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Daniel W. Rasmus on ‘VR in Ready Player One’ at Forbes.com Daniel W. Rasmus, who runs the consultancy Serious Insights and keynotes VR conferences worldwide, has been watching the space since the 1990s, first as an analyst with Forrester Research and later as director of business insights at Microsoft. Like …

How Funko pops out a Pop! Inside the process of creating collectible figures, from idea to product Alana and Marko are interspecies lovers. They erupt onto comic book panels amid scenes of childbirth, intense battles, and robot sex. They quickly flee into an otherworldly sewer system. It’s an inauspicious opening …

Singularity Digital Enterprise Keynote I was honored to speak at a Singularity Digital Enterprise (www.singularityde.com) event in Lisbon, Portugal. During my visit, I also had the opportunity to talk about the future of work with several press outlets and analysts. Here are links to the commentary. Amazon e Microsoft juntas em …

Scenario Planning for Human Resources Proud to have an article on scenario planning published in India’s premier HR publication. If we all knew exactly how the future would turn out, there would be no need to negotiate plans. We would simply accept the future and decide how best to provide …

Even IMAX Can’t Make Marvel’s ‘Inhumans’ Impressive In an interview with Michael Robinson, Director of Consumer Products for Amazon Education, regarding the new Amazon Rapids ecosystem for young readers, he emphasized that all their stories drop readers into the middle of the action. This forces readers to figure out where …

  Comic-Con Exclusives: The inside story of Comic-Con’s most coveted collectibles Several years before I became a regular attendee of San Diego Comic-Con, I asked my friend to pick up a Doctor Who exclusive for me. He graciously declined. People who don’t attend Comic-Con don’t know that the lines snaking …

How ‘The Tick’ took over Comic-Con: Amazon’s superhero is a big, blue deal in San Diego There’s a line in the song for Amazon’s new original TV series The Tick which says, “We run this city.” It’s an accurate pronouncement judging by the way the tech giant promoted the show at …

‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Season Four Like soap operas with superheroes, comic book universes tend toward illogical plots. People die and come back to life. No one’s who they seem to be. Your best friend is a robot. Continuing this tradition, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. went through more than its …

Navigating the ethical and social impacts of VR Last December, Dan participated in panel titled ‘Navigating the ethical and social impacts of VR’ at VRX San Fransisco. This post includes the original panel copy and list of speakers, along with the audio of the session. Serious Insights thanks VRX for …

  Read Dan’s latest GeekWire review. Over 1.1K FB Shares. Join the party! Star Trek TNG CommBadge review Technology moves quickly in the 21st Century. More so, perhaps, than in the 23rd or 24th. Last year, the Wand Company offered up the iconic Star Trek Communicator that Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock flipped open into …