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Val Vacante’s talk “Connected Cool Kids – New Experiences for a New Generation” at Mojo Nation’s Play Innovation Summit in London

Co-Founder and CEO of Reach Robotics, Silas Adekunle shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Collabsco’s Val Vacante and SwapBots’s John Keefe discuss how SwapBots are creating connected experiences with customizable collectibles that come to life with the power of augmented reality at SXSW Gaming!

TechUp: NERF Laser Ops Pro at WIRED Live

Congrats to our Founder, Valerie Vacante for being named as a CES 2019 KAPi Awards Judge.

Collaborator: ANDRODES during Converge + SXSW

WIT Webinar: Connected Cool Kids – Take Aways from the Connected Play Landscape

CES 2019 will host a world of new tech for brands to back in the New Year

Connected Cool Kids: Collabsco’s Valerie Vacante on new experiences for a new generation by Rob Hutchins featured in ToyNews

CES 2019: “Connected Play Landscape 2.0 – Uncovering emerging tech and the future of play featuring Valerie Vacante (Collabsco), Silas Adekunle (Reach Robotics), Matthew Evans (Nickelodeon Group), Christopher Oliveri (Hasbro) and Dr. S. Brett Walker (Circuit Scribe)

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

“Gamifying Technology: The Future of Gaming,” Zai Ortiz discusses how he bridged artistic storytelling with technical innovations when creating the J.A.R.V.I.S. system holograms in Marvel’s Iron Man.

John Keefe, Founder and Director of SwapBots and Draw and Code shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Congrats to our Founder, Valerie Vacante for being named as one “Austin Inno’s 50 on Fire” a celebration of innovation in the Austin community.

TechUp at WIRED Live – London

TechUp presents Hot Wheels TechMods by Mattel at SXSW 2019

Collabsco’s Val Vacante discusses the latest iteration of the Connected Play Landscape, encouraging feedback and additional submissions.

Collaborator: MERGE at CES

Collaborators: Mojo Nation, Founders at the Play Innovation Summit in London

Founder and Chief Inventor of Novalia, Dr. Kate Stone shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

TechUp: Reach Robotics – MekaMon V2 at WIRED Live

Collaborator: ANDRODES

Collaborator: ANDRODES at Converge + SXSW

Content is King Regardless of the Platform at the Digital Kids Summit: Val Vacante (Collabsco), Mindy Thomas (Wow in the World), Beau Lewis (GoldieBlox) and Jeremy Keniski (MERGE)

Collabsco’s Valerie Vacante presents “The Power of Voice and the Future of Play” at the Alexa Conference

Marco Carvalho discusses how Chirp’s data over sound tech is applied to Beat Bugs at the Digital Kids Media Summit in Austin

TechUp at WIRED Next Generation

Val Vacante’s talk “Connected Cool Kids – New Experiences for a New Generation” at Mojo Nation’s Play Innovation Summit in London

Val Vacante discusses the MERGE Cube, MERGE Miniverse and MERGE VR/AR Goggles with the So Chic Sisters at Chicago Toy & Game Week

MassChallenge: CARPE by ReillyWorks blends augmented reality and smart objects for fun gaming experiences that gets kids and families moving

Testing Quantum Interface’s AR Camera at the AT&T Dev Summit

MERGE 6DoF Blaster at The Week Jr in London

“States of Play – Exploring the Connected Play Landscape with Collabsco” in the June issue of ToyNews by Robert Hutchins.

Rob Earl-Ocrean, Product Designer and Inventor at SoSound shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Connected Play Landscape 2.0 – Industry leaders discuss emerging technologies, experimentation and partnerships that shape the future of play.

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Zai Ortiz, President, Co-Creator of St. Noire shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Fashion Tech Now and Next: Featuring Mabus Tech, Interlaced, Devbootcamp, Collabsco, WiseWear, Whear and Quantum Interface

Valerie Vacante interview with WIRED at WIRED Next Generation in London

Collaborator: MERGE

Collabsco’s Valerie Vacante on the major players of the Connected Play Landscape by Billy Langsworthy featured in Mojo Nation

Author of Taming Gaming, Andy Robertson shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Val Vacante and James Lanyon discuss the intersection of people, design, tech and business at their talk “Converging Consumer Experiences” at BDYHAX

CEO of Reach Robotics, Silas Adekunle shares perspective behind the world’s first gaming robot, MekaMon.

“Gamifying Technology the Future of Gaming” featuring Valerie Vacante (Collabsco), Nolan Bushnell (Founder Atari) and Zai Ortiz (Hollywood Creative Director) at San Diego Comic Con.

Hasbro’s Phil Sage & Tony Offley-Shore discuss “DropMix: Blending Partnership, Technology & Gaming” at the Play Innovation Summit in London

Val Vacante’s talk “Connected Cool Kids – New Experiences for a New Generation” – London

Collaborator ANDRODES at Converge + SXSW

Collabsco: Connected play companies grew 150% to 262 in 2019 – VentureBeat

Collabsco named an Austin A-List Awards nominee, among Austin’s most innovative homegrown companies presented by Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and SXSW.

Kid-focused product design

Perspective: Here are 10 ways to help your client partners and agency team to foster positive partnerships.

Val Vacante in AR Jewlery created by Fashion Tech Designer and Artist Bushra Burge

Converge: Culture of Design + Collaboration. A discussion on the importance of design and collaboration featuring Collabsco, IBM Studios, USTWO, Funsize and more.

KAPi Awards with MERGE and Living in Digital Times at CES

Collaborator ANDRODES at Converge + SXSW

Collabsco documents all the companies jostling in the connected play industry by John Glenday featured on The Drum

Fashion Tech pioneers at the “Apparel Futures” panel at BDYHAX: Val Vacante, Kristina Dimitrova, Bushra Burge, Birce Ozkan and Kristin Neidlinger

TechUp: SXSW Gaming Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Connected Play

Collaborator: VRScout – Become Iron Man With Hasbro’s Hero Vision AR Helmet

Converge: Converging Fashion + Tech. A discussion on fusing fashion and technology from sensors to sustainability.

TechUp: Pete Jenkinson showcasing NERF Laser Ops at WIRED Next Generation – London

SXSW Gaming: Toys and Games of Today and The Future of Play featuring Valerie Vacante (Collabsco), Gerry Cody (Mattel), Zai Ortiz (X2 Games) and John Keefe (SwapBots)

Collaborator: WowWee at SXSW

Head-to-head NERF Laser Ops battles with Andy Jaye and Jason Bradbury at UK Drone and Technology Show.

CES 2019 – TechUp takeover at the Cosmopolitan featuring Dr. Kate Stone (Novalia) and Valerie Vacante (Collabsco)

Peter Jenkinson and Valerie Vacante launch TechUp

Collaborator: Immersive Play’s Marco Carvalho shares perspective on “Snow” Immersive Play’s cuddly connected play experience.

WowWee’s CHiP at Mash Bash during SXSW

TechUp’s Co-Founder Peter Jenkinson at WIRED Live – London

Valerie Vacante (Collabsco), Silas Adekunle (Reach Robotics) and Chris Oliveri (Hasbro) discuss the connected play landscape, and how designers are creating the future of play.

AT&T Futurecast: AT&T Dev Summit with Nonny de la Pena, Jonathan Josephson and Kevin Reinis from Quantum Interface

MERGE 6DoF Blaster during London Toy Fair

Marco Carvalho, Founder of Immersive Play shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Check out “The Tech Connection” an in depth interview with Collabsco’s Valerie Vacante on the Connected Play Landscape and the near future of play by ToyNews’s Rob Hutchins

Converging Connected Experiences featuring Collabsco, Hasbro iPlay, Moovel, Idean and more during SXSW Interactive.

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Collaborator: WowWee at Mash Bash SXSW

Valerie Vacante named in the Mojo Nation 100 for her work in expanding opportunities and championing designers work globally.

Val Vacante’s talk “Connected Cool Kids – New Experiences for a New Generation” at Mojo Nation’s Play Innovation Summit in London

Participating at Karmarama and The Drum’s roundtable on “Connecting Older Generations” during SXSW.

Collabsco’s Founder, Val Vacante honors WowWee’s Sydney Wiseman for being named the Innovative Marketer of the Year at the TAGIEs.

Ane Olesen (Wire PR ) is trying all of the Toyologist’s curated connected play experiences at Mojo Nation’s Play Innovation Summit.

Collabsco’s Valerie Vacante discusses the Connected Play Landscape 2.0 at CES 2019

Toyologist with the MERGE 6DoF Blaster during London Toy Fair

Check out “AR(E) You Not Entertained?” featuring insights from Collabsco’s Valerie Vacante, Rovio Entertainment, Mattel, Niantic, WowStuff and more by ToyNews’s Rob Hutchins

KAPi Awards with MERGE and Living in Digital Times at CES

Collaborator: MERGE

TechUp: WIRED Live – London

Valerie Vacante (Collabsco) and Gerry Cody (Mattel), discuss perspective on the evolution of the iconic Hot Wheels brand and the future of play at SXSW Gaming 2019.

Fashion Tech Now and Next a discussion on emerging technologies and what’s ahead in fashion tech.

30 Seconds with the So Chic Sisters name the top toy picks from Chicago Toy & Game Week

MERGE 6DoF Blaster with Digital Trends at CES

TechUp at WIRED Live London

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Val Vacante with the MERGE 6DoF Blaster during London Toy Fair

TechUp: NERF Laser Ops Pro Battles at WIRED Next Generation

Collabsco nominated for the Austin A-List Awards

Collaborator: MERGE at CES

Collabsco named as an AustinInno 2018 Coolest Companies Awards Finalist

TechUp at CES 2019 | The best gadgets and latest tech – recap featuring Valerie Vacante and Peter Jenkinson

WowWee’s Fingerlings “TOTY” at the Mash House during SXSW

Fashion Tech pioneers at the “Apparel Futures” panel at BDYHAX: Val Vacante, Kristina Dimitrova, Bushra Burge, Birce Ozkan and Kristin Neidlinger

SXSW Gaming: Toys and Games of Today and The Future of Play featuring Valerie Vacante (Collabsco), Gerry Cody (Mattel), Zai Ortiz (X2 Games) and John Keefe (SwapBots)

Collaborator: Kiara Craft performs live at BDYHAX!

Fashion Tech Designer and Artist Bushra Burge – Dark Matter

Collabsco, Hasbro and ANDRODES play Dropmix during SXSW

Collaborating with Kiara Craft during BDYHAX! Check out ‘A Rumor About Love BDYHAX Edition’

Perspective: What Hacking Space Invaders Frenzy Can Teach Us About Work and Play by Val Vacante

Collaborator: WowWee at London Games Festival

Fashion Tech pioneers at the “Apparel Futures” panel at BDYHAX: Val Vacante, Kristina Dimitrova, Bushra Burge, Birce Ozkan and Kristin Neidlinger

Hasbro’s Phil Sage & Tony Offley-Shore discuss “DropMix: Blending Partnership, Technology & Gaming”

TechUp’s Co-Founder Valerie Vacante at Wired Next Generation – London

Collaborator: Quantum Interface – One the largest collection of AR glasses outside of a major industry event.

TechUp taps into $6bn smart toy space with Wired Live launch by Rob Hutchins

Kid-focused Product Design

Hasbro’s Rich Mazel shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Connected play firms to broaden their reach via Valerie Vacante and Peter Jenkinson’s new TechUp service

Collaborator: Quantum Interface – One the largest collection of AR glasses outside of a major industry event.

KAPi Awards Winner MERGE at CES

TechUp: Sensible Object’s Beast of Balance at WIRED Next Generation – London

Collaborator: ANDRODES at SXSW

MERGE 6DoF Blaster at Alphr in London

Davin Sufer, Chief Technology Officer of WowWee shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

TechUp: Sensible Object’s Beasts of Balance at WIRED Next Generation

Collaborator: ANDRODES

Collaborator: WowWee – Chippies at the Mashable House during SXSW

SXSW Gaming Is Tapping Into the Toy Industry Big With TechUp Founder Valerie Vacante by Andrew Rossow featured in Grit Daily

CES KAPi award winner: MERGE Cube

MERGE 6DoF Blaster at CES

AR toys on the rise, according to Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape 2019 by Billy Langsworthy featured in Mojo Nation

Digital Kids Media Summit: with Immersive Play, Chirp and Dynepic’s PlayPORTAL

Val Vacante checking out HTC’s Ready Player One experiences at SXSW

Converging Immersive Experiences VR, AR, MR and More – Collabsco, AT&T Foundry, Facebook VR Design, Candy Lab, Quantum Interface

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Toyology’s Toyologist, Peter Jenkinson shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape.

Connected play firms to broaden their reach via Valerie Vacante and Peter Jenkinson’s new TechUp service

CES 2019 – TechUp takeover at the Cosmopolitan featuring Peter Jenkinson (Toyology) and Marco Carvalho (Immersive Play)

Play Innovation Summit Roundtable – Reach Robotics, Collabsco, Sensible Objects, Hasbro and Mojo Nation

TechUp: WIRED Next Generation – London

Game XP: Global Innovators Marco Carvalho (Immersive Play), David Diesendruck (Redibra), Valerie Vacante (Collabsco) and Harry Botterill (Hasbro) discuss the global innovation ecosystem

MERGE at Chicago Toy & Game Week

Chicago Toy & Game Week with MERGE

San Diego Comic Con: Collabsco joins Atari founder and Hollywood elite for Future of Gaming panel

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

AT&T Futurecast: AT&T Dev Summit with Nonny de la Pena

“From the consumer’s point of view and in particular children’s, it’s not about whether it’s on a console or mobile device, it’s just about gaming, insists Valerie Vacante. For them, it’s all about playing.”

Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Content is King Regardless of the Platform at the Digital Kids Summit: Val Vacante (Collabsco), Mindy Thomas (Wow in the World), Beau Lewis (GoldieBlox) and Jeremy Keniski (MERGE)

Smart tech to become child’s play at the 2019 Alexa Conference by Robert Hutchins

“Connected Play goes beyond toys or a single technology; it encompasses gaming, education and emerging technologies and more.” Valerie Vacante, Founder of Collabsco at CES 2019

Collaborator: WowWee at SXSW

TechUp: Reach Robotics MekaMon V2 at WIRED Next Generation

Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape and insights from Valerie Vacante featured in Next Reality News

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Collaborator: Draw and Code + Swap Bots

Ty Sheridan spins in VR at the Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Converge: Culture / Collaboration / Connected Experiences during SXSW

Digital Kids Media Summit: International Delegation with Kat Box (Tate Kids), Deborah McPhilemy (Teddy’s Inc), Pankaj Agarwal (TagHive), Anne-Marie Walton (Wantu) and Amanda Gummer (Fundamentally Children)

SXSW Gaming: Toys and Games of Today and The Future of Play featuring Valerie Vacante (Collabsco), Gerry Cody (Mattel), Zai Ortiz (X2 Games) and John Keefe (SwapBots)

“Intelligent Life” looks at the evolution of technology and what it means for toys and games with perspective from Collabsco’s Valerie Vacante by Rob Hutchins as featured in ToyNews

MERGE Kid-Friendly Ecosystem

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Collaborator: WowWee at Mashable House SXSW

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