AI Ireland with Mark Kelly
E58 Pat O’Connor, MD & Co-Founder of VRAI and Bibhas Bhattacharya, Business Group Leader of Azure in Microsoft Ireland
10 May 2021
Today’s guests are Pat O’Connor, Managing Director and Co-Founder of VRAI, and Bibhas Bhattacharya, Business Group Leader of Microsoft Azure in Ireland. VRAI are creating data-driven VR simulation training for high hazard environments. They have created HEAT, which combines authentic virtual training environments with cutting-edge data capture and analytics capability. HEAT allows organizations whose activities are Risky, Remote or Rare to train in a more authentic, memorable and measurable way. In the podcast, we cover: How VRAI started. What business problems are they addressing through data and VR Simulation to provide authentic and memorable training experiences for employees. How important is Security and Trust while choosing a Hyper-Scale cloud partner (Microsoft – Azure). Why a Build vs Buy decision is so important for start-ups to consider. How Microsoft for Startups has helped VRAI through this journey.
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