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Bruno Uzzan: Augmented Reality Brand Interaction

Bruno Uzzan is the CEO of Total Immersion, an augmented reality software company mixing the real world with some powerful technical wizardry. Bruno shows us what the future of brand interaction looks like and talks about how many business are implementing it right now to set their presentations apart from the rest.

Speaker: Vince Thompson and Bruno Uzzan

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Bruno Uzzan: Augmented Reality Brand Interaction

Bruno Uzzan is the CEO of Total Immersion, an augmented reality software company mixing the real world with some powerful technical wizardry. Bruno shows us what the future of brand interaction looks like and talks about how many business are implementing it right now to set their presentations apart from the rest.

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>> Vince: Hi. Welcome to Dog and Pony. I'm Vince Thompson. Bruno Uzzan, the CEO of Total Immersion is reinventing the way that we communicate with this amazing new technology. This technology allows us to combine elements of the virtual world with the real world and it's called Augmented Reality. You just really have to see it to believe it.

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>> Vince: Tell us about this Augmented Reality. When did it all begun?

>> Bruno: Well, we started the store in 1999. We were too ponderous at the beginning and then we figured out that we can do some amazing application by merging real and virtual together. We started the company mainly for broadcast application. We thought that for live event like we are doing now, for live presentation, live TV show, it was amazing for someone to be able to play with 3D object during a live TV show.

>> Vince: How do we connect the dots from this stage of the technology to business person being able to apply some of these things?

>> Bruno: So by mixing real and virtual, by using my computer for a sales guy, we have a very user friendly solution. So it's very easy to use. You can definitely here bring leverage on Augmented Reality to introduce in new way products or whatever.

>> Vince: How does the entrepreneur tap into this or the business person tap into this and get a presentation created?

>> Bruno: So it's pretty easy. I mean you need a 3D object that's for sure. I mean we need a 3D story. Okay. What's the product we're gonna sell. A lot of industry, they have 3D already of what they are selling. Talking about a car manufacturer, they have everything in 3D. So far, it's a way to benefit on this work and to transform this work into a new presentation tool for the sales guy. This is a pretty interesting for them to showcase new functionalities or whatever of this car and in a very, very easy way.

>> Vince: So if I wanna build one of these sales presentation to myself, if I wanna add some of these elements to my live video to better tell my story, what's available to me today?

>> Bruno: What you need is just your computer. What you need is your own video cam or web cam and 3D and the software is making the merge automatically. So it's--we are ready to go. I mean this is a very easy process. Video, 3D, software combining and then you just need to screen or you know, computer screen, your old plasma screen or whatever to present that merge in that you would by mixing real and virtual.

>> Vince: You see a technology like this is pretty exciting. Is this gonna be accessible for a smaller business?

>> Bruno: Our vision is really to get this mass market solution for our software. We're not just talking for a few thousand people of user but potentially million of users. When you look at the we I mean the success of the we is amazing and what we have here is a way to adapt the we success to internet, to the web platform. People will be able to interact with brand, will be able to play with toys and then location using our software and this is where we see the future for the company.

>> Vince: What have been the greatest surprises along the way for you?

>> Bruno: I was surprised to see how the market is now reacting so quickly on what we have. From a corporate point of view, from a partner point of view, from also a revenue point of view, I mean we see some biggest and biggest revenue that are dedicated for Augmented Reality and for this kind of new solutions. So I'm always impressed and surprised to see how markets can easily grab up some new technology as soon as market is ready to--for them.

>> Vince: So Bruno, what does this mean for the future of communication?

>> Bruno: On a cellphone, you have a display, you have a video cam. Everything's ready for Augmented Reality. Here, the vision is let's get everybody access to this amazing solution where you can interact with 3D in realtime.

>> Vince: Fantastic. It's so exciting. Bruno, thank you so much. Great to have you on Dog and Pony.

>> Bruno: Thank you very much.

>> Vince: As always, if you have questions, comments, or ideas for guest, please email us. You can do so at info@dogandpony.com. I'm Vince Thompson. Thanks so much for watching.

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