Hardware Podcasts

#036 - Is your immersive content searchable? - Mark Milstein of Microstocksolutions, USA

The Hardware Entrepreneur · 30 Aug 2017 · 30m

What this episode covers

Mark Milstein, founder of Microstock Solutions and Digital Content Solutions, explains why traditional keywording fails for 360 and VR content, describing it as 'trying to put a tire on a horse.' He introduces VR Meta, a toolkit applying time and location-based metadata to make immersive media searchable, noting that major stock agencies like Getty and Shutterstock currently lack these capabilities. Milstein details his journey from founding Eastern Europe's first internet-based photo agency, Red Dot, to building enterprise asset management services for clients like GoPro and Uber.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Microstock Solutions, Digital Content Solutions, Red Dot, North Photo, Getty, Shutterstock, GoPro, Uber, Samsung, Nikon, Kodak
Products
VR Meta, Ricoh Theta

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