VRGluv
Company

Last deal

Amount

Product Crowdfunding

Stage

25.04.2017

Date

1

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date founded

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About Company
VRgluv offers affordable force feedback gloves that bring a realistic touch to virtual reality.

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founded date

01.01.2017

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Product Crowdfunding

IPO status

Private

Description

The company has developed haptic gloves that allow users to see, use, and feel their hands in virtual reality. These gloves provide variable force feedback, enabling users to interact with virtual objects and experience the sensation of touch. The gloves also have pressure sensitivity features, combining full force feedback, pressure sensing, and finger tracking in a compact and comfortable design. With VRgluv, virtual reality gamers can engage in immersive environments without the need for separate platforms.
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Number of Funding Rounds

Their latest funding was raised on 25.04.2017. Their latest round Product Crowdfunding

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Money Raised 
Lead 
25.04.2017
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People

Founders
5
Ed Khalili
Ed Khalili

Ed Khalili

current job

VRGluv
VRGluv

organization founded

1

Ed Khalili

Steven Fullerton
Steven Fullerton

Steven Fullerton

Steven leads the communications and marketing efforts for VRgluv. He first got involved with the team as the first intern hire at Kickr Design when the company was founded in 2015. Since then, he has been directly involved with Kickr Design’s growth marketing and business development, and he manages VRgluv’s messaging, communications, and branding elements. With his background in materials science, he also supports Kickr and VRgluv in making materials and manufacturing design choices. Steven enjoys hanging out with Reggie Watts in AltSpaceVR.

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Steven Fullerton

Derek Kearney
Derek Kearney

Derek Kearney

Derek represents the west coast within VRgluv as he obtained both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in California. After joining the Kickr engineering team in 2016, it did not take long to recognize Derek’s ability to design, build, and iterate through prototype versions in virtually no time at all. Need something whipped up? Well he already did it… yesterday. Derek has naturally assumed the role of leading the VRgluv hardware team to many successful prototypes and features. Aside from designing new products, Derek enjoys playing Arizona Sunshine in VR.

current job

VRGluv
VRGluv

organization founded

1

Derek Kearney

Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor

Chris is a gaming and VR enthusiast who has taken part in a handful of different ventures in the past decade. Since winning the Inventure Prize at Georgia Tech in 2013, Chris has developed both hardware and software for VR applications including obtaining a patent for his Narvarro3D technology which allows users to control a robotic vision system from anywhere in the world. Chris has also worked as a product engineer and designer with Kickr Design since 2015. He has had a vision that has served as the inspiration for VRgluv and drives the team to push its limits. Chris enjoys getting lost in Elite Dangerous in his free time.

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VRGluv
VRGluv

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1

Chris Taylor

Employee Profiles
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Ed Khalili

Ed Khalili

Co-Founder

Derek Kearney

Derek Kearney

CTO, Co-Founder

Harold Brown

Harold Brown

Executive Chairman

Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor

Co-founder and CEO

Addison Shelton

Addison Shelton

EC

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