Skip to content

We are a strategy + innovation firm that collaborates with global brands and startups to create solutions for growth.

Home
Perspective
TechUp
Contact Us

Industry Perspective

Marco Carvalho, Founder of Immersive Play shares perspective on Collabsco’s Connected Play Landscape >> http://www.collabsco.com/perspective

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Comment *

Name *

Email *

Website

Post navigation

Previous PostPrevious Industry Perspective

Collabsco on Twitter

Could not authenticate you.

Collabsco on the scene

KAPi Awards with MERGE and Living in Digital Times at CES

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

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

Collaborator: WowWee at Mash Bash SXSW

TechUp: NERF Laser Ops Pro at WIRED Live

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

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

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

TechUp at WIRED Live – London

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

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

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

“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

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)

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.

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

Collaborator ANDRODES at Converge + SXSW

Kid-focused Product Design

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

MERGE 6DoF Blaster with Digital Trends at CES

TechUp: WIRED Next Generation – London

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

Toyologist with the MERGE 6DoF Blaster during London Toy Fair

MERGE at Chicago Toy & Game Week

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

Collaborator: MERGE at CES

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

Valerie Vacante interview with WIRED at WIRED Next Generation in London

TechUp at WIRED Next Generation

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

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

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

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

“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.

TechUp: WIRED Live – London

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

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

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

Collaborator: ANDRODES at Converge + SXSW

Collaborator: ANDRODES

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

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Collaborator: MERGE

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)

TechUp: Reach Robotics – MekaMon V2 at WIRED Live

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)

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

Collabsco named as an AustinInno 2018 Coolest Companies Awards Finalist

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

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ready Player One SXSW Experience

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

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

Collaborator ANDRODES at Converge + SXSW

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

Collaborator: Kiara Craft performs live at BDYHAX!

Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Kid-focused product design

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

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

Chicago Toy & Game Week with MERGE

Collaborator: WowWee at London Games Festival

Collabsco, Hasbro and ANDRODES play Dropmix during SXSW

Collaborator: WowWee at Mashable House SXSW

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fashion Tech Designer and Artist Bushra Burge – Dark Matter

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

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

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

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

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

KAPi Awards Winner MERGE at CES

Peter Jenkinson and Valerie Vacante launch TechUp

MERGE 6DoF Blaster at Alphr in London

“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.

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

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

TechUp: Reach Robotics MekaMon V2 at WIRED Next Generation

Collaborator: ANDRODES during Converge + SXSW

TechUp at WIRED Live London

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

Collaborator: WowWee at SXSW

Collaborator: Draw and Code + Swap Bots

TechUp presents Hot Wheels TechMods by Mattel at SXSW 2019

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

Collaborator: ANDRODES at SXSW

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

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

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

KAPi Awards with MERGE and Living in Digital Times at CES

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

WowWee’s CHiP at Mash Bash during SXSW

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

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!

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

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

“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.”

Converge: Culture / Collaboration / Connected Experiences during SXSW

Collaborator: WowWee – Chippies at the Mashable House during SXSW

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

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

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

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)

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.

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

“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: ANDRODES

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

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

Collaborator: MERGE at CES

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

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

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

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

CES KAPi award winner: MERGE Cube

MERGE 6DoF Blaster during London Toy Fair

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

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

TechUp: NERF Laser Ops Pro Battles at WIRED Next Generation

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

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

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

Collaborator: MERGE

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

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

Collaborator: WowWee at SXSW

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Collaborator: VRScout at Ready Player One SXSW Experience

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)

MERGE Kid-Friendly Ecosystem

Collabsco nominated for the Austin A-List Awards

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

MERGE 6DoF Blaster at CES

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

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

MERGE 6DoF Blaster at The Week Jr in London

Home
Perspective
TechUp
Contact Us

Proudly powered by WordPress