An Interview with Sly Lee, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Emerge and Isaac Castro, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Emerge.

The yWhales team speaks with Sly Lee, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO at Emerge, and Isaac Castro, Co-Founder, and Co-CEO at Emerge. Emerge is an LA-based company building a platform for touch in the metaverse. Imagine a virtual high five, but without the need for wearables. Emerge’s purpose is to create a future where distance and time don’t stand in the way of feeling present. Powered by Ultrasound, Emerge has mid-air virtual objects, textures and surfaces that bring touch to virtual experiences and revolves around your Inner Circles. 

 

About Guests

Sly is a first generation Asian American entrepreneur, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Emerge. His journey is influenced by his upbringing in the  American Deep South, work in developing countries, and experience founding an oceans education non-profit, TheHydrous, funded by Google, Autodesk, and the Smithsonian. He is co-chair of the World Economic Forum Global Future  Council for AR/VR, a  Forbes  30 Under 30 class of 2018 recipient, a recent student of Daoism, and can be found surfing the coast of southern California some mornings. Isaac Castro, is an immigrant entrepreneur and Co-founder and Co-CEO of Emerge. Isaac believes in a future where technological progress brings us closer together, rather than pulling us apart, and where nobody is left behind. He is an MIT Technology Review ‘Innovator Under 35’ recipient for the invention of a medical device for more effective cancer treatment. Isaac holds a master's degree in telecommunications engineering, and he is a graduate of GoogleX and NASA sponsored Global Solutions Program at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley.

You’ll learn about:

• Sly’s background
• Isaac’s background
• What is Emerge?
• The difference between Web2 and Web3
• What is Wave1?
• The journey of testing the device
• The Emerge experience
• User reactions
• How Emerge is creating an affordable and human experience
• The Virtual Handshake
• What Sly and Isaac are excited about

Resources: 

Connect with Sly: LinkedIn | Twitter | Website | Instagram

Connect with Emerge: LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook

Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter

 

Timestamps

[01:22] Sly’s background

[03:44] Isaac’s background

[07:42] What has Emerge built?

[09:53] The new type of economy

[08:00] What is Omnia?

[10:50] Showing the device

[13:14] Walking through the video

[15:55] The Immerse Home

[21:12] Technology platform

[24:34] Initial reactions from users

[29:07] Freeing yourself from technology

[31:42] Will keep iterating the tech

[34:07] The aspects of the hardware

[37:09] The Emerge Interface

[40:50] Emerge Use Case

[43:16] How does hand tracking work?

[44:57] Funding Landscape

[46:34] How did Sly and Isaac meet?

[48:08] The first pitch

[49:37] The Team

[51:11] Venture Capital backing

[53:11] What are you excited about?

 

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