People wear Samsung Gear VR devices as they attend the launching ceremony of the new Samsung S7 and S7 edge smartphones during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 21, 2016.
We’re delighted to announce another trio of speakers for GamesBeat 2016 to address how augmented reality and virtual reality are moving beyond games. (Check out the new agenda here).
Jules Urbach, CEO of Otoy
Our panelists include Jules Urbach, the chief executive of Otoy. Urbach talks way too fast for me to keep up. He’s a pioneer in computer graphics, streaming and 3D rendering with over 25 years of industry experience. He made his first game, Hell Cab (Time Warner Interactive) at age 18, which was one of the first CD-ROM games ever created.
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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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