Launched website with Manifesto in Oct/Nov of 2014 https://twitter.com/WBMason/status/529982747243057152 …pic.twitter.com/GDzyIzkeUR
VR History Thread for @UploadVR.
It started w the Meetup called "UPLOAD SF - Virtual Reality & Oculus"
Founded 5/15/14 & 1st meetup 6/10/14pic.twitter.com/jnzx2IDrqC
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Here's the video that they launched with. They've stayed true to their original mission:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNo0gT-JXK4 …
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Here's what the original
@UploadVR "Journal" looked like, with the first posts from 11/4/14 https://web-beta.archive.org/web/20150101054046/http://www.uploadvr.com/journal/ …pic.twitter.com/87VrqBejFq
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@WBMason was excited to see Oculus get featured on South Park on 11/12/14https://twitter.com/WBMason/status/532626392685768704 …
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@WBMason writes up his first article for@UploadVR about the South Park bump 11/13/14:https://uploadvr.com/virtual-reality-and-oculus-rift-get-the-south-park-bump/ … -
Previously in the Spring of 2014,
@WBMason finished his college communications thesis about Humor's use on Reddit:https://www.scribd.com/document/228495924/An-Upvote-for-You-Sir-Humor-as-an-Identification-Tool-on-Reddit … -
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@Wbmason posts his first@UploadVR article to Reddit, and it goes viral with nearly 500 upvotes:https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/2m81e2/twitter_mentions_of_the_oculus_rift_were_up_600/ … -
He posts a follow-up on learning
@Oculus was referencing the episode in their customer service emails. So it begins:https://uploadvr.com/oculus-customer-service-tickets-answered-by-steve-in-response-to-south-park-episode/ … -
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@reverendkjr has the entire@UploadVR team on to talk about their VR evangelism plans on 12/3/14http://www.roadtovr.com/rev-vr-podcast-ep-86-evangelizing-vr-world-uploadvr/ … -
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@wbmason on Voices of VR podcast recorded at SVVR 2015 about@uploadvr's history & mission. Aired on 6/24/15 http://voicesofvr.com/154-will-mason-on-accelerating-the-growth-of-the-vr-industry-with-uploadvr-coverage-consumer-facing-events/ … -
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@UploadVR announces a $1.25M seed round on 12/15/16 lead by Shanda Group.https://uploadvr.com/uploadvr-raises-1-25-million-led-by-shanda-group/ … -
1/7/16,
@UploadVR announces the Upload Collective co-working space & has the opening party during GDC on 3/15/16https://uploadvr.com/uploadvr-announces-the-upload-collective/ … -
3/23/17
@UploadVR announces@UploadLA, a 20k sqft co-working space in Los Angeles. Opening Party 4/13/17 before VRLAhttps://uploadvr.com/upload-la-launch/ … -
I've been to 30+ VR events over the last 3 years, and to nearly all of the
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@UploadVR has been an amazing resource to have such a strong physical presence at all of these events facilitating connection & experiences -
About to record an intro/outro for a podcast w
@taylorpfreeman &@WBMason, but had to do a deep dive to see how far they've come in 2+ yrs -
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@UploadLA Opening Represents a Focus Shift from VR Tech to VR Content. More from@WBMason@taylorpfreeman@UploadVR http://voicesofvr.com/530-upload-la-opening-represents-a-focus-shift-from-vr-tech-to-vr-content/ …pic.twitter.com/ApnntWLBKE
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(actually the meetup page was originally something else, but it was what led to
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It seems so long ago...
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Hehe, I was there!
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That was the first vr event I ever went to. Im thinking nov 2013
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even though it says March 20th on the sign? :P
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Don't be a jerk Keith.
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