33 min
Building a Virtual Reality World During a Pandemic: MassVR's Chris Lai Restarting America
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- Entrepreneurship
In this episode of Restarting America, Jeremy Greenberg from 97 Switch interviews Chris Lai, founder and CEO of MassVR, a virtual reality entertainment experience company. Throughout the interview, they discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society. Lai shares how the current health pandemic has affected MassVR and how they are adapting to new circumstances.
Lai is also the co-founder and co-CEO of SafeSpeed. SafeSpeed is a technology company that employs 55 people.
Lai’s passion for gaming goes back to his undergraduate days at the University of Illinois as a computer science major, where he raised $1M to start a gaming company with 20 employees. Alums from his early efforts went on to architect major game titles including Halo and Deus Ex.
In this episode of Restarting America, Jeremy Greenberg from 97 Switch interviews Chris Lai, founder and CEO of MassVR, a virtual reality entertainment experience company. Throughout the interview, they discuss the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on business and society. Lai shares how the current health pandemic has affected MassVR and how they are adapting to new circumstances.
Lai is also the co-founder and co-CEO of SafeSpeed. SafeSpeed is a technology company that employs 55 people.
Lai’s passion for gaming goes back to his undergraduate days at the University of Illinois as a computer science major, where he raised $1M to start a gaming company with 20 employees. Alums from his early efforts went on to architect major game titles including Halo and Deus Ex.
33 min