three years. Pocket Gamer was one of the first places...
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What an incredible night! We get invited to a lot of events during the year, from VR meetups to conferences so when I received an invitation to the Evening Standard's Progress 1000 night I thought "Ah, this will be cool event, I've most likely been invited...
Read MoreRead MoreIf you know me or have seen me speak on stage about this fantastic industry that we work in, you will often hear me talking about “This was created for me”, content that appeals to me and my demographic. I am always on the hunt that...
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At Virtual Umbrella I have been really proud to have worked with some incredible companies, projects and more. One project which I have often talked about is working with Hampshire Libraries. We have had the pleasure of bringing virtual reality to a variety of libraries in...
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This is a great opportunity for start-up companies Virtual Umbrella is excited to share the #Augmentor programme with our community. Managing director of VU, Bertie and I (Samantha - Client Director of VU) are proud to be mentors for this programme. Augmentor is a 10-week equity-free programme supporting...
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We had the pleasure of meeting Hampshire Libraries in 2016. A couple of members of Hampshire Libray had spotted us on a train with a couple of Gear VR’s and got in touch. We had a demo day with the team and we started to explore...
Read MoreRead MoreThere has been a variety of VR events this year and we have always tried our best to get to as many as possible. The Virtual Umbrella team headed into London for the first Develop:VR event – we have been a big fan of Develop Conference...
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This week I headed up to Birmingham to go and hang out with the BBC Asian Network team on the Noreen Khan show to chat all things VR. The Asian Network has an incredible following and I was honored to be asked to be a guest. When...
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Earlier in the year I had the pleasure of helping the judging process for the Wired Audi Innovation Awards. I really enjoyed being a part of the process and seeing all the great companies selected. You can find out more here all about the nominees, the...
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The Venus Awards has been a big part of Virtual Umbrella this year It has been a great experience to meet so many great women working in lots of different sectors regionally and nationally. It has also been great to introduce the Venus Award to the...
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