CC046: Lakshmi Sarah // Storytelling in Virtual and Augmented Reality (live from CES 2020)

Summary: Interview starts: 6:05 Debrief starts:m 33:22 Lakshmi Sarah is the co-founder of Tiny World Productions. An educator and journalist, Lakshmi covers the intersection between VR/AR and storytelling, and she recently co-wrote a book titled 'Crafting Stories for Virtual Reality.' Much of Lakshmi's work includes stories on refugees or immigrants, with the intention of creating empathy and shifting prospective for individuals through this medium. Tiny World Productions create their own 360-view experiences as well as help and workshop others' work in immersive technology. Some of their work includes 'Homelessness in San Francisco' and 'The Wait: Inside the Lives of Asylum-Seekers in Germany.' We discuss: - AD: Finding experienced employees for your new business with Integrity Power Search (4:43) - Why write a book? (7:14) - When is immersive storytelling useful? (10:01) - Tools and resources for VR/AR storytelling (12:53) - Differences in film vs. immersion experiences (16:36) - The key to storytelling (20:38) - Tiny World Productions (23:36) - The future of immersion (26:16, 30:55) - Current VR/AR experiences (28:19) Learn more about Tiny World Productions: https://tinyworldproductions.com/ Follow Lakshmi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lakitalki Follow upside on Twitter: https://twitter.com/upsidefm Advertise with an upside classified: https://upside.fm/classifieds -- This episode is sponsored by Integrity Power Search, the #1 full stack high growth startup recruiting firm between the coasts. They partner with venture capitalists, private equity groups and CEOs to build amazing teams for the world’s most disrupting companies. Learn more about or get in touch with Integrity Power Search: https://upside.fm/integrity