Bryan Colin's guest appearances

Bryan Colin

Fashion Is Your Business - a retail technology podcast

Real Estate Is Your Business - a real estate technology podcast

Rosalind Picard

Chris Palmer

Kate Spade

Ben Cooper

Mazdack Rassi

Blake Smith

Michelle Farrington

Elizabeth McLean

Charlotte Fanneau

Michael Crooks

Dalia Lasaite

Brian Fesen

Mack Weldon

Peter Weedfald

Melissa Gonzalez

OwlTail

360 degree video tours using VR and AR technology that films and processes web-based virtual reality in real time, via autonomous mobile supercomputers… 360 degree video tours is a service that is important for consumer convenience, allowing consumers to browse actively for all products but for the biggest purchase of their lives they typically make, but in the past they haven’t had the same digital access availble. To let them get the guided tour of spaces it can save time and money for all involved, plus offer convenience for the consumer.  Bryan Colin, CEO of VirtualApt (360 degree video tours via autonomous robots) joins Marc Raco and Rob Sanchez on location at Valtech’s Innovation Lab during NRF 2018 in New York. Valtech is a global digital agency focused on business transformation. MouthMedia Network is Powered by Sennheiser. In this episode:   	Colin discusses this service as nice to have vs. need to have  	How some companies need to connect digital with in-store, spend more time on site, add traffic, sometimes pictures don’t do a product or environment justice  	VirtualApt’s primary business is guided tour for real estate  	The value prop comes from the fact that great sales result from when you have people in the physical store, but not as much when they can’t come in  	Showing real items in a real store and then people choose what they want to see or hear about, whatever the brand is excited to share  	Re-creating the best showroom experience as an online experience in the language, device, and time of choice  	How VirtualApt invented a way to walk through the store without blurring or parallax or instability that makes people nauseous  	How the full production team is built in the robot, and the ability to be able to control the experience externally  	Keeping the robot at a constant pace, making sure it is the how client wants the experience to be perceives and consumed  	How the robot navigates indoors vs. outdoors, flat vs. levels  	Luxury retailers as a primary target client  	Depth ability, zooming in an out, filming above 4K, downgrading to max device can handle (i.e. HD on iPhone)  	Autonomous robots are similar in programming to self driving cars, after mapping out space to great detail and the exact path you want the robot to go  	The imagining of the ability to virtually walk into stores as an extension of Google Street View, and other possible partnerships  	How this tells people about other items they might not have been interested in or seeking  	The impact of how a business can expand internationally using VirtualApt, clickable purchases through video  	The ability to visit places multiple times a year without having to go there and promote the stores within (i.e. Disneyland)  	Creating challenges within the experience– anyone who found a link “Easter Egg” hunt, gamifying  	How real estate virtual tours don’t interfere with listing brokers, actually saving time and amplifying the number of people looking  	Obvious applications in in travel and hospitality  	The wow of baseball, and being singularly focused  	Gamification in schoolsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

360 degree video tours using VR and AR technology that films and processes web-based virtual reality in real time, via autonomous mobile supercomputers… 360 degree video tours is a service that is important for consumer convenience, allowing consumers to browse actively for all products but for the biggest purchase of their lives they typically make, but in the past they haven’t had the same digital access availble. To let them get the guided tour of spaces it can save time and money for all involved, plus offer convenience for the consumer. Bryan Colin, CEO of VirtualApt (360 degree video tours via autonomous robots) joins Marc Raco and Rob Sanchez on location at Valtech’s Innovation Lab during NRF 2018 in New York. Valtech is a global digital agency focused on business transformation. MouthMedia Network is Powered by Sennheiser. In this episode: 	Colin discusses this service as nice to have vs. need to have 	How some companies need to connect digital with in-store, spend more time on site, add traffic, sometimes pictures don’t do a product or environment justice 	VirtualApt’s primary business is guided tour for real estate 	The value prop comes from the fact that great sales result from when you have people in the physical store, but not as much when they can’t come in 	Showing real items in a real store and then people choose what they want to see or hear about, whatever the brand is excited to share 	Re-creating the best showroom experience as an online experience in the language, device, and time of choice 	How VirtualApt invented a way to walk through the store without blurring or parallax or instability that makes people nauseous 	How the full production team is built in the robot, and the ability to be able to control the experience externally 	Keeping the robot at a constant pace, making sure it is the how client wants the experience to be perceives and consumed 	How the robot navigates indoors vs. outdoors, flat vs. levels 	Luxury retailers as a primary target client 	Depth ability, zooming in an out, filming above 4K, downgrading to max device can handle (i.e. HD on iPhone) 	Autonomous robots are similar in programming to self driving cars, after mapping out space to great detail and the exact path you want the robot to go 	The imagining of the ability to virtually walk into stores as an extension of Google Street View, and other possible partnerships 	How this tells people about other items they might not have been interested in or seeking 	The impact of how a business can expand internationally using VirtualApt, clickable purchases through video 	The ability to visit places multiple times a year without having to go there and promote the stores within (i.e. Disneyland) 	Creating challenges within the experience– anyone who found a link “Easter Egg” hunt, gamifying 	How real estate virtual tours don’t interfere with listing brokers, actually saving time and amplifying the number of people looking 	Obvious applications in in travel and hospitality 	The wow of baseball, and being singularly focused 	Gamification in schoolsSee <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

223 – Bryan Colin of VirtualApt – A Tour Guide Named Robot

360 degree video tours using VR and AR technology that films and processes web-based virtual reality in real time, via autonomous mobile supercomputers… Why this service is important for consumer convenience, how consumers browse actively for all products but for the biggest purchase of their lives they typically make, they haven’t had access to the same digital access. To let them get the guided tour of spaces it can save time and money for all involved, plus offer convenience for the consumer. Bryan Colin, CEO of VirtualApt (360 degree video tours via autonomous robots) joins Thomas Kutzman and Scott Pollack in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. In this interview:  Looking at early innovators like Google Street View and NET-A-PORTER with 360 images, and now being able to compress quality of video necessary to make this full and better, getting a full tour experience with narration, and with embeddable video on a custom player VirtualApt’s full production team in the autonomous robot, programming the same path a normal tour would be Hiring veterans as robot operators and why this plays such a significant role for the company How the service is as affordable as a photographer, and how VirtualApt is able to bring the cost structure down Why so much of VirtualApt’s business is in residential real estate in Brooklyn, NY The ability to have international consumers see virtual tours that are narrated in their native language, and why landlords love international renters A snack of Raspberry pie has meaning Reproducing currently guided tours, being able to meaningfully experience views and sizes that a 2-page brochure doesn’t work for, along with all the visualization that a company would need How the price point is so low, providing everything the client needs and making it so much more affordable and with quality control plus touching many points of the process—this controlling best end results The world of visualization beyond real estate, how VirtualApt is more of a tech company thank a service company, and the aptitude of apt How VirtualApt is inventing its own tech Creating more links into the video, seeing a product in that space, creating a new experience, shoppable links to buy or shop, and making virtual reality experience what it should be Bringing you to another location where you want to be, showing what makes that space unique Bootstrapping the company, recruiting the right people, creating a company culture as an enjoyable place to be Does this technology risk putting real estate agents out of business or is it creating opportunities? How robots can provide nearly exact measurements of a space, and Colin’s favorite robots Being comfortable in your own self and in the world, and the cost of being focused as an entrepreneur How the digital is now, and it is necessary to be focused on how you look digitally and your digital presence as the place when someone is there already See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

360 degree video tours using VR and AR technology that films and processes web-based virtual reality in real time, via autonomous mobile supercomputers… Why this service is important for consumer convenience, how consumers browse actively for all products but for the biggest purchase of their lives they typically make, they haven’t had access to the same digital access. To let them get the guided tour of spaces it can save time and money for all involved, plus offer convenience for the consumer. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryan-colin-b0661a126/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Colin</a>, CEO of <a href="https://www.virtualapt.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">VirtualApt</a> (360 degree video tours via autonomous robots) joins Thomas Kutzman and Scott Pollack in the <a href="http://mouthmedianetwork.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">MouthMedia Network</a> studios powered by <a href="http://sennheiser.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sennheiser</a>. In this interview: <ul> <li>Looking at early innovators like Google Street View and NET-A-PORTER with 360 images, and now being able to compress quality of video necessary to make this full and better, getting a full tour experience with narration, and with embeddable video on a custom player</li> <li>VirtualApt’s full production team in the autonomous robot, programming the same path a normal tour would be</li> <li>Hiring veterans as robot operators and why this plays such a significant role for the company</li> <li>How the service is as affordable as a photographer, and how VirtualApt is able to bring the cost structure down</li> <li>Why so much of VirtualApt’s business is in residential real estate in Brooklyn, NY</li> <li>The ability to have international consumers see virtual tours that are narrated in their native language, and why landlords love international renters</li> <li>A snack of Raspberry pie has meaning</li> <li>Reproducing currently guided tours, being able to meaningfully experience views and sizes that a 2-page brochure doesn’t work for, along with all the visualization that a company would need</li> <li>How the price point is so low, providing everything the client needs and making it so much more affordable and with quality control plus touching many points of the process—this controlling best end results</li> <li>The world of visualization beyond real estate, how VirtualApt is more of a tech company thank a service company, and the aptitude of apt</li> <li>How VirtualApt is inventing its own tech</li> <li>Creating more links into the video, seeing a product in that space, creating a new experience, shoppable links to buy or shop, and making virtual reality experience what it should be</li> <li>Bringing you to another location where you want to be, showing what makes that space unique</li> <li>Bootstrapping the company, recruiting the right people, creating a company culture as an enjoyable place to be</li> <li>Does this technology risk putting real estate agents out of business or is it creating opportunities?</li> <li>How robots can provide nearly exact measurements of a space, and Colin’s favorite robots</li> <li>Being comfortable in your own self and in the world, and the cost of being focused as an entrepreneur</li> <li>How the digital is now, and it is necessary to be focused on how you look digitally and your digital presence as the place when someone is there already</li> </ul>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

012 – Bryan Colin of VirtualApt – Visualizing With Robots