Our names are Lily and Violet Adams and we’re delighted to announce that we’ll be joining the Virtual Umbrella family as their kick-ass in-house marketing and events team. Not only are we psyched to be working with marketing extraordinaires and all-round VR badasses, Sam and Bertie,...
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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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Earlier this month, I was kindly invited down to Tate Britain to see 'Recognition', an artificial intelligence programme that compares live Reuters photojournalism with art from the Tate collection. The AI programme, earned a place at the Tate Britain by winning Tate’s ‘IK Prize 2016 for...
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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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My business partner Samantha and I founded Virtual Umbrella in early 2015. This was the first time we had both built and run a functioning company. In the last 18 months, I am incredibly proud of our achievements and journey that we have been on...
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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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