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Jessica Brillhart

08/16/18

@ Y Combinator

I found it challenging to be reactive in the early days of VR because it was new and no one knew what to do with it yet.

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Jessica Brillhart, Immersive Director, on VR and AR

@ Y Combinator

Jessica Brillhart, Immersive Director, on VR and AR

08/16/18

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Nirav Patel

05/20/25

@ EO

We decided to optimize for quickly establishing the virtual reality ecosystem to understand what works and what doesn't in VR, which required us to take risks and build products rapidly.

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Jessica Brillhart

08/16/18

@ Y Combinator

Creating in a 3D environment forced me to understand how we experience spaces and how those spaces engage with us, which is crucial for the medium of VR.

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Jessica Brillhart

08/16/18

@ Y Combinator

In VR, the process is fluid and requires understanding the audience and the limitations of the technology to effectively convey the intended truth.

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Sam Altman

04/12/25

@ TED

As with any new technology, it takes time for people to become comfortable with agentic AI, similar to how we adapted to online transactions.

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Mira Murati

09/25/23

@ a16z

After Tesla, I worked on augmented and virtual reality to gain experience in different domains, although it was too early for practical applications at that time.

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Jessica Brillhart

08/16/18

@ Y Combinator

In VR, the focus should be on creating potential stories where users can interact and discover the core values of the narrative.

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Jessica Brillhart

08/16/18

@ Y Combinator

Right now, VR and AR are bringing people joy, and I don't think they have seeded fear in the same way other technologies have.

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Jessica Brillhart

08/16/18

@ Y Combinator

When traditional storytellers adapt to VR, they need to abandon conventional storytelling methods and focus on the flow of the experience and how people relate to objects and each other.

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Diana Hu

08/28/19

@ Y Combinator

My first exposure to AR was engaging with reality rather than escaping it, using imagination to tell stories and represent information in a layered way.